party again. congresswoman becca ballet of the budget committee is here to discuss. reparations, a judge dismissed a lawsuit from survivors of the tulsa massacre as california considers its own a statewide plan. i will talk with the chair of a california s reparations task force and al sharpton about this burgeoning a national debate. i m jonathan capehart. this is the sunday show. this morning, president biden flies to europe. he will meet with king charles iii and the british prime minister on monday before heading to a critical nato summit in vilnius, lithuania on tuesday. looming over the discussions will be president biden s controversial decision to provide cluster bombs to ukraine as it defends itself in a now 500-day war instigated by russia. clustered munitions scuttle scattered stronger bombs over wider terrain because they have a high failure rate. they can linger on the ground for days, weeks, even years, and then detonate, creating a higher risk to civilians. tha
not only that, he s been criminally indicted twice so far, he could face multiple trials in between campaign stops during primary season next year. essentially, on top of all of that, he appears to remain in control of the narrative and the eject cherie of this race. take for example the ways that those have responded to the criminal indictment last month, and how those responsive has a vault in the weeks since. have a promissory quickly made a pledge to pardon trump. tim scott said that the indictment is, quote, a serious case, but with serious allegations. at the same time, he condemned president biden and the justice department, alleging that they were targeting and hunting republicans. more interesting is how the talking points of a vote for trump s own former vice president, mike pence. shortly after the public learned about the indictment, pence said that he was, quote, deeply troubled but that no one is above the law. then, after the indictment was unsealed, he told cn
The first republican primary and caucuses. yesterday, the republican party of iowa announced that it will hold its first in the nation caucus on january the 15th, 2024. momentum is really going to pick up next month in the republican party holds its first primary debates in milwaukee on august 23rd. that will be the first real opportunity for the country to see most, or at least some, of the candidates. together. at least a dozen republicans will be competing to be the gop nominee in 2024, but only five of those declared candidates have met the requirements to qualify for the first debate so far. ron desantis, nikki haley, vivek ramaswamy, tim scott, and the former president, donald trump. the undisputed front runner in the race right now. that s difficult to overstate just how unusual this race is turning out to be. the republican front runner has already been impeached twice for abusing his powers presidents, yet he is running for that position again, and he is leading the pack by a