one of trumps lawyers might actually win a case. >> trump ordered him to pay daniels $130,000 telling him, just do it. in response, nike has changed their sneaker to ea, sneakers. >> michael cohen was questioned about his use of tiktok . other people are using the platform to watch the trial. >> michael cohen just testified under oath. r oath. >> today was the funniest day in court. donald trump. >> we are living through this together, and the good news is people taking in the actual facts and discussing it as a country. we will see what the jury decides when they decide it. keep it locked right here on msnbc. keep it locked right here on msnbc. good evening, and welcome to

"politicsnation." tonight's lead, stormy days. tonight more than half a million homes and businesses in and around houston, texas, are still without power after punishing storms slammed into the region yesterday, leaving at least seven people dead and putting intense strain on the infrastructure and power grid. the lone star state is weathering political storms as well tonight. outrage is growing over governor greg abbott's pardon of a white army sergeant found guilty of murder -- found guilty of murdering a black lives matter demonstrator in 2020. critics are calling the pardon politically motivated. we'll be talking about it all

with the democrat challenging ted cruz for the senate, congressman cro little allred. meantime, the white house is hoping to avoid political tempest tomorrow as the president delivers the commencement speech at historically black morehouse college. students and faculty have been divided over biden's support of the war and his presence on their campus. we've got another big "politicsnation" show tonight. let's dive in. joining me now is congressman colin allred, democrat of texas currently running for the u.s. senate from that state, challenging that incumbent senator, as i said. congressman, thank you for being with us. first tonight, many parts of texas, including houston, are recovering from severe storms that slammed the region yesterday leaving more than half a million homes and businesses

without power and at least seven people dead. you joined us a few months ago as texans mocked the third anniversary of a winter storm that crippled the state's power grid for several days, leading to nearly 250 deaths across east and central texas. forecasters expect an uncommonly active hurricane season and another summer of record-setting heat driven by climate change. and a city like houston is uniquely vulnerable to flooding, particularly in low-income areas. is your state's leadership prepared for more climate-based disruptions like these, congressman allred? >> rev, thanks for having me on. we are experiencing more severe weather event, like you said. and houston seems like it keeps being hit by these freak storms. and my prayers, first of all, go out to all the families

affected. i think it's been seven confirmed dead so far, and i'm thankful for our first responders. and your question eis the right one about whether or not the state is ready, but i do think it's important to note that at the federal level we've been investing in the infrastructure to help protect houston and some of our critical infrastructure around the state of texas and that our governor has been, i think, maybe taken those funds but then not acknowledged, you know, the effort that went into getting that actually passed. and so i'm glad that, you know, looks like there's good folks on the ground working very hard, but we've got to plan for these extreme weather events. that means planning ahead and investing in infrastructure, something i've always been committed to doing. >> i certainly join in praying for the families of the seven that has been -- has died in this storm and weather in texas

and pray for others, but i want to go to another different subject that's texas related that bothers me. this week your governor greg abbott pardoned daniel perry, a former army sergeant convicted of murdering a black lives matter protester in 2020. the victim, 28-year-old garrett foster, was legally carrying a rifle at the time of the incident, but according to witnesses never raised his weapon. perry claimed he was acting in self-defense. although unsealed evidence from the trial shows he made racist and threatening posts about protesters prior to the shooting, so what's your reaction to this pardon, especially coming at at time when we are once again seeing many americans engage in demonstrations and protests which we all hope will remain peaceful for everyone involved,

what's your reaction to the pardon, congressman? >> yeah, well you know, rev, you don't have to guess what happened here. there was a grand jury that convened and that issued an indictment. mr. perry got a chance to make his case in front of a jury of his peer, and his peers found him guilty of murder. and as you said, that was without some of the information that the general public knows from some of these text messages in which he basically talked about seeking out violence and seeking out, you know, going to one of these protests in order to engage in violence. and so what you see now, i think, is when, you know, the governor steps in and abuses the pardon power like this, it makes all of us less safe. we are a nation of laws. texas is a place of laws. but when you're able to violate those laws with impunity if the governor or the person in power likes your politics or thinks it's in their political interest, then the entire system starts to come apart. and so to me, this is something that i know it's not who we are

