morning. it is sunday october the 9th. i am velshi. it is 21 months ago, just hours after the halls of the capitol were cleared of the insurrectionists tomb of the building in an attempt to prevent joe biden from becoming the presidents. 147 republican members of congress, remember that number, voted against certifying his victory. now, as we head into the final weeks of the 2022 midterms, it appears likely that the number of election deniers and congress is going to increase on november 8th. according to a new washington post analysis, the majority of the republican parties candidates for congress, and top state executive positions this year, are election deniers who have spread donald trump s big lie about baseless, unfounded, in debunked claims of widespread election fraud in 2020. by the washington post county, take a look at this, there are 299 republican candidates vying to be representatives or attorney general. that s all the squares. to 99. they ve denied the in
in georgia tuesday. more new fallout from biden s reference to arm a guide when he addressed the risk attached to the threat of nuclear escalation in ukraine. here s the view from both sides of the political aisle. those comments were reckless and i think that, even more importantly, they demonstrate the greatest foreign policy failures of passing case which was the failure to deter putin in this way that trump did for four years. what the president is reflecting is that stakes are high right now given what s going on in the battlefield in ukraine and irresponsible and reckless comments made by putin in the past few days. we begin our dramatic new developments in ukraine. that is where literally citizen people dead. retaliation for that explosion which has impacted russia supply lines. joining now from moscow, kyra welcome, what can you tell us about the latest attack? well, alex, just days after president biden gave that warning about escalation over ukraine, thi
reported trade that trump wanted to make. next hour, i get a preview of this week s potentially final january six hearing from committee member member zoe lofgren. also ahead, gop heavyweights headed to georgia to try to help out herschel walker in the wake of his abortion scandal. we also following the latest on the explosion at a key russian lifeline to ukraine, how russia is dealing with it all. with an opec decision already having people at the pump, we will look at the state of the economy in their pocketbook. that is all coming up next. first, alabama senator tommy tuberville facing major backlash for making this racially charged comments about crime while campaigning with trump in nevada yesterday. take a listen. the democratic party, they have a majority. they could stop this crime today, they are some people say they are soft on crime. they are not soft on crime, they are pro crime. they won t crime. they want crime because they want to take over what you ve got. t
potentially involved in his son s business dealings. republican senator chuck grassley to attorney general merrick garland and fbi director christopher away and as a u.s. attorney leading to hunter biden investigations has he has whistle-blower records that suggest the fbi has significant evidence related to the potential criminality of hunter biden s ventures. grassley writes, the documents in the fbi s possession specific details to specific conversations by nongovernment with potential criminal conduct by hunter biden. these documents also indicate that joe biden was aware of hunter biden s business arrangements and may have been involved in some of them. grassley said he obtained a summary of an fbi interview with tony bobulinski and x business associate of hunter biden which suggested joe biden was involved in a joint business venture. fox business news obtained messages in 2020 showing joe biden met with bobulinski on the sidelines of a california conference in may 2
said this: the democratic party, they have a majority. they can stop this crime today. some people say, well, they are soft on crime. no, they are not soft on crime. they are pro crime! they want crime! and they want crime because they want to take over what you got! they want to control what you have! they want reparations because they think that people who do the crimes are owed that! bullshit! they are not owed that. you ll note that he stopped short of identifying juiced who these criminals are, just who it is the democrats want preparative justice for. but then for his audience, identification is unnecessary. because whether it s a campaign ad or a trump rally, gop candidates in swing states have weaponized crime as the cudgel against democrats. with that, they ve embraced a time honored tradition on the right. when all else fails, blame black people. even in states they barely live in. across, the irony of insurrection apologies, making statements while criticizin