of forecasts presuming a red tide, democrats appear to have turned the corner. at the center of it, the president, it is a approval ratings have surged to their highest level any year. the latest gallup poll of american voters showing a six-point jump for joe biden since may. driving that rebound, a sustained string of good economic news and legislative wins for the white house. the presidents actions on student debt this week capping a busy summer. a summer that began with the u.s. supreme court decision to overturn roe. putting democrats on the defensive as primary season was opening up. and now, closing out with a mid term pitch largely in place, and our national angle over the roe decision driving much of the narrative for democrats ahead of november. four pieces in place, the president is going on the attack, on the campaign trail for democrats with a sharp message for a republican party deep in thrall to donald trump. the maga republicans don t just threaten or person
landslide to a trump-backed election denier. i m brianna keilar with john berman this morning. cheney was defeated last night by more than a two to one margin, the surest sign yet that donald trump still has a stranglehold on the soul of the republican party. for now cheney will continue to serve as vice chair of the january 6th committee and whatever the future holds she vows to do everything in her power to keep the former president from ever returning to office. two years ago i won this primary with 73% of the vote. i could easily have done the same again. the path was clear. but it would have required that i go along with president trump s lie about the 2020 election. that was a path i could not and would not take. it is not clear what cheney plans to do once she leaves congress. the woman who defeated her harriet hageman, had this to say in her victory speech. wyoming has drawn a line in the sand that if we put you in power you will be accountable to us, you will a
of staff mark meadows. she has been in some of the most dramatic motels of videotaped testimony. she identified the names of several republican lawmakers she said were asking about pardons. she talked about conversations around the legality of the fake elector scheme. she reportedly confirmed accounts that trump reacted approvingly to the chants of hang mike pence. we re also learning that the cell phone video of john eastman last week. you re looking at it as it s unfolding, eastman was there in order to overturn the election. we ll have more on that in a moment. let s bring in jessica schneider on the latest. brianna, cassidy hutchinson has long been considered a crucial witness since up close and personal to those at the white house. and she does have crucial details on what happened on january 6. we know she s been interviewed behind closed doors privately by the committee three times. and now, she will appear at this last-minute hearing in public. privately, we kno
needs of working families. meanwhile, republicans push for amendments in support of cold lines and reducing gas taxes. and even against hiring more irs agents. they are going to be collecting about close to 740 billion dollars in new tax revenue over the next supposedly 5 to 10 years, but most certainly it is not going to help get us through a tight time. certainly it is not the time in which we start adding additional government employees. talking 87,000 more irs employees. i don t think very many american citizens are going to want to see that. the vote-a-rama will continue for at least the next few hours before the bill is expected to pass the senate. it will come up for a final house vote on friday, and president biden is expected to sign it as soon as it passes. biden has left the white house for the first time since testing positive for covid-19. he traveled to for union with first lady jill biden. meanwhile, new warning to donald trump or one of his allies. tru
several have outlawed abortion immediately under the so-called tigger laws that will ban or restrict most abortions in roughly half the country. the biden administration weighing options to try and protect abortion rights. former acting attorney general math i hue whitaker joins us in just a moment, but first alexis mcadams is lye in new york city live in new york city with the protests, but let s start with david spunt live at the supreme court. we can hear those crowds still gathering on both sides, chanting, jeering or cheering. david, what s the latest from there? reporter: a lot of energy outside the united states supreme court, that is for sure. things were quiet early this morning, but things began to pick up with several how coming outside the high court to lend their voices just a few hours ago. we re going to take just a little bit of a pan of the crowd right now. you can see there s quite a crowd out here. both sides of this abortion issue out here, though wher