as texans, but when i think folks when they see, this they're seeing the extremism that has taken over our state. and that's one of the things we have to rezekt on november 5th when we vote out ted cruz and give someone else a chance to bring us together as texans and not do these stunts that make us look to the outside world like we're something that we're not. >> and when you see something like this while we have so many of us trying to deal with the bringing together people and dealing with people's right to protest but also respecting people, i mean, it's just blatant. if a black governor -- if wes moore pardoned somebody in maryland that had shot and killed somebody and had made racist statements and said he was going to do violence, you would never hear the end of it on other right wing cable news. this is outrageous and should not be just something that's considered a one-day story. let me go to this, we learned this week that the texas

universities have cut hundreds of jobs, contracts, and training since january to comply with the state's ban on diversity programs on college campuses. signed into law by, again, governor abbott last summer. still state republican lawmakers claim that texas colleges are not fully compliant with the law. last year congressman mark and joaquin castro responded to the ban with a resolution championing diversity initiatives in higher education, what more can your state's democratic lawmakers do to deal with these diversity programs? >> yeah, rev, you know, this is just another example of an attack on our higher education institutions, an attack on our strengths here in texas. it's a strength for us that we're an incredibly diverse state. we're diverse in every single

sense of the word, and our public school systems are excellent. but they've been under attack for some time by a culture war that's trying to enforce its will on these universities, whether it's a statewide abortion ban, making it harder to recruit and retain top talent to come teach in our universities or folks that want to apply or come to our universities or things like this dei ban now that's leading, you know, leading faculty to consider leaving our state and, in fact, that a poll showed i think a number of -- a very high percentage of university of texas system faculty are considering leaving the state of texas. then it's an attack on our higher education. what these folks should be focused on, in my opinion, is trying to low ter cost of education, trying to give folks the ladders of opportunity into these engines of opportunity, like these schools are, but they're so consumed by these culture wars. this is getting in the way of

the progress we need to be making as a state. >> you know as the president of the national action network i'm knee deep fighting those that are trying to stop dei. let's turn to your own senate race against republican senator ted cruz, who you've outpaced in fundraising in the first quarter of this year, raising nearly $10 million. and this week your campaign launched an early ad campaign casting you as the moderate who will stand up to extremists in both parties. still no democrat has won statewide office in texas in 30 years, what's the plan to make sure that money translates into a victory this time around, congressman? >> well, i'm excited that we're up there having a chance to tell my story to texans in english and spanish across the state. i was raised by a single mom in dallas. i made it to baylor, the nfl. i served in congress in a way

that brought folks together. what i'm trying so to say there is that this extrialism that's hijacked our state, and is too often consuming what we do in washington as well, is putting at risk this great story that we have in texas, and that's not who we are. and we don't have to be embarrassed by our senator, we can get a new one. so i think that what we've been seeing already is a great reaction to it but also the texans are ready, i think, to go in a different direction. they're ready for fresh ideas, new leadership, to move on from ted cruz. and we need help for every texan out there to get involved but also for folks watching this who want to make sure that 30 million texans have a senator who carings about them. go to colinallred.com. >> i want to get your thoughts about president biden's commencement speech at morehouse college tomorrow.

the president's support for israel -- without drawing the kind of protests that have royaled colleges nationwide, what are your expectation, congressman? >> well, rev, you know i'm a civil rights lawyer, and i know that everybody has a right to protest. and i know that that right has limits. those limits, of course, hate speech and other things. and i hope that, you know, folks will give president biden a chance to talk about what he's been doing and where he wants to go. and i think that's what we'll see at morehouse, by and large. there could be some protest, and that's just the story of young people on campus. we've been having that in the united states for a long time. i think we shouldn't overreact to it. but i do think that we should talk about the work that we've been doing to try and make it easier for african american, young african americans, to access the ladders of opportunity so that then it's up to us not to take advantage of it. and that's something i've always been focused on.

