first to william la jeunesse live in the rnc meeting in dana point, california. william? voting is almost done. they re on virginia. a few more dates to go. that s it. the voting is taking place over my shoulder. each state and territory has three votes. those will be counted and observers to witness, if you will, the counting of the ballots. they re put in three piles like clubs, spades and hearts. bam, bam, bam. the magic number is 85, which is half the number of members here. ronna mcdaniel has been for six years the chair woman of the party. she was expected to win this thing going away. that is not the case. it s going to be closer than anybody expected. harmeet dylan is a trial lawyer from california. she has put on the full court press in about the last month and repealed off of a lot of those voters, as few as a dozen last night separated the two candidates. very different in terms of their strategy going forward. ronna mcdaniel, there was a conference, for members
and experiences fell short of your expectations of us. trace: pete buttigieg tweeting that the chaos is unacceptable . the department of transportation is investigating. mike tobin is live from chicago midway international airport with more on this. mike, good afternoon. good afternoon, trace. southwest executives are promising an end to this ugly chapter in aviation and a return to normal tomorrow with minimal disruptions. almost 2,500 cancellations today across the board of american aviation. but 2,300 plus of those belong to southwest airlines. they still feel the impact of the meltdown from this winter storm. jump ahead to tomorrow. that number drops to 39 projected cancellations again as the executives are promising a return to normal operations. southwest customers have had enough. i need my medicine, my charger. everything, my perfume, all my personal stuff is in the suitcase. some presents for christmas. so my concern is really one of my bags is all christmas
hey, everybody, i m yasmin vossoughian in for hallie jackson, with me now is nbc white house correspondent mike memoli, the washington post and msnbc political analyst, ashley parker, also with us new york times politics reporter, lisa lerer. mike, let me start with you on this one and talk about what we heard from the president around the 1:00 hour. essentially the message is get out there and vote, especially if you are for abortion rights because we can help codify it come january. talk us through that, three weeks out now from the midterms. yeah, that s right, yasmin. i think the political strategy here on the part of the white house is very clear. democrats saw a real boost in the polls in the late summer months after that june decision by supreme court came down, striking down the protections for abortion rights under roe versus wade. as one democratic strategist put it, maybe if that decision came down in august we d be feel better about where things stand now. w
call inflation reduction act will not only lower cost for consumers but will not raise taxes on the middle class. republicans argue it will not help you alleviate inflation and it will take money out of people s pockets and hurt americans across a number of key sectors. chief congressional correspondent chad pergram is live on capitol hill and he has the latest for us. good evening, the senate waited all day but the past hour the senate got a text, the bill is 755 pages in length, democrat plans to pass the bill overnight. this is one of the most comprehensive impactful bills congress has seen in decades. it will reduce inflation, lower prescription drug costs, fight climate change, close tax loopholes and reduce the deficit. all gop members of postville, that s right democrats need all 50 of their members to vote yes. vice president harris could be needed to break a tie. republicans call the bill a farce. let s start with the bills title. inflation reduction act, it
arlington national cemetery. that was just a couple hours after president biden addressed reporters outside the white house about last week s massacre of 19 children and 2 teachers in uvalde, texas. the president told reporters gathered on the south lawn that there is, quote, no rational basis for the ability to purchase high-caliber assault weapons that can fire hundreds of rounds, quote, it makes no sense. the idea that there should be at least limits on assault weapons in the wake of the uvalde and buffalo massacre, which together left 31 people murdered, was ek code by the vice president on saturday. after giving remarks at the memorial service for 86-year-old ruth whitfield, one of the victims of the buffalo supermarket shooting, vice president harris said this to reporters at the airport. you know, we re not looking for a vaccine. we know what works on this. it includes, let s have an assault weapons ban. background checks. why should anyone be able to buy a weapon th