Right. The economy does do better under democrats. And as vice president kamala harris announces a major plan to boost small businesses, economists are saying that trump s proposals, like for instance, tariffs, would actually hurt americans. Also tonight, we are just days into the new school year for many students, but we ve already had our first school shooting, leaving four dead and several injured at a high school in georgia. Plus, breaking late today, republican liz cheney, who once said that donald trump is unfit for any office, announced that she will be voting for vice president kamala harris. But we begin tonight with it s the economy stupid. James carville s famoused a moe in addition from the 1992 election that remains true today. Polls show the economy continues to be the top issue for many voters, including inflation and affordability. And yet there is only one candidate who is proposing policies that would actually help americans. Vice president kamala harris. Here she is
School was wrong to punish her. A trump family rift. He is miffed at his soninlaw Jared Kushner over a book deal. Plus, a big meeting of cdc Vaccine Advisors tries to settle some big questions. Will we need Booster Shots and when, and is there a link between vaccines and Heart Problems in a small group of kids . We have been receiving reports from other countries of potential issues of myocarditis. Theres been this question as to whether its associated with these mrna vaccines and if it has, what the risk is. I think the data well see this afternoon at this meeting will overwhelmingly demonstrate that the benefits of vaccination far outweigh the risks. Up first, the Biden Administration at a crossroads. The president wants a big and bipartisan deal on infrastructure, but progressives in his own party are mad that the president and moderate Senate Democrats wont chuck the filibuster to make progress on another critical agenda item, Voting Rights. Here in the studio cnns jeff zeleny, rac
Thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. We are grateful. The beat with katie phang in for ari starts right now. Hi, katie. Hi, nicolle. Thank you so much. Welcome to the beat for the rest offuous. I am katie phang in for ari melber. We start with flashing Warning Signs for american democracy at a Pivotal Moment in the American Campaign season. As of tonight President Biden and former President Trump have clenched the threshold for meeting they primaries. Its the earliest matchup in nearly a quarter of a century. In 2000 al gore and george w. Bush clenched their nominations just four days earlier than joe biden and donald trump. Of course, that election ended at the United States Supreme Court. And this election starts there. Trump set to make the unprecedented argument for total president ial immunity in his coup case next month, as accountability for january 6th rioters dpriends forward. Just today a federal judge ordering that a trump
Claims about michigan election the indictment says. The philadelphia enquirer, what to know about the pennsylvania Fake Electors mentioned in trumps third indictment. The criminal conspiracy alleged in this new indictment of donald trump has the bagest and gravest national ambition, to hold onto the presidency against the will of the voters, but the conspiracy itself played out in localities across the country in what we now call the fake elector scheme, the scheme in which republican electors in states that joe biden won signed their names to forged documents pretending that it was actually donald trump who won the president ial election in those states. At the time as it was actually playing out in december of 2020, it mostly looked like sort of sad theatrics from a bunch of protrump dead enders in a handful of states. There was Trump Electors in michigan kind of pathetically trying to talk their way into the State Capitol even though the real electors, the Biden Electors were inside
Interference charges. Now, i will remind you, the court could have just affirmed the u. S. District courts ruling that, no, a president ial does not have absolute immunity. But that was not the decision tonight. And while hearing the case does not mean that ultimately they will rule in trumps favor, the highest court in the land just gave trump something that he has been aggressively fighting for, time. The Oral Arguments in the case have been set for the week of april 22nd, nearly two months from now. Why so much time . And after that, even in a best case scenario, it will be a few weeks before a decision comes down. That is the best case considering we know that there are at least some of the Supreme Court justices who dont agree with the earlier rulings. Otherwise, they would not be hearing the case. And if the court does decide to affirm the earlier ruling, as they should, and hand the case back to District Court judge tanya chutkan, she would need a few months to get the case back