median income is lass than $45,000. east palestine is overwhelmingly white and politically conservative. more than 70% of the voters in the surrounding counties supported donald trump in the last election. that shouldn t be relevant but you re about to hear, it very much is. 11 days ago, 150 car train derailed in east palestine and it spewed poisonous chemicals onto the ground and in the surface waters. after the crash, the ohio state epa found evidence of yabbial acura late in the water and streams and creeks that feed it. this was more of a concern for east palestine given the ohio river supplies drinking water to about a tenth of the u.s. population. this train derailment was a environmental disaster. not an environmental disaster like climate change is, but an actual environmental disaster, one that s hurting actual people. then it got worse. several days after the derailment, officials decided it was a good idea to set fire to the spilled chemicals. the result of that
embarrassing, pennsylvania democrats elected a dead man. they knew they were doing it. they did it anyway. this would seem to defeat the idea of representative democracy, which is that you vote for people so that they can represent you. but party leaders in pennsylvania were not embarrassed. they were proud, quote: well we are incredibly saddened by the loss of representative tony deluca they said in a statement. we are proud to see the voters show their confidence in him and his commitment to democratic values by reelecting posthumously. in other words, electing a guy who can t possibly represent you is not an offense against democracy, it s the essence of democracy. now, it s not a typo. they put that in a press release and actually makes kind of sense when you remember it was also in the state of pennsylvania that democratic party leaders backed a senate candidate called john fetterman long after he had suffered a massive stroke and could not longer talk or communicate cle
and i went into know that also i will not make age an issue of this campaign. i m not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent s youth and inexperience. jesse: but nowadays they will lead to just about anybody run for office, you don t even have to be that good looking or have a catchy slogan or even have a good idea. you don t even have to have ever been successful in your life and anything. all you have to do if you want the hispanic vote is due the mmacarena. but if you can t dance like hillary or no one really wants to hear you talk at coming to just go to plan b, you just whip out your phone and play sound d esposito. one thing to say, hang on here. [despacita playing] jesse: example number one, katie hobbs running against carrie lane for governor in arizona, a state where about one-third of the population is hispanic, and may not be a spanish name, but her it s close enough. what have you learned specifically learned from the latino com
the country s election results. does that sound familiar? we will break it down for you. the week leading the week, kevin mccarthy in donald trump s influence have bottomed out. congressman dan goldman is here to discuss this three ring circus that was the republican house speakership vote this week. plus, president biden has just landed in mexico city after the trip to the u.s. mexico border in texas. i will discuss his immigration policies with our sunday night panel. i m ayman mohyeldin let s get started! kevin mccarthy is officially speaker of the house, but what does he have to show for it? the california republicans quest for the coveted gavel has come as a steep cost. a new rules package schedule to a vote tomorrow includes a measure that will allow a single member to allow a motion to vacate the speakership. it also makes it harder for the lawmakers to raise spending, taxes, and the debt limit. if it does pass mccarthy will take office as the weakest speaker in
but first we go live correspondent trey yingst and khaki of ukraine. brett, good evening ukraine is on edge tonight. i do to warn her viewers some of the following images are gra graphic. a fireball rises into the air as russian missiles rain down. it is the worst attack on the ukrainian capital since the conflict began. the war against us. he needs ukraine. he attack a couple weeks ago, months ago, a couple of months ago and he was targeted. the mayor calling the strikes with a peer to be. a deliberate intent by russian president vladimir prudent to hit civilians. at least 11 people were killed in the attacks that include drones. the russians say that they were only responding to a bridge explosion over the weekend. the damage the artery between russia and crimea. so far they have not publicly claim responsibility. vladimir putin is threatening to escalate if other things are if attempts to carry out acts of terrorism on her territory continues the response will