into chaos and create a showdown where the next president will be decided by a vote in the republican -controlled house of representatives. history suggests that democrats are all toward a midterm shacking, as president obama once called it. the party in the white house has few exceptions traditionally lost seats in congress. democrats are expected to perform poorly. there s almost a punchline at this point. yes, president biden s all-time low pole time certainly not helping his party on senate majorities. the true picture is, it s more complicated than that. there s a brand-new shiny budget reconciliation possibly on the horizon, with more money for health care, prescription drugs and the climate, there s also new polling this week suggesting that things might not be as weak for democrats as they first seemed. despite biden s 33% approval rating and the fact that 80% of the voters think the country is headed in the wrong direction, recent polls also show a slight majorit
on khan younis and rafah in the south have continued as have those in the jabaliya refugee camp in the north. israel insists it s making maximum effort to avoid killing civilians. hospitals inside gaza are struggling to take in the casualties, with un officials describing a degree of panic in medicalfacilities that hasn t been seen before. the un says palestinians who are being told to leave areas which were previously seen as safe, are being pushed into a narrow corner of gaza. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports. ominous warnings the israeli flares that hang in the night sky over gaza are followed by the thuds of explosions. rumbling explosion. and on the ground, israel s military says its offensive has now expanded to every part of the palestinian territory. it said its operations here will be of no less strength than those that have devastated the north. explosions, shouting. israel s already ordered more evacuations in the south of gaza, crowded
have a king. and to try every day to find a different way to disenfranchise minority voters, particularly african american voters, which is evident by the map that he himself made is very telling, and absolute power, which he has over the legislature, corrupts absolutely. you mentioned the map. i want to read a little bit more reporting to you about it. desantis s map would cut in half the number of african american districts from four, a current proposed congressional maps, to two, while boosting the number of seats donald trump would have won in 2020 from to 18 from the 16 on the map being considered by the gop-led florida senate. it would also wipe out the fifth congressional district seat held by african american representative al lawson.