congress, and democracy itself. this is another member of the ex presidents inner circle. he was indicted, and republicans are caught on tape planning to dispatch an army of activists to polling sites to target and potentially overturn votes in democratic precincts. the reporter who understood those tapes joins me later in the show. plus, the lawyer who scored an unprecedented victory for sandy hook families against the gunmaker in that case has turned his attentions to the gun maker in the uvalde texas massacre. i will talk to him about that legal strategy that could be the turning point in the war over guns in america, and what you might not know about how the gun industry markets directly to young men. then, day 101 of the war that vladimir putin plans to wrap up in three days. i will talk to lieutenant colonel vindman about how russia s war of choice in ukraine has changed. what is likely to come next, and likely, today, by the way, is the first day of the general electio
holding republicans accountable. the audacious effort that one group is taking to make sure that some election deniers never work again. then the trumps must testify. new details on the order of the civil investigation and president biden s efforts to reform police system, two years on after george floyd s death. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. one of the most important features of a healthy democracy is holding officials who do wrong accountable. this week, there have been some interesting developments in outside efforts to punish republicans who work to overturn the results of the 2020 election. the fourth circuit of appeals this wrote that participants in an instruction can be barred from holding office. the decision came in the case at the republican madison cawthorn, before losing the primary despondent, faced a challenge by north carolina voters, arguing that his actions at the capitol made him ineligible for future public service. the voting rights group,
georgia voters are mortified than ever with the primaries just two days away, we ve got new numbers from georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger s office, and it shows early voting in the peak state surged ahead of tuesday s primaries. 2022 s total is up to 112% from 2020. and 2020 was a presidential election year, so that s pretty good. now let s look at the party lines, we ve got republicans who cast nearly 500,000 early ballots, while democrats cast just over 368,000. so, what insight can early voting numbers and the primaries actually tell us about how things will shake out in the general? i m so glad you asked, because we have nbc news correspondent ellison barber, on the ground in hot land to break it down, welcome ellison. okay, so nearly 900,000 people voted early in a primary, in a midterm here. what is happening and what can this mean for november? yeah, i, mean it s a really big deal for me when i look at those numbers and think, what does it mean as we mov
is seeking to stop the january six committee from obtaining to handwritten notes that he allegedly received from the former president his self. the lawyers have characterized the notes as quintessential privileged material. such communications are protected by attorney client privilege. no word yet on whether the argument will hold up. as the january six committee prepares to take its pro public, it becomes every day that the attack on the capitol was part of a larger scheme to overturn the election results, and that there was a lot more going on behind the scenes. you remember that the ex president and his allies focus most of the detention and election lies on battleground states like arizona, georgia, pennsylvania, where biden s margins a victim were relatively narrow. one wave did not get of way with it was because the governors of those states decide to not be complacent in helping the fraudsters overturn the will of the majority of their voters. those actions, a fire wa
They have the situation on lock. The president is certainly going to test on a regular cadence determined by his physician. All travelers including the president will test before traveling to india. Masking, testing and monitoring for symptoms. He has no symptoms. So were going to continue to follow those guidelines. Harris well, if he does get to travel to the g20 he will have to deal with this reality. Our enemies are busy. China does what it wants. Chinas president xi reportedly will skip the summit. U. S. And china relations are spiraling. Arms negotiations between russia and north korea are quote, actively advancing and causing Major Concerns for ukraine. And were told to expect biden to again try to rally the world around ukraine while he is abroad. In focus, 2024 republican president ial candidate vivek ramaswamy. Well get into Foreign Policy and more when he joins me. We begin with Jacque Heinrich at the white house. Jacque, covid watch. You know, china has its own simmering te