Page 8 - 161000 News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Though -- like the scenario you described where this last election, over 200 -- democrats cast over 200,000 more -- more votes than republicans. republicans still have two-thirds of the seat. and, you know, four years ago, when donald trump won, republicans cast -- with that greater enthusiasm, they won 161,000 more votes than democrats. but guess what? two-thirds of the seats were held by republicans because of this efficiency gap. so that, no matter what effort that we make, their gerrymandered maps give -- always gives them the upper hand. and so, the -- the map that governor evers just vet...

Oh. their award-winning content is tailored to fit your investing goals and interests. and it learns with you, so as you become smarter, so do its recommendations. so it's like my streaming service. well except now you're binge learning. see how you can become a smarter investor with a personalized education from td ameritrade. visit tdameritrade.com/learn ♪ >> neil: all right, as we speak, an fda panel is reviewing modernity's j&j vaccine booster shots. at this as we get news that covid cases are dropping pretty sharply in this country. this seven-day average has been 86,000 per day from 16...

>> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. and a good sunday morning. the u.s. enters this labor day weekend suffering from two viruses, covid and polarization. it is not an exaggeration to say we are more divided than at any time, perhaps since the 1960s and, frankly, maybe since the civil war. as one of our guests today put it, we used to be divided over issues like abortion and guns, we're used to those divisions. we're still divided on those issues. now we can't even degree on covid or january 6th. ...

Columnist matt buy, betsy swan and brandon buck. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> and a good sunday morning. the u.s. enters this labor day weekend suffering from two viruses. covid and polarization. it is not an exaggeration to say we are more divided than at any time, perhaps since the 1960s and frankly maybe since the civil war. as one of our guests today put it, we used to be divided over issues like abortion and guns. we're kind of used to those divisions, ...

So divided, primarily through the lens of two issues. one is covid where the seven-day average of infections has risen to more than 161,000, driven largely by vaccine hesitancy and refusal. the other is abortion. the supreme court letting stand at least for now that restrictive texas law that has left abortion opponents believing roe could finally be overturned, and pro choice advocates fearing they might be right. with the country increasingly divided by geography, race, age, education, the question we're asking this morning, do we have the political leadership to meet this treacherous politi...