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hello and welcome to "inside politics." im john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. a major dam destroyed in ukraine. there are mass evacuations and plenty of blame as russia and ukraine point fingers at the oh. trouble for trump as one lane of the special counsel investigation nears its end. jack smith attended a meeting with the legal team and a bizarre plot twist. cnn learned it led to a flood of suspicion from prosecutors. and chris christie makes his 2024...

politicsnation tonights lead, a dangerou precedent. robert right now, the eyes o the nation are on tennessee, o the eve of a vote that may reinstate one of the two democrats expelled from thei seats in the state house las week and tomorrow, a county counselor in nashville wil vote on the next step for on of those vacancies a majority of its members on record saying they will vote t reinstate former state representative justin jones, along with justin pearson, was voted out by republica...

Sanders staffer. the question is joe biden is president. donald trump could still be president. you look at any third party challenge and say should we take this seriously. do they have the ballot access. >> not to get to the electoral votes. which make this is a true protest. you mentioned bernie sanders. cornel west was one of bernie sanders most vocal supporters. so he does come from a wing of the party that joe biden has faced before in his efforts. >> i wonder if part of the reason that cor...

Standpoint or are we living in this place where violent extremism is at that intersection with elected republican officials. fpz. >> i think youre turning your laser to a really important question, because just as the antidefamation leagues report comes out telling you that, hey, by the way, these people are run ing for senate, but also running to try to control state and county elections, what about whether these folks will be in charge of deciding american security decisions? how will they mak...

Certainly showed her strength in the last couple of weeks. you have two sides of the coin for the left of the party here, both of which could be either encourage ing or dismayed. >> squabbling not going away. the economy central to a lot of these concerns as well, something well talk about next. is the economy strong enough to withstand the delta variant? and you need it here. and here. and here. which is why the scientific expertise that helps operating rooms stay clean is now helping the pla...

Winning. there are some -- its a divided republican field, certainly. and there is not a lieutenant governor, big-name democrat run ing as an alternative. but democrats in the state of california are doing what democrats in a lot of places do, which is worrying. and also that worry sort of breaks through potential complacency and complacency and people not voting would be the real problem for governor new some. >> running scared. also huge race with major national implications. thats it for us. ...

>> really quickly, what do you disagree with that bill kristol said? do you think he made some great points in his weekly standard column? >> myself? >> yeah. >> first of all, we know that sanctions work brilliantly as we found out in iraq. if we wouldnt have stupidly gone in there, we would have known that before. secondly, you know, this thing -- i was listening to what mr. haass said and what everybody said. just because foreign policy talks break down at one time doesnt mean they cant resurr...

Again, wed like -- by the norms of a civil society -- >> this is different. its one thing to talk about the brotherhood. what happens in the locker room stays there. when a guy is compelled to leave the team. >> and the code is broken. >> thats clearly gone too far. >> im going to kill your entire family is not acceptable in any situation. >> its just guys being guys, john. you wouldnt understand apparently. lets talk about some on the field action. late game last night on nbc, cowboys visitin...

ripples of relief spread from europe across the world market. a deal has been reached to tackle the e.u. financial crisis. european leaders have agreed to expand the e.u. bailout fund while private sectors will take a 50% loss on greek bonds. the european agreement translated into a huge day for u.s. stocks. lets go to alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. the closing bell just rang. how did stocks finish? we dont know the final number, but we know its very positive. >> it is. t...

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