Next Episode of Connect with Jacob Soboroff is
Season 2026 / Episode 45 and airs on 14 November 2026 15:00
Connect with Jacob Soboroff will be the network's first Los Angeles-based program. Built around the connection Soboroff has forged with the MS NOW audience for more than a decade, Connect will bring viewers closer to the stories shaping the country. Connect will also bring Soboroff's storied reporting from the ground in Los Angeles and beyond to help connect the dots between what's happening in local communities throughout the country and larger national conversations driving politics, culture, and daily life.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
10am: Congress will be looking much different come January with lots of new names and faces. Jacob Soboroff speaks to four newly elected freshmen who flipped Republican seats in their races: Congresswoman-Elect LaKesha Womack who will represent North Carolina's 14th district, Congresswoman-Elect Sarah Trone Garriott who will represent Iowa's 3rd district, Congressman-Elect Fred Wellman who will represent Missouri's 2nd district, and Congressman-Elect Paul Barringer who will represent North Carolina's 13th district. They discuss the history they made in their respective elections and what they plan to do with their new political power upon being sworn in.
11am: Voters covered Lorenzo Salgado Araujo‘s tombstone with "I voted stickers" on election day in memory of him being slain by ICE. His son, Ronaldo Salgado, reflects on the way in which his Dad was honored and shares how he continues to advocate for immigrant rights; MS NOW reporter Maya Eaglin shares the latest on the Mississippi ballot fight; MS NOW election data analyst David Parkinson shares updates on uncalled midterm races; Democratic Congresswoman LaMonica McIver of New Jersey explains how Democrats plan to navigate Stephen Miller being tapped as President Trump's new Chief of Staff; Oakland University senior Marcus Johnson explains why so many young people, including those who previously voted Republican, voted Democrat in this election.
12pm: Texas went blue after the midterms – in a big way. Tania Chavez Camacho breaks down the numbers and the history that was made after Democrats were voted into every statewide office in the state; Lieutenant Governor-Elect Vikki Goodwin reacts to her historic win in Texas and lays out her upcoming administration's agenda; The Republican party tried to gerrymander its way to control of Congress but it backfired big time. Ari Berman breaks down what went wrong and what drove voters to defy the purposefully manufactured restrictions on Congressional districts; Artificial intelligence was on the ballot this year and voters across the nation overwhelmingly backed measures to restrict or ban the data centers that power it. Nick Owens explains what this means for Big Tech moving forward.
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