to the asian markets, then the poaching syndicates are managing by slaughtering the animals. and if we do it our way, no animal ever gets hurt again, they're a concern. we ask the environment minister if the government would consider legalizing the trite, helpful not at this stage. she says a ministerial panel looked into this issue 2 years ago and the higher level pan maria, for the decision that was taken by the south african cabinet in 2016. that the conditions are not right at this stage to, to legalize the trade, those on the ground disagree, nothing. what we are doing is working. so we must change something and that's the only thing that hasn't been tried. so we must openly discuss it. best case scenario, there are $15000.00 rhina is left in south africa and industry insiders believe they could be wiped out in just 6 years. we know they can be saved if you know how to and you don't do it, but you wait for everybody else to then it's your fault. emily anglin,

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for the u. s. congress in a month from now. democrats and republicans will fight for control of legislative power. so what to take this time in the u. s. midterm elections and he's joe biden in danger of becoming a lame duck president. this is inside story. ah, ah, ah, hello, welcome to the program. i'm hasn't seeka in less than a months time voters in the united states will head to the polls for midterm elections that will determine the makeup of the next congress. that means they'll determine president jo biden's chances of getting new policies passed or whether the republicans will gain the ability to block most of what he wants to do. at the moment, a division in the control of congress seems likely for costs. just democrats are likely to lose the house and keep the senate later this year with an electorate

sharply divided. the states could not be greater. the economy integration and climate change are high on voters minds. last week, marches were held in several u. s. cities in support of reproductive rights. another big issue organizes urging people to vote in next month's midterm elections for politicians who support the right to abortion. that's after the u. s. supreme court overturned the long standing constitutional right to an abortion earlier this year. let's take a look at what is at stake in the midterms. all 435 seats in the us house of representatives will be contested. about one 3rd in the 100 member, u. s. senate are off the grass. and so our governor ships, state legislatures, local councils, and school boards around the country. the democratic party holds slim majorities in both the house and the senate for the bill to pass. it needs the approval of both

chambers. so control of congress is critical to get legislation through in the united states and early voting has already begun in some states. ah, no, i, let's bring in august now to a war about this or from the united states, from burlington, vermont, or shed. hassan is a democratic political strategist from roy, new hampshire, shannon ad lay as a political commentator and host of the shannon shug. and joining us from arlington, virginia james davis, a republican strategist, and founder and president of touchdown strategies. good to have you with us. shannon ad life i can start with you and now in midterms traditionally don't generate as much interest among voters in the us as a presidential elections. but this time around it seems to be different there. that does seem to be a lot more engagement. so talk to us about about why that is and, and what's at stake in this election. that's right. historically,

mid term elections are kind of a rating snoozer. half of the electorate votes for the presidential election and even less boat jury mid terms. a midterm is kind of a referendum on how a sitting president is doing. it's in the middle of a term and the fact that we're even having this conversation a month out from a mid term, not a presidential election, is proof positive that this is things are different this time around. and not only that, usually when you're talking about mid terms, the story peg is what are the whole say, like that's kind of the sexiest thing that you can sort of begin the conversation with. and that is the least of at this time around. i mean, there are so many big issues and it is highly unusual for mid term elections become such a huge national and international story that we're even having this conversation. as proof of that, james davis, i don't. shannon touched on this

a little bit. but to what extent is this a referendum on, on president biden? since i'm in office so far, you know, i think part of it. but these races are just as much about local dynamics as they are about washington and the binding ministrations, policies. but make no mistake. the by the ministrations, policies are weighing democrats down, looking at 2 issues that are primarily driving motors today. that's inflation. there's a lot of uncertainty in this economy. costs are rising significantly, and they're outpacing wages significantly. and then the 2nd is a rise and violent problem that we've seen across many communities in the country. and i will that labor that a little bit though, because while these are national issues and while national narratives have driven a part of this, there's some local dynamics that play that are very different. so if you look at a state like georgia, georgia inflation is actually hitting state flight, georgia,

harder because it has the disparate impact, low cost of living states. and so you see that it's going to have a big impact, particularly outside of atlanta. and then you see a of made a major rise in violent crime in atlanta. you're actually 3 times more likely to be impacted by borrowing crime. why not in your, in chicago, these are terrible, terrible numbers. you have a governor's race there where, you know, the governor has done many smarter crime policies and been a good criminal justice reform advocate. formerly states, the abrams was more on less defined the police and now she's attacking him for being soft on crime. you don't see that in a lot of places around the country. are shad hassan? i know you probably want to get your take on on some what you've heard there, but i want to ask you as well about the whole issue of abortion. something we mentioned at the top there and how this is become

