blocked from the ballot, we re waiting for a move from a trump campaign. now that maine is joining colorado and keeping former presidents name off of its primary ballot. as we engage in this process, what is important is the meaning of the constitution, the facts before us, and that interpretation. there can be no other consideration. however, california decided it would allow trump to stay on the ballot there. with an election year fast approaching, what does this all mean for his campaign. plus, a showdown growing in texas. the justice department threatening to sue texas if it enforces a new state law that allows police there to arrest migrants who crossed the border without authorization. we will tell you how governor greg abbott is responding to that. counting down, new york city around the world are putting the final touches on the new year s eve celebrations. security remains a big concern. live report on how the city is preparing. and, it was a banner year for wo
questioning some with regards to lindsey graham but it will probably not ultimately prevent him from having to testify as these appeals go up the chain. other witnesses have attempted to block the subpoenas from testifying. by and large graham has been told that he is a witness and not a target. the da is interested in the calls that he made to raffensperger that the sticker terry of state says that graham tried to influence him to throw out legitimate votes. graham denies that. he says he was just checking on the election integrity and that ultimately he voted to certify the election. but he is known on capitol hill as one of the people who was closest to donald trump. if this investigation is making its way up to trump, lindsey graham would be someone with direct knowledge and conversations of what donald trump was doing at what he was asking of lindsey graham. i want to also turn to the investigation in florida. we are juggling, covering so many investigations across t
getting people to not commit tax fraud or actually supporting the fbi with they are not for the police. in minneapolis, when the police kill a black man, well that is the time when you stand in defence. yasmin, explain that to me. congressman jim himes, it s incredible having you on. i wouldn t have mentioned, it but because you said yasmin so many times, i will note that i am coming in for yasmin today. i ve been very excited to talk to you. it s been a thrilling conversation. thanks very much. still ahead this hour, the rising tide of right-wing extremism. the gop isn t doing this to tempt down violent rhetoric against law enforcement. a win for abortion rights in michigan, we ll break down why a judge is prep blocking prosecutors for enforcing a nine-year-old ban. and abortion rights advocate joins me next. joins me next. [coughing] birds flyin high, you know how i feel. breeze driftin on by.
an increase in enthusiasm for democrats, and by democrats, but also shows the approval rating stuck in the low 40s. is the president a drag on democrats heading into the midterms? yasmin, i m a big believer that good policy leads to good politics. i m at home right now, explaining the inflation reduction act. explaining what it means for the senior citizens to be able to count on it in the coming years, the reduction in the prescription drug, what is going to mean for the biggest investment we ve ever made in addressing climate change. i feel the energy changing around. that i see the republicans countering that by saying the irs agents are going to be rappelling down your chimney with weapons in hand. it is just i ve been doing this a little while, i ve never seen both better policy and lame or attacks on that policy than i ve seen now. there s no question in my mind, that will happen come november. how do you expand on that?
republicans have said that the feds would be going after the little guy. stoking fear the increase in irs agents in this legislation. can you explain with the actual goal is of the added irs agents? i can make two observations. number one, what they re saying is baloney. yes, there will be 87,000 new agents over a period of some years where there will be 50,000. retirements that s 37,000. yasmin, it s a fact, after half of the american population in the lower half doesn t pay income tax. they can be audited on their income taxes. people need to ask themselves, is it going to be the teacher in the firefighter who have two d w twos filing their tax return? no. it s going to be the people with investment in oil wealth. by the way, let s forget all of this. we ended the republican party decide that they wanted to defund the police? it s not lost at me that