cast ballots, deciding whether their democratic governor gavin newsom should stay or go. if he is voted out, there s a chance a republican could take over. last night, newsom called him the biggest political gun he could, president biden, to make sure he doesn t lose his seat. watch this. i m not sure you know it, but if you didn t know it, you should. the eyes of the nation, this is not hyperbole, the eyes of the nation are on california. the decision you re going to make doesn t just have huge impact on california, it will reverberate around the nation and quite frankly, not a joke, around the world. nbc s jacob soboroff from california. tell us where things stand. reporter: steph, stakes couldn t be higher. the president of the united states was on long beach. i was there with him and governor newsom as they made the case not only for vaccine mandates, mask mandates that have been pretty popular here in california but also talking about different crises that face cal
over fears of more civil unrest in minneapolis following two high-profile deadly incidence than the last two weeks. a heat wave is baking parts of the southwest and west coast and it s going to last for the next week. the electricity grids are struggling to keep up with demand. take a look at what it means for tens of millions of people sweltering in texas and california. we begin with the key decisions from the supreme court, the first upholds the affordable care act. white house correspondent kevin corke explains the second. the decision handed down in the philadelphia case was being watched fairly carefully by lgbtq advocates who have feared the ruling could make it easier for private organizations or individuals to refuse to serve certain clients. with that in mind the move by the court s analysts is proof that they are prepared to demand more accommodation of religious views even if they don t necessarily agree on how to do so. this is a resounding rule religious lib
policies and people that populate the democrats or really the left it is the grand old party that is at war with itself. a war that is affecting everyone and everything in this country. we can t be a cult of personality warns the number three in the house gop. liz cheney. but she knows her party is just and only that now. either you are for trump and pledge to oppose the reality that he lost and oppose all efforts to work with anyone who says he did or else. cheney is one of the only to dabble with all else. she called bs on donald trump again today as he tries to repitch the big lie. cheney, at an earlier event today, said we can t rebuild the party or the conservative movement on a foundation of lies. we can t be a cult of personality. we can t white wash what happened on january 6th or perpetuate trump s big lie. it is a threat to democracy. what he did on january 6th is a line that can t be crossed. now all of that until the last point is a fact. it s all a fact. it all h
i bet you both parties right now think i must be referring to the other. but for all the flaws of the policies and people that but she knows her party is just and only that now. again today as he tries to repitch the big lie. cheney, at an earlier event today, said we can t rebuild the party or the conservative movement on a foundation of lies. we can t be a cult of personality. 70% of her party believes biden did not win rightfully. that s from the latest cnn poll. as a result the leadership has decided to work only on one type of reform, not immigration, not health care, not infrastructure. the reform is reforming the reality of the act of terrorism that we all saw in the insurrection of the u.s. capitol on january 6th. listen the president bears responsibility for wednesday s attack on congress by mob rioters. he should have immediately denounced the mob. i was the first person to contact him when the riots were going on. he said he ll put something out to make sure
for president. daughter, in fact, leads the republican national committee. also this morning the highest ranking woman in the house, liz cheney, number three in the house republican leadership. the status of her leadership role is more in jeopardy. we ll have more on that in a moment. also in doubt, bipartisan support for at least president biden s broad ambitious $2 trillion infrastructure plan. both sides far apart on that, but there is talk of compromise on perhaps something smaller. first let s again with cnn s lauren fox on capitol hill. it was remarkable to see the cr crowd s reaction to senator romney in his own home state. we should make a distinction that that conference is different from the broader voting population in that red state, but tell us the significance of it. well, that s right. jim, remember, this is a republican conference where you re going to be attracting members of the base of your party, but it is still important because you have to have that