our friend martha is back today. martha: good morning. it is a deadly epidemic. we have covered it extensively. it reaches all states, all walks of life, all kinds of families. the powerful opioid known as fentanyl is an indiscriminate killer took the lives of all these people whose faces you see on the screen right now and teens at a record pace. in 2021 fentanyl was identified in 77% of as lessent drug deaths. cartels have an enormous business. they will stop at nothing turning the drug into a weapons of mass destruction. lindsey graham says it is time to fight back. here is what i would say. america is under attack of the our nation is being attacked by foreign powers called drug cartels in mexico. this is the largest attack on american s homeland by a foreign power in the history of the nation. 70,000 americans were poisoned by fentanyl last year. we need to take the gloves off. they are at war with us. we need to be at war with them. bill: we go to texas, school di
republicans say democrats don t deserve to stay in power. right now the party of blue has the advantage in the house, 220 seats to the gops 212. that s right now. in november, fox predicts a flip. our forecast has the g.o.p. gaining nearly 20 seats giving them control. the very worst case scenario for republicans ends with a very slight majority for democrats. but that s only if the g.o.p. loses every competitive race. a lot of confidence republicans can pull it off. there will be a surprise in the election, a surprise in the governors race, house races, senate races. the price of gasoline every where in the country, october will be a tough month for the democrats. i think the republicans run the table in the house and senate and have a majority. harris: alexandria hoff is live in washington, d.c. the power ranking is fascinating. alexandria. it truly is. you know what s more fascinating the notable shift we see in voter priority spelling real trouble for democrats.
everyday americans. listen. i didn t change my mind. i never changed at all. this is fighting inflation. we ve closed loopholes and didn t raise taex. it doesn t raise taxes. it is an investment. i won t be responsible for inflaming the inflation rate. it is a red, white and blue deal. his colleagues in the senate disagree. pat toomey said manchin got duped. he got taken to the cleaners. the same gimmick he said he was opposed to. they claim the revenue over a 10-year window from the tax increase and price controls and then the expenditure they knowledge they pretend it will only be three years. these numbers are very dubious. the new york post editorial board call it joe manchin s anti-made in america bill. sinema was absent from the recent round of talks. silence is stressing out democrats who desperately need her vote. we got art laffer, economic advise hor to former president reagan in focus today but first edward lawrence joins us from the white house. the re
attack. former president donald trump. a series of monumental decisions of the supreme court will also be front of line for so many voters this november. none greater than the unprecedented decision to overturn almost a half century of privacy rights in roe v. wade. coming up, we re going to be joined by georgia s democratic nominee for governor stacey abrams. she s going to talk about everything that is on the line this fall. first, let s bring in an incredible roundtable. we have the former chairman of the republican national committee, michael still, former white house press secretary and the president obama, robert gibbs, host of msnbc s politicsnation and president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. former aide to the george w. bush white house and state department, elise jordan, former white house director of communication shear to president obama and director of communications for hillary clinton 2016, presidential campaign, jennifer palmieri. let s
the man who inspired that attack. former president donald trump. a series of monumental decisions from the supreme court will also be front of line for so many voters this november. none greater than the unprecedented decision to overturn almost a half a century of privacy rights and roe v. wade. coming up we are gonna be joined by georgia s democratic nominee for governor, stacey abrams. she s gonna talk about everything because on the line this fall. but first let s bring in an incredible roundtable, we have former chairman of the republican national committee michael steele. former white house press secretary under president obama, robert. gives host of msnbc s politicsnation in president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. former aide to the bush white house and state department, elise jordan. and former white house director of communication to president obama, and director of communications for hillary clinton s 2016 presidential campaign, jennifer palm