still the most influential member of this republican party and ultimately the candidates he picks and that may include the likes of kevin mccarthy who is looking to be speaker next year. his head nod is where the power lies in the republican party. okay, thank you so much for that report from ohio. we appreciate that. let s turn now to the breaking news in the war on ukraine. right now you re looking live at ukrainian president zelenskyy. he is holding a press conference with reporters actually what you say there obviously is a reporter. trust me, there is a press conference under way. it comes as russia s attacks intensify. local authorities say a missile struck infrastructure in odesa earlier today. ukrainian officials say five people were killed. that includes a 3-month-old baby. also new today in mariupol, officials say russian forces have renewed their attacks on the steel plant where hundreds of ukrainian fighters and possibly civilians are trapped. let s go to matt bradley
as he told me doesn t always make quote the right decisions and a head nod to the fact that donald trump surrounded himself in the past with individuals that didn t serve him well and suggesting in the case of vance he is not a true conservative and draft oz with a mistake on that front. essentially you don t hear republicans often suggest that donald trump is always making the right call but the races that donald trump is sticking the nose into is republicans from the states going to openly step aside from trump and say that maybe whatever donald trump says is not what the republican party will ultimately do. i can t tell you how many times i heard. it is not that donald trump made a bad choice but got bad advice. vaughn hillyard in ohio, thank
head nod to the you know, his thinking on that day while he acted as he did, and at the same time, not alienate trump s supporters. it it it is that can he maintain that? or does to your point you know, him being more public about exactly what happened doesn t that risk tipping the balance toward just alienating the trump base? it does. but look. i don t really understand pence s strategy right now for 2024. i mean, he really does not have the backing of anyone who continues to support this man trump. and i think it is going to be hard for him to garner this space. and so, i really think the bigger thing that mike pence could do is actually lead the country in a better direction because we have donald trump sitting down there, doubling down on lies about what mike pence could do on the election. he is continuing to sow division
they re very credible sources. they would not risk their reputations just running with a rumor. so that s number one. but number two is it s very common for reporters then to take the reporting to the spokes people for the subjects. in this case they would have probably taken it to tom brady s spokespeople, they would have taken it to the buccaneers and if they did not get they may have had off the record conversations not received comments, but it s not uncommon for a spokesperson to basically say we are not going to dispute the reporting. right. i think that s almost it s not in the story but it s almost another element of verification knowing that the official authorities in the case are not going to come out and say your reporting is wrong. yeah. you re looking for a head nod. sometimes i will say to a source, look, are you going to embarrass me, contradict me, make me look bad tomorrow? it s that back and with sources that i think happened in the tom brady story. i will
head nod to the you know, his thinking on that day, why he acted as he did, and at the same time, not alienate trump supporters. it it is that can he maintain that? or does to your point you know, him being more public about exactly what happened doesn t that risk tipping the balance toward just alienating the trump base? it does. but look. i don t really understand pence s strategy right now for 2024. i mean, he really does not have the backing of anyone who continues to support this man, trump. and i think it is going to be hard for him to garper the space. and so, i really think the bigger thing that mike pence could do is actually lead the country in a better direction because we have donald trump sitting down there, doubling down on lies about what mike pence could do on the election. he is continuing to sow division across our country. he is inciting potential