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And can adjust his plan whenever he needs to. and now hes so prepared for retirement, ben is feeling totally zen. thats the planning effect from fidelity. florida governor ron desantis has signed a sweeping voting overhaul bill that establishes the nations first election police force. it gives his administration a few way to probe through voter fraud and other quote election crimes, which by and large dont substantially exist anywhere, lit let alone in florida. its a series of controversial me...

Curriculum, and some include -- yes, you heard that right. nobody has seen the allegedly problematic books because state officials are not showing anyone. why? what is the real motivation here? joining me, mark caputo, who always has the best and most enviable backdrops when he comes to us with these stories. i want to get the nitty gritty of what this math book is from you first, and then i want to talk about larger politics. what is going on with these textbooks? >> yeah, you got me. it was go...

Address inflationary costs. but this is something that has resulted globally from an epidemic that we have not faced in multiple generations. we also have to make the point that we have a plan as democrats to address this, and this is something that were facing on a global level. >> fernand, i want to shift gears for a second ago to something thats in our backyard. its on the you and i have talked about before. i want to get your reaction about this new spanish language conservative radio and te...

A one-man crusade to create a one-man ruled state. you wrote what happened to check and balance government designed to stop any one branch from ceding too much control. what happened to our separation of powers. are we on the cusp of a one-man state rule? >> were pretty much there. the legislature last week abdicated its constitutional responsibility to draw the congressional maps. >> they did, nancy, presented one and got vetoed, right? >> yes but they did not come back with an alternative or c...

Advantage from five currently to 12. it is rather big. now, privately a lot of republicans are saying, look, this is probably a partisan gerrymander. if you look in the tampa bay region, what happened to crists seat, theyre polling and stuffing them into a democratic seat in tampa. the florida supreme court ruled it is part of a gerrymander but desantis is going through with it. the legislature is throwing up their hands, look, if he wants to pass these maps, he will be hauled into court, maybe ...

Saying that he loved the congressman. that is not clear for the voters. it says that many republicans in the state are fed up. one says, i think everyone has pretty much jumped ship. a voter who voted for confidently past said that he is not going to do so again. the orgy and concave cocaine comment were too much for him. here to talk about this is nbc news reporter mark caputo, and a good friend from here in miami. mark, this article seems to show that these controversies in washington couldnt ...

Especially if you are in the minority, you are influence is attenuated. >> so that is pretty pessimistic, though, mark. you have been able to look at races and some, likely madison cawthorn race, some like matt gates on our home state of florida, is there times up type of secret sauce that the democrats are able to achieve? other than voters just saying, i cannot vote them into office. >> this is madison cawthorns district. hes a republican districts. that is why they reflect their our electorat...

>> coming up, im going to ask political reporter mark caputo exactly those questions. now to a stunning case out of texas. a 26 year old woman is facing murder charges for what a grand jury indictment says was a self induced abortion. at least sell herrera was released on a half 1 million dollar bond last night, with the help of an abortion advocacy fund. it is unclear now with this case has anything to do with the new law in texas banning abortion after six weeks. here to answer our question is...

Government typically would. if desantis successfully revokes this statute, disney world would come under regulation of two florida counties. >> so their cotton candy waterfalls would come under florida environmental regulation. >> joining us now -- >> i was asking willie a question. >> i was starting to say governor desantis is willing to use the moment to signal -- >> everybody is virtue signaling. >> but attack an institution that employs 82,000 people in his state. he is going after them to m...

Gaetz did not respond to a request for comment. but legal sources familiar with the case say congressman gaetz is being investigated for three distinct crimes. sex trafficking a minor, violating the man act, which prohibits taking women across state lines for prostitution, and obstructing justice. so, again, that was reported today just after noon eastern time today by reporter mark caputo at nbc news. and i dont know how house republican leader kevin mccarthys day was going up to that point, bu...