when it called its district attorney boudin. and that local election in blue, blue california was held up by pundits as a canary in the coal mine for democrats the party, according to them had a crime problem that republicans would seize on in an election year, one that already favored and here were some of those headlines. progressive backlash in california fuels democratic debate over crime. california voters send a stark message to democrats on crime and homelessness. democrats need to know the message that crisis september. week of recall, gas topped $5 a gallon for the first time ever and republicans began gearing up to make the election all about inflation. those were theoretically, the contours of this election, only a few months ago, as of the first week of june and then two weeks later, everything changed. the united states supreme court struck down a 50-year precedent protecting a woman s own right to control her own body which upended politicals across the country.
Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day. Thats 1,754 votes ahead in a sdlact h district that has been in gop hands for three decades. The official outcome way not be known until other ballots are tallied and the race could be headed to a recount if the k candidates end up within 1 of each other once the votes are certified. This morning, balderson is claiming victory. Oconnor has not conceded. Regardless, well see a rematch when they compete for full term in congress. Welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, august 8th. With joe, willie and me, we have Associate Editor of Commentary Magazine noah raufman. Former treasury official and morning joe economic analyst Steve Rattner and National Political correspondent for nbc news and msnbc news, is he still away, Steve Kornacki. But you see this same thing happening. Theyre bleeding. Republicans are bleeding so badly right now in suburbs, and then
a fundamental right. and i believe some expanding that and i believe in supporting for health care, the kind of health care that saved my life. joinsing us now is rebecca tracer, new york at large new york magazine, rebecca, it s great to see you. thanks for joining us tonight. thanks for having me, alex. so, i want to know what you think about the debate. one of the things you have such a thoughtful and way about about fetterman trying to present running one of the highest stakes in the country. and one of the things you pause pose in your article is that fetterman is trying to turn a vulnerability into an asset here. do you think he did so on the stage tonight? i think it s tough to say whether or not it would be an asset with voters but it s certainly an example of remarkable transparency, the
welcome back to state of the union. i m jake tapper. we have breaking news. first lady jill biden has made an unannounced visit to ukraine. the first lady made the mother s day visit at a southwestern border town touring a converted school that now serves as temporary housing for internally displaced ukrainians and she met with the first lady of ukrainian, who has not been in public since the start of the war in february. the visit, a strong sign of respect from the u.s. for ukraine as russia is preparing to celebrate victory day tomorrow, which marks the soviet union s defeat of the nazis. this part the whole victory part in ukraine is conspicuously missing. joinsing us, ambassador to ukraine, linda thomas-greenfield. tomorrow is may 9th, russian holiday, where russia celebrates the defeat of nazi employer mane.
anticipation that the corporate tax, for example will generate capital investment. make that case. say that be less afraid of this tax bill. there s only major reform the congress has passed. make that case. i understand that, but mika, the tax bill is deeply unpopular with the american people. most americans believe that the benefits went to well, actually, who donald trump said the benefits went to. his friends. denied it after had passed. went to march large oh sat around with millionaire friends and said, i just made you all a lot of money with the tax cuts that i passed. you ve got that side of it. it hurts donald trump the populist, it hurts populist republicans. it looks like it s going to billionaires and to ceos and multi-national corporations for stock buybacks and then on the other side of it you have conservatives thinking, gee. it wasn t really targeted to stimulate the economy, and it s