welcome to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper. and tonight we re less than a month, 27 days, away from one of the weirdest and least predictable midterm elections in modern memory. what s happening now and ending on election day, november 8th, is not typical. it s not. as of now it s not shaping up to be a wave for one party or another. no. it s more like a sharknado. now, typically, republicans would and should be feeling pretty good about their chances to retake both the house and the senate by significant margins, feeling good because things are bad. with high inflation and fears of a recession, voters are inclined to hold the party in power right now, that s democrats responsible and accountable. because phrases are up almost everywhere you look. life is more expensive. by which of course i mean life cereal, wheat and processed wheat products up more than 20% year-to-year. and as humpty hump might say, straight butter baby, by which butter is up 30% august to august. an
predictable midterm elections in modern memory. what is happening now and ending on election day november 8th is not typical, it is not. as of now, it is not shaping up to be a wave for one party or another. now it is more like a shark nato. typically, republicans would and should be feeling pretty good about their chances. to retake both the house and the senate by significant margins. feeling good because things are bad. high inflation, fears of a recession, voters are inclined to hold the party in power. right now, that is democrats. they are responsible and accountable. phrases are up nearly everywhere you look. life is more expensive, but which of course i mean life cereal, weak and processed wheat products. up more than 20% here. as the late great rapper might say, straight butter baby. by which of course, i mean the tuck cost butter is up 30% august to august. of course, our friends in saudi arabia are making sure that we all continue to feel more pain at the pump. tha
argued that is pretext to get their hands on the former president s financial documents but lower courts have said that the committee could obtain these documents until the supreme court intervened here and put a temporary pause on this. now, erica, if the supreme court affirms this lower court ruling, if this is allowed to stand, it is significant because if the house ways and means committee is allowed to obtain these tax returns from the former president, that really would represent a significant chipping away at some of the protections that are afforded to sitting presidents and signal a real boost to congress s over site powers. so we ll see what the supreme court does here. this is just temporary. paula, appreciate it. also with us elie honig and when we look at this, i think it might be helpful to just remind us all the reason that they said as paula layed out, they want to look into how the irs is going through the tax returns. if and when they actually do get the
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plus, verdicts are being handed down by the violent criminals who attacked police on january 6th. the same criminals who are being embraced as heroes by trump and his maga lackeys. where is the accountability for trump? and the frightening prospect of doug mastriano being in charge of pennsylvania. pennsylvania elections as governor. the philadelphia inquirer is calling it a ten-alarm fire for anyone who believes in a functioning democracy. we begin tonight at a hearty s drive-through in minnesota where yesterday afternoon the fbi seized the cell phone of pillow manufacturer turned conspiracy theorist mike lindell after he went on a rampage on his online tv show. the fast food chain brilliantly took to social media writing now that you know we exist, you should really try ow pillowy biscuits. please whoever gives their social media accounts a raise, stat. despite lindell doing his darnedest over the past 20 or so hours to make this all about him, it s not. the case actu