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Almost a new coalition. kamala harris doesnt think she is to blame for any of this or her abysmal poll numbers, the new york times reporting miss harris privately told her allies the news coverage of her would be different if she were any of her 48 predecessors who she described as old, white, and male. for approval recently hit 28%. does that explanation hold? is it racism or sexism? >> let me say merry christmas, this is wonderful time to celebrate the greatest gift of all. i wish that as we h...

Say about the legal viability of this strategy. >> im not one for gimmicks, but i have to admit, this law is some top shelf legal trolling. its kind of like the crystal of legislative stunts. plenty of bills spill out. acronyms where they shade their predecessors in some way, but how many bills get to say we told you so to the united states supreme court? because thats what newsom is doing. hes saying look, if youre going to have this for abortion, why not have it for guns, too. by the way, desa...

Half of president bidens term. a lot of key races in the senate are toss ups in places like georgia, wisconsin, pennsylvania. here with us, nbc national political reporter, steve kornacki at the big board. steve, i love bringing you into the big board days before we bring in 2022. talk about what races youre looking at. its early days yet, but not really. were hitting primary season soon for some of these key races. >> these campaigns in a lot of cases already well underway here. obviously the b...

Predecessors, biden a 44.1% job approval. that is a little bit better than donald trump was at this same point. he was averaging 38.5% on the approval rating. the republicans in that midterm election in 2018 lost 20 house seats. the 2010 midterms for democrats were an absolute wipeout. they lost 63 house seats. >> i never like to call people out, steve, but when i ran into you in the hallway, you gave me hope for my cleveland browns. >> well, then they played the game last night. [ laughter ] >>...

Minister will announce in the scottish parliament tomorrow afternoon their decisions. we are at afternoon their decisions. we are at a fragile moment both in the uk and across europe and the world. omicron is coming. we had nearly 7000 cases today. we think more than half of them are the new variant. it is transmitting quicker than its three predecessors. we dont know what kind of disease it gives you despite what you read unfortunately on social media we dont know if it is worth, better orthe s...

To lend their vote to the candidate who can defeat the conservatives. people who believe that our politics should be about creating a better country for us all, not a nightly soap opera of calamity and chaos. all of them casting their ballots for the liberal democrats. and let me say specifically to all those labour supporters who lent their votes today, thank you. you have shown tonight that together we can defeat the conservatives, not with deals behind closed doors but with common sense at th...

With a lot of farmers, small market towns. a long history of returning conservative mps to westminster but no more. now, the liberal democrats have taken north shropshire. mr johnson, you are no leader. many of your predecessors took office because _ your predecessors took office because they believed in national service _ because they believed in national service and were duty— bound to do what _ service and were duty— bound to do what is _ service and were duty— bound to do what is right...

Precarious state, with livelihoods at stake. my country is crying out for leadership. mrjohnson, you are no leader — for leadership. mrjohnson, you are no leader. many of your predecessors took office _ no leader. many of your predecessors took office because they believed in a sense _ took office because they believed in a sense of— took office because they believed in a sense of national service, that they— a sense of national service, that they were — a sense of national service, that...

Tonight that together we can defeat the conservatives, not with deals behind closed doors but with common sense at the ballot box. these are testing times for our country. our nhs, as we know too well here in shropshire, is teetering on the brink. our rural economy is in a precarious state, with peoples livelihoods at risk. our country is crying out for leadership. mrjohnson, you are no leader. many of your predecessors took office because they believed in a sense of national service, that they ...

Surrounding the people. and, kaitlan, talk to us a little bit more just about, i guess, what this moment means given where the president is in his presidency and how the american people feel about the job hes doing. >> reporter: yeah. of course, this comes as were in a moment where hes coming up on one year in office, and often presidents are judged by the events that happen and how they handle them. sometimes storms like this one and natural disasters can really define a presidency. we have cer...