fighting since the start of israel s ground operation in gaza, just as families of hostages demand urgent action to save them. also ahead, six people killed in a shooting spree in texas, a suspect now in custody. investigators trying to piece together a potential motive. and the atmospheric river that is totally drenching the west prompting some dramatic rescues. is there any end in sight to the torrent of water? thanks for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we are just hours out now from the next republican debate, and donald trump, who won t even be on the stage is dominating the headlines for stunning comments about a potential second term. the former president refusing to say that he will not abuse his power should he return to the white house telling fox s sean hannity he won t be a dictator, except for day one. under no circumstances you are promising america tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody
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midterms we have to first look at the republican primaries. and, yes. marjorie taylor greene seems like the right type of formula for republicans to win their primaries. be as extreme as possible. the only problem is for republicans they don t win swing districts with extreme candidates. i don t think we ll see the overwhelming flip of the house mccarthy probably hopes for. i think you are going to see a lot of races closer than typical because of the type of candidates going up from the republican party. danielle, if democrats don t pass the john louis voting act what does it mean for the party in the midterms both for the president s ability to get legislation passed and the party s ability to follow through on promises? the reality is that if we don t pass the voting rights
that manner. will there be people who turn in? yeah. but will their mind be changed if by any other information or if they turned in to listen to what is happening on capitol hill on january 6th a year later? no. donald trump can rant and rave and do his thing. it is nothing we haven t heard before. it is not helpful for kevin mccarthy to have donald trump still trying to fight the 2020 election results. he wants to move on. he wants candidates that can talk about the talk more about issues than in the past and looking toward the future. so this only goes to help one person and that s donald trump s ego. now, danielle, the biden administration has done its part in terms of tracking down and prosecuting those that breached the capitol on january 6th. but has largely left it to congress to investigate the political routes of what