laws are particularly egregious. in georgia their law disempowers the secretary of state removing him as chairman of the state election board and empowering the gop-led legislature to suspend county election officials. in arizona, the state s secretary of state has been removed as a statewide official responsible for representing that state in disputed election results. in harris county, texas, the new voting restriction expected to pass but for the defiance of democratic state representatives, we ll get to that later, would ban drive-through and 24-hour voting and further tighten the rules for voting by mail, measures disproportionately used by democrat and minority voters in that state. so here we are today. president joe biden putting the full force of his office behind the moral case for protecting the right to vote in 2021 america. a speech he never should have had to give and would not have had to deliver if the gop hadn t lurched toward anti-democratic policies, someth
and prosecute potential election election-related crimes which trump s outgoing attorney general said were inconse inconsequential. it s the blueprint for a coup laid out in three pages. cnn has not been able to independently verify this draft, and it s not clear who wrote it, but it is believed to be part of a massive batch of documents, about 700 pages now in the hands of the january 6th house select committee. let s go to cnn s senior legal analyst elie honig, former federal prosecutor for the southern district of new york. this is just bonkers stuff. if the former president had actually gone through with this executive order back in december of 2020, it would not have been remotely legal, right? no, jim, n-0, no way. absolutely not. everything in this memo is wrong, dangerous, not remotely legal. if you look at this draft executive order it s dressed up with legal language, heretofores there, citations. it is all bunk. first of all, the military, the department of defen
were control of congress hangs in the balance. outnumbered i m harris faulkner joined by emily compagno and kayleigh mcenany. mollie hemingway is here and in the center virtual seat, bret baier. going to be along a busy night for him. glad he could stop by. neck and neck race between ten between terry mcauliffe the democrat and glenn youngkin is close. mcauliffe is trying to tie youngkin to former president trump. watch. guess algonquin duncan is finishing his complaint? he is doing an event with donald trump here in virginia. i am here with you and they have trump over there. think about this for second, folks. it is sensitive for us with trump here in virginia because of charlottesville. harris: he s either delusional or lying. you can make the call yourself. the former president was not in virginia and never campaigned with youngkin side-by-side. he did make the case for him on a tele- rally. meanwhile, youngkin attracted big crowd that is rally last night where he m
that began way back on tuesday. along the way, we were treated to an important at times chaotic civics lesson including near fisticuffs live and on camera. friday the fourth day of voefting we saw 15 holdouts switch their allegiance during the 12th and 13th rounds of balloting, and then after an adjournment mccarthy thought he had the needed votes and at 11:00 came to a 14th vote yet one vote shy of a majority. for the first time all week he couldn t hide being visibly angry. lauren boebert and matt gaetz voted present while four other anti-mccarthy holdouts remained steadfast. it was dramatic and gripping to watch. a fistfight nearly broke out as mike rogers the chair of the house armed services committee, was physically restrained from matt gaetz who supporters rushed to his side. on enies were heard. mccarthy thought he d whipped the votes necessary. when it seemed they were going to be adjourning for the weekend there was more arm twisting. suddenly mccarthy was smiling a
roe v. wade. but republicans have the momentum, with voters saying inflation is still issue number one. plus, why the stakes are so high in the arizona governor s race. what i m seeing now is a movement of people who are ready to save our republic. it s not just about democrats or republicans, it s a choice between sanity and chaos. and how much longer will donald trump wait to announce a 2024 run? in order to make our country safe, successful, and glorious again, i will probably have to do it again. inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters, now. hello and welcome to inside politics. i m abby phillip. we are just over two weeks abuy from one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime. millions of voters are streaming to the polls, so we want to take a look at the state of play in the house, senate, and the governor s mansions across the country. while control of the senate still remains a jump ball, the latest poll shows vo