new intelligence just china is giving military aid to. russia even as it pushes a so called peace plan to end the war in ukraine. what happens if china makes this move, and how the nice case for spawned? president biden giving the strongest indication yet that he is close to announcing his reelection campaign. i ll talk to lincoln project cofounder rick wilson about who biden s republican opponent will likely be. plus s george santos drinking some truth serum when he admits he is a terrible liar? the freshman congressman is back again in the headlines, for potentially lying to a garage. all of that in moors coming up. and a good sunday morning to you. i am katie phang. three current u.s. officials are telling nbc news that china is considering sending lethal military aid to russia and the form of artillery and ammunition. this would be a dangerous and dramatic escalation to an already brutal war. ukraine has also been pushing for the united states to supply f-16 fighter jets,
sat by while donald trump used the rally to go farther than he has before in this cultish alliance with this dangerous sometimes amorphous group called qanon by pushing lies that may sound bizarre and absurdist you can underestimate how serious they are and how they re building a following. i m not going to repeat or amplify all of them, but among them is the claim that certain hollywood actors and democrats are part of some secret pedophile group aligned with satan or who eat children. it goes on like that. i m not going to do much more of it for you tonight. i ll tell you why that is the top story. what does that have to do with midterm campaigns other than villainizing a few democrats? one of the theories is that trump will lead a battle against the forces and by the way, there are many versions and it rations of these conspiracy theories. it matters in many ways. you may recall right after donald trump was elected, a gunman opened fire in a washington, d.c. restaurant und
please, call now, or you can go to lovesshriners.org. thank you so much for lets us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. the beat starts right now. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. you know what time it is. we re inside one week to the mid terms. the record-breaking turnout is happens. the latest numbers show more than 29 million americans have already voted, competing those trump mid terms of 2018. we re in full gear, and it s a tense backdrop for the races. there are active federal warnings about threats and attacks on poll workers and the voting process itself. we have seen records of these self-appointed poll watchers showing up in tactical gear, like that shot out of arizona. and election deniers are running for office, it s not normal. threats to lawmakers have increased tenfold over the several years over the trump era. more campaigns will turn on the question of whether candidates will honor democracy itself. these are truly unusual stak
republicans. this is a big deal, that would be enough to reach the 60 votes necessary to pass. if successful, it could be the most significant federal action on gun violence in nearly three decades. but it doesn t include many popular proposals like raising the age to buy an assault weapon to 21. the washington post, leigh ann caldwell, walk me through what s through the framework and this? bell yeah, what s in this bill some are calling very significant even from the gun safety group say that this is a great first step. what this bill does, it creates incentives for states to implement stronger red flag laws. that s where someone can say that a person is dangerous, should not have a gun. it also closes the boyfriend loophole, which is interesting because domestic partners, spouses can raise a red flag, the domestic partners can t. so, it closes that. it also enables people to go to purchase an assault weapon from ages 18 to 21, it requires a call to the police station, whe
widening war as the u.s. strikes back at iranian-linked targets after u.s. forces in the mideast come under multiple attacks. plus mr. speaker. the house finally elects a speaker. louisiana s mike johnson ending weeks of chaos. the people s house is back in business. and just hours later, the deadliest mass shooting this year where 18 were killed in lewiston, maine. the speaker s response, guns are not to blame. the problem is the human heart. it s not guns. it s not the weapon. and trail mix. president biden has a new primary challenger, minnesota congressman dean philips. i m running because america s demanding it. while former vice president mike pence drops out of the 2024 race. it s become clear to me, this is not my time. my guest this morning, florida governor and 2024 republican presidential candidate ron desantis. democratic congresswoman pramila jayapal of washington state, and former california governor arnold schwarzenegger. joining me for insigh