hello and welcome to inside politics. i m abby phillip in today for john king in washington. detained right now in american reporter for the wall street journal, is in russian custody after vladimir putin s government accuses him of spying. plus two army black hawk helicopters crash in kentucky nine service members, all of them killed as military training operation goes sideways. they re lost. today is our loss, and we re gonna stand with both those that are here today and again. we re gonna make sure that these families know that they are loved that they are not alone. and gridlock on guns. tempers flare lawmakers literally shouting at one another over on capitol hill over the nashville shooting. you know what i m saying? dying? but first today s major news an american journalist arrested in russia, evan gorski vich is being accused of espionage after russian security services detained him about 1100 miles from moscow. the fsb, says gertjan, which was trying to obtain state
level. yeah there s no question that republicans, especially in our hyper polarized, hyper gerrymandered times that we live in, uh see the culture wars as a winning issue for them and see it as a way to energize their base ahead of the elections, but i think it s so important to center the debate around exactly what you just showed their which is the fact that trans youth disproportionately have higher rates of suicide of depression of anxiety and the focus here. what we ve seen is, i think, nearly 200 bills anti trans bills that have been passed across the country with no focus . it seems from republicans at least on the mental health crisis that these trans youth are also facing also confused by the political reasoning behind doing this, right. i mean, there is an assessment from some republicans that this is a successful wage issue for them, but we had some pulling out just this week. at npr that showed, in fact, it remains the economy that is actually by far the most important issu