in iowa, inductions. we will never, ever surrender to the woke mob. our state is where woke goes to die. governor ron desantis prepares for an all but certain presidential run. but does he have what it takes to bring down the front-runner. plus shifting right. the president may break a big campaign promise on energy. will it cause a breach with progressives. i hope that as we go into the next two years he continues to be the strong principaled president he s been. and the gop insurrection divide. it he wasn t a stroll through the capitol. it was an attack. a large majority of folks in d.c. were peaceful. how a right wing tv host triggered a conversation most republicans don t want to have. welcome to inside politics. i m manu raju in today for abby. when the history of the 2024 presidential campaign is written, this week may be chapter 1. republican front-runner donald trump will be in iowa tomorrow for the first time since he launched his third presidenti
A weeknight look at the news, featuring interviews, analysis and Panel Discussions hosted by Bret Baier. Ahead but there are about 8,000 provisional votes that need to be counted. Can you believe how close this is . [cheers and applause] we are in a tied a ball game. For Democrat Danny Oconnor to be in a race this tight in the district, no democrat has won this in 38 years and that had him delivering wet sure sounded like a victory speech last night. You believed in us in a race that the pond and said we had no chance even being in. You proved them wrong. By getting close wont be enough to help democrats retake the house this november. They have come close and for other special elections in reliably red districts, but they have only 11 of those. They are banking on a wave of energy. Do you believe that President Trumps support is the reason you wanted . I dont believe its the full reason i want but it was deftly helpful. Our numbers really surged. President trump came in and put Troy B
advisors and people who have spent time with him. you have been covering the senate for a long time. the topic of age has hung over the senate for some time. it s hanging over the presidential race as well. it s reigniting some of the conversations within congress. this always happens when there s an incident like this. i checked in with mcconnell s folks last night. they didn t have anything more to say. you have followed this closely. i have written on this for 20 odd years about how old some of these members are. but it s not the same for everybody. if you ask nancy pelosi at 82, she is pretty vital still. there are other members, they hit that 70s and 80s and they really slow down. but they are protected by staff, by lobbyists, other members. it s hard to get cochran, chairman of the appropriations
it over the finish line but certainly was a high point of an already strong week for the white house. which we saw the president hammer out a new trade deal with mexico and canada and incredible 11,000 folks last night at the rally in kansas. he talked about that but frankly, all anyone wanted to hear about was just as kavanaugh. the political battle by the way as well, that will be fought in the midterms next month. i want to thank our incredible republican senators for refusing to back down in the face of the democrats. the shameless campaign of political and personal disruption. each of you will have a chance in four weeks to render your verdict on the democrats conduct at the ballot box. [cheering] reporter: challenge made. right there.
kavanaugh by chief justice john roberts last night, may give republicans a boost in lagging energy heading into the midterm elections next month. according to republican strategists. the democrats have doubled down on resist and obstruct the past two years but this has brought all of that to the forefront. i think republicans have woken up and said listen, it s a clear choice. do you want resist, obstruct, delay? this week they are also likely to contribute to republican momentum heading into the midterms. with unemployment figures at 3.7 percent. 45 year historical low. donations from small donors to the rnc are also up this august. the number donations from low dollar donors up 175 percent. the amount of money raised about 194 percent up and the average gift up 111 percent. the amount of money raised from text donations is nearly double what was before the fight for the supreme court seat heated up your new polling also shows