menendez. as we begin this hour, action in the face of distraction. the bluster and bombast of donald trump s new reporting shows jack smith is relying on the facts, not the fury. also this hour, departed to pardon trump or not. a new witness tests in the republican quest for the nomination. we ve pardoned a president before, but doing so again presents a further danger to democracy. we are going to ask historian, michael beschloss. and my sit down with actress eva longoria, making her flamin hot directorial debut. this is american voices. we begin this hour with donald trump and his allies, trying to deflect attention away from his decision to keep government secrets after his presidency. we ve heard these excuses before. trump is relying on the same old script, distract with baseless claims of a witch hunt, to stopped stop his political witch hunt. on his knockoff version of twitter, calling special counsel jack smith, quote deranged, saying the indictment is fake.
and that s been playing out here for years now. but it is as dark as it has ever been. and that was a reminder of last weekend, when donald trump made his first visit here since 20 2022 midterm campaign, among a group of royalists who were giving standing ovations, and among people who are not at that convention, was governor of georgia, the most popular republican in the state. and many of his allies. so, again, it s a reminder of just how stark that divided. is because he s leading in polls here, donald trump is. but at the same time, there s a significant undercurrent of republicans. we saw the midterm in 2022. those kind of swing voters those independent to moderate centrist republicans they were the difference between herschel walker losing the senate race and raphael warnock winning. frank, i ve less than a minute left, but i want to go back to something he said, which is to count you among those who thought that miami was probably not the best example to learn from. i wonder
viewers in the united states and around the world. i m bianna gloel dreeg ga in new york. the 2022 elections have finally come to an end with raphael warnock winning. he defeats republican challenger, herschel walker, the former football star who had never held public office. it gives democrats a 51-49 win in the senate. walker s campaign was filled with gaffes and missteps. he was hand picked to run for the georgia seat by former president donald trump and republican strategists say his defeat is yet another nail in the coffin for trump s influence. walker was quick to concede the race after cnn and other news organizations projected warnock s victory and the senator addressed his supporters at his campaign headquarters in atlanta late tuesday.
i guess your into the coming. thanks for joining us today. i m erica hill. and i will go. and i m jim sciutto. at this hour with join started right now. hello, everyone, i m kate bolduan. at this hour, we re keeping an eye on georgia. where it is once again election day. and also finally the day votes will really be counted here in this senate runoff. polls are open across the state in this fight between incumbent raphael warnock and his republican challenge herschel walker. the result critical to the power in washington. will democrats have a clear majority with raphael warnock winning or will republicans maintain some bargaining power if walker wins. we re also focused on capitol hill. you re taking a look at live pictures in the capital rotunda where congressional leaders are gathering right now to honor the heroism of so many members of