this sunday, the sun is in our 11th of vote-a-rama as democrats push to pass legislation that will just climate and taxes. if, pass the inflation reduction act would be the largest common act in u.s. history. it also lower the cost of prescription drugs for millions of americans. this potential win for democrats, and addition to the politics of abortion, could result in a boost for them at the polls in the november midterm elections. meanwhile, trump backed candidate swept the arizona primaries, which means election deniers are now at the top of the ballot in at least four of the six battleground states that determine the winner of the 2020 presidential election. all eyes are now turned to tuesdays wisconsin primaries, as you can government ella barnes is set to be the first black major party nominee from the badger state. and you will be taking on republican senator ron johnson joining me now, charlie sites, msnbc contributor and editor at law at the bulwark, plus proud
mean for the social media giant. and we ll speak with the head of nasa, former senator bill nelson, as the agency prepares to return to the moon for the first time in 50 years. we begin with the elections in florida and new york last night. voters went to the polls to cost their votes for some well known democratic leaders, but it was a little watched house race in upstate new york that could give the clearest picture of what we could expect in november. reporter: in the last major round of primaries before the midterm elections, critical races in florida and new york offering clues ahead of november. what a night. reporter: in florida, charlie crist will get another shot at the governor s mansion. the former republican governor turned democratic congressman defeating state agriculture commissioner nikki freed. he will take on ron desantis, promising to put an end to desantis s 2024 presidential ambitions. this guy wants to be president of the united states of ame
york congressman shawn patrick maloney and republican congressman of kentucky, andy barr. plus, crisis in the classroom. we re seeing so many dedicated teachers leaving the profession. the nationwide teacher shortage. i was running myself ragged. putting children s learning in jeopardy. is there anything the biden administration can do to help? i ll speak to the secretary of education miguel cordova. we did not favor. we did not flinch. and we have not given in. instead, we re delivering results for the american people. signing his massive tax health care and climate change bill. while donald trump gets a victory of his own. i believe that donald trump continues to pose a very grave threat and risk to our republic. outspoken in congress. even as multiple investigations among him and his allies heat up. joining me marc caputo. symone sanders townsend and ali vitali and republican strategist brenden buck. welcome to sunday. it s meet the press. from nbc
which eric. could have been eric greitens, could have been eric schmidt. could have been a little known erik mcelroy, a third eric who happens to be in the same race. in any case, brightest and mitt claimed that they and trump were endorsing them. can t make the stuff up. meanwhile polls are still open in the state of washington where to republican members of congress are facing primary challenges over their votes to impeach donald trump. jamie herrera butler and that new house are still of the ten house republicans who voted to impeach trump after the january 6th attack on the capitol. republican voters in their district are deciding today whether to toss them out for it. congressman herrera butler s primary is also worth keeping an eye on because her trump backed challenger has well documented tied to white when extremists and white nationalist. he told an interviewer quote, i don t think that is anything wrong with there being a white people special interest group. and quo
for the toss. its primary night in arizona, kansas, missouri and in washington. polls just closed in arizona with two trump deniers on the ballot. but the big, big story tonight is kansas. voter turnout is high and right now the pro-choice no vote to keep the right to an abortion in the kansas constitution is leading, which would be huge, really gigantic in terms of a victory in a very red state. let s get right to the big board and steve kornacki. steve what is happening there on the ground. this seems like a surprise. is it given the polling going in? take us what we re throughout we re seeing. there wasn t too much polling, one poll showed this very close, the yes leading 47 to 43. what s happening here there s a couple of things generally what you re seeing first of all you re seeing massive turnout. we think now about 800,000 people maybe more are gonna end up voting in this primary. typically in a kansas primary are looking at about 400 or 450,000 something in t