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
Deadline white house starts right now. Hi, everyone, welcome to wednesday, a critical chapter in the trial of the expresident is coming to a close. Questions now swirl about what happens next n trump election interference trial. Todd blanche failed to land any significant blows to Michael Cohens credibility, something theyre desperate to do after he was put in the center of the scheme to catch and kill negative stories that could have hurt Donald Trumps campaign. He told the jury that the president himself signed off on the plan to hide the expenses. Todd blanche started this way, these are literally the first words out of the his mouth. You and i have never spoken or met, have we . To which cohen replied, we have not. Todd blanche, but you know who i am . Cohen answers, i do blanche asking, on april 23rd, so after the trial started in this case, you went on tiktok and called me a, quote, Crying Little cohen supplies that might be something i would say. Blanche went on to defend mr. Co
suggested. he said, that would be a mistake. what do you say? look, i don t disagree that there is an absolute crisis of confidence, when it comes to this supreme court. you know, if you take the decisions over the last decade, from a democracy standpoint. this is a former secretary of state of california talking now. this supreme court has made it easier for wealthy people to influence elections, and harder for people to exercise their right to vote. and surprise surprise, it tends to be historically disenfranchised communities. and here we are now, top of a higher education. with today s rulings, the supreme court has made it harder for young students of color, young diverse students from a life experience standpoint, to envision and access higher education. and, i don t want to assume it s going to happen tomorrow with the student debt case before, than the student loan case before them.
counties that donald trump won in 2020. this electorate looks more like 2018 every day. democrats are getting jazzed up. we will vote, we will win. okay. congressman maloney. i hear you. i hope that you are right, just from a democracy standpoint. and also, from a policy standpoint that you are correct in your election forecasting. however, i like 2018, we now have, on the ballot, challenging democrats on the ballot, in various races across the country, seriously extreme republicans, far right republicans who are now, one election away from actually gaining power. do you have any concern that what was shaping up to be a red wave midterm election for republicans could result,
will people tune in? this is at least on one level a television show that s about to unfold. will the democrats put on a powerful first episode? will they convince people to keep watching? i noticed this in lauren fox s story this weekend. a democratic house leadership aide telling lauren the first hour of the hearing and the first hearing has got to be a block buster. it s true from a political standpoint, the first episode matters a lot. in the same way in hollywood the first episode of a show hooks you or doesn t. will the dems deliver? that s an unknown. and number three, most importantly, forget the tv part. from a democracy standpoint, will americans care? will any of this matter? sometimes it seems like nothing matters anymore in the trump age. don t buy that. it matters if we believe it does. here to does is someone really special. bill moyers was a white house press secretary during linden