what could be the most consequential set of midterm elections in modern history. i am here on belle isle, in detroit, michigan, where stakes could not be higher. all three of the states top leaders, the governor, attorney general and secretary of state are locked in reelection battles against opponents 11 braced the big lie in some shape or form, and there are a slew of other election deniers up and down the ballot, and just about two weeks, abortion rights will literally be on everybody s ballot, in michigan. to a vote on [inaudible] to reproductive freedom. the proposal would [inaudible] two there [inaudible] that would explicitly protect, and guarantee abortion rights in the state of michigan. earlier, at the henry fork museum of american innovation in the city of dearborn, right outside of detroit, i was joined by six people from across the political spectrum
side, people who want easy access. they have made this their single issue got the vote on. there hasn t been quite as much passion usually on the other side of that more common sense gun safety reforms. people need to make it a more important issue that they vote on. you know what i think it s interesting, we covered a lot of the supreme court in the last few months. of course, the abortion rights measures, we are waiting for a decision from that. coming in june, and i have many discussions with democrats saying is this going to be your issue to take this november? the abortion rights issue? is the supreme court going to be your issue? what is it going to be? and now, is gun control? gun reform going to be your issues? what should be the issue? how do you make them all the issue. or is that to scattered? what is the strategy to go forward? i think we are living through a time where things
In what is shaping up to be his toughest test since coming to power in 2018 and could usher fresh political tumult in the nuclear-armed country, Pakistan PM Imran Khan will face a no-confidence motion in the lower house of parliament on Friday.
it s a great question, obviously as you said in the, opening it was not what they would ve liked. when nancy pelosi said there s gonna be a vote of money, there was not a vote on monday. then she said there be a vote on, thursday there was not a vote on thursday. they re supposed to be a vote on friday. there is not a vote on friday. because in fact they don t have the votes, and this is the fundamental tension here between the great aspirations of the democratic party, and the constrain majorities they have actually have to work. with president biden was quoted today is telling the democrats in that meeting, that they have fdr in lbj like ambitions, but they don t have lbj or lbj majorities. they literally cannot spare a single democrat. you have a 50 vote caucus, as the majority in the senate, we are lying on a tie breaking vote a vice president. it means the one senator is most reluctant to go along with your agenda, gets to control how far you are able to go. that s just the real
what s going to happen at the end is it going to see the light of day. i believe so. first thing first on monday we are going to vote and begin consideration of infrastructures, roads and bridges and tunnels and climate resiliency and all things critical. 19 republicans in all 50 senate democrats, bernie from joe manchin and we ll vote on that next week and get it done and continue our work on reconciliation which will also pass. i am working on that and optimistic on that as well. the good news is we ll have a big win for the country earlier next week. okay, there are a lot of different moving parts. what are the gives that you can offer republicans that you can work in a bipartisan fashion. on the infrastructure bill that s coming out of the senate that s vote on. we got democrats, on the rec