did you talk to bob woodward robert costa t theirook peril? woodward yes, costa, no. did you take to carol leona and flil rucker for the book can i fix it? yes. did you talk to michael benlder for his book, frankly we did when the election inside story of how trump lost? yes. and were you accurately represented in these books? i haven t read any of the books so i don t know. i have seen press reporting of it. i haven t read the book. let s have you read the books and let us know if you are accurately portrayed. marsha blackburn. robert costa, your reaction? it is important to understand the context of our reporting. when you look at the story in peril it is a story of chairman milley countering a president he believes is in mental decline, a president who
from midterms, but democrats are already facing an uphill climb. president biden met with eric adams, the democratic nominee for mayor, after he ran a tough on crime campaign. it comes as cities across the country are grappling with a serious surge in violent crime. now republicans like former president trump are seizing on that, trying to tie democrats and defund the police messaging to heading into next year, claiming that messaging is the reason for the spike in crime. very bad news for democrats with razor thin house majority and tie in the senate. and picking up congressional seats after the census. my next guest predicted the wave in 2018 and now sounding the alarm. and michael benlder, author of the book out today, frankly, we
they show up to rally after rally after rally which starts to get to your question of why did trump supporters continue to stick with him and after january 6th, why they continue to show up for rallies? there was thousands of people in cleveland, thousands of people in sarasota just last month. but of course, trump s base isn t enough to win, so the broader question is, why people who know what he is, who know what he s done still stand with him. rachael, michael, thank you both so much. coming up, hunter biden, businessman, author, now he s an artist, why the president s son s new venture is raising eyebrows and ire and a whole lot of ethics questions, again.
campaigns. going to space but doing it a different way than i think is much more effective in terms of winning elections. michael, your book is extraordinary. you have bomb shells all over the place, specifically about trump s last year in office. according to your book, he thought showing empathy for george floyd would make him look weak, wanted the military to crack skulls during protests, and reportedly said that hitler did a lot of good things. on some level, you say how do you come back from that, does he have to come back from it, given how strongest now, how much support he has, what does that tell you about many, many of the american people being cool with all that. he did win 75 million votes at the end of 2020, and remains strong with that base. the question for trump moving forward is whether he is going to run again. that s still very much an open
rates. while at the same time, protests against the cuban government are reaching u.s. soil, as hundreds take to the streets in miami, many cut off from family members back home as cuba blocks phone and internet access. and we just got the latest inflation report for the month of june, with prices rising at the fastest pace in 13 years. consumers across the board are getting worried. we start this morning with this fight over voting rights, the focus of president biden s speech in philadelphia today, and the focus of a last ditch effort by texas democrats who officially fled their home state late yesterday to keep state republicans from having enough lawmakers to pass new voting rules. i have a great group to break it down. michael member lee in philadelphia, priscilla thompson, la tasha ground, from black voters matter, and assistant dean at the university