welcome to inside politic ts requests. thank you for sharing your day with us. the hate-based spot, a man charged with scheming to murder jews serving in state government. the attorney general says she is among those targeted. plus president biden rallies democrats on capitol hill this hour. the president warning republicans want devastating spending cuts in exchange for letting the government borrow to pay its bills. the house speaker says that s not true. says it s the president dragging things out instead of negotiating. and surprise meeting. the top american and russian did you want did you want, but it ran barely ten minutes. today proof there s no end in sight. we begin the hour with the arrest of the michigan man and the frightening outburst of hate that led to it. a man now in custody threatened to kill any jews working in michigan state government and vowed to use deadly force against anyone who attempted to stop him. michigan s top law enforcement officer, says
300,000 additional troops will be called up to fight. this comes as russia has suffered ahumiliating losses to ukraine with troops retreating from territory. putin used his most direct language to date regarding the possible use of nuclear weapons. translator: this is not a bluff. the citizens of russia can be sure that the territorial integrity of our homeland, our independence and freedom will be ensured. those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the prevailing winds can turn in their direction. the comments come across the backdrop of the u.n. general assembly here in new york. president biden set to speak just hours for now, as multiple kremlin backed authorities announced referendums on joining russia this week. ukraine and its allies dismissed the moves as a sham driven by fear of defeat. i want to bring in kylie atwood here in new york, nick paton walsh is live in ukraine for us. this speech we thought it was going to happen yesterday, i
new york and california now under pressure. michigan. we ll take a look at the governor s race. we ll take a look at those. these are the headlines, this is what is being talked about today. politco, big republican gains. the washington post, democrats fear that the mid-term map is slipping away from them. and axios is showing a red tsunami. president biden moments ago said this. so far we re running against the tide and we re beating the tide. we just have 15 days until one of the most important elections in our lifetime. it s going to shape the way this country looks like for the coming decade. he did zero campaigning over the weekend. let s bring in fox news contributor josh kraushaar. these are the senate toss-up races as you see them and as we see them. nevada, arizona, georgia, pennsylvania. let s take a quick look at arizona. this is a race that at one point the senate leadership committee said, blake masters is on his own. right? now this thing is tightening up.
on bump stocks. the justices saying it cannot be classified as a machine gun. reaction and what else the court is still considering ahead. fighting words. donald trump calls the city in a critical swing state where he plans to accept the republican nomination for president horrible. good day, i m jose diaz-balart in today for andrea mitchell. right now, president biden is preparing for his private audience with pope francis as the g7 summit comes to a close in italy. today is the first time a pontiff has attended a g7 summit. officially, he is focusing on the ethics surrounding artificial intelligence. he is also holding personal mini-sessions with world leaders. president biden last met with the pope in 2021 before the wars in ukraine and gaza erupted. the pontiff has been calling for peace in those conflicts, sometimes drawing the ire of many around the world. there s no new movement that we know of towards a cease-fire in gaza. one senior hamas leader today insistin
If confirmed by the senate, i will keep an open mind in every case and i will always strive to preserve the constitution of the United States and the american rule of law. So kavanaugh is a graduate of Yale Law School and clerked for Justice Kennedy. In 1993 he met ken starr during a Justice Department fellowship and became a key staff member when starr was the independent counsel investigating the white water and clinton lieu ensky scandals. Kavanaugh helped write the final report to congress that laid out 11 possible grounds for impeaching president bill clinton. He served as george w. Bushs white House Counsel and Staff Secretary before he was nominated to be a federal judge in 2006. He was confirmed at that time by a vote of 5736. Now, Brett Kavanaughs nomination sets up an extremely
consequential confirmation battle. Within minutes of trumps announcement, several Top Democrats voicing their intention to vote against him. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer put out a saying that b