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hello and welcome to inside politics. im john king in washington. thank you. for sharing your day with us. 2024 revs up ron desantis aligned super pac answers what you might call a sticky add by asking why donald trump is now spending his time attacking other republicans . this week, the florida governor heads here to washington to capitol hill that after a donor defects from his campaign in waiting, plus class field trip tries to turn up the pressure on alvin bragg. house judiciary re...

Trumps allies in congress taking their fight to alvin brags backyard today, the republican led house judiciary committee holding a field hearing in manhattan, unquote victims of violent crime in the manhattan borough, the purposes beyond simple to try to discredit the district attorneys case against the former president. the committee chairman jim jordans leading the charge. for here in manhattan. the scales of justice are weighed down by politics for the district attorney. justice isnt blind. i...

In colorado, coupled with hurricane winds up towards 90 miles per hour a week ago. what results is a devastating fire that totaled, destroyed over 1,000 homes. countless families in my community, neighbors who are now working to rebuild and to so im grateful to the president for his willingness to help us in the short term on disaster relief, but im also grateful he is willing to show leadership with respect to the fight against climate change. the time to act is now. the impacts of climate chan...

This regard? ron reagan is an msnbc political analyst and jim warren is washington bureau chief of "the daily news" and an msnbc contributor. back to your hometown of chicago, jim. it seems to me since the city congress people, most of them democrats, tend to vote for gun control because theyve got it in their streets, the women who -- the mothers have to put up with the gang bang shootings and the kids getting caught in the crossfire on the way to school or even sitting at home, theyve got to b...

The fact that nearby where they live theres crime in the streets involving heavily armed criminals. it seems to me the president is saying, okay, its not just a question of schools being hit by a crazy person in this case but the day-to-day threat every friday and saturday night especially around midnight, the next day you read about, it hear about it, crime involving big-time weaponry. it seems like hes really turned the corner on who -- hes trying to get the suburbs it seems to me. >> well, bu...

with news that could furtherer ratchet up the tensions. the pentagon is saying t ining s getting ready to send ships to syria. i want to go straight to the pentagon to barbara starr. i was listening to your exchange there in the pentagon briefing earlier today. you were pressing them a bit. tell me about the exchange. >> reporter: theres been a bit of confusion. theres a urth vessel that turned back to russia. it was a bit of a surprise when the pentagon announced it has information th...

and weve got a lot of breaking news today. the jury in the john edwards federal corruption trial reaches a verdict on just one of the six counts against the one-time presidential hopeful. the defense asks for a mistrial, but the judge tells the jury theyve got to keep at it. lets go straight to cnns senior correspondent, joe johns. hes in greensboro, north carolina. joe, what is going on down there? >> reporter: well, you know, it gets stranger and stranger every minute. quite frankly,...

nomination. mitt romney is still in front. newt gingrich has 38. rick santorum has 34 and ron paul, you see it there, has 20. dozens of syrians are reported dead today in a city under siege from its own government. this is homs, where anti-government activists say mortar fires from unseen attackers is almost constant. one says we cannot count the dead any more. ill have more on this 11 will have month conflict and the choices facing washington in the west in our next segment moments ...

Once the tax cuts for the rich are in place, hell pay for them by making everybody else work until theyre 70. especially people in the tanning industry. >> one of the ways you talk about getting your arm around the spending was something you suggested back in june. that is that social security, the retirement age ought to be raised to the age of 70. is that something that the gop will campaign on in the fall? >> david, i think its time for the american people to have an adult conversation about ...

And make americans work longer before they can retire. minnesota governor tim pawlenty, republican favorite for president, suggests redeploying money from the stimulus which includes tax cuts for the least rich 95% of the country. boehner ultimately suggested, once the tax cuts for the rich are in place, hell pay for them by making everybody else work until theyre 70. especially people in the tanning industry. >> one of the ways you talk about getting your arm around the spending was something y...