>> and i agree. i've always supported nonviolent speech and protests, led many myself, gone to jail for it. only thing i'm confused about, congressman, i'll deal with this another night, is donald trump is to the right of biden, and there's been no demonstrations at his rally. i really don't understand how we only have a partisan concern for the palestinians. we're not pressing the republicans. maybe -- maybe i'm missing something. thank you, congressman colin allred of texas. now to the dramatic hush money trial of former president donald trump. joining me now is msnbc legal analyst catherine christian. she is a former assistant district attorney at the manhattan d.a.'s office. let's start with this, after much anticipation, trump's former fixer, his former attorney michael cohen, took the

stand this week and helped prosecutors further corroborate their case. how do you think cohen's testimony helped the prosecution's case? >> if the goal of the defense attorneys were to destroy him, he hasn't been destroyed. he -- the jury already knew, because the prosecutors told them in jury selection, told them throughout their witnesses that this was a floored person, this was a person who has lied in the past and just for the fact that he worked for donald trump would make him a flawed person anyway. so they were prepared for that. the only inroads that maybe the defense made was the last day that they were -- mr. cohen was on cross examination when he either was untruthful or he was mistaken about when he had a conversation with donald trump about stormy daniels, and we will find out from the prosecutors when they redirect whether that was a mistake,

which jurors will understand, or was he untruthful with them. >> cohen faced a tough cross examination. almost immediately he was asked whether he had recently gone on tiktok and called the defense lawyer todd blanche a derogatory term. cohen was also yelled at by trump's defense attorney saying his claim about a 2016 phone call that he issued in the trial was, quote, a lie. do you think this cross examination was damaging and could cohen's credibility problems sway jurors not to convict trump? >> it's damaging if the prosecutors can't, on redirect, give an explanation for it. was he just mistaken or was it untruthful? that could be damaging. because remember, they want an acquittal. that's the goal for defense attorney, but they will be ecstatic if just one juror says not guilty and there's a hung jury. >> now, michael cohen's cross

examination is still underway. trump's team will resume questioning cohen on monday. what do you think we can expect next weekend potentially from closing arguments barring any last-minute witnesses. >> there should be closing arguments. if there are not, well, i don't believe in any world donald trump will testify, but if they call defense witness, if they do call defense witnesses, that will be a gift to prosecutors. prosecutors can't comment on the defendant not testifying. prosecutors can't comment on there not being defense witness, but once you call them, the prosecutors can talk to the jury and say, they called these incredible people. so assuming there are no defense witnesses, summations should be on tuesday. defense goes first, prosecutors go last. and that's where you'll hear the defense talk about the lying michael cohen who went rogue with allen weisselberg and don't believe this case. and then you'll hear the prosecutors talk about all of the circumstantial evidence that goes to guilt and the

corroboration of michael cohen. >> switching gears, while i have you, "the new york times" obtained a photo of an american flag flying upside down, reportedly at supreme court justice samuel alito's home. in the days just after the january 6th capitol hill riot, alito has said that the flag was briefly flown by his wife amid a dispute with neighbor, and he had no part in it. there are now new calls from democrats on the hill for justice alito to recuse himself from trump cases. now, this adds fuel to the concerns about a supreme court that's becoming increasingly partisan and lacking in strict ethical guidelines over making politically charged statements outside of the court. what are your thoughts about this? >> well, what is the definition of brief? when he says it was briefly flown. he lives with her. he knew it was flying. when did he take it down.

it's similar to justice thomas whose wife was part of stop the steal. it erodes confidence in the supreme court by the public when you have two justices on there who live with people who are clearly partisan. obviously, they have a right to have their independent politics, but it just doesn't look right. >> it's not only independent politic, he lives in the house with the flag hanging outside his house. >> right. when was it taken down? what does brief mean? >> another former trump lawyer, rudy giuliani, was served a notice late last night of his arizona indictment in the alleged scheme to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in president trump's favor per the state attorney general this. came as giuliani was celebrating his 80th birthday party in west palm beach. the former mayor of new york livestreamed it, put it -- cut it off before the papers were

served. the announcement also came less than two hours after giuliani taunted the arizona ag in a now deleted social media post for failing to deliver his indictment. before i let you go, what is your thoughts on this? >> well, you and i are both native new yorkers, so you have a former united states attorney for the southern district a former mayor who's now been indicted in two different jurisdictions. that's a very sad statement. >> and him mocking the arizona ag for not delivering his indictment, which came -- >> they showed him. >> right. a little while later at his birthday. catherine christian, thank you for joining me tonight. just ahead, the traveling troop of trump loyalists turned up at his hush money trial this week, each seemingly auditioning for the starring role in term two. i've got some thoughts on their pilgrimage to kiss the ring in tonight's got ya. the ring in tonight's got ya

