per lined, the dni confirms it s looking into the risks to our national security. also tonight, lindsey graham and the politics of violence. he says if trump is indicted, republicans will riot in the streets. quite a contrast to pivotal moments in history when nonviolence prevailed. plus, the mid terms and why after roe no one with any sense is still talking about a red wave, and as kids head back to school, how to navigate the sometimes confusing guidance out there about covid and other health threats. we begin the reidout tonight three weeks to the day since donald trump announced that the fbi had searched his mar-a-lago home to retrieve classified documents he took with him when he left the white house. during that time the twice-impeached former president has continued to try to play the victim claiming he s under attack by the mean old biden administration and some sort of political vendetta, but in that same time span we have learned not only the multiple attempt ma
right now. tonight on the reidout, . i lost my name, my sense of security, all because of a group of people starting with number 45, and his ally, rudy giuliani, decided to scapegoat me. donald trump s repulsive attacks have already devastated the lives of people like georgia election worker ruby freeman. an appeals court heard arguments on the gag order designed to protect others from the wrath of trump and his maga rival. mike lee revised an old and discredited conspiracy theory about january 6th, the very same mike lee who says america is not a democracy. we begin tonight with the expedited destruction of the voting rights act. earlier today in a 2-1 decision, a panel of judges on the 8th circuit court of appeals said that only, only the federal government, not private citizens, and civil rights groups can sue under a key part of the voting rights act. effectively gutting the legislation in seven states. the decision upheld a lower court ruling. the case sought
people who need it and allow 200,000 more uninsured americans get access to coverage. last month, marks 12 years since president obama signed legislation into law allowing millions of america caps to get health coverage. it comes at a pivotal time as biden faces rising inflation and concern about prospects in the upcoming midterms and joining me now is cornell belcher, president of research and strategy and okay, my friend. i know you re a pollster. i got to ask you if these polls mean anything. i m serious. i ve become i m a polling geek. i love polls. but i m starting to wonder if we can trust them. let s put this up. here is a series of poll from 2010 until now. that s the approval ratings for obama, obama, biden. they fluctuate a bit. in 2010, he was 49-44 and even
simpson-bowles as the default position if instead of the sequester and then deal with post-election. you know, pretty smart idea. but nobody else is talking, nobody running for office is talking about anything specific. neither side. i think people are smart enough, the american public is smart enough to know that this is all a distraction. mika, what what do these numbers tied to for the most part? probably the handling of the economy. we have new numbers here, the president s drop in favoribility, obviously may be tied to the economy. the same poll shows 39% approve of the president s handling of the economy, down 5 points from last month. 355% say they 55% disapprove of the work on the economy. the polls head-to-head matchup has the president and romney in a statistical dead heat. romney is at 47%, and obama at 46%. it s the economy, stupid. not to be a polling geek, nobody s up or down, nobody has been up or down for the last