frustrated base voters, who feel the white house has done too little, too late on the issue. majority leader chuck schumer s political gambit puts senate republicans on the record to their unified opposition to major voting rights bills. and two moderate holdouts on the spot over their support for the filibuster. joining me now, ahead of the action on the senate floor, as you know, the chaplain is now reciting the prayer. nbc s senior capitol hill correspondent, garrett haake. nbc chief white house correspondent, and weekend today cohost, peter alexander, and ashley parker. garrett, expect to hear from both chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell momentarily, really. how is this debate going to play out today and through the week? well, we know how it s going to end, andrea, for democrats, the choice is, when do they want it to end and what do they want the message to be. the floor opens right now. we won t see any votes on this bill or these combined bills today. that will pro
wave. i think you re going to see a big, big victory for republicans in the midterms. at stake, not just the biden presidency democrats argue, but democracy itself. will the voters agree? i will allow no one to place a dagger at the throat of democracy. we are the united states of america. it s time to meet the midterms. this is your one-hour primer. it s a big week, one-year anniversary of the inauguration, as you know, unofficial start of this campaign year. welcome to tuesday, i m chuck todd. as we kick off nbc s news s coverage of the midterm election season with this special edition of meet the press daily that we re calling meet the midterms. these midterms are shaping up to be one of the more impactful election cycles we have had this century. the house and senate both on the line, lots of governor s races which all could play a big part in 2024 politics as well. we are living in some unusually tumultuous times in terms of the instability of the two major p
trump s political strength is still evident at the polls. overnight south carolina republican congressman tom rice was defeated by a trump endorsed candidate. rice was one of ten republicans in the house who voted to impeach the former president and one of the first to face republican primary voters. another race in south carolina did not go trump s way, congresswoman nancy mace at times a trump critic survived a primary challenge. in another significant development republican mayor flores flipped a democratic house district in south texas, this is a pretty significant special election victory that builds on republican gains among latino voters in the region in the 2020 election. joining me now is cnn senior data reporter harry enten. harry, i think the marquee race last night was in south carolina, people looking to see what would happen to this republican that voted to impeach donald trump. looking to see what exactly would happen and here is what happened, look, it s
welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, it is wednesday, june 15th and i m brianna keilar with john berman here in new york. if you don t believe in the climate emergency facing our nation just open your window or walk outside today, there will be evidence on display in every corner of america, no matter where you live count on extreme weather, heat warnings or severe flooding. in the span of 24 hours americans have grappled with all of these threats, violent storms left hundreds of thousands without power in the midwest, flooded communities in montana that don t have clean drinking water and there have even been tornadoes in chicago. meteorologist derek van dam is live in columbus, ohio, where the mayor has no power and he s urging residents to go to cooling centers and pools to stay safe. reporter: john, unfortunately the perfect storm has struck this area, the combination of no electricity and dangerous excessive heat, that is a recipe for dis
Inflation as their top economic priority and those high gas prices is really what is driving inflation up at this moment. last week, you know, the president was out in los angeles speaking at the port of los angeles and he took direct aim at these oil companies, specifically calling out exxonmobil for their high profits, saying that they will make sure americans know of what these companies are doing. so with this letter the president is just once again trying to put some pressure on these oil companies to try to offer some relief, increase their supply as so many americans are seeing high gas prices which is causing major economic anxiety for them and also a political liability for the president heading into the midterm electiones. we do have energy secretary jefr inn granholm later in the show. we will ask her if and how the white house intends to force these oil companies to refine more gas. so much more on that coming up. arlette, christine, thank you both very much. new day co