thousands of americans i m talking about bird flu i know stay with me here. if you have been following the news recently you may have seen the u.s. is currently dealing with an outbreak of bird flu bird flu has spread to at least 80 cattle herds across ove and because of that outbreak the fda,t the food and drug administration, has issued guidance forad how to stay safe and t avoid exposure including warningnc americans against drinking rawic milk. that s because raw milk has the potential to spread animal borne diseases from oneor species to another. this is pretty straightforward f noncontroversial scientific advice. don t drink raw milk. it s noncontroversial, except if you are ave conservative who follows the influential pro-trump youth organization, turning points usa. ts milk is good for you, but here sr what the american dair farmer association is goingic t tell you is that pasteurized milk p crap you might as well b drinking water. ideally you need to be drinking raw
so, i want to start with a story that in any other universe would have absolutely nothing to do with politics or anything even approximating controversy. the kind of news we used to read and hear and accept. but post trump, this has become a sort of conservative litmus test with potentially disastrous consequences for the health and the well being of thousands and thousands of americans. i m talking bird flu. i know. stay with me. you may have seen the u.s. is dealing with an outbreak of bird flu. bird flu has spread to at least 80 cattle herds over five states. because of that outbreak, the fda, the food and drug administration has issued guidance for how to stay safe and avoid exposure including warning americans against drinking raw milk. that is because raw milk has the potential to spread animal born diseases from one to another. don t drink raw milk. this is not controversial unless you are a conservative who follows the influential pro trump youth organization turning
hamas in gaza. i can t thank you enough for making time for us. we re all thinking about you and your family. thank you very much. and we pray for the safe return of all of the hostages as soon as possible. this is a humanitarian issue. this is not some political issue, and people trying to make this a political issue, especially, the government trying to make this political. no, this is a humanitarian crisis. and everything should be done to get them back as soon as possible. thank you very much. that is all in on this wednesday night. alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. 250 days, just unbelievable this is where we are. thank you, my friend, as always. so i want to start with a story that in any other universe would have absolutely nothing to do with politics or anything even approximating controversy. the kind of news we all used to read or hear and accept. but in the post-trump era, this kind of news has become a sort of conservative litmus te
a biden presidency that was people didn t have to pay life or death minute by minute attention to the news but, in fact, trumpism hasn t gone away. so you know, i would be worried about these polls, especially since we know that republicans are just less likely to answer pollsters in the first place. at the same time, i do think we saw it in california that if you light a fire under democrats f they understand the stakes and sort of understand what republicans have in store for them, they will ultimately turn out. well, the fire would be, ari, do you want virginia to be texas in terms of covid, in terms of vaccine mandates, in terms of silly fights over what s taught in schools, do you want virginia to be texas. isn t that probably the simplest way to put it? exactly. and virginia ten years ago was a lot more like texas than it is virginia today. and they have made a lot of progress, and i don t think they want to lose the things they
ericanin afghanistan who still want to leave, and he insisted the afghan s government collapse happened much more quickly than anyone expected. also tonight, the u.n. is warning afghanistan faces a severe food crisis in the coming months. at least a million children are at risk of starvation. and tonight, president biden is and tonight, president biden is on his first trip west since taking office. he says the raging wildfires point to the need for spending trillions on infrastructure. the president is also hoping to boost a key political ally. we get more now from cbs major garrett. reporter: president biden on a west coast swing talking wildfires and recall politics hoping to give california governor gavin newsom a boost before tomorrow s vote. thank god you have a governor who understands there is a covid crisis. reporter: newsom has pulled ahead in recent weeks with help from the party s top stars and by linking his top challenger, radio host larry elder, with former preside