the alarming numbers in alexandria. ashley, carley, it s sad when you look at these numbers laid out in a map or remote learning lesson for longer, children suffered the sharpest declines in learning. the nation s report card was last administered in 2019. show that since then eighth grade math scores have dropped by a staggering eight points. again, it s a three-point loss for reading in both fourth and fifth grade, statistic offer this quote: the losses are bigger, much bigger in math and reading and are much vulnerable kids. those are things consistent with every other piece of information that we have seen in post-pandemic testing. school closures were the dander and so little was known about covid-19 but the more known those closures became political, calling the shots based on national guidance and dr. anthony apo fauci is seekino separate himself from that. they always come back and say fauci was responsible for closing school. i had nothing to do let s get dow
but tonight, we begin with the story. the man waiting in the wings. while donald trump is finding a torrent of investigations, there is one person who has been ready to take the mic, should the former president go bankrupt, be caught in jail, or fall into a classified box. that man is florida republican governor ron desantis. the first term governor has catapulted to celebrity status among republicans thanks to his abrasive style and his relentless desire to weigh into the culture wars on behalf of the far-right. with his sights clearly set on 2024 run, governor desantis is now taking his show on the road. he is headlining rallies for k gop candidates all across the usa. just last week, he visited arizona to stop on behalf of the far-right election deniers running for governor and senate in that state. there, he was praised as the beast from the east, and the best governor we have in this country. gubernatorial candidate kari lake was downright giddy when saying that she had
6th attendee and candidate doug mastriano. all back in for the, desantis is bringing his far-right agenda to the classroom. the state telling educators what they must teach and what they are not allowed to say. tonight, part two of our special report. and democrats, hopeful as republicans run scared. new polling showing the gop is trump backed candidates could cost them a chance at taking the senate. republican strategist mike murphy who is fed up with this party joins us live. plus, a trump ally lindsey graham tells us he must testify next week. andrew weizmann, former prosecutor and senior member of robert mueller s team is our guest. but tonight, we begin with the story. the man waiting in the wings. while donald trump is finding a torrent of investigations, there is one person who has been ready to take the mic, should the former president go bankrupt, be caught in jail, or fall into a classified box. that man is florida republican governor ron desantis. the first term go
it s kind of pro marco bowl the judge basically saying, the should be in the hands of the people, so let s get it into the hands of the people, let s get it on to the docket or at least on the ballot for november. this is a difficult situation in michigan, because while it does allow for exceptions for the health, the life of the pregnant mother, doctors i ve spoken with have said, even that s not clear what that means. the doctor may say this is a dangerous pregnancy that should be terminated, but in a state where you have government attorneys looking to make an example out of someone, even that is not clear to drop the doctors, and that s gonna prevent women from getting the help they need, it will prevent woman who are miscarrying to get the help they need, and it will prevent doctors from acting because it s a felony. because this is one of the most important things to happen on november 8th. and hands off to gretchen lippman or, for saying we have to do something preem
brick in the wall confirming that the big lie is indeed baseless. from washington post, quote, u.s. postal service investigators found no evidence to support a pennsylvania postal worker s claim that his supervisors had tampered with mail in ballots according to an inspector general s report. allegations cited by top republicans to press baseless clams of fraud in the presidential election. richard hopkins alleged he heard the local postmaster general. he revised the initial claims eventually stated he had not heard a conversation about ballots at all. rather he saw the postmaster and supervisor having a discussion and assumed it was about fraudulent ballot back dating. the new report states. even though the dubious claim was recanted the damage was done. it became a case study in what trump and trumpism can do with a lie. trump referred to hop conditions as a quote brave patriot. senator graham cited the false claim from hopkins in a letter to the jd demanding a federal in