now. mind bending. they are. they are. see you soon. welcome, everyone, to the beat. i m ari melber. the top story is the earthquake rocking the fox news empire. a lawsuit putting pressure on fox for the first time, puper murdoch who s wielded power and enjoyed it, and he s said so for about seven decades. do you like the feeling of power you have? yes. murdoch deploys fox news and his tabloids with that power that he admits he enjoys, to shape and sometimes all but run america s republican party and impact conservative discourse in this country. now he s under legal pressure because fox aired falsehoods and lies about the 2020 election. and allegedly pushed the specific lies they knew were false at the time which paved the way and built the support for many of the people who then showed up at the election. the company hit with this billion dollar lawsuit. weaver covered that before on this program, from a voting company that alleged defamation. this is the top
chamber is still the game with four critical toss-up races still neck and neck. you are watching fox & friends first on monday morning, i m carley shimkus. todd: are you ready for this week? carley: it s do it. todd: the final stretch before republican the country needs to get out and vote. the democrats are scared party with good reason that everything is working against them and they are to get people have made clear that they need solutions. if they get their way, they will double, triple, quadruple down to a point we can never return no matter what to the election show. carley: ashley strohmier is live. the inflation in the economy are dominating the terms and midterms. abc washington post poll shows 80% of the economy is the top issue. and republicans over democrats to handle it by 14 points. instead of hitting up battleground states to take, the president will be in maryland to try to hold the focus on abortion. for democrats which has been t
speaker. at home we re watching a major test of former president trump s influence over the republican party. in the five states where voters are headed to the polls today to vote in primary elections, all eyes will be on the slate of candidates who the former president endorsed and have embraced the big lie that the 2020 election was stolen. will that message resonate with republican primary voters? today will also be a big test for these three house republicans who were among the ten who voted to impeach the former president. will they survive after taking a critical stand? one of today s biggest tests will happen in kansas where abortion rights are on the ballot for the first time since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. we ll have the latest into the massive implications of that vote. let s get right into it with nbc s steve kornacki at the big board. steve, what are you looking for this morning? a couple things, jose, you touched on. i think this referendum in
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Kevin mccarthy needed 15 rounds. Ainsley Kevin Mccarthy said i will not run, Steve Scalise said im out. Jim jordan cant get votes. Who else is there . Newt gingrich or lee zeldin. Lawrence mccarthy is saying to give jim jordan some grace here. Hes only been at this for a couple days, i had three months to prepare and get a consensus and it took me 10 rounds. Ainsley what dont they like about jim jordan . Lawrence i had a representative on and i try to get representatives to say what about jim jordan do you not like . Go on record. They keep saying, we want to handle this Behind Closed Doors. Part of the method they are talking about, they want to do it Behind Closed Doors in the caucus and jim jordan wants them on the record to face constituents. Brian couple of things going on. Number one, the reason why Appropriations Bills were not done, moderates have a different view than conservatives and he said before you become speaker, wo out things that stopped us before and get a consensus