a lightning rod for many traditional democrats and women because of that supreme court decision. how much is that going to going to galvanized people as well? how much it is the most galvanizing issue of this election? democrats are running on rights and freedoms, and top of which is our right to decide whether or when to start a family. if you take a look at what voters are doing, what's motivating them. you've seen a huge and unprecedented spike, and the number of voters registering to vote for the 1st time, mostly led by young women. and that's true in all 50 of our states. so what, and that's something that's hard for the poles to measure or, or, or sort of predict for us. the same thing is true with pulling the same thing. that's true. with individual fundraising. what we're seeing is an unprecedented amount of enthusiasm. led by this issue, which are polling says is one of the best,

if not one of the, not the highest aliens issue that's out there. literally. yesterday, as you mentioned, we had rallies. and again, in all 50 states, supporting reproductive rights here. this is more than just a simple referendum. this is a crossroads with donald trump. again, inserting himself in this and this election cycle. voters see that they have a choice of going backwards with the repealing of their rights or going forward with some of the policies that we've had that help students pay off their loans. how people cap, medical prescription prices. these are popular policies and you see that in biden's on pulling is, is been going up and it's motivating. it is driving voters to cast or ballast registered to vote. give small contributions. that's why we're seeing such an unusual midterm. this time around, democrats are highly unusually motivated in an a mid term election. we're really, it's really a contest between how much each side can motivated space. so for us,

for democrats, it's looking much better than usual. and james davis, let me turn back to you. i want to ask you about this whole issue of respecting the demo, i think process and, and, and they did the, the results of the election. a majority, according to the washington post, a majority of republican nominee on the ballot in this november for not just the house and senate, but also some key statewide offices. 201909 in all have to denied or question the outcome of the last presidential election. is that something that should concern all americans when they go to the polls? i think that if you look back, you know, 1st you have hillary clinton refused to accept the outcome of the election. we've seen this from republicans and democrats. unfortunately, we're talking about ga earlier. stacy abrams refuse to accept the outcome of the election. and so this is a, this is a real problem in american politics and i don't think it has partisan one way or

another. the civil truth is, as americans, we all need to come together and develop a process that can be fair and that people, and particularly voters can, can have trusted. so i completely believe that this is something that we should take off the table as part of an issue in court. put together republicans and democrats, the unify, around some solutions. i would just to pick up on a couple of things. you said they're, you said hillary clinton refused to accept the results of the 2016. she gave her concession speech and that election the next day. and as i said at the beginning of this question, all of the report or the 299 that i mentioned, all of them are republicans who have either denied or questioned the outcome of the 2020 election. how problematic is that for republicans in terms of political, how problematic it is? i don't think it's politically problematic. i don't think that most americans are

really go vote based on that or not. but, you know, when you, if you do express, you know, concerned around legitimacy of voting, you have to wonder if that's going to impact your own turn out. and so, you know, i think that it would be wise for republicans and democrats to really focus on the issues themselves and then for the congress to come together and solve some of the changes, some of the, some of the problems and address. ready issues with butter integrity so that americans can have more faith in electron outcomes. all right, shannon ad let me tell you on this. to what extent then is from what you've seen is the whole issue of democracy at stake here and in the midterm elections. i'm glad you pass the baton to me. i'm that 299. g o p folks who are running for office jones except the president biden. one is a significant,

significant thing to look at and when people aren't really talking about are the secretary of state elections, don't. those don't usually get generated much pressed as much buzz as house senate wanted her election, but those are really critically important. and then a lot of states, it's the secretary of state who's certified election results. so in michigan, arizona, nevada, you've got folks reading for secretary of state who have made a clear that they do not accept that by the one and that they will ship the skill so to speak, perhaps in the future. and that is that's just not getting a lot of coverage and quite frankly, as i speak for myself, i only speak for myself as an american we, we are nothing. if we do not have democratic elections, there are things that both parties do that absolutely eat away at the core of

