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jacqui? >> hey, charles. we have just learned that president biden will return to the white house to sign that massive tax healthcare and climate bill. there will be a big celebration at the white house on september 6 and then there will be a huge nationwide victory tour. we have a copy of a memo that some white house officials circulated. they write between sunday and the end of august, cabinet members will travel to 33 states touting the inflation reduction act and the administration's accomplishments. some of that travel biden will take part in. polls show inflation is still voter...

There's one district that has gone kind of republican and democrat. he served that district and then he lost and he's back in. it seems like that's a very 50/50 district. how is it doing now? >> you could take a look here. you talk about not having much of the vote count. we have 39% counted. this is the central valley of california here. the republican incumbent leading the count so far. it's an interesting district. the presidential level, this went overwhelmingly for joe biden. but even as biden was winning it in 2020 by this marge, valadao was able to win his house seat back here. but this...

Laws there. there were people in the streets or protests are calling for the heads of elected officials who dared to change the voting process in the state. to make it harder for seniors and african americans and others to vote. i think speaking to that in contextualizing that more broadly is going to be an important first step here. right now the, democrat narrative is all wrapped up in a policy debates. that is outside of what people are really concerned about. the whole thing with manchin over the summer. if voting is the key essential thing, then go right to the heart of that. you just can...

This very, very busy day, let's talk about what fema is doing right now as this storm hits. i know there has been a lot of preparation time. once this storm hits, as it clearly has, where do you stan? what do you tackle first? >> alex, as you can see from your correspondent there and as you heard from mayor cantrall, hurricane ida is a very dangerous storm that made landfall about an hour ago with 150-mile-an-hour winds in port fourchon. people in western mississippi and eastern louisiana need to take this seriously right now. heed the words of the mayor and other local officials who are telli...

People that have very, very serious problems. if you look at what happened in new zealand, perhaps that's the case i don't know enough about it yet. they're learning about the person and the people involved. but it's certainly a terrible thing, essential thing. >> and, don, shortly after president trump made that statement. new zealand's prime minister who's leading her nation in mourning was asked if she agreed with the president, that white supremacy isn't rising, her answer, no. >> joining me now is sean turner, and metti wrote this piece today, it's titled, don't just condemn the new zeala...