graham and democratic senator richard blumenthal. plus, on the trail, as candidates make their pitch to voters, one democrat goes all in on a major issue. i am pro-choice and i am going to be governor because of my commitment to the women of georgia. what is the winning strategy for november? democratic nominee for georgia governor stacey abrams joins me ahead. hello. i m dana bash in washington, where the state of our union is wondering how long they will go. you re looking at live pictures of the senate floor where tired lawmakers are still voting after more than 12 hours of all night debate on the democrats sweeping tax, health and climate package. right now, democrats have stayed largely united as republicans and bernie sanders offer up amendments to the bill. but now we re learning democrats may be trying to make some changes of their own. i want to go straight to capitol hill to cnn s chief congressional correspondent manu raju. manu, what s the latest? reporte
rights. on his republican opponent focused on inflation and crime. in florida former republican governor turned democratic congressman charlie crist will challenge republican governor and potential presidential candidate ron desantis for the governor s mansion. chris will be here to talk about his uphill battle. the senate candidate in florida is congresswoman and former orlando police chief val demings winning the nomination to challenge marco rubio. and in new york s bitter feud between two powerful democrats for one manhattan seat because of redistricting, jerry nadler defeated caroline maloney. also on the political front, president biden is back from vacation today and will be announcing an extension on student loan forgiveness, a decision unlikely to please partisans on both sides. and a somber independence day in ukraine as the country also marks six months today since russia invaded with boris johnson showing up in kyiv and president so lent skit addressing the u.n. $
another government shutdown. congress only has five and a half days to pass some kind of measure to keep the federal government funded or otherwise risk closing down some agencies and suspending some services right before the holidays. but as has been the case since the beginning of this congress, unresolved issues within their is functional house republican caucus continue to derail progress. the conference wide call yesterday afternoon, the new speaker mike johnson unveiled his plan to fund the government, which involves a novel approach called a lag, continuing resolution, or c r. under this plan, fundi for some services and agencies, such as military vet programs, department of transportation and housing, and urban development, among others, will be extended at current levels until the first deadline of january 19. meanwhile, funding will be extended until february 2nd, a couple of weeks later, for the rest of the government, including for the departments of state, justic
inflationary period. they see this sass something that feeds into the larger argument that the midterms are going to be about the economy. this could be a distraction. but at the end of the day, democrats, this is something that s galvanized them for years. finally seeing action on it. it s huge. there s always the issue of the young voters. this could be something as well as the abortion issue, the larger freedom and liberty issue. it could energize young voters and they need those young voters who are are more likely to be democratic. that s absolutely true. you see a falloff in voters. it s not your general election year. you want to bring as many people to the table as possible. every operative i talked to says it s about turnout because it always is. but at the same time, if this is something that young voters as they are seeing it hit their wallet cans take to the ballot
as well as the anniversary and the fears of something terrible happening at the nuclear plant. where do you how do you assess how ukraine is doing and whether they can withstand the continuous onslaught here and what appears to be a frozen conflict? i don t think there s any question that ukrainians have a lot to celebrate on independence day. they remain an independent democracy. they basically were able to stop a russian invasion of their country. they survived a brutal siege, a war in which russia was attacking innocent men, women, and children, but they survived it. and now they are holding their