just enjoy the fruits. had there been no roads there would have been no branches and there would have been no fruits for us to enjoy today. thank you for watching. we will be back with american voices with alicia menendez right after this. >> rib, thank you so much. so well said. hello to all of you. i'm richard louis. alicia menendez will be back next weekend with american voices. this hour msnbc reports a special look at the midterms and we just have 100 days ago as of today congressional races across the country -- will determine which party will control congress for the rest of president biden's first term. for republicans, they're hoping for a red wave in the party's quest there to gain majorities of both house and senate. for democrats, they are hoping to have a renewed debate over abortion rights in a new

legislative spending bill, addressing climate change and inflation. the question for them is will that help them keep their majority? tuesday, voters in five states, arizona, kansas, michigan, missouri, and washington state, they're going to hold some primary elections. our teams are standing by coast coast tracking where we stand 100 days from the election day. helping us breakdown key races over the next hour and key issues that are bound to trigger orders to a poll, shaquille brewster and marshall michigan, and -- in kansas. where reproductive rights are on the ballot this tuesday. i'm going to start with you. you owe our -- congressional races to watch just there. how is the antiabortion amendment shaping discussions there? >> richard, i'm standing in front of one of just five abortion clinics in kansas. it has also become one of the few places people can seek

abortion in this entire region. after the supreme court overturned roe v. wade many of the surrounding states enacted all out fans are severe instructions on the procedure. this is why the states are just so high as kansans become the first in the nation to vote on abortion, and on the ballot on tuesday is the value them both amendment. listen and targets of 2019 decision from the kansas supreme court that ruled that abortion rights are protected in the state constitution. this amendment, if it passes, will remove those protections and potentially pave the way to more restrictions and as abortion rights activists here and all right van here in kansas. all weekend, there has been a full blown effort to get out the vote on both sides of this issue. we've been talking to antiabortion activists and abortion rights activists as well. take a listen to some of the conversations we had. >> i want to see a future where

unelected judges do not decide for the rest of us the limits on abortion in our states. we don't have that ability to do that right now. and passing the amendment's new only way for us to once again be involved in this discussion. >> this particular vote is bothersome to me, because of the way that the church has been used to sway people, and mislead people, and i don't want the church to be used in that manner. that's one of the reasons i really want people to vote no, because the church is not supposed to be used in that manner. >> richard, what happens tomorrow on august 2nd here and kansas will have huge implications for the rest of the country, especially looking ahead to november, experts saying kansas could be a serious bellwether in terms of how voters are engaged with this issue, whether turnout is expected. and look, this is a conservative state, if the s vote passes, and that's somewhat expected, right in a

conservatives they? but if or even if it's close, like it at serious implications and really show the strength of the abortion rights movement ahead of the midterms, richard. >> that's right. how close will it be? dasha burns thank you for that. republicans and michigan hoping to take the governor's mansion from democratic governor, gretchen whitener and shaquille brewster is in michigan, five state congressional primaries to watch their, including an open seat. folks are watching very closely. how does republican governor securely endorsed him from donald trump? how does that look right now. >> it could have a major impact on this race that is extremely close up to this point. this has been a chaotic race. we are talking about two of the leading candidates disqualified for having invalid signatures, keeping them off the ballot. we're talking about democrats pouring millions of dollars into the republican primary race to influence the result, and then we have that

endorsement from former president trump just yesterday. i want you to listen to my conversations with two undecided republican voters about how they are viewing that endorsement. >> that's president trump's endorsement carry weight? >> yes. >> why is that? >> i thought he was a very good president. i think the last election was a fraud. i just want to go back to the way things had been. i don't think the democrats are -- >> you know, there's his endorsements, that's not going to affect my decision, personally. it's something i teach my kids, is that it is -- we have the right to vote, but i believe that we have the duty, as an american citizen, to do our homework and to know exactly when and who we are voting for. >> now one factor in his endorsement is the idea that 600,000 folks in the state have already returned return their absentee ballot according to

the secretary of state's office. it might not have the exact impact that the dixon campaign is hoping, it's not just the gubernatorial race that folks are watching here, but it's also the race for the third congressional district here in michigan where former president trump is backing a primary challenger, john gibbs, to peter myers, meyers is one of the ten republicans, house republicans who voted for impeachment last year. that is another test. many experts say of the influence of former president trump has on republican voters and an important state. an important battleground state that is michigan. >> battleground with a capital b. nbc's shaquille brewster in michigan for us. thank you shaq. we had to another battleground state and arizona were key republican races could show us donald trump staying power in the party in 2022 and beyond. nbc news correspondent van hilliard speaking to voters today in phoenix. >> these arizona primaries on tuesday are significant, because this is going to be the real first test in which

