politicsnation. tonight s lead, the after party. right now, i m back in new york after attending last night s white house correspondents dinner in washington. which may end up being a rare moment of levity in the next political year, because with president joe biden officially running for reelection and donald trump likely general election opponent, at least for now, an epic political battle lies ahead, leading up to november of 2024. biden cutting and confidence in last night s dinner must now reengage voters, many of whom appear to lack confidence in his candidacy, specifically black voters, who say the kind of post racial america promoted by the administration is increasingly out of reach, according to nbc news polling. can biden make the sale to finish the job? former obama press secretary robert gibbs joins me with his analysis of where the 2024 campaign already stands. and we have got some church on this politics nation sunday. mr. t.d. jakes joins me later in t
politicsnation. tonight s lead, record right now, we ve got two days left and 48 hours until one of the most impactful midterm elections in recent history. brand-new polls from nbc news show two days out, show the parties themselves neck and neck in a variety of ways. americans are mere even over the democrats should retain majorities and house and senate or rather republicans should retake one if not both chambers. 48% of likely voters say they prefer democrats in control of wisconsin. 47% prefer republicans. with two days ago, democrats have closed the enthusiasm gap. seven in ten voters from both parties now say they are highly interested in tuesday s election. still, president biden s popularity with voters is a concern for the democratic candidate. just 44% of voters approve of biden s performance. 50% disapprove. nearly half the country say it wants a massive change in direction from biden s first two years as president. the landscape has democrats, has got democrats
Of both. And with the pandemic still raging and millions on the brink, the president is not in washington for the holidays, but he left chaos as a gift to the country. More than a month after his election loss and hes still leaning on his own lawmakers to overturn that defeat. Also at a loss of millions of americans totally lost on when or if theyll be getting muchneeded financial help because the holidays are largely behind us, and the new year offers hope and nothing else. The vaccine is promising, but its distribution will continue to offer logistical hurdles even after President Trump leaves office and president elect biden takes his place, and supervise cruelty, the financial catastrophe of covid will be papered over be 600 with economic duct tape posing as relief. Care of the president s helpers in congress this week. More on that shortly. Meanwhile, the president remains unleashed and unpredictable, spitting fire and saying nothing. But hes still the most powerful person in the
His department of justice. And House Republicans voted this week to approve their version of a tax reform package that the American People simply do not trust. Well talk to our own ali velshi about why those fears are valid. But we start with a new disturbing report that corroborates with which we in the activist community have been screaming. Hate crimes against minorities have increased for the second consecutive year, with an additional 300 incidents reported by the fbi. The lions share of the victims, mostly africanamericans being targeted for their racial or ethnic identities. But bear in mind, that even those numbers can be considered incomplete, as Law Enforcement agencies are not required to share hate Crime Statistics with the fbi. And in 2015, 90 of them reported that no such incidents had occurred in their jurisdictions. This begs an even more troubling question. Four months after the violence we saw in charlottesville, virginia, is the threat of racial hatred actually being
different parts of the experiences that need to be focused on in america. they are bernard and w. franklin richardson, all of us the same generation dealing with focus in different ways because it s not one size fits all. i talked about that last night at the white house correspondents dinner when i talked with senator john fetterman and we both were kind of like promoting and saying each other were important. i thought about that when i spent time again with britney griner. because as she came to the national action network a couple weeks ago, she was there last night. it took all of us, it took right-wing, left wing, everybody to say she should come home. if we top stop taking things so petty personal and do what we do and do it well, it will compliment the hole. it s not personal, it s about