hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. a major dam destroyed in ukraine. there are mass evacuations and plenty of blame as russia and ukraine point fingers at the oh. trouble for trump as one lane of the special counsel investigation nears its end. jack smith attended a meeting with the legal team and a bizarre plot twist. cnn learned it led to a flood of suspicion from prosecutors. and chris christie makes his 2024 entrance. the former governor is also a trump friend turned trump critic who sees himself as the best republican hope of derailing the former the president s comeback bid. we begin with a major development in ukraine. a major dam was destroyed overnight. the collapse of the dam on the river prompting evacuations and fears of large-scale devastation. new video shows the surging waters leading to massive flooding and fears now of a potential environmental di disaster. you can see water creepin
and john fetterman easily won the democratic senate primary in pennsylvania, though he might be the first candidate to do so from a hospital bed. he is out of surgery this morning after suffering a stroke and receiving a pacemaker just hours before the polls closed. we ll hear from his wife in a bit. meanwhile in north carolina, the first term congressman madison cawthorn has conceded after losing his primary to state senator chuck edwards. it is a major lrebuke of someon who was once seen as a rising star in the gop but whose political career saw scandal after scandal that put him on the outs with his own party. donald trump had pleaded with voterses to give cawthorn a second chance, but they chose a different path. meanwhile in idaho, republican governor brad little beat back a challenge from his own lieutenant governor whose tirades against covid restrictions had won her the endorsement of donald trump. and in pennsylvania, senate race is so close on the republican sid
Better, but only if i do it. What they have done is incredible. It is more rigid and it will never change. It is not going to change, its not going to happen. Lets talk about another issue to define the future of this country for generations to come. The United States Supreme Court. Earlier this year, we lost the great justice antonin scalia. The next president has to not only fill this seat, but as many as four others. It could even be, we could end up with a total of five judges by one president. It would be record setting. It will probably be three, could be four, could even be five. And you pick the wrong people, you have a country that is no longer your country. It will be a disaster. One of the most important issues, other than maybe defense, build up the military, it is so depleted. Build up our vets, protect your Second Amendment, so many things. One of the most important, some people think the most important, the filling of the seats in the United States Supreme Court. You see
the president who are perturbed by it. they can t fully ignore this because the 20% that s based on name i.d., he has positions that s not attractive to a democratic primary electorate. that probably doesn t exist. but it is a parking space for some democrats who are not and the presidency or the idea of a second term to hang out in. and that is the piece of it that they need to pay attention to. ask about pat buchanan. so let s deal with this now. cornel west a legal scholar yesterday says he s running for president. in these big times, i have decided to run for truth and justice, which takes the form of running for president of the united states as a candidate for the people s party. the people s party is a liberal progressive party. it s run by a former bernie