competitively that republicans flipped four seats, ultimately handing the republican party the majority in the house, and kevin mccarthy, the gavel, we re going to work on the lights. now, democrats have a chance to try once more. a state appellate court threw out the maps again. a major win for the party. we re going to explain what happened because if that ruling stands, the democratic party has a serious shot at retaking the house next year. especially since the needs of front line republicans, the moderate ones who won, like toes here in new york are being sacrificed by kevin mccarthy to appease the conservative wing of the party. the amendments added to the defense version of the budget focusing on culture war issues like abortion, diversity, critical race theory, transgender medicine and covid vaccines. what does the democratic party do now, and what does kevin mccarthy do now? let s bring in nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake and msnbc legal analy
what happened in his meeting with president biden, and what sort of promises were made, and what sort of promises can be kept? the alliance is sticking together, and the money and weapons have been pouring in along with still firm sanctions on moscow. but, with a u.s. presidential election looming, what can ukraine count on long term, and what can nato expect? are there contingencies for a second donald trump administration if it comes to that, and what about at other variable? republican lawmakers on the hill, the party is publicly split on supporting ukraine. some even calling for the u.s. to pull funding immediately. so as the president heads to helsinki to celebrate finland s entry and sweden s ascension, let s discuss what s to come. nbc correspondent josh lederman, in kyiv, kelly cobiella, and with me, new york times chief white house correspondent peter baker. everybody, welcome. josh, let me start with you. walk us through the meeting with president zelenskyy and th
donald trump? from the xain trail to the courtroom, the former president set to make two court appearances in two cases this week. more on tomorrow s consequential hearing in washington and the end of his civil fraud trial in new york. also ahead, scare in the air. where investigators just found the part that ripped suddenly and violently off an alaskan airlines plane in mid flight. controversy at the pentagon. why did the defense secretary leave the white house in the dark about being admitted to the icu? hello, and thank you so much for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. as we come on the air, we re officially one week out from the first big political contest of the 2024 campaign season. republicans blitzing iowa, giving their last big pitch with seven days and counting until the caucuses. you ve got the future of america first standing right here. anybody saying somehow, like, we re only doing that s just a flat-out l
thinks abortion should be in any case, no matter rape or incest, then you have governor whitmer, who s been traveling around the state, we had images of her holding a roundtable saying this is a human right, abortion rights sh and she sees it as a civil right. will s a lawsuit to stop abortion to go into effect in that state. the feeling is that kansas, a red state, if they can vote to keep abortion rightings in their constitution, a battleground state like michigan, the people who are of course the others, they feel like this issue will be a one that will g get a big turnout and michigananders will vote the rights into the constitution. yamiche alcindor, thank you so much for your reporting. greatly appreciate it. willie, it is fascinating to see how this issue will shape the 2022 election. we really don t know how it s going to end up moving voters, but you look at that kansas race, all the polls beforehand showed it too close to call, but a lot of them had pro-life force
Underscored by new reporting from nbc news on how he single handedly blocked a bipartisan piece of legislation that would have tightened the rules around foreign influence and lobbying in washington. But perhaps more pressingly for the democrats is what Senator Menendez will do to the party as a whole in next years election. The democrats have been working for years to paint republicans as the ones tolerant of corruption, the ones who have locked the other way at wrong doing, the ones who are okay with their standard bearer being someone under indictment. The comparison of course is not apples to apples, but here is how Democratic Rep Dean Phillips of minnesota put it, saying, quote, if we aspire to be a party recognized for its Prioritization Of Ethics and the restoration of faith in government, we must collectively condemn and seek the resignation or removal of anyone whose Behavior Results in a federal indictment period. Joining us now, nbc news investigative Correspondent Tom Winte