It will for, i think, a larger segment of the population that people may realize. And i think thats one of the dynamics that both campaigns but especially the Biden Campaign has to take into account is youve got the other variables you cant take your eye off of. And there are many of them and i am glad you all underscored them. Thanks a bunch for you guys and see you next week. All right my friend. Velshi begins now. Good morning. It is sunday march 17th. Happy st. Patricks day. 2024 has been dubbed the year of elections. Citizens of many countries will head to the polls this year, including in eight of the ten most populous nation in the world. But some of those elections are less legitimate than others and one of them is happening right now. At some point today, we will get the results of russias president ial election. Its a real nail biter. Putin is facing off against three nobody who barely campaigned and in reality its a foregone conclusion. Even though you may see images like th
ciccarelli. both men have hef schedules up until polls close at 8:00 tonight. this is a race to keep your eye on. stephanie? rehema, always good to keep your eye on jersey. no matter who wins, the further woman would, person of color, first to take the office no mat here wins. what can you tell us about the race? reporter: i, too, am from jersey. big shout-out to jersey. there we go. reporter: 400-year history the city never elected a person of color or a woman to be mayor of this city but will do just that today. two face-off. essaibi-george and wu of asian descent. both poised to make history. the race, focus on race and gender, it s also about politics. literally a changing of the guard.
the republicans have a political problem, and it s one rooted in values. there s one thing that unites us all it s the love for children, and that s how the mayor said, reunited their children with their mothers. that s a human problem. the republicans understand it and the only people that don t, are the people committed to a policy of zero tolerance no mat what are the judges say. thank you very much, and next, president trump about to come face to face with america s allies but that is not who he is looking forward to meeting. got to have putin. frankly putin may tb easiest of them all may be the easiest of them all. and the supreme court nominee, bracing for what will be a huge confirmation battle. ken starr has known judge cavanaugh for 26 years. and a woman berated because of wearing a puerto rico t-shirt.
something lindsey graham kept bringing up on sunday. voters spoke. what do republican establishment folks owe the trump voters who, it s clear, all the numbers show, no mat ert hter how you d they provide the majority of support that kept republicans in power in 2016? most republicans ran ahead of trump in 2016. in our system senators and congressmen are elected like trump and have to use their judgment. i don t buy the argument because trump is at 41%, 39%, whatever, in the polls we re supposed to roll over. oh, my god, trump voters this and that. people have an obligation to use best judgment on policy and holding the administration accountable. i would put, have a lot more respect for the reluctant trump supporters senators and congressmen and others if they said, look, we re going to vote with trump most of the time because we agree with most of his policy and have serious oversight hearings on the things that are questionable about the trump administration s beihavio
but certainly, they could have. they were there. so we ll find out. general mattis is looking into with it the entire pentagon group that does that kind of work. so it was very disappointing to see. it is disappointing no mat here does it. when you get to the gases, especially that form, it is vicious and violent and everybody in this room saw it all too many times toe last three or four days. young children dying, babies dying, fathers holding children in their arms, dead, dead children. there can t an worst sight. that s a butcher. the washington post columnist and republican strategist. so it is clear that the president was moved by these pictures that he saw. he s talked about it multiple