I am katie feng and for alex. The 2020 presidential election was one of the closest races we ve ever experienced in this country although george w. Bush won the election, it was al gore who won the popular vote that your. When you start to slice and dice the electorate into different voting groups, that race starts to look weightless tight. Check this out. In 2000, george w bush dramatically outperformed his opponent among white evangelical voters, winning 68% among that group. In 2024 he increased that support by 10 points. Evangelical support for the republican presidential candidate remained relatively steady for the next two elections and then look what happened in 2016. Donald trump won the support of 81% of white evangelical voters. Trumps ability to supercharge the evangelical vote has largely been attributed to the reason he was able to win the presidency the first time he ran. Without a strong evangelical turnout, it becomes much more difficult for donald trump to chart a repe
Week when i had a little bit of a bug. I really appreciate it. You are welcome and the best news, you ve gotten better, so you have a great labor day weekend. Thanks, chris. You know, labor day weekend, it s finally here. The next three days are the time when americans everywhere try to get the most out of their summer. Maybe squeeze in one last cookout for beach trip before the weather gets colder and everything starts to taste like pumpkin spice. But in an election year like this one, labor day weekend also marks the moment when most americans really start to pay attention to the presidential race and for the campaigns this is a moment when every detail starts to matter. Vice president kamala harris and her running mate tim walz are coming off a two day bus tour through southern georgia. The first democratic campaign in that part of the state since 1992. Last night the vice president sat down for her first major interview since becoming her party s nominee. She defended the record of
biden is sending troops to the border. the lead starts right now. a border surge is expected as a key immigration policy is set to expire. now the biden administration is deploying even more american troops to the u.s.-mexico border. cnn is on the ground there as keyboarder towns declare states of emergency. plus, are we headed for default? warnings of a recession and major job losses, if congress and the white house cannot strike a debt deal soon. we ll lay it out for you how your money, how your job might be impacted. and he s known as the godfather of ai. i will speak with a man who left his job at google just so he could speak freely about what he calls the dangers of artificial intelligence. welcome the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with two looming crises potentially just days away, which could have serious consequences for united states. the first crisis has to do with your wallet and an ongoing fight between republicans and democrats over the national
Now in America Today in 2024 women have fewer rights than their mothers and their grandmothers had because of donald trump. Trump bragged how proud he was to get rid of roe v. Wade. He took credit for it. He said there has to be punishment for women exercising reproductive freedom. That was President Biden calling out Donald Trump On Reproductive Rights in his home state. Well have much more from the president s speech straight ahead. Meanwhile, the former president spent his day in a new york courtroom. Well get expert legal analysis on yesterdays testimony in the Hush Money Trial and the gag order against trump. And well bring you reaction from lawmakers on capitol hill after the Senate Passed a package of foreign aid bills. All right, all right, good morning and welcome to Way Too Early. On this wednesday, april 24th. I am sam stein in for jonathan lemire. Testimony in Donald Trumps Hush Money Criminal Trial is scheduled to resume tomorrow after several Key Developments in court yes
Florida's ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, went into effect Wednesday, and some doctors are concerned that women in the state will no longer have access to needed health care.