commentator since the 1970s, michael goldfarb, actor turned journalist, foreign correspondent for pbs radio in the united states, now host of the podcast the first rough draft of history, steve richards began his career as a westminster correspondent just as margaret thatcher was ending hers. coincidental! his blog is called rock and rolls politics, his most recent book about the talented politicians who failed to make it to number ten. steve, we can leave the question unanswered, whoever that is. what do you make of the choice that tory mps have presented between the sunak and loose trust? in a have presented between the sunak and loose trust? . , ., . have presented between the sunak and loose trust? ., , ., . . loose trust? in a very erratic way, ou can loose trust? in a very erratic way, you can see loose trust? in a very erratic way, you can see attempts, loose trust? in a very erratic way, you can see attempts, chaotic- loose trust? in a very erratic way, you can s
he s an orphan now. stories like this are horrific to all of us. as a father, as a human being, my heart is broken for aiden, for the mccarthy family. what s worse is to see the reactions of republican politicians when stuff like this happens. we are overwhelmed by gop extremism. every day brings a new crop of ghastly statements, bold face lies and bonkers, offensive conspiracies. from republican officials, and candidates. it s difficult not to become numb to them. it s tempting to just ignore them. this is the political party that could be in control of congress in a matter of months. so, though i would much murdered voided, and i hate talking about her, we have to start today with gop congresswoman, marjorie taylor greene. she spoke in a clip from her podcast about that mass murder in highland park. a clip that went viral on twitter this week. but here s what i have to say. i mean, two shootings on july 4th. one in a rich, white neighborhood and the other a fireworks disp
trump also getting thumbs down from the majority of voters or 61% saying he should not run again either. let s bring in mark penny s chairman of the harris poll served as an advisor to both bill and hillary clinton. mark good to see you. so first i want to talk about this wrong track number, 70%. have you ever seen at that bad number one? ns is all about economics, the economy, inflation or something larger going on? and split about economics. liberal rarely seen 70% say they re on track. i have never seen bigots personally, economically worse off today. you may member the famous reagan question are you better off today? and when you look at this this is far greater a percentage saying they are worse off then during the economic dislocation of the pandemic. so the inflation, recession, high interest rates olivet has combined to create a very, very unhappy electric who sees gas prices and food prices skyrocketing and making them fall behind. are not even in a recession for r
and now we move through and see what happens when we come back from our district week. he did the right thing. i told when i spoke to him privately that i believe him to be a good man. i believe he did that thing and he did desmet he said something in a public comment that he wanted to be on the right side of history. i believe he was. for that, we should reward him. chrissy houlihan, i want to thank you so much at the end of a long day. i detect a smile on your face as you head home. thank you for your time with us. let us go back to brendan buck. thank you for standing by. we wanted the congressman to finish this long day on capitol hill. let us talk about political playbook. it reports one of the other republicans who has signed on to marjorie taylor greene s motion to vacate, congressman massey is hoping to force johnson to resign on his own rather than remove them.
packing up just yet. there s a report that he won t be departing until he gets the chance to hold a huge wedding reception at the official weekend residence for uk prime minister s. it s called checkers, and his fancy, kids. he gets the venue for free. if he still prime minister. what s that saying? you can t shame the shameless. which brings me to my next point, johnson has often been compared to trump, when it comes to shamelessness and dishonesty and chaos. he s often called the british version of trump and between brexit and boyishness and bloopers galore, over his career, the comparison is the sound. 11 thing you did not see, before today s resignation announcement was an armed insurrection against the house of commons, in an effort to keep force johnson in power. at least the british trump spirit is that. still to come, wnba star, brittney griner, pleads guilty to drug smuggling charges inside a russian court, as calls grow in the u.s. for her