since roe was struck down. but it s been a grueling battle just to get to today. political divisions creating a lot of contentiousness you typically don t see in a place that s known for being midwest nice. that s because the range of issues that have so clearly created dividing lines across the u.s. are playing out right here pitting neighbor against neighbor, friend against friend, and we know abortion is one of those issues. but in addition to dividing people, will it also motivate them to get to the polls? will it drive turnout among women? and does it help one candidate over the other? looking forward, will today s vote be be the first bat until a culture war to change the complaining the complex of the midterms. democrats may already be gaining an advantage. here s why i say that. take a look at this. on june 23rd, that s the day before roe was overturned. the generic congressional battle showed republicans up by almost 3 points. today their advantage has slunk to less
killed seven world central kitchen aid workers. we have now learned their names. they are in the new york times op-ed, the organization s founder chef jose andres called them the best of humanity. he went on to say, quote in the worst conditions, after the worst terrorist attack in its history, it is time for the best of israel to show up. you cannot save the hostages by bombing every building and gaza. you cannot win this war by starving an entire population. president biden personally spoke with chef jose andres and released a statement condemning the strike, saying in part, quote, they were providing food to hungry civilians in the middle of a war. they were brave and selfless. their deaths are a tragedy. joining us this morning, nbc s molly hunter, nbc s kelly o donnell at the white house, amna nawaz. israel says they re investigating the strike. what have we learned so far? jose, that s right. they say they will complete a thorough investigation, but i just wanted
new york vermont donald trump. the trial now contending with a tactic trump ask his allies deployed over and over and over again really ever since prosecutors began investigate donald trump. that s through relentless, unceasing attacks, delegitimizing the justice system, finding any reason or any even totally disconnected from issues at hand using anything to claim that somehow she said friends have is already inquired about whether she s a juror. the juror headed that given these outside influences, she was concerned about her ability to be fair and impartial. all this is happening a little more than 12 hours after fox news went through the dethe tails of the seven-seated jurors. here s what one said about the juror excused today. she gets her news from the new york times google and cnn. she said two things that really stuck out, one, quote, i don t really have an opinion of trump. and quote, no one is above the law. i m not so sure about juror number two. only on eart
They actually killed their own members when the members tried to leave the organization because if you left the organization, there was at least a risk that you might cooperate with the authorities and flip against the organization. when i think about the fact that in my experience as a career prosecutor, there were only two trials that required anonymous juries, and those were the kinds of people we were prosecuting, and now we have a need for an anonymous jury when we re prosecuting a former president of the united states. let me ask you two things about that, glenn, we also have a call and response pattern on the record when it comes to donald trump. to the proud boys, stand back and stand by. to mike pence who had run for his own safety and that of his own family after that fact, facts certainly known by secret service protecting both donald trump and mike pence. trump tweets out another threat endangering his life further. i mean, we know that there isn t
Actual violence but against intimidation, you know, from any source. and i think judge merchan is up to the task, but i also think he has his hands full, you know. i tried rico cases in the courts of d.c. where we had anonymous juries. i only tried two of those in my 30 years as a prosecutor, both in the military and in the civilian sector, and it was because we were trying a case against the largest criminal organization that we ever charged under the rico laws. the washington post tubbed the organization murder inc., murder incorporated, and that kind of stuck, at least through the course of the trial, and it was because that criminal organization killed 31 people over the course of about eight or nine years. they killed their perceived enemies. they killed witnesses against the organization.