democracy, whether it's the, the zillions of 1000000 spent on every election. in fact, over $250000000.00 has been spent thus far. just on the senate campaigns in ohio and pennsylvania alone, each u. s. presidential election cost about a $1000000000.00. so think about, i mean that's the debt of many countries around the world and that's just with spent here and it's, it's mind boggling us. secondly, you yes, yes, go ahead. i'm sorry, we have gerrymandering and redistricting where we literally kind of draw a map. it's like shooting fish in a barrel. it's it's, it's done all the time. she sort of chew a, solidify a district for a particular representative be their democratic republicans. my point is these things are deeply problematic, but they are nothing compared to if we do not have, if we do not trust in the outcomes of our elections. i,

i the country that i grew up and kind of ceases to exist. and when that happens it's, it's, it's enormous. i said, half an hour, you know, i know you mentioned earlier about abortion being a, being a major issue for people on the left. but this, this whole issue of, of recognizing the results of the election and what shannon was talking about there about the whole concept of democracy itself. this is something that is also motivated. a lot of people on the left to one vote in these in these elections. that's correct. democracy is absolutely on the ballot this mid term election, which is an unusual thing to say. but we live in unusual political times. and there is no equivalence to be drawn between what the trump republicans are claiming, and campaigning on, and what most americans believe in having a fair open and honest election. this is a,

this has not just national implications, but as, as we've been talking about, also has local state election. most of our elections are administered on the state and local level. and that's why it is, in fact, so important. you're right to talk about secretaries. the states and governors, many of them, again, are running on a platform of election denial. this, there isn't an equivalent on the other side, and that is why it is so important for all of us. this is true on a, on even on a sort of a basic level, you see one side, the republican side also acting had banned books and libraries at the very local level. and then denying elections on a national level. when we see the stakes are high, that it's about our rights and freedoms. all of that is on the ballot this time around. and that is why there is so much interest to this time around. or that says something. we haven't talked about much so far. but it is, it is very much an issue in these midterms as well. and that's the whole issue of the u. s. economy. james davis. how much of this is going to be on,

on voters minds as they go to the policy, and particularly with, with the challenges of high inflation and jobs and so on, in many predictions about recession coming next year. and all of that, i think that this is the easily, the number one issue and the election people vote with, you know, based off of how they're doing. are they doing better than they did previously. ringback and, and quite frankly, with the rising gas prices and energy costs, food costs. i mean, we've seen just massive inflation overall. and wages are staying pretty stagnant, irregular relatively. and then we have a kind of a unique housing market now where we were going through a nice boon for such a long period of time. and it certainly is getting a lot of people, some,

some real concern. now, if you're about to retire, you're thinking about retiring or you were thinking about retiring, you probably not thinking about retiring anymore. when you look at your 41, k, i mean people have tried to do the right thing and put money away to, you know, to, to be able to retire and to be able to kind of live out the last years of their lives. and unfortunately, one way spending as continue to drive inflation, i mean, we're over $31.00 trillion dollars in debt. i mean, this is a very significant marker. we cannot keep spinning at this, right? and then, you know, we want to throw away political kind of tools. you know, college loan forgiveness, which disproportionately impact people who went to college and reasonably have a higher paying job at this point. and so we've got to stop with all the reckless spending shannon adler, regardless of how the economy is, is progressing and who,

who is in charge. it is the current administration that's going to continue to be blamed for it or take the credit for it. is that, is that not the case? in fact, i was one of those that student loan that that was, you know, affected by it. and i think that's now been rescinded by the administration. certain folks no longer qualified. 9 i think many who are watching myself included took their sweet time pain down the student loan sort of hoping they would. they would, they would go away, but they have not i. economy is always a big issue. that's just till now until the time can be a big deal. but you've got, i mean, around my neighborhood. i jog a couple times a week. certainly not proceed. but i've seen all kinds of friends, republican both. but you see a lot of science in a row row row the vote. and folks are really fired up about that portion.

