newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. good evening. we begin with a troubling outlook for president biden. exactly one year out from the 2024 election, a new set of polls from the new york times and siena college show biden trailing former president donald trump in hypothetical match-ups in four key swing states. tomorrow trump is set to take the stand in a high-stakes civil fraud trial that could help decide the fate of his business empire in new york. this happening at the same time that president biden is trying to strike a balance in the war between israel and hamas, pushing for a humanitarian pause. this just in to cnn. we re learning that cia director bill burns is traveling to the middle east to meet with multiple leaders in that region as negotiations over hostages taken by hamas continue. while the white house continues to focus on the crisis in the middle east, the biden campaign is responding to this latest polling. cnn s priscilla alvarez is in rehoboth beach
ahead this hour, a shocking new poll, and this headline, trump and his allies plot revenge, and how they might use the military. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, tell us what reports. it is one pm here on the east coast, a pm in the middle east. we begin with breaking news as the israel-hamas war enters the second month of fighting. here is what s new this hour. secretary blinken met with palestinian leader, mahmoud abbas, he claims hamas claimshat dozens were killed and a strike in a prime minister netanyahu again says that there will be no cease-fire until hostages are freed. the world food programme is requesting more humanitarian access to relieve the nightmare of life in gaza. [sound of artillery] there s new video released by the hamas military weighing shows what it says are rockets being fired into israel. also new this, our police in turkey are using water cannons on protesters who came to close to
the floor? well, we are getting a real picture of the division within the democratic caucus. we can see the numbers on the screen now. they are incomplete. as you can see, about 5 to 1 among democrats are for the bill versus part of the progressive left like and paul against it, 36 against it, suggesting a small sliver of the democratic caucus. contrast with the republican division over the ukraine bill, the majority of republicans voted against the ukraine bill. so there is a much deeper divide on whether to confront russia or ukraine. as loud as the left has been about the israel wr, most democratic members are siting with israel. it is easy to do because some of it goes to gaza, the humanitarian needs in gaza. so a lot of democrats who have concerns with how israel is conducting the war may vote for
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u.s. companies. we are saying is let s get the tax rate from the 40s to the 25, no higher. for the smaller small businesse businesses, the ones that are the mom and pop, bring those rates to 9%. senate bill doesn t go that low. set of bills let s get to 25 and no higher. people will make, as they make money, they pay lower tax rates. we go down from i think 12% in the senate and 9% in the hospital. we both acknowledge you have to get tax rates down because we are losing global competition. martha: we are going to take a quick break. i want to ask for a show of hands. if you are in this group tonight and you think you might end up paying more under this plan, raise your hand. all right, we are going to get speaker ryan to answer that question for those folks who are