Here is the week that was. Israel defense forces say this 52yearold israeli man was rescued from an underground tunnel during a complex mission in southern gaza. A new indictment from a federal grand jury in an election case against federal donald trump. Stripped away supreme court acts that are offlimits in immune from prosecution. Semper fi. Sounds like we have some fans and some haters. That s okay. Mr. Trump also did pending his campaign s recent conduct at arlington national cemetery. I don t of the rules and regulations, i don t know who did it. It with your campaigns tiktok the put out ? i want to be passionate about protecting reproductive rights. The contract cannot be clearer about what we are running against. I am running because i believe that i am the best person to do this job at this moment. For all americans. We have breaking we have breaking news as you join us at the beginning of the katie phang show. Attorneys for former president donald trump late yesterday filed t
good evening, everyone. welcome to a very, very special edition of the reidout, live from the flying saucer draft imporium in ft. worth, texas. we re now just two weeks away from the midterm elections and the stakes could not be higher for the lone star state where everything from school board elections to the race for governor is dominated by the struggle to define what america is and who america stands for. texas is arguably the center of the u.s. culture wars. the red state that might be getting a little less red here and there where the consequences for this year s election are at a fever pitch. this is where the high-stakes abortion conversation we re all having right now began. when texas passed its bounty hunter abortion ban before the supreme court reversed roe v. wade. voting in texas is so restricted and anti-voter laws so effective, folks have dubbed it jim crow 2.0. more books have been banned from school libraries in this state than any other state, and this
post. the latest missing records are from two officials inside of the trump administration acting homeland security secretary chad wulf, and acting deputy secretary ken cuccinelli, we will get to all of those stories and more throughout the course of this hour, but we start with the latest efforts of the united states to win the release of wnba star brittney griner from a russian jail. russia s foreign minister now says he is open to talking to secretary of state anthony blinken about the u.s. proposal for russia to belize griner and former marine paul whelan in exchange for the release of a russian arms dealer named victor boot. russia gave no indication of whether they would agree to that offer or for the timing of when the foreign minister might be able to talk to anthony blinken. griner s trial on charges of having to vape cartridges of hashish oil in her luggage is expected to wrap up next week with a verdict, according to her lawyers, they say that griner s had a doctor
they re growing silence has one s favorite network is moving on. is he already losing the fox news primary? and later, matt gates s bullying tactics backfired big-time. how is body shaming helping one teen abortion activist raised over 1 million dollars? my interview with her and much more is coming up. a good saturday morning to you. i am katie phang. we ll see, or want to. the good question this morning about whether speaker nancy pelosi will visit china on a trip to asia this weekend. china said it will take, quote, forceful measures if it happens. taiwan s self governed by china claims it is a part of its territory and promises to take it back by force if necessary. for more on all of this we are joined by nbc news correspondent allie raffa on capitol hill. katie, nancy pelosi saving security concerns for why she could not confirm or deny whether she or a group of house lawmakers will visit taiwan during this multi day four of asia. military officials say that they are
american, paul whelan at. we ll get to those stories in this hour. but we start with a big breakthrough in democrats efforts to pass a main part of president biden s agenda. prescription drug prices, taxes, and climate change. kirsten sinema of arizona has announced her support for the bill, calling it the inflation redact act. clearing the way possibly this weekend. the democrat agreed on some changes. including dropping a carry over interest rate tax. increase on some of the risk just of the rich. hedge fund, and private company executives. and changes to a 15% on corporate tax obligations. they could make amendments, but this film could be seen as historic changes for everyday americans. change is very popular according to a poll, by cutting prescription prices and refusing the deficit by 300 billion dollars. you heard that right. it would also invest in nearly 370 billion dollars to address climate change. and also, it would be interesting to think about it from a politic