dixon, all signs point to primary wins. that could be a good sign for democrats who believe far right candidates actually help them in the general election. plus we ll be watching trump s strength being tested in michigan and washington where he s trying to sink three of the house republicans who voted to impeach him after the capitol riot. for the first time since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, voters will be heard on that issue and we ll get our first real clue as to whether abortion rights will be the rallying cry democrats hope it is. the focus is kansas, where voters will decide on a constitutional amendment that would clear the way for the state legislature to ban abortion outright. so far early in-person voting is up more than 200% from four years ago, but polling shows the vote itself. michael steele is with me. he s former chair of the republican national committee. at the big board, national split political correspondent steve kornacki. good to see everyb
at last check, they ve tried a few different ways to troubleshoot it, to fix the problem. no word yet on whether they ve been able to stop it at this point. this follows monday s scrubbed launch which was largely due to an engine cooling problem. it was a tricky sensor that was off. but engineers remain optimistic that today there will be a launch. for now, the weather has been cooperating so that helps. nasa meteorologists predict about 60% favorable conditions, which increases to 80% as the day goes on. of course this historic mission marks the next chapter of lunar exploration and will land the first woman and first person of color on the moon in a matter of years. let s go now to cnn s space and defense correspondent kristin fisher live this morning from the kennedy space center. i don t think kristin has us. can you hear us? reporter: hey, guys, i m having a hard time with my earpiece so i can t quite hear what you said. let me bring you up to speed from the kenned
campaigning, elections set to show much of a grip donald trump still has on the gop. our correspondents are standing by live later on in the show. i m hallie jackson with you on this monday afternoon in washington. so let s get right to ken delainian and danny. ken, we haven t heard from guy during the trial. he didn t testify on his own behalf. he wasn t expected to make a statement today, but that has changed and he s now going to speak, we understand. reporter: yeah, the latest twist in a day that s been full of them here, hallie. earlier, guy reffett was trying at the defense table as his daughter was testifying in his defense and talking about his mental health issues and trying to blame what happened on donald trump. and after that, the justice department suffered a major setback when the judge ruled against imposing a so-called domestic terrorism enhancement on the sentence, which is the first time the doj tried to do that, saying that this conduct was domestic terro
we will not, let me say it again, we will not allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. john: tough talk as iran emerges as a big focus of his middle east trip. sandra, hello do you again. sandra: hello to you. israeli prime minister and president biden signing a joint declaration, pledging no nuke for iran. john: israel urging the united states to put a deadline on the talks and threatening the use of military force. iranian president reportedly firing back shortly after that saying i tell the americans and their regional allies the iranian nation will not accept any crisis or insecurity in the region and that any mistake made in this region will be met with a harsh and regretable response. sandra: the biden team set to head to saudi arabia with a list of goals in hand, with energy security topping the list. officials say they should be looking state side instead. we think texas is a lot closer than saudi arabia and president biden does not need to be travelling
conversation this topic back to the front. while republicans you can hear what the the house, something they were talking about as they try to woo the voters. dana: inflation, economy and jobs, that is the number one issue. all states, national surveys. right now, we are looking at a dow jones with a pretty tough week. a lot of people who are watching their 401(k)s are thinking this is not the trajectory. they might have to put off their retirement. or as they were sating in the presentation, people are making tough choices at the grocery store. they don t see an end in sight. and they feel like the president of the united states when he says, oh, inflation has gone up an inch, he does not understand what they were going through. can the republicans maintain that kind of momentum over the next few weeks to bring these statements home? these polls have been tightening as you have watched closer than anybody. they talk about this on the show, they have been getting better