since roe was struck down. but it s been a grueling battle just to get to today. political divisions creating a lot of contentiousness you typically don t see in a place that s known for being midwest nice. that s because the range of issues that have so clearly created dividing lines across the u.s. are playing out right here pitting neighbor against neighbor, friend against friend, and we know abortion is one of those issues. but in addition to dividing people, will it also motivate them to get to the polls? will it drive turnout among women? and does it help one candidate over the other? looking forward, will today s vote be be the first bat until a culture war to change the complaining the complex of the midterms. democrats may already be gaining an advantage. here s why i say that. take a look at this. on june 23rd, that s the day before roe was overturned. the generic congressional battle showed republicans up by almost 3 points. today their advantage has slunk to less
legal news. it is the first conviction of anyone for defying the house january 6 committee as well. we have experts about to join us who were inside the courtroom . this is a major deal. prosecutors basically made may have won their case that steve bannon hid insurrection evidence by refusing to show up or testify or provide documents requested under that lawful subpoena. mr. bannon faces up to two years in prison in a precedent- making a victory. for the justice department and the house, we have a lot to get to. a lot of angles. we go right into the breaking news to the people who know it best. armor federal prosecutor john flannery has dealt with exactly these kind of cases and has been counsel to three confessional crannies congressional committees. josh gerstein has been covering the story. he is out side the courthouse. josh, tell us how this news came down and what it means. well ari, good to see you. deliberations were very short in this case. the trial was pretty
as a progressive place. then there s the future of democracy itself today, with the republican party, in some places like arizona, deciding through its voters tonight whether the party s nominees for top jobs are backers of the big lie of baseless election fraud claims, of attacks on the way we do nonpartisan democracy in this country, with trump encoursed candidates currently viewed as front-runners, including a maga governor candidate who s pushing claims of fraud, kari lake. those who do stand up to trump, including three who threatened to voted to impeach president trump. there s more at stake than a typical primary night, and a lot more issues. as the political guru s de la soul put it, issues close like an elevator door but open once we get to the next floor. as the stakes is high, you know the stakes is high. fact check, true. the stakes is high. it is primary election day in missouri, and several high profile races could help bring voter out to the polls. histor
peter doocy brought it up yesterday. somebody unvaccinated comes over on a plane and that s not okay. somebody walks into texas or arizona unvaccinated they are allowed to stay. why? that s not now it works. that s not what you guys want to happen but that s what s happening. it is not like something walks over, that s now how it works. that s exactly what is happening. thousands of people walk in in a day. some turn themselves over, some are caught. tens of thousands of week are not. that s what s happening. fox news correspondent bill melugin echoing that and tweeting, peter doocy is 100% correct. exactly what s happening on the border. not sure how many times we have to show the video to get that point across. dana: griff jenkins is following this from washington that must have been quite something for you to hear yesterday, griff. well, it certainly blew up my text messages from border patrol agents actively on duty. dana and trace good morning. the onl
spending package helping the economy. talking with the president live in delaware. the reduction act as a wall of the lamb. democrats are not talking much about inflation at all. they have a lot of other stuff they would rather talk about that they have been doing as they try to hold the house in november. justin the past few weeks, lowering prescription drug costs . the republicans try to stop. of course gun safety legislation potential trouble lies ahead in a pole. 26% of those surveyed believe the inflation reduction act will make angst better for them. only in joe biden s america, the solution to an inflation induced spending induced inflation crisis more spending. the way to fix inflation is to lower taxes to repair our supply chain to produce lower energy to floridians. biden officials were selling the meat of the bill. it does not have anything to do with inflation, but rather climate change. we want to accelerate this push to clean electricity. the reason