competitively that republicans flipped four seats, ultimately handing the republican party the majority in the house, and kevin mccarthy, the gavel, we re going to work on the lights. now, democrats have a chance to try once more. a state appellate court threw out the maps again. a major win for the party. we re going to explain what happened because if that ruling stands, the democratic party has a serious shot at retaking the house next year. especially since the needs of front line republicans, the moderate ones who won, like toes here in new york are being sacrificed by kevin mccarthy to appease the conservative wing of the party. the amendments added to the defense version of the budget focusing on culture war issues like abortion, diversity, critical race theory, transgender medicine and covid vaccines. what does the democratic party do now, and what does kevin mccarthy do now? let s bring in nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake and msnbc legal analy
deal here. this isn t the only state this is happening. there s liable to be much more democrat friendly districts in louisiana and alabama that could change the maps, although there s going to be more republican friendly districts in north carolina. the reality here is the house just so narrowly divided, all of these at the margin kind of toss up districts could end up being make or break for the party in power in the next cycle. every little bit of this matters, and who draws the maps and essentially the politicians selecting their voters here will have a big say on who then selects politicians until the next cycle. talk to me about what happened yesterday with the ndaa in the house, the defense bill, and all of those amendments that were added. but explain to me the stakes just within the party. i mentioned it s sacrificing the needs of the front liners for the needs or wants and desires of the conservatives. explain. yeah, these are related
with the who will be in charge of doctor who with the next iteration comes along, and they with the next iteration comes along, and they presumably will have a big say on and they presumably will have a big say on who and they presumably will have a big say on who it will be. there is always say on who it will be. there is always speculation. people like mai
the more they do it, the more they are able to tip the scale toward one candidate or another. correct? i have no doubt this is occurring at this moment.n without monitoring systems in place to capture these experiences, there is no way to know. i m sure right now, they re having an impact on registering to vote. they will impact the way that primaries go from they will have a big say on who gets nominated by the democrats. they are using this power, at least that s what the whistleblowers suggest, a power that i ve been studying for a long time now, they are using it and it s not just election day. they will use it every single day leading up to election day. so you have been doing these studies for some time. these leaks or whistleblowers,
a new congressional map which paved the way for a single primary on march 6th. instead of virginia being the most important supertuesday state that day, ohio will have a big say on who the republican front runner will be that day. new census data out today shows a grim economic reality. nearly one in two americans is now poor. some 97 million americans are considered low income. 49 million americans fall below the poverty line. that s nearly half the country. another grim measure of the nation s health is also out this morning according to the center on education policy. nearly half of america s public schools didn t meet federal achievement standards this year. that s the largest failure since the no child left behind law took effect a decade ago. all right. up next, tom brokaw will be here