November 1, 2026; 12pm: Democratic Congresswoman Haley Stevens explains why she chose to endorse Republican Mike Rogers for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat; The Department of Justice is laying more pressure on California with its investigation into the state’s voter rolls. Attorney General Rob Bonta explains how the state is going to hit back to protect voter rights; Rosa Flores and Nnamdi Egwuonwu take us straight to the campaign trail just two days before Election Day to give us an inside look at how voters in Texas and Georgia are feeling about their gubernatorial races; Jacob heads to the polls for this week’s installment of Prediction Markets where voters talk to him about midterm results, midterm manipulation, Nicki Minaj and more. Morgan Fairchild and Elsa Collins join to react.

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November 1, 2026; 11am: Ben Rhodes explains what to be prepared for if the Trump administration claims foreign election interference based on Tuesday’s election results; Democrat Nithya Raman explains why she thinks she can unseat Los Angeles incumbent mayor Karen Bass; MS NOW reporter Mychael Schnell breaks news of Michigan’s Democratic Congresswoman Haley Stevens campaigning with the state’s Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, Mike Rogers; MS NOW reporter David Noriega reports on Republican claims that Democrats stacked the ballot in Michigan, prompting The Trump administration to take legal action; Jacob Soboroff explains what we’ve been through as a nation over the past two years and why it’s so important to vote in the election; Mehdi Hasan explains how radicalized the GOP has gotten.

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November 1, 2026; 10am: With a mere two days to go until Election Day, Alex Tabet brings us to Iowa to tell us how voters are feeling; David Parkinson takes a deep dive into early voting data at the Big Board to see what trends and patterns are arising as a record-breaking amount of early votes continue to come in; Mayor Karen Bass responds to an intense spike in ICE incidents in Los Angeles and claims her opponent in the mayoral race is “unstable”; Early voting efforts are surging despite efforts to stifle them. North Carolina A&T student Terrence Rouse shares how he led protest movements on campus to protect democracy; Troy Jackson is spending the final weekend before Election Day connecting with voters. He explains why he believes he can rise above his opponent Sen. Susan Collins.

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October 31, 2026; 12pm: With just three days left before the extremely consequential midterm elections, Mychael Schnell takes us through the tension on the campaign trail as candidates push for every possible vote they can win over; Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee Rep. Robert Garcia reacts to the DOJ’s subpoenas against election workers in California, Trump’s chats with AI bots and much more; Polling can be really helpful or really confusing. Cornell Belcher and Stephanie Valencia break down what you should trust about polling before the midterms; Nnamdi Egwuonwu brings us to Georgia where Sen. Jon Ossoff has been campaigning across his state to share where candidates are spending their final moments on the campaign trail.

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October 31, 2026; 11am: Traci Feit Love explains what attorneys are doing across the nation to protect voters and their votes from President Trump’s election interference tactics; In light of Halloween, Jacob Soboroff talks about Trump’s worst nightmares; Carol Leonning breaks down Trump’s latest efforts to dismantle the Justice Department; Kevin Frey discusses Kansas’ unexpected Senate race toss-up; Jackie McGuire and Abigail Disney share which ballot measures to watch out for, including those on data centers and the billionaire tax.

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October 31, 2026; 10am: With just three days left until the 2026 midterm elections, MS NOW’s Rosa Flores takes us to Texas to share what’s on voters’ minds; Democratic nominee for Senate in Mississippi Scott Colom explains why he thinks he can be the first Black Senator in the state since the 1800’s; Nelini Stamp and Christian Siriano are motivating voters with a very powerful force: Joy. They explain how fashion, women’s sports and “The Real Housewives” are supporting democracy this year; We are seeing countries delivering defeat to far-right leaders all over the world. Tim Snyder dissects this pattern and discusses what it says about America’s fight to protect democracy.

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October 25, 2026; 12pm: Trump has his eye on voter rolls in California and a desire to purge a particular group of people from them ahead of the midterms. He also is threatening jail time for those who won’t help him do it. Dean Logan explains the legal guardrails in place to protect the elections; Elizabeth Lee is running for office in a historically Republican-led district with science, accessible healthcare and patient advocacy driving her campaign. She explains why a win for her would change Arizona; Jacob Soboroff heads to Union Square Greenmarket for this week’s Prediction Markets and speaks to New Yorkers about the midterms, Trump’s relationship with Putin and more. Michael Tubbs and Liz Plank join to react.

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October 25, 2026; 11am: Lindsay Toczylowski explains how ICE is using intimidation tactics to scare citizens in immigrant communities from voting; Simon Shuster explains what Trump’s policy shift toward Russia means for Ukraine and why Trump is working so hard to appease Putin; Kerry Kennedy discusses her new book remembering the life and advocacy of her mother, Ethel Kennedy

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