and the big questions are, can the democrats somehow defy history, and hold on to the house, or are republicans poised for a big win? high inflation, gas prices, is the continuing covid pandemic, president biden s parties facing voters in a very bad mood this year. all republicans need to do to win the senate is to pick up one seat. it sounds easy enough, but are they actually in the process of shooting themselves in the four? how about, former president donald trump, is he helping or hurting the gop effort? and he does end up hurting it, will he end up hurting himself, when it comes to 2024? what about the end of roe v. wade? is it mobilizing democrats? and then, there is that major shift that we saw in 2020. hispanic voters abandoning democrats, and voting republican. it is accelerating even more this year. 99 days to go. let s get to it. let s start at the place where at least, for me it s all gonna and in 99 days from now, or i should say, it will start two and 99 days fr
know of agents faced immense pressure that day, protecting the president from himself and the vice president from the mob his boss sent to the capitol. secret service agents feeling fearing for their own lives and they rush to get america second in command away from those chanting to hang him. the secret service acknowledging records were purged as part of a systemwide update. but today, based on a letter review by the new york times, dhs inspector general has informed the secret service to, quote, halted internal search for purged texts sent by agents around the time of january 6th so that it does not interfere with an ongoing criminal investigation. that s right. an ongoing criminal investigation. all of these developments coming to light thanks to the house select committee s quest for accountability. a number of these bombshells dropping during the panels primetime hearing thursday night. the committee, taking nearly three hours to trace what the associated press calls, q
[ technical difficulties ] that helped mastermind the worst terrorist attack on u.s. soil. and many other attacks against americans. ayman al zawahiri has killed by a cia drone strike this last weekend while standing on a balcony in downtown kabul. he was osama bin laden s deputy during the september 11th attacks and rose to al qaeda s leader when the u.s. killed bin laden back in 2011. a senior administration official told nbc news that the strike was so precise, none of his family inside of the home were killed. and in a prime time address, president biden called the killing justice for his victims. and the mission, quote, a total success. people around the world no longer need to fear the vicious and determined killer. the united states continues to demonstrate our resolve and our capacity to defend the american people against those who seek to do us harm. you know, we make it clear again tonight that no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide. if you are a
and out west, two people dead in their cars as an explosive wildfire in california rips through a national forest. crews struggle to contain the blaze. and it s primary day in five key states with just three months till the november midterms. in kansas today is the first direct vote on abortions post-roe. sharice davids will join us today. and we begin this morning with a strike that took out one of the world s most wanted terrorists while still in isolation from covid, president biden announced that al qaeda leader ayman al zawahiri was killed in a drone strike in kabul, afghanistan, where he and his family had been hiding. justice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more. people around the world no longer need to fear the vicious and determined killer no matter how long it takes. no matter where you hide. if you are a threat to our people, the united states will find you and take you out. this morning the white house released this picture of the pr
as a progressive place. then there s the future of democracy itself today, with the republican party, in some places like arizona, deciding through its voters tonight whether the party s nominees for top jobs are backers of the big lie of baseless election fraud claims, of attacks on the way we do nonpartisan democracy in this country, with trump encoursed candidates currently viewed as front-runners, including a maga governor candidate who s pushing claims of fraud, kari lake. those who do stand up to trump, including three who threatened to voted to impeach president trump. there s more at stake than a typical primary night, and a lot more issues. as the political guru s de la soul put it, issues close like an elevator door but open once we get to the next floor. as the stakes is high, you know the stakes is high. fact check, true. the stakes is high. it is primary election day in missouri, and several high profile races could help bring voter out to the polls. histor