possibly still to come. we are actually helping the american people instead of just playing political games. and the political payoff for doing the right thing. i ve been very clear, i think he s guilty of the most serious dereliction of duty of any president in our nation s history. reports of a quiet republican effort to try to save this chinese seat, will it work? plus, the julia podcaster from texas and his performative outrage. and a 50 million dollar judgment against alex jones for his sandy hook lies. when all in starts right now. good evening from washington, d.c., i am mehdi hassan in for chris hayes. so, it is friday morning, the first friday of the month of august, and you are producer of fox the country is awaiting the july jobs report. and even the white house has admitted that the numbers are going to be bad. of course, this is the store you go big. on the jobs report is going to be lousy. joe biden s economy is in the gutter. the white house is al
domestic agenda, the affordable care act, obamacare, if you will. bringing health care to tens of millions of americans. the next item on their agenda was another historic piece of legislation. a desperately needed climate bill to address the growing threat posed by global warming. democrats had already coalesced around the bill that was written by two democratic house members, then congressman henry waxman, and ed markey. in washington and around the country, that bill became known as the cap and trade bill. after a central provision in the legislation to put a cap or a limit on carbon emissions and businesses chain themselves their emissions capacity to each other. it wasn t the most far-reaching proposal that democrats were pushing for at the time, but it wasn t a half measure either. had it passed, the cap in trade bill would have been the single biggest legislative attempt under dressing climate change in u.s. history. and democrats appeared to be on track to get it done
nationwide failed in the senate. we will explain what happens next to turn roe v. wade into law. and where the supreme court stands right now, as justices prepare to meet for the first time since that leaked draft opinion. and the latest from ukraine, talk of another russia annexation, but first, a war crimes trial and the u.s. works to limit intel sharing. good morning, welcome to way too early. on this thursday, may 12th. i m jonathan lemire. as expected, a senate bill that would expand abortion projections nationwide fell to a republican filibuster and failed to get majority support after democratic senator joe manchin joined all 50 republicans in voting against it. the west virginia democrat said we support a clean bill that codifies roe v. wade into federal law, but not the bill that was put on the senate floor yesterday. i was hopeful that the democratic party had control of the agenda with a piece of legislation that would codify roe v. wade. 70% of the ameri
survives this congressional race. we are out of time, stuart stevens, john nichols, thank you both for the a fascinating and important scott, and i think. that is all in for this week, i will be back on sunday at 8 pm, my, show the mehdi hasan, msnbc prime, though, starts right now though, with ali velshi. good evening. mehdi, good evening to, you have yourself a good weekend. we will see you sunday night. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. back in 2009, barack obama took office amid the biggest economic crisis since the great depression. democrats had control of the white house, the senate, and the house of representatives, and for awhile, despite that dire economic catastrophe, it looked like democrats were going to be able to deal with the crisis and move forward on a big, broad agenda. that year, they passed an historic economic recovery, built to pull the country out of the great recession by early 2010, they had passed a major part of the president s