people, till midterm elections, really two weeks from today we ll know a lot more. anyway i ll move on. the midterms are coming in 13 days and you ve got mayors and law enforcement officials who are getting a new warning sadly about election intimidation. you ve got extremists looking to disrupt midterms at the local level targeting voters, candidates, election workers according to axios. let s bring in our panel. cnn chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst john miller, new york democratic congressman jones and senior political analyst ron brownstein. when we think of extremism, i think we think in terms of january 6th , the insurrection, something on a national scale. locally there are all sorts of examples of people being intimidated and just awful things happening. here are a few examples coming from axios. in 50 out of 67 pennsylvania counties election chiefs have left because of threats, harassment and intimidation. in idaho protesters hung an effigy at a republ
chuckat schumer, released a joi statement, with senator manchin saying that theem west virginia democrat will now support, not oppose, but yes, support the democrats rt big new budget dea. despite objecting to it, just two weeks ago. now, we don t have all the details yet, but a one-page summary says that the deal will make progress in some pretty big areas. including a 15% minimum tax on corporations, along with other provisions to make the ultra wealthy pay their fair share of tax. lowering affordable care act premiums for millions of americans, allowing medicare to negotiate the price of prescription drugs, something democrats have been trying to achieve for over a decade. decreasing energy production and decreasing carbon emissions over the next 40%. which would be huge. and 725 pages. obviously, this is not a done deal yet reactions from other democratic members of congress have ranged from cautious optimismge to outright frustratn at having apparently been kept out of t
here s an idea, on security footage, bladder the faces of the folks invading the capital on january 6th so authorities cannot track them down. guess who said that today? the league starts right now. they have participated in the events of that day, we don t want them to be retaliated against. to be charged by the doj. what? that is speaker of the house, you like to stand in the way, the way we identify criminals. now his office is revising those remarks plus how federal prosecutors plan to use donald trump has continued support. the rest of the presidents in court, warnings of an apocalyptic situation in gaza as israel takes intense deadly aim. welcome to the lead with jake tapper, we start with our law and justice. the new impact of the january 6th insurrection on trumps legal and political future. federal prosecutors say they plan to use drums continued with these lawbreakers against him at trial. the justice department saying the fact that trump continues to celebrat
once. we will see if it plays out this way. i would also say jake, it raises the question, he is the front runner, what if donald trump is not the nominee, would biden reconsider the reelection effort if that s the key rationale? because it s the kind of admission a candidate should be making? it will provide donald trump an opportunity here to talk about joe biden being more focused about him than anything else but if joe biden s critical mission of this time is starting to piece back his coalition of voters, some of which he has seen a diminishing support, reminding them of the contrast with donald trump and that donald trump is the target, could help rally the troops if you will. interesting, stick around, would be in kristin and michael, the former special assistant, you worked for president biden, you ve heard him say this before behind closed doors, have you heard him say that, and i surprised he admitted this to people outside of the white house? we always heard
who can win in november. what s interesting about tonight we have two candidates on stage who have different audiences. ron desantis audience is all about iowa, doesn t matter about new hampshire. he has to do well and come in second and communicate not just to the trump leaning voters but also suburban voters outside of des moines. i m looking at at ankaeny outside of des moines. he has to do well there. nikki haley has two audiences and why her comment about iowa is not necessarily a gaffe. if she does well in iowa, her second audience is new hampshire. when she leaves iowa going into new hampshire, she will, she can say if she comes in third, it is your job to correct what iowa did here. she can move forward regardless, but both of them, not only have to win tonight, but also demonstrate that they re better candidates than donald trump is. that s hard for both because they ve sort of resisted being able to do so. they really have, which has been fascinating. trump getting more su