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>> yes, thank you. we should be trying to make sure that people that have the ability and the legal requirements to vote should be able to do so. that is what these bills are intending to do. and that shouldnt be as partisan as unfortunately it has become. >> congresswoman, aides for senate minority leader mitch mcconnell say he misspoke when he was asked about democrats trying to get legislation passed on election reform. lets play what he said that -- what his staff is saying he misspoke about...

When talking about blockack vot. this is what he said this week. >> whats your message for voters of color without the john lewis votes rights act, they cant vote in the midterm? >> well, the concern is misplaced because if you look at the statistics, african american voters are voting just as high a percentage of as mamericans. >> okay. after that his office told cnn he left out the word other before americans. and today mcconnell sought to clarify but got that missing word wrong again. >> i wa...

Inputs, the energy even that they need to produce products, all of that is actually inflationary in the short term, even midterm, and thats what were seeing. >> and what about inflation in wages? are we seeing a genuine rise in workers wages, and can you escape the reality that that means youre likely to see real inflation for the foreseeable future? >> well, i think the answer is yes, we are seeing real wage rises, and, yes, it does mean inflation. and thats something, interestingly, that the b...

Politicians. again, these are potentially good changes for the long term, but in the short term to midterm they are going to be inflationary. and then of course you add in all the dislocations again from the pandemic. the fiscal stimulus payments which, you know, have abated and we are seeing more women going back into the workforce, but still issues with child care, issues with younger people saying, you know, $15 an hour is not enough, its going to take more than that to get me back into the l...

Out less than $1.5 million the second half of last year, despite raising more than $51 million in that same period. this of course comes as the former president faces an onslaught of legal problems stemming from both his personal business and his role in the capitol insurrection. joining us now, former democratic congresswoman abbey finkenauer of iowa, running for the u.s. senate seat currently held by chuck grassley. good morning. thanks for joining us. lets start with the political dynamic i...

End of the legal remedies to deal with donald trump, and he strongly, he made the point essentially that the criminal justice system could deal with donald trump and were seeing that, those gears continue to go to work but, you know, i think thats the most likely avenue because frankly the january 6th committee is doing a very thorough and important job. that report is going to come out before the midterm elections, but most people think the republicans are going to win the midterm elections. it...

Among democrats on this area. remember, biden has managed to confirm more federal judges in his first year, then president trump did in his. and trump, of course made a big point of how much she made the federal judiciary. one of his big accomplishments over the last four years. democrats are eager to undo that. rebound the courts as much as they can. with their own nominees. this is one of the areas that has a unifying force among democrats. where is the legislation among the last few weeks tha...

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Chain problems throughout the course of the pandemic, sometimes they will resolve in one part of the world, asia, lets say, and theyre still continuing in the u.s., or vice versa. all of it is disrupting these very efficient global supply chains that we have had for the last half century or so, and they come with their own problems, but theyre also making countries really -- and regions really reconsider whether they want to go back to the old system. were seeing a lot of regionalization of supp...

Galvanize their base and tap into that. >> obviously this is an issue where you can find even some more centrist voters. i think the reason glen youngkin is a governor of virginia today, is because he got enough moderates who were frustrated with the ongoing pandemic and current school restrictions and shutdowns, tapping into that frustration. thats the kind of thing youll see other republicans try to do in this midterm. the governor of virginia wants parents to make the decisions, the school ...