lost to former trump administration official john gibbs. gibbs has been known to peddle 2020 election lies. in the arizona, house speaker rusty bowers who delivered emotional testimony to the january 6th committee, he is projected to lose his bid for a senate seat. the winner of that race claims, the devil himself meddled in the 2020 election. the devil. and in one of the largest rebukes to the supreme court decision on abortion ban in that state. nick valencia is in topeka, kansas, following the story this morning. nick, the voter turnout here really highlighted the importance of this issue that seems to have driven voters to the polls. and they voted no. that s right. good morning, jim. voter turnout turned out to be a huge factor here in kansas. a state where there is nearly twice as many registered republicans as democrats. but a huge swath of unaffiliated voters. that s what kansans in the state trying to protect abortion access were counting on. they worked tireless
yes, it check ed many boxes for the add manition to have basically the third most powerful politician in the united states on the ground here in taiwan meeting and engaging with the members of this government, giving them that legitimacy that you cannot can you not give someone better legitimacy than to have, you know, a well established and respected politician from the united states like nancy pelosi. you know, speaking with you and talking about your democratic system, you know, she was speaking with people, some of whom were, you know, meeting illegally when they were trying to form their political party, the dpp and now they re the leaders of this country. it is truly, you know, an astonishing story of a democracy that rose from a dictatorship. and nancy pelosi is here to send the message to taiwan that, you know, america has taiwan s back. now do people here in taiwan, does the government here actually believe that fully? do they believe that the united states would come in and
condemn these exercises because they re very clear in saying they didn t want china to escalate things if they did? ? do they try and push the envelope here to send warplanes into the area while these exercises are happening or after they re concluded. we don t know, of course, if if they re going to do that. those are things we re watching for now. we should note that those are all things china has date of birth before. you know, to show its interest in taiwan. our secnn international correspondent is in taiwan. there were a lot of steps in this visit. she met the president. she went to parliament. she spent the night there. how, as taiwan seen this visit now that she s left? and she also met, you know, with the leadership at tsmc, the number one ship manufacturer vital to the global economy and tech industry.
pattern we ve seen before. thank you so much. still ahead, i ll speak live with tim cane about his bipartisan proposal to codify abortion rights into federal law. details on hau that can work. also, whether it can pass. plus, house speaker nancy pelosi on her way to south korea right now after her visit to taiwan that sparked outrage from china. but some bipartisan support from home. what did it accomplish? and later, a community grocery store destroyed. just one of the signs of the daunting recovery efforts in kentucky. we re going to take you there live. people are now just facing oppressive heat as they try to clean up. if you wake up thinking about the market and want to make the right moves fast. get decisionon tech from fidelity. [ cellphphone vibrates ] you ll get proactitive alerts for market events before they happen.. and insights on every buy and sell decision. with zero-commission online u.s. stock and etf trades.
populations on becoming members of nato a year ago, you would have been lucky to get 25%. but sweden and finland who are very capable militaries and tend to do things together. they have seen the reality of who putin is and they want to join with other like minded democracies to protect themselves. putin has made some, you know, tough statements about them joining nato. but it s going to end up being a huge value to nato, demonstrating the importance of nato, adding capacity to nato. i think it is ult mimately goin to be a strong deterrent. another thing on your plate here, bipartisan legislation provide more security assistance to taiwan. it also would classify taiwan as a major nonnato ally. does that commit to the u.s. to military action if china were to invade? jim, you re going to see a really robust discussion about this in the foreign relations committee. i m a member later today. i think many of the policies in that bill are smart.