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this sunday, the sun is in our 11th of vote-a-rama as democrats push to pass legislation that will just -- climate and taxes. if, pass the inflation reduction act would be the largest common act in u.s. history. it also lower the cost of prescription drugs for millions of americans. this potential win for democrats, and addition to the politics of abortion, could result in a boost for them at the polls in the november midterm elections. meanwhile, trump backed candidate swept the arizo...

Deadline white house starts right now. Hi, everyone, welcome to wednesday, a critical chapter in the trial of the expresident is coming to a close. Questions now swirl about what happens next n trump election interference trial. Todd blanche failed to land any significant blows to Michael Cohens credibility, something theyre desperate to do after he was put in the center of the scheme to catch and kill negative stories that could have hurt Donald Trumps campaign. He told the jury that the presid...

Suggested. he said, that would be a mistake. what do you say? >> look, i dont disagree that there is an absolute crisis of confidence, when it comes to this supreme court. you know, if you take the decisions over the last decade, from a democracy standpoint. this is a former secretary of state of california talking now. this supreme court has made it easier for wealthy people to influence elections, and harder for people to exercise their right to vote. and surprise surprise, it tends to be hist...

Counties that donald trump won in 2020. this electorate looks more like 2018 every day. democrats are getting jazzed up. we will vote, we will win. >> okay. congressman maloney. i hear you. i hope that you are right, just from a democracy standpoint. and also, from a policy standpoint that you are correct in your election forecasting. however, i like 2018, we now have, on the ballot, challenging democrats on the ballot, in various races across the country, seriously extreme republicans, far righ...

Will people tune in? this is at least on one level a television show thats about to unfold. will the democrats put on a powerful first episode? will they convince people to keep watching? i noticed this in lauren foxs story this weekend. a democratic house leadership aide telling lauren the first hour of the hearing and the first hearing has got to be a block buster. its true from a political standpoint, the first episode matters a lot. in the same way in hollywood the first episode of a show ho...

It looks like we will lose by a point, less than a point. we need to look at these things and think of them as a probability and not as a, well, thats close. that means well win. >> i want to emphasize turn-out again. it was extraordinary turn-out last night. thats an incredible surge. the democrat margin, the point robbie was making, is probably the largest we have seen since 2008. those are significant trends, not have a partisan perspective, but from a voter participation, people engaged with...

And then you have this continuing pattern of kov up. it is the pattern that leads one to believe that there is fire where there is so much smoke. and the investigations underway not only by bob mueller, but in the investigations of the intelligence committees and the house and the senate in in my view we ought to appoint a similar commission to look at the broader impact of russian involvement in our elections. not necessarily from a criminal standpoint but undermining our democracy standpoint. ...

Five-minute rule. that means each member has five minutes to speak. in this instance, this was a continuation of a hearing. chairman issa actually spent about 15 minute, and then when i asked for five minutes to basically address an issue that would have helped us get more information he cut me off. he said it was based on what he thought i was going to say. so he put us in a position, ed, where he prevented us or tried to prevent us from even uttering one syllable in a hearing. >> well, this is...