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donald trump's criminal hush money trial has largely been a lonely affair for the former president with very few of his family members showing up inside the court and almost no crowds of supporters outside. but this week a parade of republican lawmakers, hangers on, tried to cheer up the former guy by making a pilgrimage to manhattan to cheer on their hero. a few of them even wore matching trump suits and ties. i call them the trumpettes. some, like embattled speaker mike johnson, showed up to save their own political skin. others, like florida congressman matt gaetz, have been researching our legal system in

case they ever stand trial themselves. and congresswoman lauren boebert, maybe she was just in town to catch a broadway show, but with trump silenced by a gag order, all of them arrived determined to make a lot of noise. take a listen. >> we are not getting a fair shake in front of this judge. we're here voluntarily supporting our friend president trump. >> we're here because we got to defend him because the gag order that's put on him. we are president trump's voice. we have his back. he will ultimately be proven innocent. >> every single person involved in this prosecution is practically a democratic political operative. >> the democrats are trying to beat president trump in the jury box because they can't beat him at the ballot box. >> what we've got here is a partisan democrat district attorney, we have a biden donor judge. >> what is the crime, because everyone in this court has not been informed of what the crime

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that didn't stop him from bashing the debate moderators and from making up new conditions last night at a republican event in minnesota. take a listen to this. >> remember that idiot from cn -- oops, i shouldn't say that, i'm doing a debate for them. no, i have fake tapper, i said i just want to debate this guy, but you know -- and i'm going to demand a drug test too, by the way. i am, no, i really am. >> now, as trump complains about the rule, it seems biden has the upper hand. would you say the biden camp got the better dole for this debate layout? >> oh, absolutely. not only did they get the better deal, they got the better trump, especially when you look at the way the two individuals handled the responding to the debate. biden gave very clear

requirements and he had a little fun and poked some jokes at trump. okay. trump on the other hand went off the rails, as he usually does, showing, again, a huge contrast between president biden and former president trump. now, trump's going to keep doing all this stuff because, frankly, rev, that's all he's got. >> juanita, virginia state university was set to make history as the first and only historically black college or university to host a presidential debate sponsored by the nonpartisan commission on presidential debates. however, that historic event is in dpout now that the two candidates have worked out a plan that excludes the commission. meanwhile, trump took to truth social suggesting fox news host a vice presidential debate at vsu, although he hasn't selected a running mate yet.

biden has not agreed to this proposal, but do you think trump may be tipping his hand about who he might pick by proposing they debate at an hbcu? >> absolutely not, rev. right? like he would look at any of the black or brown people under consideration to be his vice presidential pick as a token option, and i think that's what comes across in his post from truth social about nothing of value or understanding about hbcus or vsu, but he's using it as a token. and the fact that he's also suggesting that fox would be able to host an unbiassed, substantive debate with the first black southeast asian woman vice president is also ridiculous considering the -- no shortage of contempt which the network has had for vice president kamala harris long before she and biden were elected to the white house. the comments from those hosts repeatedly around she should just be grateful to be in the white house. and the refusal to pronounce her

name correctly even, rev, goes to show ethat what trump is saying is merely surface level tokenism at its worst. >> susan, trump is giving a speech right now in dallas, texas. you've seen him live on stage at the nra annual convention. he was just endorsed by that organization moments ago. and this week we saw the parade of republicans who came to manhattan to kiss the ring at trump's hush money trial. what's your take? were they there to advance themselves or to cheer trump up or a little bit of both? and did it work? >> well, definitely a little bit of both. i'll say that they -- you know, you always remember who doesn't show up to certain events, and trump is a vindictive guy and he would remember who did not show up to support him. at the same time, rev, you know, it shows what a fragile state donald trump is in that he had to have friends come up and

support him. he had to have a rally in new jersey, a state he knows he cannot win, but in a conservative part of new jersey. now he's at the nra, you know, that's what we used to do with candidates when we knew they were in trouble is put them in feel good places, and that seems exactly what the campaign team for trump is doing. >> juanita, let's turn to the dus up in congress where representative marjorie taylor greene exchanged words with democratic representatives jasmine crockett and alexandria ocasio-cortez. greene insulted crockett's physical appearance and made a swipe at ocasio-cortez's intelligence, which led to this viral moment from crockett. take a listen. >> i'm just curious, just to better understand your ruling, if someone on this committee then starts talking about somebody's bleached blonde bad

