there, but they do go into the competition with a degree of confidence and excitement. the group therein is a tough group, the usa are young and exciting, iran perhaps the dark horses of group b and of course there is the old enemy, england, with all the talent they have at their disposal. but as i say, great degree of confidence among the squad as they compete in theirfirst among the squad as they compete in their first world among the squad as they compete in theirfirst world cup in 6a among the squad as they compete in their first world cup in 6a years. well, wales open their world cup campaign against the usa at the al rayyan stadium. the americans were one of the first countries to arrive in doha, but already they ve set their stall out, addressing issues surrounding inclusivity and lgbt rights in the host country. joe lynskey reports. day one at the us team based in doha and there is a statement. the red stripes of their crest now has the rainbow flag. is, they say, to
who is thinking about you and knows you and sees you and he should not be your senator from wisconsin. from a number of democrats over the weekend said that right there is perhaps the most effective attack line on the entire campaign. joining us now, senior campaigns and elections editor and chief polling analyst for politico stephen shepard. thank you for joining us. let s talk broadly. we re eight days out. what polling trends are you seeing? which party seems to have the momentum? well, if things are shifting in this final couple of weeks of the campaign, it is a little bit towards republicans. we ve seen president biden s job approval rating stall out. we ve seen republicans inch up on the generic congressional ballot when you ask voters nationwide whether they would rather support a democrat for congress or republican? republicans are gaining there. and we re seeing republicans make gains in some of these bigger races, whether it s some of the more contested congressional ra
look at this is democrats didn t get nearly what they started out wanting a year ago or six months ago. the the glass half full weight to look at this for democrats is that they learned a lesson from all the sort of heartburn and not getting their most moderate senators, senator manchin and senator sinema on board coming into this year, they got that skinny gun control legislation, because they knew it was all they could get. they got chips past, they got the burn pits legislation. they ve learned now, we brand, get what you can get with 50 votes plus the vice presidents tie breaker, and move on. it s not what the base wants. but it s better for democrats and four the administration and with then what they were dealing with last year, which was everybody looking and saying this is a stall out. what are you doing? i want to hear with bernie sanders says. i want to hear you say to. he s been critical of this. he s given several speeches, very critical of this bill. i m assuming he s
a-1-a. there is a lone park ranger trying to keep drivers doing just this, getting their cars passed the flooding. the more serious flooding has taken place in the city of miami where nearly a foot of rain has hit that part of miami-dade county in the last 24 hours. the downtown miami area as well as the financial district, they have seen a number of cars stall out. we have seen reports of some of the flooding going some of the lobbies of buildings out there. miami fire rescue tells us they have at least six elevated trucks that are going around town trying to get any of these stranded folks out of their cars. a lot of this rain has also made its way across the southwestern part of florida. we re talking about fort myers and naples. that part of the state also saw rain anywhere between 4 to 7 inches. the good news here is that much of this bad weather is expected to clear out later this afternoon and the number of folks without power right now is
migrants cross into the u.s. confident they will be able to stay. of those stopped at the border, 14 were listed in the u.s. terrorism screening centers data base. south korea says north korea appears to have conducted its fifth cruise missile test of 2022. north korea fired two cruise missiles into the sea off its east coast on tuesday just days after a flurry of ballistic missile test in the region last week. north korean leader kim jong un vowing to boost its country military as nuclear talks with the u.s. stall out. the college swimming coaches association wants the ncaa to add a spot to the champ championships for transgender athlete lia thomas. they say adding the extra slot for the swimmer would not away a spot from a female born swimmer. additional spot would not prevent thomas from competing at the march championships in atlanta. the statement comes after the