hopes on former president obama. bill: he was stumping wasn t he? georgia, michigan, wisconsin. a desperate attempt to drum up enthusiasm. democrats bracing for what could be a bad night. watch. i understand why you might sometimes just want to tune out. just watch football. but i m here to tell you that tuning out, milwaukee, is not an option. you have a choice between folks who will say anything and do anything to get power, and leaders who share our values. dana: underscoring democrats concerns the fact that new york is now seen as a battleground state. lee zeldin has a real chance to become the state s first republican governor in two decades bringing in heavy weight surrogates to help him over the finish line. the other thing he will do and what new york really needs to do, you need to stop codling criminals. stop turning them loose on the street. if you do crime, you must do the time. we want a government that isn t passing pro-criminal laws. we want district
transportation fund. he says he s reduced the deficit by 1.6 trillion, so there s room. to the companies running gas stations and setting those prices at the pump, this is a time of war. global peril. ukraine. these are not normal times. bring down the price you re charging at the pump to reflect the cost you re paying for the product. do it now. do it today. the president not changing any of his policies. the votes may not be in congress to do what he wants. i m willing to embrace his proposals for a gas tax holiday. i don t know whether we ll get the votes it needs here in the senate. i m talking to my colleagues. nancy pelosi has in the past criticized a gas tax holiday. the senior policy director for the committee for responsible federal budget is concerned that the $10 billion hole would grow as pressure would keep the gas stacks suspension even longer than three months. listen. at best, this will reduce the inflation rate by 0.1%. as soon as the holiday is ove
coal mine moment for the democratic party. last night, there was a special congressional race in south texas. it saw a very deep blue sea turn bright red. now, republican mayra flores easily defeated her democratic opponent by eight points in district 34. now, get this, it s the first time in 150 years this district ever elected a republican! in 2012, obama won it by 23 points. 2016, yeah, hillary won it by 22 points. biden only won it by four, but now republican mayra flores, she won it by eight. all right, that would be a 12-point swing in two years, a 30-point swing if you go back to 2016. keep in mind, this is a majority hispanic district. it borders mexico to the south along the rio grande valley. now, mayra actually immigrated to the u.s. from mexico making her the very first mexican-born woman to be elected to congress. she s also married to a u.s. border patrol agent. she made border security a huge focus of her campaign. take a look. too many to many, the borders
with all on this. sandra: a big line-up, but an economy in crisis. americans are looking for solutions to those surging gas prices and the highest inflation in decades. but it has democrats staring down a red wave in november as more and more voters are coming to the conclusion biden administration is not up to the task. hello, and welcome as we begin a brand-new week. sandra smith in new york. john: great to see you back after a long weekend. john roberts in washington, and this is america reports . the price of gasoline setting a record high the tenth day in a row, an average of $5 a gallon. the cost to fill up the tank up 103% since president biden took office. sandra: and people are certainly taking notice. those numbers putting democrats hopes in jeopardy in november, 83% of the american people in a new abc news poll say the economy is the top issue for them heading into the fall. now desperation setting in at the white house as word comes, president biden might
other politicians and officials. what is causing the spike of violent attacks targeting government officials? going one-on-one with an entire retired fbi special agents to administer the trend. and the bill passed by some ohio republicans will try to keep trans athletes out of women s sports by sending them to a doctor for a gentle inspection. on this first weekend of pride month we will analyze the gop s growing attacks on the lgbtq community. with my guests to the president and ceo of glaad. all of that and more is coming up. good sunday morning to. olivia i m katie fang. we will take into this questions with our experts later. but first, report on the ground to bring you the latest news. we begin with the january 6th hearings kicking off this thursday in primetime. nbc s dairy gronk is on capitol hill. gary, it is always a pressure to see you. americans finally are getting a look at what the committee does kind of looking behind the curtain. what should we expect to