during these truly extraordinary times. we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. we will cue it. we re now really 13 days outside these mid-terms. control of congress clearly hangs in the balance. we re in the homestretch, people fighting for the votes and have this record breaking early turnout. what does it mean? we re going to go to one of the national experts who s been exactly in this position 13 days out. michael steele, look around left, right, center. he s here in one second. michael stands by. over 12 million people have now voted. that smashes the turnout totals at this point in 2018, which was the first election since trump became president. you remember how energized people were then. i can only tell you what s happening as it happens. i can t predict. but right now as of tonight we re seeing huge intensity in these mid-terms. we re also seeing reaction in isthese big debates, pennsylvania senate, new questions for fetterman and the democrats,
i knew there would be scrutiny. transgender swimmer lia thomas speaking for the first time. transpeople don t transition for athletics. it s extremely frustrating. he has a biological advantage. we re going to be reporting on the queen s jubilee. 70 years in the same job. role model. the one to come. to say jubilee year. this celebration is our country. this is what you are you re my golden star. steve: look at that looking at virginia beach. right now it s 72. going for a high of 85. it s absolutely beautiful in southeastern virginia. it is where the chesapeake meets the atlantic ocean. good morning, everybody. it is the first day of june. it s a good day to be at the beach, if not, let us start your day live from new york city. we re here in studio m on this wednesday, june 1st, 2022. here on the curvey couch we have will cain back for another day of duty and katie pavlich. katie: great to be here. virginia beach where the u.s. navy is. lots of navy
rodriguez. services will be ongoing in the coming days. the mayor is calling for robb elementary school to be demolished. i don t think anybody s plans are to tear that building down. it needs to be torn down. i never expect a child to walk in those doors ever again. that building needs to be gone, taken away and gone. a teacher from the school is speaking out about the horrifying moments bullets shattered her classroom. i just kept hearing boom, boom, boom. it kept going off, felt like an eternity. i had one student lay og top of me and a bunch of other students here by me. i just remember praying, please god, please god, keep us safe. carley: that teacher is being hailed a hero for getting her students to hit the ground seconds before the bullets flew into her classroom. all 15 of her studentss survived the attack. texas governor greg abbott taking a moment to remember the students and teachers in the face of tragedy. what happened in uvalde was a horrific act o
being called out showing trash cards it depict ago pregnant man. preschoolers a chance to try to indoctrinate them. he is at the wall. ing. [cheers] a catch. how did he get to that wall? i m hooked on a feeling i m high on believing that you re in love with me ainsley: will is over here dancing. steve is nodding his head, clapping and hitting his leg. this is one of those songs that gets you in the mood. it s a great day. will going to be ninth today. going to be warm. steve: 95 here. hooked on a feeling and the feeling is hot. will: it s impossible to not sing i m hooked on a feeling steve: people are thinking we are doing day drinking. ainsley: no, not yet. steve: just happy. ainsley: we had a great memorial day. thank you so much if you are serving. will: i was in charlotte for the weekend. i spent yesterday binging on various memorial day themes. military moses. i watched lone survivor. ainsley: love it marcus luttrell. will: i watched
we will be playing country music over the place even if you are not a fan of country music, it is memorial day and patriotic. todd: it puts you in the mood to honor america but most importantly honor those who paid the ultimate price that we can enjoy today and everyday in the land of the free and of course, that the home of the brave. this is definitely the home of the brave. with that, a lot of you traveling will see a lot. a holiday crisis, gas prices and flights being canceled due to staff shortages at airlines. ashley: alexandria hoff live with more, alexandria. good morning, ashley, todd. i wrapped up my holiday travel at the airport and it was no joke. aaa predicts 25% more americans will travel for this holiday than they did last year between weather, airline staff issues, hundreds of flights canceled this week and including more than 200 so far today. that is on top of passengers already having to shell out more, listen. when i travel, i m not really surprise