desperately needs, and it is what democrats will deliver on in the coming days. so up next, the bill still needs to survive a rare weekend session, a parliamentary review and a senate vote-arama. more on that coming up. assuming it passes, it would send democratic members home on top of another win on top of the kansas abortion vote that fired up the base and great jobs numbers today as well. it also adds fuel to the already frenzied pace of midterm campaigns escalating to levels we rarely see today. nbc news now predicts election denier and trump acolyte kari lake is the winner of the republican primary for governor of arizona. she repeatedly claimed election irregularities but now says her supporters, quote, outvoted the fraud. among those endorsing lake, the conservative group cpac, which is now meeting in texas and where the keynote speaker was hungarian prime minister victor orban who was welcomed with a standing ovation. the washington post described it as, quote, a
we ll dig deeper. in russia, the 29-year-old daughter of a putin ally whose father is known as putin s brain was killed in a fiery car explosion outside moscow with the kremlin accusing ukraine for being responsible for what russia is calling a contract killing. with ukraine celebrating its independence this weekend also marking six months since the russian invasion, i ll be talking to retired general david petraeus. and congress members jerry nadler and caroline maloney are locked in a bitter intraparty primary battle in new york city tomorrow thanks to redistricting. we ll discuss that race. and i ll take a look at the rise in anti-semitic groups across america after leafletting in a small new jersey town this weekend just days after similar leaflets were seen on long island, new york. joining me is ken delanian and brandon buck. you ve got the new nbc news poll with some major headlines. voters are angry, frustrated. they re saying for the first time that threats to
it s how they write their memoirs. those are some of the new excuses from republicans about why donald trump took classified documents home with him to mar-a-lago. there was, though, one of the old ones about hillary clinton. the former president now is previewing his legal plans as he pushes more dangerous rhetoric. also this morning, new polling from nbc news shows americans no longer believe the economy is the most pressing issue facing our country. steve kornacki joins us to break down the numbers and to tell us what is on the minds of americans. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is monday, august 22nd. with us this morning, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, the great katty kay. katty, taking broadside shots a moment ago at your home country and the technology there. i was deeply concerned by that. i know. i was just hoping no one was listening back home. i think you re okay. we ll redeem ourselves here. okay. let s start with the new nbc news
to purchase to 21 years old. but the simple facts, once again, are this, those measures have no realistic chance of passages in the senate. republicans aren t even talking about gun restrictions. they are once again blaming mental illness for the nation s gun crisis. we have crunched those numbers before on this broadcast and that claim does not stand up. some states are, though, not waiting for congress to act. new york state lawmakers just passed several bills including one that raises the minimum age to buy a semiautomatic rifle to 21. we will have more on those state measures in just a moment. first, let s look at the national or what remains of it. with us political anchor for spectrum news and you decide podcast. john, i want to be honest with our viewers because we will report on measures that pass of a democratic controlled house but don t have the votes to pass the senate and become law. what is the reality of the effort? wl what is still alive and might still ge
unemployment staying at 3.6 pers percent. bill: there are at the moment 11.4 million jobs open and 6 million unemployed americans which means the math says two jobs for every person that s looking for work today. gas is soaring. another record high today. $4.76 a gallon now. that s nearly twice as high as when president biden took office. bill: here is the good news. wages rising slightly up 5.2%. not enough to keep up with inflation is the bad news. that disparity creating a nationwide pay cut. team fox coverage this morning. jacqui heinrich and we begin with kelly o grady live from los angeles. kelly. today marks the first weekend of june. you would normally have people excited for weekend getaways, beach trips. instead drivers are facing more dread at the pumps. today is the seventh straight day of record highs. the national average jumped 5 cents overnight. that s just two cents shy of double the price when president biden took office. that means an extra $33 ev