all right, we re just 16 days out from the midterm elections and in several competitive states early voting is under way right now in georgia, in fact, more than 740,000 people have already cast their ballots. a new nbc poll finds sky high interest and polarization ahead of the midterms. it shows about 80% of democrats and republicans believe their political opposition will destroy the country if they are not stopped. as campaign 22 is hitting the homes homestretch, democrats are facing economic head winds with poll after poll showing swing voters shifted toward republicans. today senator bernie sanders is sounding the alarm. he says democrats need to focus less on abortion rights and start touting their economic vision before it s too late. i am worried about the level of voter turnout among young people and working people who will be voting democratic. and i think, again, what democrats have got to do is contrast their economic plan with the republicans. joining me rig
i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus . the producer price index up 11.3% over last year. now adding to fears of a recession compounding trouble for americans after yesterday s consumer prices index hit a four-decade high. notice the number on the left for wholesale prices, the goods being made for us, is cooking hotter than the inflation that we re faced with. now how long do you think it will take for them to pass that along to the consumer? will they even have a choice? former trump economic advisor explains it this way. i would like to walk through how you should think about inflation so people understand why. if you start the car at zero and accelerate 10 miles per hour per month after six months you go 60 miles per hour and after 12 months 120 miles per hour. what s my velocity right now is what you care about. we re hiding how big the increase in prices are that are affecting ordinary americans by a very large amount. inflation is startlingly high ri
republicans admit they have a massive fund raising part bum. i am a member hiding, let s get started. ge started. breaking news tonight, a federal judge in florida appointed by donald trump has issued a preliminary ruling on trump s request to apply a special master to review the documents seized by the fbi during their search of mar-a-lago earlier this month. the judge indicated that she decided to side with trump, but has not made a final decision just yet. there s a hearing thursday to discuss this matter. also coming in, april haynes has told the chairs of the house and intelligence and oversight committees that the intelligence committee is-ton duct-ing a damage assessment of the documents taken from trump s home. this comes after the justice department released a redacted version of the affidavit. the affidavit used to convince a judge to authorize the search. of course, the main of fbi agents provided to the national archives, and the search warrant affidavit detai
trump s request to apply a special master to review the documents seized by the fbi during their search of mar-a-lago earlier this month. the judge indicated that she decided to side with trump, but has not made a final decision just yet. there s a hearing thursday to discuss this matter. also new today director of national intelligence april haynes, has told the chairs of the house and intelligence and oversight committees that the intelligence committee is conducting a damage assessment of the documents taken from trump s home. this comes after the justice department released a redacted version of the affidavit. the affidavit used to convince a judge to authorize the search. of course, the main of fbi agents reviewed 15 boxes that trump provided to the national archives, and the search warrant affidavit details the amount of classified materials found in them. 184 documents contained classified markings, including 67 documents that were labeled as confidential, 92 that were
and the important health care item that was blocked by republicans. plus, another loss for supporters of abortion rights. indiana becomes the first state to pass a near total ban on the procedure since the overturning of roe v. wade. and it was a big weekend for maga world in dallas. we ll have the recap of cpac just ahead. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, august 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. senate democrats have done it. after more than a year of negotiations and dead ends, democrats have passed a reconciliation package that includes a bulk of their priorities. the yeas are 50, the nays are 50, the senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative and the bill as amended is passed. no republicans voted in favor of the final bill. it passed with a tie-breaking vote from vice president kamala harris. the bill went through some last-minute changes during an overnight vote-o-rama. that process al