asylum seekers and what he thinks of governors sending them to cities around the country. with just 46 days until the midterms, we re taking a closer look at what both parties are doing to garner support from latino voters. we ll have more on that. and we re watching the escalating protests in iran. some women are burning their head scarves in defiance of the nation s morality police after a woman died in their custody. we begin with the growing backlash in russia to vladimir putin s order calling up 300,000 reservists to fight in ukraine. with tomorrow marking seven months since russia s invasion, putin is looking to reset recent losses with a new surge of troops. more than 1300 people have been detained while protesting the order. this morning russian opposition leader alex say navalny called it criminal. and earlier today, voting began in russian-occupied territoies of ukraine to become part of russia. it s been viewed as a sham in the west as part of the plan to ann
hosting a saudi-backed golf tournament at one of his clubs. good morning. and welcome to way too early. i m jonathan lemire. it is friday, july 29th. thanks for being here. let s get started with the news. we begin on capitol hill where senate democrats are racing against the clock to pass a wide-ranging spending bill through the process of reconciliation. with just about a week to go before congress leaves for a month-long recess, a source says that senate majority leader chuck schumer called on his caucus to stick together during a closed door meeting yesterday. just one day earlier schumer and west virginia democrat joe manchin sent shot waves through congress by shock waves through congress by introducing the inflation reduction act of 2022 seemingly out of left field. planning to bring it to a vote at the senate floor next week and democrats are expressing cautious optimism about the chances of moving forward and that includes president biden who had this to say at
you, because the gatekeeper sucks. like this lady whoshgs tied the abortion who tied to the mentally disabled in her family. you have a family with a lot of special needs kids. i have a brother who s 57 and has a melt is it and motor skills of a 1-year-old. and i know what that means emotionally, physically, for a family. and i know all families can t coit. and i have a step granddaughter who was born with down syndrome, and i got another step grandson who is really autistic, who has autism and it is a hard life. their mothers and people who are in that society when that community will tell you that they considered suicide. fair enough. but what s that have to do with abortion? does linking these hardships with abortion suggest that some people benefit from not being born? she since clarified her comments and said it was the sorry state of social and was of course, that s on republicans, right? it s a common cliché that s full of more crap in the oval office. it s how he
it was illegal, the next question is, did they try to pull it off anyway? if the answer to that is yes they try to pull it off anyway, my next personal question is always, well when they try to pull it off was it occasionally hilarious? [laughs] whether or not the answer that is yes, then next obvious question is, did they get caught? and then of course the final question is, will they get in trouble for it? that is pretty simply where we are. and sort of how we know how to orient ourselves in this ongoing saga which will be, you know, our generation story in american history. was illegal? did they know? did they do it anyway? was it ridiculous when they did? did they get caught? will they get in trouble? now, the answer to all the first five questions, we now know, is yes. it s only that last one that is uncertain. but in this particular part of the plot to overthrow the u.s. government, i didn t really expect to be talking about this is our lead story tonight. it surprised
constitution. politico reports this on the fallout of the referendum, quote, turnout soared in canas despite advisory and little else to draw democrats to the polls yet in a state where trump beat president joe biden by 15 percentage points in 2020, the amendment was failing badly in a brushback to republican legislators who are preparing to move legislation s stricting abortion, and if the politics of roe proved fruitful for republicans in kansas, it will be even more treacherous for the gop and swing more moderate swaths of the country and here s how abortion rights advocates pulled it off according to the new york times, quote, registered republicans far outnumber democrats in kansas and they made explicit appeals to unaffiliated voters and center right voters. in interviews last week in johnson county, texas, a number of voters said they were registered republicans and opposed the amendment, a dynamic that certainly played out across the state given the margin. the resu