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that was the scene in kansas after resounding victory for abortion rights at the polls. kansans voted overwhelmingly to protect the right to an abortion in the constitution. not only was the result surprising in a states conservative as kansas but, the margin wasnt even close. kansas voters rejected the anti-abortion measure by nearly 20 points and whats remarkable about the outcome is that kansas republicans did everything they possibly could to stack the deck in their favor. for star...

for starters, they scheduled the vote during a typically low turnout august primary instead of during the general election in november, because yesterday s primary focused mostly republican candidates running against each other and would presumably attract mostly republican voters. they made the language of the ballot measures so dense and confusing that the normal person would be hard-pressed to decipher at first glance whats a yes or a no vote even meant. republican groups even blast...

Tripled down on this point ali or she has made it clear to michiganders that they dont deserve to have the personal freedoms that should be inherent for all of us. it is the same for adam laxalt, the republican who is running against senator cortez masto in nevada. doubled and tripled down, so while it may not be a clear ballot question, these are extreme republican candidates who made it very clear with their statements and their positions and their votes that they intend to support national fa...

Ballot questions, what it is going to be though is that clear candidates who have clear positions and statements and voting records on what they stand for and how they stand to continue to strip away the personal freedoms of americans all over this country. you mentioned a few just in your lead up. the position of the republican nominee in michigan running for governor, dixon she has now tripled down on this point ali or she has made it clear to michiganders that they dont deserve to have the pe...

Has lied throughout the handling of the pandemic. allegations that he strongly denies. my thoughts are, would it really have changed the decision that has been made to delay the lockdown? i dont necessarily think it would have done. this is only one piece of data, the prime minister and side and cabinet ministers were looking at hawkins of twin sorts of data when they were deciding on what the were going to do. we already know vaccines are effective against the delta variant so i dont think that...

Investigation of joe bidens son who served on the border of a ukraine gas company. joining me now, erin mclaughlin. good to see you, according to the white houses notes, sen zelensky agreed of the investigation, do we know what happened as a result of that phone call? >> reporter: at this point ali, it appears that no formal investigations was launched into joe bidens son, hunter, as a result of that july 25th phone call. here in ukraine it is common practice that if a formal investigation is la...

Talking about. one would hope they are sending a collective message to say dont do this. >> i doubt they are. the leadership or the caucus members in the whole are prepared to actually go and press back against the president on his desire to fire rod rosenstein or robert mueller. we hope that that kocounsel is being given to him. i doubt it is. they are looking to the right and left and seeing themselves surrounded by the supporters of donald trump. they dont want that to blow back off. again, i...

believe this is a place where only their willingness to work hard and to act with honor and integrity and ingenuity determines their success in life. then well have a bunch of people sitting on a couch waiting for the next government check. >> thats new jerseys governor chris christie. hes endorsed governor mitt romney for president. who knows, the two could be running against president obama in the fall if romney taps christie to be his vice presidential candidate. threats to hard wor...