footsie with his far right colleagues. now because mccarthy is quarreling with that same group today does not mean he is resembling a moderate. it does not change the fact that right now in humiliating public fashion, kevin mccarthy is clawing and scraping his way he hopes to the speakership, trying desperately to halt what looks like at this hour, at lee, a runaway train. it s where we begin today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. nbc news senior correspondent, garrett hague, covering the action. and former stpho claire mccaskill is here, and claire and david are both msnbc contributors. ferret, what is happening now? right now we are seeing the third vote get ready to take place here, and this one will have kevin mccarthy introduced by steve scalise and placed in nomination by steve scalise, and for the second time in a row, you have people that could be foes to mccarthy, placing his name in nomination. the last round we saw with jim jordan, and far mor
and why she s resonating with voters there. and glenn youngkin will talk about how he was propelled into the governor s mansion last year. this has developed into a big storm, that means the impacts will be far and wide. it will bring heavy rain, strong winds, flash flooding, storm surge, along with isolated tornado activity along florida s gulf coast. there is going to be an interruption of power, plan on that. understand that will happen. florida governor desantis warning people to prepare for the worst as hurricane ian inches closer toward the gulf coast of florida. hello, i m john roberts, good monday to you. jacqui: good monday to you, john. i m jacqui heinrich in for sandra smith. the hurricane s exact path is uncertain but what s clear is the storm is rapidly intensifying as forecasters warn it could strengthen into a category 4 system by the time it reaches florida. john: churning west of jamaica and south of cuba, expecting catastrophic damage. this as the na
and immigration. biden can t defend his policies of open borders. with early voting this weekend which issues will decide the election? biden 2024? my dad used to have an expression. don t compare me to the almighty. compare me to the alternative. are democrats coming around to the idea? inside politics now. welcome to inside politics sunday. i m manu raju. a tightening web of investigations into former president trump s is deeper. on wednesday new york attorney general james unveiled a staggering 200-page lawsuit alleging the business empire built on years of grift and fraud. claiming you have money that you do not have does not amount to the art of the deal. it s the art of the steal. and there cannot be different rules for people in this country or this state. the former president had choice words for the attorney general and the suit at a rally in north carolina on friday night. there s no better example of the left s chilling obsession than the base
yesterday s hearing. why is he more willing to fight the case in the court of public opinion than in actual court of law? plus, the former chief financial executive in the trump organization could have him testifying against the company in another trial that is expected to run up against the november elections. and speaking of the midterms, mitch mcconnell downplays now republican chances of retaking the senate, blaming the, quote, quality of his party s candidates. we ll have the new polling and reporting that shows mcconnell s concerns may be well-founded. joe, some more polls in the critical senate races across the country show why mcconnell may be concerned in august. word is they ve already given up on pennsylvania. they ve already given up on dr. oz. they re probably going to focus more in ohio and j.d. vance, hoping that he has a chance. but we have polls showing that this area, this stretch of critical swing states in the upper midwest all breaking against the r