republican voters after these public january 6th hearings are going to ultimately be making their own determinations about the direction of their party. take a look at the governor's race. we've got carrie lake, quiz the trump endorsed candidate, somebody who is an election deni decertification of the 2020 election. you've got robesonthe doocy endorsed candidate here. this is really a monumental battle. ultimately, it's going to be republican voters in arizona who choose which path they want their party to take, and at the november's election. then you've got the u.s. senate race. the two top candidates that we are seeing unfolding are bleak masters, the trump endorsed candidate, and the former right hand of peter thiel, the tech billionaire, and you've got jim layman, a solar company executive here in town. these two individuals are both trump acolytes and both of them tell me that they would have objected to the certification of the 2020 election had they've been in the u.s. senate in january of 2021, but then you've also got these races

where mark finchem is running for secretary of state. he with the trump endorsement. he's called for the decertification of the 2020 election as well as abe khamenei, who's running for attorney general with trump's endorsement. each of these candidates, could sweep these primaries here. in arizona. really giving trump significant winds. and the ability to say, ultimately when it was left up to the voters, they went with me. they went with my picks in very crowded fields. there's a lot at stake here as the republicans choose their candidates to go up against and some of these democrat hearings in the november elections 100 days away. >> thank you, ron hilliard in phoenix with that for us. we go from the campaign trail, now to capitol hill. democrats here pushing ahead with president biden's agenda hoping to get make good on campaign promises and to ease inflation. the senate could vote on the inflation reduction act of 2022. that invests 369 billion

dollars on climate action. the bill lowers prescription drug costs, taxes, corporations and reduces the deficit among other things. the man who helped broker this bill, west virginia senator, joe manchin, saying this today on meet the press. take a listen. >> we've got the highest gas prices right now. inflation is killing, it's hurting everyone in west virginia right now. it's hurting all working people across america. if you want to get the gasoline press this down, you've got to produce your way out of it. we've got to bring more manufacturing back to america. let me tell you what the bill does. it gives us a strong fossil energy that is going to produce the cleanest forms of fossil energy in the world. that is carbon area -- reduction, when you are replacing the dirty ones that is going into the climate and atmosphere. >> téa mitchell, washington correspondent for the atlanta joins us. téa, good to see you. tell me this, which is this going to mean for the every

american? when and what would we potentially see something from this? >> i think, as far as this kind of scaled down climate change and health care proposal on the climate change aspect, everyday people could see, for example, some tax credits if they wanted to buy an electric vehicle or if they wanted to upgrade their home with more energy efficient appliances, or even if they wanted to add solar in their homes, there could be tax credits, and on the health care side for everyday people, particularly those on medicare, they would see a -- on their out of pocket cost, provisions that allows the government to negotiate prescription drug prices and bring prices down. not just for people on medicare, but that could also trickle down to other types of health plans, and would could be added, it's not in the package now, but it looks like democrats may also add those caps on out of

pocket costs of insulin, and we know that patients with diabetes, which is a chronic thing that so many millions of americans deal with, and so insulin has gotten very expensive, and it is a likelihood that insulin costs could be included in the proposal. >> democrats are waiting to see if arizona -- kristen sinema will back this legislation, senator manchin was asked about that, how do you have you spoken with her? was she part of the process? this is what he said. i'll get your reaction. >> let me say that kyrsten sinema is a friend of mine. we worked very closely together. she has a tremendous, tremendous input in this piece of legislation. these are things that everyone has worked on over the last eight months or more. she basically insisted dog that no tax increases -- we've done that. she was adamant about that. i support and agree with her. she was also very instrumental

in making sure that we had drug prices that many kara couldn't compete on certain drugs, to bring it down so that there wouldn't be an impact on individuals. >> tia, will they get the votes? >> you know, senator sinema has not said anything yet about whether she will support the proposal as is. the wind component that we think may give her the most consternation is closing that loophole on big interests, and that is something that hedge fund managers and not regular people, as you mentioned before, have to worry about. she has, in the past, interpreted as a tax increase on some people. a very small portion of the revenue in the bill. if she decides to say i'm not cool with that part of the proposal, they could try to massage it big and still pretty much have the package intact,

