trump s political strength is still evident at the polls. overnight south carolina republican congressman tom rice was defeated by a trump endorsed candidate. rice was one of ten republicans in the house who voted to impeach the former president and one of the first to face republican primary voters. another race in south carolina did not go trump s way, congresswoman nancy mace at times a trump critic survived a primary challenge. in another significant development republican mayor flores flipped a democratic house district in south texas, this is a pretty significant special election victory that builds on republican gains among latino voters in the region in the 2020 election. joining me now is cnn senior data reporter harry enten. harry, i think the marquee race last night was in south carolina, people looking to see what would happen to this republican that voted to impeach donald trump. looking to see what exactly would happen and here is what happened, look, it s
welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, it is wednesday, june 15th and i m brianna keilar with john berman here in new york. if you don t believe in the climate emergency facing our nation just open your window or walk outside today, there will be evidence on display in every corner of america, no matter where you live count on extreme weather, heat warnings or severe flooding. in the span of 24 hours americans have grappled with all of these threats, violent storms left hundreds of thousands without power in the midwest, flooded communities in montana that don t have clean drinking water and there have even been tornadoes in chicago. meteorologist derek van dam is live in columbus, ohio, where the mayor has no power and he s urging residents to go to cooling centers and pools to stay safe. reporter: john, unfortunately the perfect storm has struck this area, the combination of no electricity and dangerous excessive heat, that is a recipe for dis
a republican can win. skipping over competitive and going red. mayra flores won. the first mexican born woman to serve in the house. bill: this is a heavily hispanic district that shares a border 80 miles with mexico. it was created 10 years ago and until now it has been a democratic stronghold. dana: what changed? critics are pointing to president biden s border policies. voters witness the crisis firsthand in donna, texas, thousands were held in squall or. bill: the world s richest man weighing in. elon musk tweets the following. the first time i ever voted republican. massive red wave in 2022. dana: team fox coverage. bill melugin is covering the crisis on the border from texas and we re live in dallas. this is exactly what the national republican party was banking on. it spent a million dollars on television ads alone for the special election in this traditionally democratic district down in south texas. and there is so much to know about this very special candi
oil by sending a strongly worded letter to the heads of seven oil companies, oh, boy. threatening to use emergency powers if they don t boost supply after bashing them for turning a profit. it comes as gas prices are have officially top $5 per gallon with no relief in sight. and if you can t afford the sky-high gas prices the white house says just buy an expensive electric car. he filled up your ev by charging and he filled up your gas tank with gasoline and you have the same size tank you would save $60 per fill up by going electric rather than using gasoline. it s very compelling but to your point we want to bring down the price at the point of purchase. she knows money, she has stock in electric vehicles i believe. biden s marks are so low in inflation that even cnn is turning on him. how do you gauge biden s performance read? awful pit all compared to carter, look at the disapproval rate the joe biden has an inflationary now. it s over 70%. carter was not even there
mcswain and businessman dave white. but we do have a projection to make in the democratic governor s race. and cnn projects pennsylvania attorney general josh shapiro will be the democratic nominee for pennsylvania governor. shapiro coasts through uncontested. he will face the winner of the republican gubernatorial primary in the fall. dana bash, shapiro is counting on having a republican candidate, republican competitor whom he can easily paint as extreme. absolutely. he s already starting to do that. we should note that josh shapiro announced that he s positive for covid so i m not sure that we ll actually see him tonight. but jake is exactly right. he became a national figure during the time between november, the november election and when the inauguration happened because as the attorney general in pennsylvania, he was very aggressive about pushing back against gop efforts to overturn the election there. depending on who he has as his opponent, he might be fighting that