Electability Problem News Today

Good morning, everyone. Glad youre with is pup five things to know for this thursday august 17th. Devastating news again this morning out of hawaii. We have learned children are among the 111 victims killed in the wildfires and the police chief on maui said that number will go up. Only 38 of the area has been searched ed so far and more tha 1,000 people are missing this morning. And a Fulton County circled one day before primary voters head to the polls in more than a dozen states. New overnight...

will: plus, south dakota governor with kristi noem signs second chance legislation to allow the formerly incarcerated to work in the trades, and shes going to join us live. rachel: looking forward to that. and the big game is tomorrow, but were not talking about the super bowl. team fluff and team -- [laughter] are friend for the 2024 puppy bowl. these little guys are in the green room with my daughter margarita, and theyre going to join us for a warmup as the final hour of "fox & frie...

president. and after the colorado supreme court disqualified donald trump from the ballot, they are asking the supreme court to stay out of the federal election case. how is this playing out in the 2024 case. evan, the colorado supreme court said last night that trump is not eligible to be on colorados ballot because the 14th amendment to the u.s. constitution bans insurrectionists from holding office. the u.s. supreme court is going to decide whether that ruling stands ultimately. wha...

a constitutional crossroads unlike anything in this nations history. donald trump is barred from the republican primary ballet. he is not eligible to run for president they are due to the 14th amendments insurrections band. it is not the final word. i could come from the u.s. supreme court. now trump is fundraising from this ruling. >> the matter of trump being disqualified is up to the courts. backing the insurrection, that is already settled. take a listen. >> i think some things are...

this morning students and faculty at michigan state university are back on campus after the deadly, horrible shooting there. only, though, with an fbi escort so they can recover personal items left behind in the chaos. >> were also learning more about the three young lives that were cut short. 20-year-old brian fraser, 19-year-old arielle anderson and 20-year-old alexandria verner were killed in that shooting. were getting details about the gunman and what he left behind. were also wat...

rents presidential election faces a runoff after candidate sick -- candidates fail to secure a win. voting will take place friday. a second former uvalde police officer has been indicted in connection with the mass shooting at rob elementary school in which 19 children and two teachers were killed. adrian gonzalez has been charged with 29 counts of abandoning and endangering a child. the document alleges he placed 29 children in imminent danger, did not follow his active shooter traini...

Lot. if you attack donald trump thats not going to appeal to them and the electability arguments dont fly because they dont think trump has an electability problem. the vn she hasnt executed a strategy that does better there is im not sure if theres one available that will work. >> i would take issue with the fact that -- theres an overwhelming majority that are supporting trump, but still hes below 50%. and i think all the polls the continue to show him in the low 40s show me theres 56 plus tha...

To decide if thats enough for them. shes not alone. as sara said, there is a group of republicans that are going to try to have this lane, where they dont -- where they try to have it both ways, and for nikki haley, this is a continuation of what shes trying to do post her position at the u.n. >> sara longwell, shes the first to challenge trump, but clear shes not going to be the last. pence, tim scott, others considering races or close to announcing their own races here. what does that tell you...

All trailing by seven points. this is a major electability problem for biden. if you win texas and this poll suggests he very might could, given the other polling he same thing, if texas turns blue, look at this. if you look at the 2016 election but texas goes democrat, democrats win the electoral college. >> the buffalo bills could be the afc champs. >> they could be. just going to say. chance to clinch a playoff berth this weekend. lets go. win this weekend. >> theres a lot of clinching happen...

One other interesting thing, it is interesting that why he -- while he has this big lead over these two, all of them beat this president, kind of the same way. >> take a look at this. consistency in the trump number, 38 to 40%. thats where his approval rating has been. he cant seem to get above that number. >> he wants to make jokes of people as they drop out, he needs to be afraid of this. >> donald trump is the one who has an electability problem at this point. >> 100%. appreciate it. >> shalo...