but with senator manchin has said is they're just closing the loophole in a very small way. they're hoping she will go with it as is. again, it is not going to affect that many people. it is not eliminating the loophole, but it's helping to close it just a little bit. >> a lot of meat on the bone. thank you. i have to ask you this. i'm sure you've not been asked this. where we are 100 days out. we democrats need to do to make the case against republicans that they should remain in power? >> so, you know, again, we are 100 days out, of course. i'm reporting with a lot of high-profile races that are very close with republicans and democrats. i think for democrats, they have to make sure that goes beyond the culture wars. i do think democrats win on abortion. a win on health care as far as the popular, you know, people

want is more in line with what democrats are pitching. i do not think that is necessarily what is going to drive people to the polls in november. yes, people do not like being overturned -- roe v. wade. they do want health care, medicaid expansion, things like that, the more than, that they want their prices to come down. they want gas to come down and they want inflation to come down. that is where democrats have to win. they have to show that they are addressing those bigger concerns that are really kind of the number one issue for a lot of voters. i think these proposals, like senator manchin and senator schumer has come up with, will help with that message, but that is where i think -- when it comes to the voters. >> yeah, i guess, on the hundred day mark, as a democrat, they're going, thank, you i needed that, but legislative bill. to, thank you so much, appreciate your time. you have a great sunday. >> thanks, you too.

>> just a reminder, tomorrow, steve kornacki returns to the big board to break down the key house senate and government races this mid term season. what does each party need to do to win, as we were talking about? how could these elections affect the next presidential election? you have to watch. decision 20 to -- 10 pm eastern, right here on msnbc. that's for the january 6th committee -- on hiatus for now. but they have more planned before the midterms. what is that? could this change how americans vote this november? plus, many young people not happy with the direction that you the knighted states is heading in. how their anger and enthusiasm are bound to change the game. ahead, on msnbc reports. with technology that can scale across all your clouds... it's easier to do more innovative things. [whistling] my mental health was much better.

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a star witness for the january six committee finally revoking his support for former president trump. arizona's republican speaker of the house, rusty bowers, could soon lose his seat to a trump backed challenger. bauer says he will never, quote, tarnish about again with trump's name. >> i'll never vote for him, and i won't have to. because i think america is tired. and there is some absolutely forceful qualified, morally defensible, and upright people. that's what i want. that's when i want my party, that's what i want to see. >> bowers goes further.

he doubles down, he's also accusing the arizona gop of thuggery and intimidation, his words, after they censored him last week. -- liz cheney received the same review from their states for joining the january 6th community, you might remember. -- national correspondent for politico, and john wine-banks is a former prosecutor. -- both jill and betsy are msnbc contributors. great to see you both. we'll start with you. rusty bowers, a republican, in the primary, as we just discussed, for standing up to trump. how does it stand today, 100 days out? >> it's tough. and it's always easier for incumbents facing these pro trump primary challengers than it is and contests where there isn't an incumbent. of course, in georgia, we saw trump enthusiastically trump

backed primary challengers target candidates who had not always been in total perfect lockstep with the former president. and those cases, trump's candidates failed. the challenge rusty bowers faces is that the other trend that we kind of see broadly across the republican primary landscape is that it's less important whether trump is opposed to you and more important whether you are opposed to trump. just speaking generally, republican trent candidates running in republican primaries thus far have run as anti trump conservatives haven't had a particularly impressive track record. in georgia, the two republicans who won disagreed with trump on some core issues, but didn't present themselves as a big check against trumpism writ large. arizona is a very interesting state, because they're very

fire right wing of the republican party is very powerful, and it will be important test case for people like rusty bowers, who is a really conservative guy, to see how they hold out. >> there's a lot to watch this coming tuesday. related to reporting, really quickly, we have some new reporting about -- tied to trump's fake electors game? >> yeah, that's right. but we've learned is that at least three justice department grand jury subpoenas are seeking communications to and from a person named josh findlay. findlay worked on the trump campaign's legal team during the end of the election season, including that crucial window when the electors scheme was unfolding. after biden was inaugurated, he went to the national committee and became the republican parties national director for election integrity. that's his official capital

