american experiment. that s also why democrats, particularly the president, need to be more focused on persuasion, rather than just condemnation. naming the problem we face is important, but it is not sufficient. why you can t reason people out of something they weren t reasoned into, you can appeal to shared values and you can honor the republicans who protected the peaceful transfer of power. but the big picture is what we really need to keep in mind. defending democracy is a top concern for americans across party lines and we need to channel that in a constructive way, without falling into false equivalency and we can do that by staying true to the facts and applying principles without regard to partisanship. while also appealing to a set a spirit of patriotic grace. and that s your reality check. new day continues right now. an emotional back to school day in uvalde, texas. good morning, everyone. i m john berman with brianna keilar. the return to class has been a sou
an idyllic spring morning. no hint of what is to come that night. the nine justices of the supreme court attend a memorial service for one of their own, the late john paul stevens. the end of the court s term is just weeks away. a whole host of consequential decisions to come. a bitterly divided country awaits a momentous decision. is this the end of roe v. wade? of law and of life. reporter: at the service the judges look collegial. they call themselves a happy family. beneath the surface there is much more to this story. they not only aren t getting along with each other, they don t like each other. people die! it is a court at war with itself. and in the center stands chief justice john roberts. john roberts is someone who is used to winning. he s very much a judicial conservative. not a fan of roe vs wade. but the chief is stayed to be keenly aware that abolishing roe could tear america apart. he cared more about preserving the legitimacy of th
interview with john fetterman showing how he relies on closed captioning as he recovers from a stroke. what are voters going to say? i will talk to the democratic candidate for governor in arizona. i will speak with the top democrat on the senate foreign relations committee leading the push to freeze relations with the saudis over their decision to limit oil supply and help russia. president biden will make saudi arabia pay for giving putin an economic life line. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington where senate republicas are standing by herschel walker despite reporting that he pressured a woman twice to get an abortion. are you saying a denial to any knowledge of an abortion? flat out denial, lie. a lie, lie, lie. you know what s sad about it? what was it? a receipt and had a check and all that. it isn t showing anything. it isn t showing me having saying something about an abortion. that s what s terrible. with me now is ellison barber and cha
wall street journal editorial page talking about how even by donald trump standards this was dangerous, violent rhetoric. we ll have the latest on that in light of everything that s going on. cpac tweets out russian propaganda, and then backtracks claiming the post was not authorized. we ll tell you what the conservative group is saying now and a lot of news in the sports world but we re going to begin this morning in florida where historic rescue and relief efforts are underway, five days after hurricane ian battered the state and left massive devastation in its wake. the u.s. death toll is now at 87 people according to an nbc news tally. first responders are searching the hardest hit areas for survivors. florida governor ron desantis says more than 1,000 rescues have been made across the state since the storm hit. fema officials say this is the largest search and rescue effort they have ever launched in florida and that u.s. federal response is likely to be unprecedente
these documents belong to the american people. it s not a good picture for trump. there s no possible way to spin it that it is. has the mar-a-lago search and its aftermath dimmed trump s 2024 odds? can democrats really pull off an upset in a state trump won by eight points? this is about getting back to some common sense. this is about getting back to building the economy, making things, manufacturing things. inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. welcome to inside politics sunday. i m manu raju in for abby phillip. it s labor day in the united states, the unofficial start to the final sprint to election day. in 65 days americans will head to the polls to decide control of politics. president biden wants it to be seen as a choice between democracy and donald trump. there s no question that the republican party today is dominated, driven and intimidated by donald trump and the maga republicans. and that is a threat to this coun