and so far, one-time presidential candidate. now trying to use his trademark blunt talk. sit down and shut up. to rid the republican party of the conspiracies trump perpetuates. this is the most corrupt election in the history, maybe of the world. attempting to define a new role for himself. how seriously are you considering running for president in 2024? it s all part of being chris christie. good evening, i m dana bash in washington and welcome to another episode in a series of special hours where i spent time with people in the news and people of power and influence to try to find out more about what it s like to be them. tonight, chris christie. he s out with a new book republican rescue, it s a memo to his own party about how to move forward after six years defined by donald trump. the former president is already lashing out at christie for starting to speak out about the need to move past 2020 election lies, but can christie distance himself from trump now and
conservative as they come, fired back. her spokesman say it is her spokesman say it is sadly, a portion of the wyoming gop leadership has abandoned that principle and instead allowed themselves to be held hostage to the lies of a dangerous and irrational man. loyalty to that dangerous man also means that republicans are forced to abandon any and all pretense out of governing for fear that president trump will be mad. it s why a handful of those who voted for the infrastructure bill are facing threats of violence and calls to strip them of their calls as punishment. listen to rob portman touting the bill yesterday as key to the fight against inflation, which is top of mind for voters these days. listen to him lay out the simple logic. not all too rare in the gop of trying to do right by your constituents. economists say this bill is counterinflationary, which is so important right now. because american families are facing higher prices on everything from gas to groceries
to find enough common ground to pass a social spending bill before the midterm season. we begin this hour with nbc news correspondent heidi business bella and gary grum baugh on capitol hill. the white house trying to turn momentum here and approval ratings, also. could this help him do that? reporter: for sure, lindsey, the president calling it a blue collar blueprint to rebuilding america. the scope of it is similar to the interstate highway system back in the 1950s. it s going to be a major investment definitely expected to help businesses, deliveries and commuting easier. the second part is equally as important, guys. this is the part that is going to help women work outside the home. we all know women are an important part of the workforce. overall, some of the investment houses that are looking at this, economic forecasters rather, expected to add .4% in 2022. those are the two systems combined. here is the president. we took a mon mental step forward. we learned
been made illegal. and the latest from hawaii as the death toll continues to climb. and officials begin to ask if there was anything more they could have done to save at least some of those lives. but we begin tonight with a question that i will bet you have never thought of but that the latest trump indictment got me thinking about it. it is this. what is a gang? really, what is it? and what pops into your head when you think of the word. our friends at merriam-webster define it as a group working to unlawful or antisocial ends, especially a band of antisocant adolescents. there have been many definitions. in the early 1900s, they were rowdy kids. on tv, our gang, otherwise known as the little rascals, spanky, alfalfa, and the bunch. there were the sharks and jets in west side story for those of you who love musical. in the modern era, people probably think of the crips or bloods or ms-13, but the gangs that were most famous and notorious were the mafia families of the 1
results of what amounts to a side show. a legal circus, a spectacle and a deliberate diversion but here we are. but first we should make clear that today s ruling from john mcafee was actually a victory for the rule of law and for fani willis herself. in matter of the d.a. s relationship where naman wade, the judge s ultimatum amounted to this. leave wade behind or halt prosecution of this case. it turns out to be a easy choice for d.a. willis to make. remember what she said when she announced the indictment. the state s roll in this process is essential to the functioning of our democracy. georgia, like every state, has laws that allow those that believe that results of an election are wrong, whether, because of intentional wrongdoing, or unintentional error, to challenge those results in our state courts. the indictment alleges that rather than abide by georgia s legal process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a criminal racketeering enterprise to over tu