midterms. exactly one month away. early voting under way with issues like abortion and inflation driing people to the polls. many say democracy itself is on the ballot. we have special stuff planned. want to get right to it with michael steele. you know the music, sir. en why the beat. i know it well. when you hear that early voting is under way and look at what s going on out here, i m coming right to you, regular beat viewers know we have a set up. coming right to you. what do you see right now in this homestretch? what i see right now are voter deciding to hunker down around a vote. the early voting, as you noted, has started. there s some anticipation and trepidation. the anticipation is voters are going to take seriously not just their concerns about the economy that s being stressed by some, but also the democracy. that it will matter the kind of men and women they select, choose to be an extension of them to be the best representative for them in the statehouse
and welcome to politicsnation from atlanta, georgia. tonight s lead, a split down the center. the midterm elections are just 16 days away, 17 states have already started voting in advance of november 8th. 12 states will join that list this week. and a brand new national poll from nbc news suggests that americans have their minds made up about several things ahead of next month. president biden s approval rating is holding at 45%. the highest number he has enjoyed in over a year, yet still lower than democrats would like with their senate and house majorities hanging in the balance. voters remaining evenly split on congressional preference. 47% preferring democrats in control of congress, 46% preferring republicans. the passion driving voters this election cycle is unprecedented. with seven in ten americans expressing high interest in this midterm election, a likely indicator that we can expect record turnout next month, but with that, our country remains deeply polarized. eig
up early on way too early. morning joe starts right now. relief. excitement. joy. i m very proud of our fellow kansans. we were telling people in neighboring states that their rights were no longer intact. they had to flee their states to get care. the cards were set against us from the start. as a husband i do not look forward to trusting the legislature to protect the rights of my wife. we re avoiding a huge horror that would have come to kansas. one of the things i heard, you may be against abortion for yourself, but you can t be against it and make it for someone else. this is my life on the line, too, is this my right. tonight, we get to say to kansans, you can still get care here, you re still recognized and make your own medical decisions. reaction from kansas last night, as voters turned out in high numbers to protect abortion rights in that conservative state. it was the country s first best of the issue since the supreme court overturned roe v.
territory in the east. and conflict erupts in jerusalem amid a controversial celebration. we will take you there for a live report. emotional day in texas as u.s. president joe biden and the first lady try to comfort the heartbroken community of uvalde. just days after a mass shooting inside an elementary school. the two met with families and local officials and laid flowers at a memorial outside robb elementary school, where 19 students and two teachers were killed. this is the second time in less than two weeks mr. biden traveled to the site of a mass shooting to meet with grieving families. cnn s arlette saenz is following developments and has more now from uvalde. reporter: president biden spent about seven hours on the ground here in uvalde, texas, on sunday, trying to offer some sense of solace and comfort to the families grieving the loss of those 19 young children and two teachers gunned down here at robb elementary school just last tuesday. the president and fi
Completely legitimate questions about a note found in his residence. Its a note to a loved one and saying that this is the pass code for my phone, this is the bank account numbers. I wouldnt describe it as an explicit suicide note, but the tone and tenor was that the individual was not going to be around. Police in maine describing a note found in the home of suspect robert card accused of killing 18 people in a Shooting Rampage on wednesday. Officials also reporting they found multiple guns where his body was found at a recycling facility. Card was found dead of an apparent selfinflicted Gunshot Wound ending a days long manhunt. Welcome to fox news live, im jacqui heinrich. Griff jacqui, welcome. Im griff jenkins. And Ground Oranges operations in gaza, saying theyve killed hamas operatives in overnight strikes. And is the conflict expanding to a multifront. Trey yingst in southern israel, well begin things. Trey, what is the latest . Yeah, griff, good afternoon. A few seconds ago we s