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Look at axios a.m. editor and chief for axios nicholas johnston. great to see you. the one great thing is that you are here on set on studio. >> this is awesome. >> we're missing out on your menu behind you in the kitchen. so what is the one big thing today? >> today's one big thing is a losing hand for democrats on voting rights. we saw as you reported earlier in the hour today democrats didn't muster enough votes to overcome the filibuster, overcome republican objections on voting rights so that speaks to the hard road ahead they will face on trying to get some of these policy prescriptions ...

Welcome back, we have a look at axios a.m. congressional reporter elena. good morning, you sat down with former representative katy hill and talked about the scandal she faced in office. let's watch that. >> having seen other people who have had scandals since i left, cuomo and, of course, matt gats and you see that and, of course, they don't resign, you wonder how much was the pressure i put on myself because i was a woman and had been an advocate for the me too movement and how much of it was sexism and how much of it was the public shaming aspect of it, the revenge porn aspect of it. >> you...

Joining us now with a look at axios a.m., political reporter for axios, hans nichols. hans, what is the axios one big thing today? >> good morning, kasie. the one big thing is the long, hot summer for fed chair jay powell. we have these two roiling debates taking place right now. one, what's happening with inflation. is it temporary? is it going to be long-term? and the other one is starting, and that is, what's president biden going to do for his next fed pick? jay powell is up in february, but traditionally the decision is made around labor day. that's what democrats close to the white house...

Welcome back. joining us now with a look at axios a.m., the editor in chief for axios, nicholas johnston. nick, always good to see. what's the one big thing today? >> the big thing is the biden truth step. there's a way to look at the biden meeting in a framing of how the president has been negotiating with congress. going and looking for compromise, ways to work together at the start, but always holding out on an ability to plow through on their own if things don't work out. in congress, you see that in a lot of the negotiations around stimulus and the infrastructure bill, where there's a lot...

>> it's been such a difficult year for all of our kids. our thanks to nbc's kristen dahlgren for that report. >> and joining us now with a look at axios a.m., the editor in chief for axios, nicholas johnston. nick, good morning. always good to see you. >> today's one big thing is the heist of the century. we're starting to learn what may have happened to some of the extended unemployment benefits paid out during the pandemic. and some of the reports are saying as much as half of it may have been stolen. $400 billion. now, of course, this was a concern when these programs were ramped up during ...