letter title. the subpoenas that are seeking communications to and from him, as i believe is standard, are seeing communications up through present day. which means any of the people who received these communications have to share with the justice department materials that they caught not just while the alternate electors scheme was an action, but all the way up to and including the time that finally worked at the ire and see. >> also this week, jill, the senate rules committee. holding the first -- electoral count act. explain to us how changing that law could help prevent another january 6th. >> it's very complicated, unfortunately. but under the current law, some of the things that were it tempted might have worked and might have been legal. and so, the changes that are necessary are to prevent that from happening. and needs to be clear that states need to appoint electors

who reflect the vote of the people in the state. not of the legislators in the state. that's where the problem comes in. it's that the legislators can say, well, we don't really care what you voted for, we don't like that. we're gonna claim fraud and we're gonna point other people. so i think the major change that's necessary is to make sure that our votes, as they are cast, determine who the electors are. of course, and my point of view, we should eliminate the electoral college entirely. it was formed in a time when communications were very different than they are now. and it's no longer necessary. our votes are cast and counted at the same time nationwide. we don't need someone going to a state capital and casting a ballot on our behalf anymore. and so, it should be by direct election, and frankly, should be by the national popular vote. whoever wins the national

popular vote should be our president. we need to eliminate this idea of electors by states, and having only the purple states have -- visit them. that's what's happening now. i'm in illinois. where a blue state. we don't get presidential candidates coming to talk to us, because they're assuming how are voting. that's not a good thing. >> i want to stay on this, if we can, jill. and the january six, when we look at what might happen before the midterms here, one of the chances we'll see any major indictments before the midterms, staying on this topic? >> i would say the chances at the federal level are not great. not because there aren't enough cases to be brought, and not because the evidence isn't clear, but because there is been a long-standing department of justice policy that no indictments be brought that might influence the outcome of an election. and 100 days out, we're getting

pretty close to that deadline. so i think that there may not be any, unless they happen really fast and the next week or two, or certainly within the next month. i think the evidence is there. i think right now, people are more concerned, as you've heard on your past episode, your past segment, the economy is very important. but i am seeing a definite shift where facts matter and that the january six hearing this, televised as they were, i've definitely made a difference. we saw the same thing in watergate, and you have to start with nixon. he won 49 out of 50 states. he won a landslide. but support for him, which was at an all-time high, his approval rating, started to sink as soon as the hearings started and the facts started coming out. his approval rating went from their way down.

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quarters, of young voters across the country are opposed to the supreme court decision. facing thousands and thousands of young people taking to the street's, and they are chanting at those marches, but the. we're expecting record breaking turnout from young people who are mobilized, who are appalled by this solution to rollback these rights that we've enjoyed for the last 50 years. we're gonna see them turn up internet, because they're very pissed off generation, and i think elected officials should not underestimate that power they have. >> one of the things in the pissed off category here is climate change. they're looking at climate and the environment. so amanda, tell us about where that fits. that's a top priority for many, if not most young voters. and it's just, as you might have seen, over the last week, it's just in the new inflation reduction act. when you make of this for young voters? >> well, i think if they're able to get this across the finish line, if they're able to get the votes in the senate,

and if biden's able to sign it, this is gonna be an incredible motivator for young people. they're gonna see that the work they did in 2018 to win the house, and then to win the white house in 2020, actually mattered. so while it's not a perfect bill, it shows incredible progress. it could be the biggest piece of climate change legislation that the u.s. have ever passed. the bar is low, but that something. we have to really bring people out to the polls in november. >> christina, what's your take on that? and as well, young folks, give us a sense of what young folks and young voters are. >> so, we're talking about the largest generational voting plot in the country right now. young voters have been turning out in historic numbers. last midterm, and the 2020 turnout saw -- last two elections. my organization helped and mobilize one in nine of those young people to turn out. there's no way that democrats win without the youth for, and climate change is always listed as one of their top motivating issues. we're experiencing record heat, flooding in kentucky, fires in

california, young people -- not just young people, i think all americans at this point understand, and that's why you see it in poll after poll. saying they want action on climate change. this is the most historic invention that are his country's made, and it also shows young people that they are able to push democrats to do the right thing. now, we have 50 senators standing in the way of progress. when this vote comes down, it's gonna show very clearly where republicans stand and where democrats stand and taking our country forward. >> one in nine, but you know, a lot of candidates are trying to reach nine of nine young voters. and the dmz, using social media, trying to reach young voters -- i want to take a look at just one of the videos that have been posted by a democrat that was running for congress in florida. take a watch. >> i, are you registered to vote? there's a primary on august 23rd, and the general election november 28th. come, back wait! >> okay, well, you saw the beginning. that was not the candidate in the video there.

