Than 20 people dead. Most of them children. Here at home, texas controversial Immigration Law equated with stop and frisk. Its spreading to other states. Im Ayman Mohyeldin, lets do it. Interest among American Voters in this years upcoming president ial election has hit a near 20year low. According it an nbc news poll, 64 of registered voters say they have a high level of interest in the november election. Now on a night that might not sound alarming until you realize it is actually lower than what nbc news found at this same point in time four years ago and during every Election Cycle before it going all the way back to 2008. Interest in our president ial election comes as America Juggles multiple crisis both here and abroad. U. S. Is currently risking involvement in a growing war in the middle east as tensions over the israeli hamas war reverberate throughout the region. Contributing to rising inflation and gas prices for americans. Meanwhile donald trump has reported to a manhattan
The Pay Gap Outrage over her salary. The Default Argument that people have said it is simply about economics. The womens sports dont pull in as much revenue as the mens sport. I reject that and make the case for it, but tell us why you think that as well . Well first of all i do think womens sports pull in less revenue. It is actually correct. That exists, right . But that doesnt mean these women are underpaid and undervalued relative to that. The Big Strawman a lot of people bring up because they dont pull the same revenue, they dont deserve the same salary, and wnba players are fighting and arguing for their fair share. So the wnba brings in around 200 Million in revenue. The nba brings in 10 billion. The way salaries are negotiated, they are set in the Bargaining Agreement between the union and the league. Thats how this works in every sport. Now as a share of revenue the nba players get about 51 of
alone bill. so all in all, again, a rather frustrating end of the year for democrats who were going to have to sort of finesse some new talking points as they head home with little new to show for. it s not just they re going to be able to go back and say we did build back better, we did voting rights. but they re going back at a time when we see covid cases on the rise. people have had it. they don t want to be thinking whether or not they can get together with grandma because their little one is unvaccinated. i mean how does covid and the rising number of cases play into all this? i mean, number one lives, right? but there s a political angle to this as well. yeah, that s a really great point, kris. and i don t think i honestly think we re really at an inflection point really today. the conversation beforehand was all about inflation. we were making a comeback. joe manchin s biggest default argument and resistance to
so all in all, again, a rather frustrating end of the year for democrats who are going to have to sort of finesse some new talking points as they head home with little new to show for. it s not just they re not going to be able to go back and say we did build back better, we did voting rights. but they re going back at a time when we see these covid cases on the rise. people have had it. they don t want to be thinking about whether or not they can get together with grandma because their little one is unvaccinated. i mean how does covid and the rising number of cases play into all this? i mean, number one, lives, right? but there s a political angle to this as well. yeah, that s a really great point, kris. and i don t think i honestly think we re really at an inflection point really today. the conversation beforehand was all about inflation. we were making a comeback. joe manchin s biggest default argument and resistance to
in the shifting landscape of american politics, there seem to be at least one constant, republican party stood for small government. i believe today as i believed 25 years ago in small government. i want to restore to america the values of economic freedom and opportunity and small government. fiscal discipline and a smaller government. small government. small government. definitely a pro balance budget and pro smaller government party. this was the default argument that connected libertarians with evangelicals and the business community. they all said they wanted less top down bureaucracy and more local control. but that was then. this is now. because this summer we saw governors ron desantis of florida and greg abbott of texas trying to ban local mask mandates. threatening to with hold school salaries if local school boards bucked their state s bureaucratic dictates. not only that, these republican