edward lawrence joining us now with more from hiroshima. good to see you, e. ward. reporter: good evening, i can tell you that president joe biden is in for the night right now. very interesting, the g7 communique came out and specifically calls out china for the first time if the very specific terms. now, it s very specific if about saying that it s the not meant to thwart china s development or progress, but it does get very critical of china s actions in specifically the south china sea as well as including the actions they re taking with taiwan, saying that changes to the status quo would not be tolerated. it also calls on china to end the programs meant to undermine security and safety in other countries as well as end human rights abuses. now, critics say the president has been dragged into criticizing china, taking a long time to push back. china s within helping russia as russia continues to try and take ukrainian land. the ukrainian president made a surprise visit
president trump. i don t know how that will go. that s what s happening. bill: the story is about to get interesting. dana: the new york times reporting desantis made the come heents on a call with donors. here is what he said. quote, you have basically three people at this point that are credible in this whole thing. biden, trump and me. i think of those 3, 2 have a chance to get elected president. biden and me. based on all the data in the swing states, not great for the former president and probably insur mountable because people aren t going to change their view of him, end quote. that sets us off in a new direction. you start and tell us where you think we are. dana: next week you are also going to see tim scott officially get into the race and there could be others, chris christie is letting it be known he might as well. yesterday the governor of north dakota is thinking of getting in, chris sununu and glenn youngkin is suggesting he might get in. which tells
week getting worse. a trio of whistleblowers testifying on their experiences with bias in the bureau, they say all by design using scare tactics to silence opposing points of view. one whistleblower says he was forced to choose what he felt was right and feeding his family. i have since had to rely on charity, the fbi stopped paying me. you are stuck between a rock and a hard place. on one hand we want to try to get our jobs back because we are trying to do our patriotic duty. the other hand, we still have families to take care of. it s essentially a death sentence in the modern era. sandra: compelling testimony there. ben coming up this hour. welcome back as america reports rolls into hour two, i m sandra smith. john: i m john roberts. always great to have you here in d.c. sandra: fun to be here. john: kinda way to keep you here, siphon the gas out of your car. and adidas is selling a women s swimsuit by using a male model. critics say it s about so much more tha
sandra: one of those breaking news thursday afternoons, john. also keeping our eye on nashville as hundreds gathered there to call for gun former at the state capitol. hundreds of young people from high schools all over the area, at times became very tense and confrontations with security happening as you see on the screen there. as there was a big debate and calls for gun reform. there were also those who were making the case for good guys with guns to protect the schools. so things got fiery there at the capitol building. obviously a lot of chanting happening there, and signs were up and that confrontation with security, this all went down a couple hours ago. since taking office, president biden and his team have labored to suppress viewpoints with which they disagree. and in doing so, they have infringed upon the individual freedoms of millions of americans. john: republican senator eric schmidt dropping that accusation on the weaponization of government, he was test
policies of the real donald trump. ohio needs and ask kicker, not an ask is there. now, with 36 states voting for governor but the second amendment before second graders republicans will never lose another election in wisconsin. 45 senate seats up for grabs. this cannot continue. you actually have to know stuff to do this job. all 435 have seats in play. that means the government shut down, then i ll be calling for a government shutdown. and fear that this free fair and election would be the last. make no mistake, marxist in the ballot for all of us. tonight, special election eve coverage, with nicole wallace, joy reid, chris hayes, alex wagner, lawrence o donnell, ari melber, stephanie ruhle, steve kornacki, the big boy, and the msnbc political insiders. special coverage of the 2022 midterm elections begins now. but evening from msnbc headquarters. i m rachel maddow, joined here in our brand spanking new election studio by my colleagues, nic