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whirlwind visit to taiwan, meeting earlier today with the islands democratically elected president, in defiance of provocative live fire drills from chinas military. and also this hour well talk to kentucky governor andy beshear about the search and rescue efforts as the death count rises from this weeks historic floods. ill speak to senator kirsten gillibrand about the passage of new medical benefits for burn pit victims finally. and we are on sinema watch, waiting for that 50th democ...

especially given these primary elections, typically have lower turnout rates than general elections. it was, in fact, the opposite effect. to put into context how unprecedented these numbers were, in 2018 about 450,000 people showed up for the kansas primary election. yesterday it was nearly double that. thats about half of the states total registered voters, even some kansans were surprised by that. >> there were a lot of people last fall that did not believe that the supreme court wo...

also on the ballot today, reproductive rights in kansas. a referendum there would strip women of their rights to choose unless enough people vote no. and we all know speaker nancy pelosi is a bad ass. she arrived in taiwan today even though china is furious about the trip. plus, trevor reed the former marine who spent three years behind bars in russia and is now speaking out for the release of brittney griner and paul whelan. he joins me right here tonight. we begin with a huge nig...

so alex, did the u.s. have any help on the ground from sources who were not americans? >> reporter: well, alisyn and victor, that is a terrific question. its one of the many that we still have about how this intelligence was gathered and of course how this culminated in the killing of ayman al zawahiri. its certainly possible that there were afghans acting as intelligence assets or agents on the ground, but for now, the administration is not detailing what they call the sources and met...

doesnt go far enough. my conversation with the parns of austin tice. this mark marking ten years since the american journalist banished in syria. their new plea to president biden. a u.s. drone strike in afghanistan is believed to have killed one of the worlds most notorious terror masterminds wanted in the deaths of hundreds including americans abroad u.s. officials say ayman al zawahir laden was successfully targeted in a weekend drone strike in afghanistan. to this day he has be...

president biden continues to defend his performance on the economy. why fact checkers say the numbers dont add up. the spike in crime could be worse than we think. well look at a new report that finds 40% of the countrys law enforcement agencies have failed to report crime stats to the fbi in 2021 leaving us wondering what the real picture is. we begin with team coverage of another primary election night. mark meredith is in south carolina where theres a split decision to the two g.o.p...

>> every day problem. >> code treat maces not shooting at schools, supermarkets and workplaces. divided over abortion. as congress considers what action to take after a threat on supreme court justice brett kavanaughs life escalates fears of violence but was democratic senator chris coons a close ally of president biden on the bill he is sponsoring to extend security and protection for justices families. republican governor asa hutchinson joins us to discuss the prospects for finding c...

nuclear sites for the international community. ill talk to the iaea chief about what happens next. and average u.s. gas prices hit a record, $5 a gallon. overall inflation hits 8.6%, consumers are pessimistic about the state of the u.s. economy. what does the former federal reserve chair think? ill ask him. we are now living in a totally new era. that is what the 99-year-old henry kissenger said. in an op-ed last week president biden vividly outlined the stakes. he wrote if russia ...

iran will remove 27 cameras that have been announcing nuclear sites for the international community. ill talk to iea chief rafael mariano about what happens next. average u.s. gas prices hit a record $5 a gallon. overall inflation hits 8.6%. 40 year high. consumers are pessimistic about the state of the u.s. economy. what does the former federal reserve chair ben bernanke think? ill ask him. but first, heres my take. we are now living in a totally new era. that is what the 99-year-ol...

>> every day problem. >> code treat maces not shooting at schools, supermarkets and workplaces. divided over abortion. as congress considers what action to take after a threat on supreme court justice brett kavanaughs life escalates fears of violence but was democratic senator chris coons a close ally of president biden on the bill he is sponsoring to extend security and protection for justices families. republican governor asa hutchinson joins us to discuss the prospects for finding c...