woman s lacrosse team from a historically black college said it was racially profiled during a traffic stop in georgia. the case now capturing the attention of capitol hill. welcome to the lead i m jake taper. we start with politics lead as what is soon to be a bipartisan rejection of the bill aimed at preserving abortion rights nationwide. the senate is voting on the women s health protection act. but the bill was widely con condemned by republicans, even who support abortion rights and democratic senator joe manchin, because the three say it went further than codifying roe v. wade. it would eliminate any states preexisting restrictions on abortion. senator manchin explained his no vote to cnn earlier today. the bill we have today to vote on, i respect people who support, but make no mistake, it is roe v. wade codification. it s an expansion. it wipes 500 state laws off the books. it expands abortion. and with that, that s not what we are to do. democratic leaders admi
just. close in ohio, mayors on marijuana and abortion rights are on the ballot. reproductive rights are also the center the ballot for control of the state legislature, both houses in virginia. in all of tonight s elections will be a test of a fascinating and defining political dynamic of the biden era, where we have seen democrats reliably outperforming against all odds. first, the incumbent party controlling the white house is usually at a disadvantage. boaters nationally react against swimming back in the other direction, that s why midterm elections tend to favor the party that s out of power. then of course there are conditions joe biden democrats but up, against coming out of the covid pandemic. they have dealt with serious economic headwinds that have racked most of the economies of the world. chief among them, high in inflation, which peak last year in a stunning 9.1%. the president s approval rating has suffered, to say the least. he has been underwater since his fir
everyone come i am laura ingraham and this isnight. the ingraham angle reportingin from texas. thank you for joining us tonight. this is a fox news alert, a historic moment president trump filling guilty all 34 counts. we will go live in just a moment but first. i guess we all need what, toat i shop at banana republic from now on because that is what it feels like, yeah, sa ba banana repubc and i wish there was something n to laugh about but there is not. this is disgraceful day that america may never recover from here the jury convicted trump oe all 34 counts of falsifying business records in order to6 interfere with 2016 presidential election. we will break that all down for our you but from the beginning this case should have never been brought. this judge should never be allowed to sit on the case. these charges should never have been dismissed when the first motion filed by the defense. t the jury instructions were fatally flawed to come flawed, farcical. you don t hav