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And robbery, were talking murder, actual serious crimes. look where we are on inflation, where we are on jobs. the last year under democratic rule has been abject disaster. as a result, you heard what tom cotton said, you are see thanksgiving push toward americans. majority of american people, if they are not registered, they are not hyper polarized one way or the other. they want what is best for them and will go with the party that give its to them and will reward that party in 2022 when it co...

Unpopular with most americans you have to wonder what theyre thinking. how does it translate to congress in the mid-terms? in the same poll the generic ballot who should control congress. republicans 43%, democrats 42%. here is what rick scott said on our program the other day. >> i think well take back the house. i think well take back the senate and when we do we have to govern. anyplace like biden won by 10 points is a battleground state. if we have a good candidate, raise money and well win....

Talking about a little bit. what level of intervention do we as current and former republicans, olivia, myself and others, what can we do but also greater than that, what can all of us do? this is a moment where the citizens have to look at this kind of leadership and hold these folks accountable. how do we do that? thats the rub of where we are right now. >> i think this is interesting. olivia, thats what you are, you are a citizen soldier. you decided at some point that party is just not more ...

You have 80% of americans that are in favor of voter i.d., for an example. the question is when he looks at the polling numbers and they say they dont look at them, but the place where people are more concerned is inflation, the border, those are issues that he has chosen not to focus on. >> no, i think hes focused. the fact that hes working on voting rights and making a fight and showing heart doesnt mean hes not paying attention to covid or doesnt mean hes not paying attention to any issue. im...

Brianna kupfers killer. theres encouraging potential news on that front. well continue to stay on top of it. lawrence, thanks very much. great reporting throughout the story. thanks for being here. so president biden is just ant 20 minutes away, 24 minutes away from holding this second formal press conference if hes on time, if he starts at 4:00. his approval numbers as weve been telling you and you see, theyre very low at this point. this happens in presidencies. what can be done and can he say...

Handling, his job performance. that says to me theyre listening to the rhetoric that hes saying, hes throwing unvaccinated people under the bus, hes lashing out against conservatives and republicans. by the way, the people that saved him on infrastructure. this is not the leadership, the unity that he promised on the campaign trail. id like to believe that we can have common sense and common ground here in washington d.c. its unfortunate that president biden is not the one that is leading the pa...

Proposal kept getting pushed back so they couldnt work on voting rights. the pressure got so intense from the left that chuck schumer, who along with the president has raised expectations that that is going to get done. i dont know how it gets done when you need all of these senators on the democratic side to unite. on this issue, i dont see it. raising expectations and the snub from abrams is only creating worse headlines for democrats. charles, remember, for mid-terms, you have to have the bas...

Event. and also you had groups that support this issue not show up because they think the president hasnt done enough. >> exactly. i think president bidens speech yesterday revealed him to be out of touch with the facts but more importantly out of touch with what matters most to americans right now. i think democrats are going to get pasted this fall because voters will look at them and say while you were all absorbed with your partisan political agebd that i dont care about you took your eye of...

Phase in the new year coming about "the guardian" saying the committee wants to know more about president trumps call to the willard hotel hours before the riot. ali vitali is with us. and chief white house correspondent peter baker. ali, start with you. talk about the public phase here, and is this a kind of, like, lets get everything out there move before we possibly get shut down come mid-terms, if republicans take back control? >> definitely the fear. we know the committee is working up agai...

Interested in outcompeting each other on this weeks episode of "who wants to be a provocateur." than, you know, actually legislating, is that an opening for democrats heading into the mid-terms? joining me is congressman jamaal bowman of new york. congressman, thank you so much for your time. talk to me about build back better and why it is critical. we know why it is critical for the american economy. we know why it is critical for american families. talk to me, though, about the politics and t...