good day, everyone, i m andrea mitchell in washington where the biden administration is bolstering support for close ally south korea in response of course to kim jong-un s nuclear threat, a growing threat for the first time in four decades, u.s. nuclear armed submarines will dock in south korea for what national security officials are calling official visits, but no american nukes will be deployed onto the peninsula as part of the new agreement. and the u.s. has agreed that south korea will have a role in any u.s. use of nuclear weapons in a conflict with the north joining me now, nbc white house correspondent and today co-host, kristen welker. also jen psaki and victor cha, senior vice president for asia and korea chair at the center for international studies. the biden strategy on north korea is nothing more than love letters from president trump and kim jong-un. that s absolutely right what we re seeing today is effectively this show of force, pomp and pageantry that
angeles and san francisco and new york city? there was also the related issue of the soft on crime soros-backed district attorneys. larry crasser in in philadelphia. george ghast toen in los angeles. san francisco s jessica dean ended up being recalled in june. crime remains an arsenal. for a while i thought it would dominate the cycle but in january the football bounced again to baby formula. that month began an ever worsening supply of formula after a recall plant shutdown and supply chain issues but in february, putin surprised the world with the invasion of ukraine around the global and america many offered to help. would that war affect voters in november? or would it be a domestic cultural war because in march florida s governor desantis signed into law the bidding war for sexual identity from kindergarten through third grade. and when disney s ceo denounced the law the company became a lightning rod and desantis invoked revoked the special tax status. and but then in m
a landmark climate and health care law. democrats sided with the american people, and every single republican in the congress sided with the special interests. democrats say it s good policy, but with inflation historically high, how much will it matter in november. and mow ron desantis game the commanding general of the culture wars. we must weight the woke in our schools. we must fight the woke in our pizs. the state of florida is where woke goes to die. as he campaigns for maga candidates across the country will republican voters be willing to pitch trump for him? inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. hello, and welcome to inside politics sunday, i m abby phillip, with the midterm primary season just about over donald trump has succeeded in defeating nearly every republican who openly opposed him. liz cheney s blowout loss is the exclamation point, the fourth republican who voted to beat trump, and to lose their primary.
It employs 75,000 people there this has been a long running feud between the company and the governor desantis signed into law last year that education bill known as don t say gay which disney opposed because of pressure from its employees and customers. things escalated from there. and so desantis and republicans in the state legislature of florida have tried to chip away at disney s special status in the state, their control of some land there, their tax status this has been an ongoing source of tension between the company and the governor just now we ve learned that the company is in fact suing the governor of florida. and part of this is because they restructured the commission or the entity that gave special tax status or continued special tax status to disney, and disney
Kindergarten through third grade. and when disney s ceo denounced the law the company became a lightning rod and desantis invoked revoked the special tax status. and but then in may, another mass shooting. this time at the robb elementary school in uvalde, texas, the gun issue suddenly became potent until it faded yet again. in june came the first prime time january 6 committee hearing which drew 19 million viewers would the insurrection be a midterm motivator? but that month also brought a new high in national gas prices, $5 a gallon, $6 in california. surely, that was going to shape how people voted. inflation hit 9.1% in june, a 40-year high. but wait, there was more. on june 24 came the supreme court decision on dobbs and