tonight is the most important joey joe in washington about to crack? not that joe this joe. joe manchin. about to switch. the man holding democrats back radically from radically changing america has been caught on a zoom call with a group called no labels describing a new openness to changing the filibuster. now, don t forget. every time the topic of ending the filibuster came up in the past, republicans have panicked they knew the consequences and what they would be right away and so did joe manchin. he penned two separate podesta to let his constituents know and his own party know that he will not weaken the filibuster. when joe manchin talked to billionaire donors a couple days in private his tune seems to have changed. according to the i object ter september that published this? this is what manchin said after being asked about lowering the filibuster threshold from 60 to 55? that s one of many suggestions i have. so i m open to looking at it i m not open to [inaudible]
border. gillian: i m gillian turner in washington. let s take a look at we ve got new live drone pictures over and above that brand new texas wall that governor abbott is having constructed there. about a mile from griff, where he is right now. griff, you re in the heart really of operation lone star. that is the governor s statewide project there that is really meant to deter illegal immigration, crack down on undocumented migrants coming across the u.s./mexico border: it s about your 17,000th trip to the border, i think? correct me if i have a couple of numbers off there. [laughter] i want to hear from you really set the stage for us. what is different about this trip, what are you seeing and hearing on the ground, what is jumping out at you? griff: oh, gillian, we re hearing an awful lot. you mentioned to operation lone star. that began in march. i did my first trip this year in march when not a single network or a single reporter was reporting on what was the most unpre
that would pick the secretary of state who oversees elections. there s a very real threat if elected that he would use the power of his office to ensure that the next republican candidate for president receives the state s 19 electoral college votes in 2024 no matter how pennsylvania voters actually vote. mastriano is far from he alone in threatening our democracy. in georgia voters will decide if another election denier gets on the election ballot, former senator david perdue. he has said that the election was rigged. the man he s running against, brian kemp, earned trump s wrath by refusing to overturn the 2020 election in the state. georgia was the center of trump s attempt to steal the election in 2020. he s still under investigation over whether he broke state law with his mafioso style bullying who demanded the exact number of votes he would need to win the state s 16 electoral votes. so, look, all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one m
major developments, congress just passed a bill giving $14.3 billion in aid to israel but joe biden has already threatened to veto it because it doesn t money. plus, israeli prime minister netanyahu today says that nothing is gonna stop them from going into gaza and getting the job done and now gaza city is surrounded. we re seeing explosions erupt across the night sky, a live report from the ground later in the show. but, first, loving china but hating us that s the focus of tonight s angle. all right, the preparations for the date are underway so, what is he going to wear? how long will their conversations last? who is better at smalltalk? the president says is he looking forward to meeting to meeting with president xi and and so not going to get into details about this meeting that s going to happen this month, going to be in san francisco. it s going to be a constructive meeting. laura: constructive for whom? jp morgan? goldman sachs? i don t know, new york hedge