built butch body that would not be engaging in personality, correct? >> a what now? >> now, congresswoman crockett has been criticized by some lgbtq groups for her comment, which some have criticized as homophobic. however, the congresswoman has started selling campaign t-shirts about the incident. we've never really seen a democrat use marjorie taylor greene's own tactics against her. do you think this is a good idea and did congresswoman crockett perhaps go for the bait there or is she standing up finally to somebody standing up to marjorie taylor greene? >> well, first rev, i got to say that i hate that representative crockett and all democrats have to work in such a hostile workplace with someone like representative greene, and that's what precipitated this entire exchange, but there are a couple of things about this interaction i think are noteworthy. first, representative crockett

was not out there alone. i appreciate that representative alexandria ocasio-cortez was there to support her, call out the rules, call out the violation from marjorie taylor greene immediately. i appreciate that. representative raskin was there to also support her in that moment but also continued that support, unlike some other white male democrats who decided to engage in something that had absolutely nothing to do with them. >> right. >> but more than that, i think it's important for representative crockett to have stood up for herself. of course, it was a spur of the moment, hypothetical question that she asked. of course, the words might not have -- there are some connotations associated with some of the language that she used, but that does not undercut the reality that she is in a hostile workplace where she has to defend herself against someone like marjorie taylor greene and the rules of the body have to be respected. >> juanita, i mean, i'm sorry, susan, your reaction? >> well, i agree with juanita, but i will say this. i don't -- i don't think the

back and forth did anyone any good. marjorie taylor greene stands out for being the disgusting, antisemitic, just deplorable person that she is, and i hate to see remarks being thrown back like that. although i, of course, i understand it. but at the end of the day, i blame the chairman of the committee. that's where the blame falls. once he did not do anything to temper marjorie taylor greene's words. >> and i must agree. the chairman should be the focus of this. where is the order in the chamber and the respect and the environment, i think, which juanita said, and the reaction to it should not supersede the abuse that the chairman certainly did not call to order. >> right. >> juanita and susan, thank you both for being with us. just ahead, history in the

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in alabama's second congressional district where former justice department official shamari figures won a competitive democratic primary runoff this week for a seat that was redrawn to give black voters greater representation after the u.s. supreme court demanded it. now, they're both victorious in november, it could mark the first time alabama's congressional delegation has two black members. joining me now, shamari figures. mr. figures, thank you for joining us tonight, we appreciate it. many in the civil rights and voting rights communities were surprised last year when a u.s. supreme court affirmed the federal judicial panel's demand for a new congressional map in alabama that included a second

majority black district in a heavily black state. now you're running as the democratic nominee to represent that district and could be part of a history-making tandem of black representatives if terry wins re-election as expected. what is your thoughts on that? >> good to see you again, reverend sharpton, and thanks for having us today. look, this district, this newly redrawn district is incredibly important fo to not only the people in this district but to the state of alabama and people across the country. it's had impacts in other states and the entire civil rights community that came together to fight for this, the plaintiffs here in the state of alabama, the supporting organizations, elected officials and government leaders across the country all came together once again to make alabama, you know do, right by people in this state. when you grow up in alabama as i have, especially when you grow up black in alabama, you know the role that the federal government has had to historically play in making it

right by people in this state, especially by black people in this state. and this district is yet again another example of that. >> less than a year after the supreme court ruled that alabama's voting map be redrawn, the u.s. supreme court restored a congressional voting map in louisiana this week that adds a second majority black district less than six months before the november election, based on what's happened in alabama, what do you expect that to mean for democrats and black voters in that state? >> look, i think people there will equally be as excited about the opportunity to elect leadership that reflects the communities and towns and citizens that make that up district. it's been far too long for many place, including here in the state of alabama in the district we represent, too many communities and counties and towns have never had the opportunity to be elected -- to elect leadership that can bring a level of care and focus and concern on the issues that mean the most to them and impact