i shad hassan. there are, there are a lot of economic challenges that millions of americans are facing. and many of them will, will look to the president for that. is that, is that fair? so i think what we do is we focus on what it is the president can do, or what it is that congress can do. and some of the actions that he's taken have a significant effect on the everyday lives, everyday pocket book of american. again, why his approval rating is going is beginning to go back up. so if you take a look, look at education debts, it's something that we, it's very american that people go into massive amount, 6 figure amounts of debt to just go to college. they have a portion of that for many people, millions of people for a given makes a huge economic impact. and when i was paying my student loans, it was nearly as much as paying for rent. it prohibits me for making any kind of economic investment or thinking ahead to the future. with that burden lifted, it's

a relief to millions of people or even medical debt, which is something that millions of americans have again, uniquely the united states is full of people with medical debt now with capping drug prices. so insulin now is kept at $35.00 the dose, whereas it used to go up to over hundreds, even though it takes pennies to make this. and a number of other drugs being kept affects people at every economic level and prevents more medical that these are cor economic issues that yes, absolutely do tech people. but let's also not room. let's not forget that reproductive choices. those are medical choices and they haven't economic impact. so when you do see row row row the vote in references from court ruling, it is an indication that, again, unusually economic issues aren't always going to be the most salient issues. when people's own livelihoods, their choices, their rates, their freedoms, are at stake, both in terms of what the president can do and has done and made has done a lot of

a number of popular steps to help people's everyday pocketbooks. and in terms of the big fundamental issues of rights and democracy, we're seeing an unusual election year just just to pick up on that issue of the, of the, of the college loan forgiveness. because this is, has come up quite a lot. m as in terms of the politics of this because there are people out there who non college eds, you have to americans who are looking at this and saying why my tax is going to pay for people who went to college, who could come pay off that that's a knew exactly what they were getting into from the beginning. what, what do you say to that? for the most part, somebody who's not making a great deal of money isn't paying a great deal to get rid of student loan debt. these debts are going to be relieved for over a period of time, and they'll affect people who are generally more middle class. so there is a sort of a false notion out there that, that, that, that is going to be a relief for very well people. but for the most part, these are middle income people. it's difficult to get a good job without even

a regular. so without even a bachelor's degree here in yet, people go into tens and tens of thousands of dollars. the debt for it. i graduated with $64000.00 in debt and no, i did not know that it was going to be that much. our family took an economic downturn and we had to figure out whether was going to continue to go to that college or a transfer to another college or not. could you a college, an 18 year old? isn't always going to know that they're going to get into $100000.00 worth of debt . that uniquely, among other kinds of debt can be released to the normal bankruptcy process. so it is important for an economic policy that is targeted at millions and millions of americans has gotten way out of control. first, we will see some rather for that now i don't even think it's enough. i think that needs to be structural change here as well. but for this to happen now is a major issue for all of us, and i think it's a good one, james davis, regardless of what the results are of this in in november. do you see issues on

which republicans and democrats can come together? i certainly hope so i look, i'm part of the public safety solutions for america. and that really comes around for principles that we're really trying to drive a comprehensive approach to smarter crown policies that can target and isolate in violent crime in our cities. and we're seeing a lot of movement with that. i believe that both republicans and democrats can come together, hopefully on issues that are important like that. i believe that we're going to have to grapple with an energy cost whether we like it or not. and it's not as simple as being electric or traditional fossil fuels. we needed all of the above approach when it comes to energy and really allowing freedom, the flexibility for the market to produce energy for americans. i mean, we're having to turn off, you know,

our lights during the day in some parts of states because of bad policies that have been acted overall. or when we saw taxes freeze over folks that didn't have that were more reliant on, on electricity. ringback electric, electrical grid went down and they were, they were freeze in there. so i mean, we need smart policies and it's not so it doesn't have to be so device of immigration is another issue that i hope that our congress can come together to solve. we have an issue at the border, and we see, you know, tons of immigrants flooding into our country. but we need a process around that, right? we need to be able to really bring in and accept anyone who wants to contribute positively to our society. but we need some order insecurity at the border as well . i think that's an opportunity. i mean, i could go on and on. health care should be an opportunity. instead of doing more government intervention in health care, i would like to see a personal option and health care which gives patients more control and choice over

their health care. you know, there's so many opportunities tell the health within health care should be a great opportunity. why can't we make that permanent? we see rate increases in use of help. we're going to have to we're going to have to leave it there. we're out of time. thank you very much to all 3 of you are shad hassan shannon adler and james davis. thanks so much for being on inside story. i remember thanks to you as well for watching. you can see this problem again. any time just go to a web site edge 0 dot com and for further discussion, go to our facebook page. that's facebook dot com, forward slash a j inside story. you can also join the conversation on twitter. where is at a j inside story for me hasn't speak and the whole team here by now the a thing

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