again. where do you start? ian is one of the biggest storms ever to hit florida. one of the biggest tests yet for its ambitious governor. the impacts of this storm are historic. can democrats keep control of the senate? the answer may come down to pennsylvania. do you want the 51st vote in the senate? send me to washington, d.c. with his lead narrowing, can john fetterman fight off attacks he is soft on crime? ginni thomas tells the january 6 committee she thinks the election was stolen. as americans trust to the judiciary plummets to historic lows, can the justices win it back? inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters, now. welcome to inside politics sunday. i m abby phillip. days after hurricane ian slammed into florida, residents are still trying to assess the damage that s been left behind by a record setting storm surge, damaging winds and catastrophic flooding. at least 67 people now we have learned were killed by this storm i
matter to them. here s a fun story about new york. a thug knocked out a diner in an unprovoked attack leaving him in a coma with a fractured scull. i told you it was fun. the attacker recently got out of prison for rape. i know he s probably a victim of the system. and by system, i mean what we used to call law and order. so where is he now? well, after his charge for accidented murder was downgraded to a misdemeanor, he s out on no cash bail. because trying to kill someone isn t that much different these days than loitering. and now he s free to beat and rape again. so audience, have fun walking back to your cars. [laughter] greg: because keeping him behind bars would have made him the victim. and that s his job, making victims. weren t we told bail reform was only for nonviolent felonies? but it s a bait and switch like when i order steak medium well and the waiter punches me in the face instead. once again the politicians left wing das and judges play russian roulette wi
president biden has awakened from his hellish fever dream of last night. his nightmarish speech which looked like he d either wandered onto the set of triumph of the will or into amsterdam s red light district, is all over now. today he has no memory of it. watching all of this recall that moment at the end of the musical 1776 when john adams prowls independence hall in frustration. is anybody there? does anybody care? does anybody see what i see? tammy: biden would probably call adams an extremist but is anybody there? does the president even know what he saying? you decide. i m not going to comment. you watch. there s no question that the republican party today is dominated, driven and intimidated by donald trump and the maga republicans. and that is a threat to this country. i don t consider any [indistinct] donald trump and the maga republicans were present and extremism that threatens the very foundation of our republic. maga republicans are destroying american
hello and welcome to bbc news. after weeks of debate, voting has closed in the conservative party leadership race. after 2 months of campaigning, and 8 initial candidates whittled down to 2, we ll find out on monday whether liz truss or rishi sunak has been chosen by party members to be the next leader and so prime minister. here s our political correspondent ben wright: after a long, rancorous campaign, it s now time to count the ballots. just 160,000 tory party members are picking their next leader, the next prime minister. and the challenges facing them are huge. they were spelt out today by the current chancellor. he is backing liz truss, presumed frontrunner. there are no easy options. we have war on our continent. we havejust come through a pandemic. but this economy is resilient. how will they handle soaring inflation? i borisjohnson s ejection from office injuly triggered a stampede of wannabe successors. tory mps had the job of picking two final candidates. sunak,
there s no longer this theory of what popular entertainment must be. incoming! who are the heroes? the people who watch this show. this is the week when the major broadcast networks unveil their fall lineup of shows. and every executive in hollywood knows how well the sopranos is doing on cable, which is a network problem. i think hbo altered everything for this reason alone, is there were no commercials. we are dependent on sponsors. there s so much we can do in terms of language, in terms of violence, in terms of sex. to a large degree, a lot of executives were just sanding off the edges of what was interesting. i think hbo is looking at the world and going, okay, how can we matter? for quite a long time, movies and boxing were the bread and butter of hbo. people watch a show because you re partly a [ bleep ]. i think what we learned through shows like the larry sanders show or oz is that we could do serious television. there s somethin