donald trump is not willing to show up on the debate stage. chaos follows him and we can t have a country this disarray. taking their shot, ron desantis and nikki haley trying to take down the frontrunner donald trump on live tv. and plus phoning it in, trump warns iowa supporters not to sit back next week over speaker phone. and joe biden heads to battleground pennsylvania today to set the tone for his 2024 re-election bid. good morning, happy friday. we made it. it is 5:00 a.m. in washington and 4:00 a.m. in des moines where ron desantis and nikki haley each made their case that they are the better choice to face president biden in the fall. the democrats want trump to be the candidate. they are going to talk about all the legal tough, january 6, that will be what the election will be about. you don t want to be a infrastructure on trufrnl and the past. you want to be a referendum on booi biden s failures and our positive vision. and you need somebody that can ser
this sunday, the sun is in our 11th of vote-a-rama as democrats push to pass legislation that will just climate and taxes. if, pass the inflation reduction act would be the largest common act in u.s. history. it also lower the cost of prescription drugs for millions of americans. this potential win for democrats, and addition to the politics of abortion, could result in a boost for them at the polls in the november midterm elections. meanwhile, trump backed candidate swept the arizona primaries, which means election deniers are now at the top of the ballot in at least four of the six battleground states that determine the winner of the 2020 presidential election. all eyes are now turned to tuesdays wisconsin primaries, as you can government ella barnes is set to be the first black major party nominee from the badger state. and you will be taking on republican senator ron johnson joining me now, charlie sites, msnbc contributor and editor at law at the bulwark, plus proud
gretchen whitmer ahead. plus, scandals grow. more accusations against new york governor andrew cuomo. as he faces mounting criticism, does the governor the support of his people or his party? hello. i m jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is beginning to feel a little hopeful. the pace of vaccinations in america hit 2 million per day last week. though health experts warn now is not the time to relax restrictions or public health measures. and for the millions of americans devastated economically it seems more help is on the way. saturday, the senate passed a $1.9 trillion relief bill which appears to be headed for president biden s desk after a final vote in the house on tuesday. the passage is aid targeting middle and low income americans including new $1,400 checks and a $300 boost to unemployment benefits and aid for state and local governments. the package passed with zero republican support, and the path was bumpy among senate democrats. on frid
and previously previewing it, they are really saying that democracy is at stake. and i think that they are looking at the data. two things that i ve been looking at, bidenomics didn t really take hold although the economy is doing well from a data standpoint, consumer sentiment the way people view the economy is not taking off. but in the polling day it a around january 6 and trump is very clear. there was a poll out earlier this week that said a third of republicans thought or a third of voters thoulght that te protest was peaceful. and so that means two-thirds think it was a serious issue, it was something that was criminally violent and majorities of voters say that president trump possibly legally liable, criminally lyiable for what happened on that day. and the majority that tie trump to january 6 in a negative way, i think that the biden campaign is saying that is a winning history so they are hitting the road to talk about it. and this is also very personal for the president
which is not until october. but steve, thank you very much. tell me about the new majority index that you have come up with. so, i built the new majority index to analyze the competitiveness of congressional districts. and do so with a race conscious lens. i did so for two reasons. first, racial identity is one of the most salient and productive data points about political behavior. and you cannot understand this country or its politics without applying a race conscious analysis. from a data standpoint, it is fundamental. every presidential election since 1926 has been polling. in 86% of african americans vote democrat. and just 40% are white. you cannot just look at the electorate as one undifferentiated mass of voters. and the second reason is that most of the conventional wisdom of our elections, particularly new elections, is based on an entirely incorrect premise. it is the promise of elections are decided by macroeconomic factors such as inflation or