it is a move that still leaves republicans short of any sort of working majority or even a 50/50 designation.jo this does complicate the senate and presidential math in 2024. sinema s move in some ways an exclamation point on a midterm cycle that was less of was more of a repudiation of the republican party. in arizona democrats trail republicans and independents in overall party registration. th t nationally voters are starting to opt out of either of the two major parties. according to gallup more americans call themselves independents than republicans or democrats. that s been true now for over a decade. in fact, in 19 of the 31 states that track registration by party, one of the two major parties is in third place behind either an independent or
as an independent i am willing to work with anyone to get things done. her decision complicates democrats plans for the future and their hopes of holding control in 2024. my stand today is about joining the many americans who don t believe that any political party fits them perfectly. te i ll talk to democratic senator jon tester of montana who understands the challenges of being a democrat in a red state. plus, freed from russia. ei welcome home, brittney. basketball star brittney griner is free from russia in a prisoner exchange for a convicted arms dealer known as b the merchant of death.nt it was a dangerous concession of vladimir putin and will set a dangerous precedent going forward. rw is the u.s. putting more lives at risk with this deal? i ll talk to former u.s. attorney preet bharara who put the russian arms dealer viktor bout behind bars. and liability. after his hand-picked candidate lost the georgia run-off donaldp trump is increasingly becoming a liab
at the same time you might imagine that not as just a general prosecutor but the prosecutor who oversaw the prosecution and conviction of viktor bout, has a view of how dangerous a person he was. as you said, he was someone convicted at trial by unanimous jury of conspiracy to kill americans. he was convicted of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. he is on tape with confidential informants planning to sell hundreds of surface-to-air missiles to the farc, also sell 30,000 ak-47s to the farc for the stated purpose of shooting down american helicopters in colombia. he was a dangerous man then. i don t know how dangerous he is now. right. presumably, i have a lot of respect and trust in the biden administration, is his ability to engage in trafficking of armaments at a time when russia is at war with ukraine, is it diminished? i don t know the answers. but people in good faith can in
marked the official end of the 2022 midterms. we want to look at what we learned from the set of hand picked counties we here at nbc news used to try all across the country to examine how different segments of the electorate voted this cycle. younger voters, rural african americans, evangelicals, working class voters, chamber of commerce republicans. so let me start here with rural african americans. this was a key place to look to see, could democrats lift north carolina? well, you could see in anson county the answer is no. here is one reason. beasley under performed biden in anson and you saw a turn out in general. she under performed in all the rural african american counties in north carolina. in georgia, chattooga county, marjorie taylor green s county. this was not just how well walker would do. he did really well, but whether
welcome back. american basketball player and two-time gold medalist brittney griner is back in the united states. she touched down in texas on friday for medical evaluation, reunited with her wife cherelle after 294 days in russian captivity, including at a penal colony. new video released by russian state media appears to show griner working in one of russia s penal colonies where she spent the past month. griner was exchanged for a russian arms dealer viktor bout nick named the merchant of death. he had served nearly 11 years of a 25-year sentence in the united states on charges including conspiring to kill americans. many republicans are criticizing the swap. we should have never released viktor bout. it was a dangerous concession to vladimir putin. and it will set a dangerous precedent going forward.