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arizona democrats turning on the senator, holding her on notice. welcome to a new hour of american voices. thanks for being with us. i m alicia menendez. we begin this hour with the legal fights facing the trump family on multiple fronts. two of them huge. one involving the beloved family business. another, attack on the u.s. capitol. start with the civil investigation into the trump organization. two trump children, ivanka, don jr. and their dad, fighting subpoenas from new york attorney general letitia james. she s seeking documents and testimony as part of a civil tax fraud investigation into the trump org s business practices. the big question she is working to answer, did trump and his family inflate value of assets for tax breaks and loans? the trumps may be fighting, but attorney general james fighting, too. she tweeted, quote, over two years of delay tactics won t stop our investigation because no one is above the law. as for investigating the attack on the ....
of national unity. that was they address one year ago today, to join him in this mission. in 2022, it s clear that millions of americans did not answer his call. does that mean he was a failure? we will go over that today. but also his accomplishments. deputy press secretary will discuss biden s record so far, with some experts across the political spectrum. but let s talk about how all americans use the first year. just 40% of the voters approve of biden s report. they will lower ratings at the one year mark, it was donald j trump. there s more bad news for president biden, they asked how he did on his core message of uniting the country. they gave him bad marks. only saying he did a bad job. and on the coronavirus? 53% of americans disapprove. and this is not just a democratic president, but a democratic party as a whole. here s a poll that they call rare. by a nine point margin. now americans by a five point maher jim say that they identify as republicans. so w ....
congress, compared to 46% who prefer republicans, that is a statistical tie due to the margin of error. what isn t a tie is that republicans hold a commanding advantage when it comes to enthusiasm for november s midterm elections. 61% of republicans are, quote, very interested, compared to 47% of democrats, which could make all the difference in who controls congress. and then there is this, which doesn t bode well for the country. not only does 72% of americans say the united states is heading in the wrong direction, 70% of americans agree with the statement that america had become so polarized that it can no longer solve the major issues facing the country and that those differences will only continue to grow. just 27% of americans say that despite the nation s strong partisan differences, the country always comes together to solve the greatest challenges. now, consider this, the last time nbc news posed this question in a poll 12 years ago in 2010, just 45% of americ ....
formally asked to voluntarily cooperate in its investigation for spreading lies about the election. meanwhile, those who dare stray from the crooked path that today s republican party has paved are immediately blacklisted. think of liz cheney. booted out of her leadership position and no longer recognized as a republican in the state that she represents. wyoming. kind of ironic, because the rest of the country doesn t really recognize the modern republican party anymore, or what it stands for. donald trump remains its guiding light despite the fact he s facing multiple investigations involving serious matters. let this sink in for just a moment in new york state donald trump and his company investigated for fraud that stretches back many years. in georgia last thursday, a prosecutor asked to convene a special grand jury to compel witnesses to cooperate in the state s investigation into possible election interference by donald trump and his associates. and, of course, ....
approach. i think there is widespread understanding that what we have done for the last six months has failed, from a policy point of view, it has failed politically. we need to change course. we need to have the courage to take on the republicans and let manchin and sinema decide which side they are on. meantime, a glimmer of hope on the pandemic front. dr. fauci saying he s confident omicron s peak is in sight. but if the pattern follows the trend that we re seeing in other places such as the northeast, i believe that you will start to see a turnaround throughout the entire country. we don t want to get overconfident, but they look like they re going in the right direction right now. and as tensions between russia and ukraine intensify, the united kingdom is accusing vladimir putin of plotting to install a pro moscow leader in ukraine. joining us right now, nbc s josh lederman at the white house. raf sanchez joins us from london. guys, welcome to you both. jos ....