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donald trump in a defamation lawsuit. we ll explain why the doj is backing off its previous position. plus two months worth of rain in two days. vermont is just starting the recovery process from that disaster. we ll get an update from one of the state s top lawmakers. all right, good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, july 12th. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. we begin with the major developments out of the nato summit in lithuania. the alliance says it will invite ukraine to join but only when allies agree and conditions are met. the group did not give a time line or details on what those conditions might be. vague wording is in line with what president joe biden said last week, calling a pathway to membership for ukraine, quote, premature while it is at war with russia. as the new york times points out, it appears the president and like minded allies have prevailed over poland in baltic nations that wanted a formal invitation for ukraine t
The trump administration put forward but the challenge is the message of moving forward from trump also keeping his policies, will that stick with the voters in some of the early primary states. maryanne, i know you primarily for your reporting from the hill, not the trail. and i m ccurious, as you talk t republicans on the hill, what is their read on the race? i think quietly a lot of them were hoping for a trump alternative to come forward, materialize, someone they could rally around. ron desantis has had his struggles. is there anxiety among republicans on the hill over the state of the race currently? i think probably there definitely is some anxiety about where the race is headed. and sort of the sense the resignation, at least at the moment, and things could of course change, that it seems like trump is headed, at least
Constituencies are for either party, for the democrats new york and california, everywhere the big money is, who can raise money. he understood you had to be with your state. and i think about, this is harry reid who got the nra endorsement back in the day. there was a pragmatic streak in him. and i m ccurious, do you think e could have been leader today with that same pragmatic streak? don t know. today is a different day, obviously things have changed dramatically. you go back to when tom daschle was elected democratic leader, harry and i worked very hard to get that to happen. and then tom appointed harry as democratic chairman of the democratic policy committee, he appointed me as the assistant democratic floor leader. harry and i served in the