With the midterms just weeks away, Donald Trump is leaving open the possibility of declaring a national emergency or invoking the Insurrection Act— to seize control of the elections. This as the Department of Justice announced its intention to send 1,000 federal election observers to the polls come November. New York’s Rep. Joe Morelle says democrats are ready to respond to any steps to interfere in the election, “We’ll be watching….we’re prepared to go to court should the department of justice overstep at all.” Adding, “they’re largely toothless… this is really their effort to intimidate people.”

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Two people detained outside a Chicago-area immigration detention center last year are suing right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson for defamation, saying he falsely portrayed them as violent extremists who assaulted federal officers.  MS NOW’s Brandy Zadrozny reports.

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After reports of a new “migrant caravan,” Marjorie Taylor Greene accused Republicans of reviving a familiar election-year scare tactic because, in her words, “nothing else is working.”

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In his forthcoming book, retiring Republican Senator Thom Tillis is going public with how his relationship with Donald Trump disintegrated. The Weeknight hosts react.

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See some of the best segments this week from ‘The Beat with Ari Melber’ and watch weeknights at 6 pm ET on MS NOW.

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