by less than half a percentage point. it was a ss t landslide. it was a l mandate. w itas was also 40 years ago. and in some ways seems even longer than that. since reagan the positivistre puregu tonight, we will examine today . republican party on the eve of yet anotheblicr presidential election. what does the party believe, what is the republican position on foreign policy, cultural issues. how if the party has changed, where is it going? california and new york, will be popular vote be in play againag for a nominee or does winninaig require running the electoral college gauntlets. we are joined tonight by four people who have worked in or around politics for decades. they are very likely to have different views on some issues and may prioritize issuesiz differently. they maye sues represent peopley differensentt orthodoxies withie party but they have come together to discuss policy and politics in the upcoming race for president. as we begin tonight we start with a quoten
vladimir putin, has visited the ukrainian city of mariupol. it s the first time he s ventured inside territory seized by russian forces since last years invasion. his visit, under cover of darkness, has been fiercely criticised by the exiled council of the southern port city, which has seen some of the fiercest battles of the war. i m joined now by the ukranian mp for kharkiv, maria mezentseva. thank you for being with us. what you make of this visit by president putin? well, nothing spectacular really. it is one of the first visit to the occupied territories that president putin has conducted. this is the scene of a brutal invasion. and i am looking at the footage of him sitting all alone in the filler monarch building, and russian authorities are claiming that they have restored the building etc, we are asking, what has been done regarding the cleaning of the green seeds over their quest but this is not a joke for us at all. apart from criticising that visit, i am linking i
florida.. that would be miami-dade, sarasota, duval, martin, clamia. mi counties. de is miami-dade alone is one ofone the biggest school districts in the entireofgest in th country.0 it s got more than three hundred thousand students in it. so thi in it. in the futur major implications for the education and the future. e ofof millions of young people. it s not just happening ins scha florida, a texas school boardeas that flipped the republican party earlier this year rk is already workinging to cha toe things. it has voted to barace, han racd and gender cult ideology. in schools. so there may be a lessonn here. let s say a republican running for congress in november. you might be wondering how didte these republicans win at the these republicans win at the local level? lo it cas s a redcause wave year. a red wave year, because actually it s not really a red u wave here. so may far , despite what you ml have heard in other races so far , special elections, republicans have b
texas, and buffalo, new york. now, this is sad and infuriating ritual to go through ever going list of mass shootings every time we go on the air. this week, biden said enough. he said enough 12 times in a rare primetime speech to the nation. but apparently, enough isn t enough, because no substantial legislative solution appeared on the horizon. the president believes there is some, quote, rational republicans who might be willing to address this gun violence endemic. senator mitch mcconnell got some favorable headlines, which he suggested a willingness to work with democrats on this. but don t be fooled. he s had a decade long history of blocking gun control. this is not the first mass shooting that he s been involved in. the washington post provided a detailed list of times he spent working to quote, delay, obstruct or prevent most major firearm restrictions from being approved by congress. now, his stories begins back 1989, after a mass shooting rocked his own hometown of