their communities in sometimes very unique ways. i think the people of louisiana will be similarly excited about the opportunity and really get out and vote and make their voices heard come november. >> this week mercedes-benz workers in your state rejected unionization after 56% of them voted not to join the united autoworkers. following a historic organizing drive by the uaw that saw it extract concessions from the so-called big three automakers. what have you heard from auto workers in your state over this issue? >> i think people were excited about the opportunity that this presented for them to organize, for workers to organize and unionize in a way here in alabama that they've not had the opportunity or the momentum of such a campaign in far too long. we've seen the success we had in tennessee and the outcome near alabama i don't think was as much of a landslide as it may

appear on its face. i think roughly 2,600 people voted against excite about 2,100 or so voted in support of the union. several hundred did not cast a ballot at all in the election. so i think what it shows is that the opportunity for workers here in the state of alabama to organize is not something that can be foreclosed upon. i think, you know, with time and more organizing and more education that voters are going to continue -- or workers, rather, are going to continue to trend in that direction. and so i think what this really showed us near the state of alabama in particular where during this organizing campaign state legislators and new laws being implemented near the state of alabama that went so far as to disincentivize companies from voluntarily acknowledging unions. it really highlighted the fact that we have to do everything that we can to protect the right -- the rights of workers to organize when they so choose. >> now, i know that you and your family have been involved in civil and human right farce

while and national campaigns and certainly statewide campaigns. president joe biden is speaking at morehouse college tomorrow. there's been reports that there is some dwindling of black support for the president and vice president harris' ticket. one, do you think that from what you've heard in alabama? and two, what advice to deal with the reported erosion of black support starting with his speech tomorrow? >> look, no, i don't sense that here on the ground. i think people here understand the realities of joe biden and who he's running against and how his opponent is a throwback to an era in this state in particular and in this country where people do not want to return back to. and so look, we know we have to do everything that we can to excite and mobilize voters to be able to get out and vote, especially black voters here in the state of alabama, here in alabama and also similarly in

louisiana we have the congressional district that's going to help amplify that excitement and the efforts to motivate people to get out and vote. in terms of advice or guidance, i don't think the president needs my advice, but listen, i think if they keep running on the message of things that they've done, programs they've implemented, laws that they've passed and the benefits of how they have historically impacted african american communities across this country, then i think we'll be just fine. but i think at the end of the day we have a collective obligation to make sure we're doing every single thing we can to motivate people in our communities to get out and vote so we do not go backwards come november. >> alabama congressional can dal shomari figure, thank you for being was. up next, my advice for president biden ahead of the debates. stay with us. n ahead of the debates. ayst with us my mental health was better. but uncontrollable movements called td, tardive dyskinesia, started disrupting my day. td felt embarrassing. i felt like disconnecting. i asked my doctor about treating my td,

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president joe biden speaking at morehouse college tomorrow, i took particular interest because of the fact that i've spoke at morehouse many time. in fact, there's a portrait of me me and other civil rights leaders there. and i have national network action on the campus. i also think it's a time for president biden to talk to black students and the black community, their families that will be there, ahead of the election in the middle of all of this. i want to talk about that in closing thoughts tonight. i'll talk about my advice to the president on debates on tomorrow night. but first let me frame it this way. ahead of president biden's morehouse college commencement address on sunday, here's what the college president, dr. david thomas, told april ryan. >> i support having the president of the united states

come and speak at morehouse college. why? because i think right now the country needs somewhere that can hold the tensions, that threaten to divide us, and if we can hold those tensions, we can find a better way out of where we are now. >> let us not forget that morehouse college is the college that martin luther king jr. attended and other notables throughout black history and civil rights history. and the fact that some students may protest is in line with the legacy of many morehouse men that went to that college, graduated from that college, and are part of the alumni. as long as those demonstrations are nonviolent, peaceful, and pointed. the president ought to talk about not only his position

there, he ought to say this is my position, whether you agree or not, and this is donald trump's position, which is, in my opinion, far worse, though i wish the president would do more about gaza. trump has said finish the job to netanyahu. he also should talk about dei. he also ought to talk about student loans. the president has an opportunity tomorrow to inspire those young men to go for greatness and go for being successful and at the same time address the concerns that we are dealing with right now on the ground in this election and what his opponent is and is not doing about it. we'll be right back. t doing about it we'll be right back.

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