christina, is this switch to campaigning on social media affective and reaching young voters? >> i mean, no, you're not gonna get out young people if you're not on social media. we run and work with influences. fox news may have a big megaphone, but young people that are organized like gen z for change, that are organized on tiktok and instagram, reach 500 million people through their following and channels. they are mobilizing young people to garden vote, and that's who we're working with. we've never spent $1 on traditional paper advertisement. we work with influencers and organize young people on social media, including on dating apps. there are so many ways to reach young people, whether it's twitch, or video games, or through tiktok and instagram. >> amanda, we're seeing also more candidates that are young on the ballot this year. is that potentially the way

parties are trying to bring in that voter base? because they're looking at it just purely generational -- i say that, i'm talking about young voters. are they just seeing it is that? >> i think it's part of it. -- seven candidates all under the age of 40, running for state and local office this year, with thousands more running across the country, including some incredible gen z leaders who are lose using social media really effectively to connect with voters. that's a big thing young candidates are able to do. they're able to speak genuinely, personally, and natively on these platforms, on top of knocking doors, making calls, and doing the kind of blocking and tackling that every candidate has to do to reach out to people in that community. >> quickly, amanda, young voters, gen y versus and gen z, how would you, and a sentence, say how you need to reach them differently? >> you know, and a lot of ways, it's the same, but especially for young people, you need to show up with the sense of moral

clarity. you need to not be asked them. you need to speak authentically, and you need to make sure they know what you're fighting for and why. >> christina, america amanda, thank you. coming next, young black voters will play a huge role in the midterms. charmingly with the issues they care about most. and the latina vote in florida, it's vital. but how will -- impact the key races across the sunshine state?

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our special look ahead to the midterms in just a moment. but quickly for you, some breaking news on this sunday. legendary boston celtics player and coach bill russell has died. russell is a two time and see a double champion, an 11-time nba champion, and the first black head coach of a north american

pro sports team. he was 88. and, iconic starstruck actress michele nichols also dying today at the age of 89. nichols's most famous for playing the role of a who were in the original star trek franchise. one of the first tv roles that showcased a black woman in a position of authority. we will miss them both. turning back now into politics with 100 days to the midterms, a key question for democrats is what young black voters will do it in the voting booth this november? -- trymaine lee met with students at several historical black cartilage is to find out. >> 100 days away from the midterms. when you walk into the voting booth, what issues are you voting on? >> definitely housing insecurity, who's taking gun control seriously, and immigration issues. >> reproductive issues as well as mass incarceration and food insecurity.

>> health care issues. i'm absolutely voting on this this election cycle. how will health care be subsidized, what is the program going forward, what's the plan going forward, are we gonna need state sponsored health care, third-party, employer, all these different things. the affordable care act. >> -- president biden done enough to address your concerns on these issues? >> it's hard to say that, yes, democrats are doing everything they can when you're not seeing that change firsthand. >> i think that they ran on these platforms, so they need to be acting on them. if not, they will see what happens in november. >> where do you think the parties are going? so that middle space, or for them to the left? >> the middle is comfortable. it's like, your comfort spot. you say they're like, this is my comfort zone, i'm gonna stay here because i like it. but it's not helping. it's been the same for too long. >> we need to be pushing left. maybe trying a different

solution, trying to figure out how to advance this country for a world that's changing every day. >> if the party goes for the left, you'll absolutely have more support, but you lose the middle voters, and maybe those aren't voters who needed the whole time. if people aren't willing to leave the voting base because you want to give people free health care, they may not have always been as loyal as he thought. >> do you feel better about america two years into joe biden's administration compared to where we were four years ago? >> i would say i do feel better. i'm not over the the moon, but i think we're making progress. >> i think that a lot of times, we disregard all the amazing things that president biden has to offer, because we think it's common sense. but i am looking forward to what will happen in the next two years and how this country can continue to provide for us, because a lot of joe biden's -- have been rehearsing with the past president it. >> it's not all on joe biden to

fix everything. i'm definitely feeling a lot better, but not all as well. >> great discussion with this msnbc's jermaine lee with that report. another quick break, and then we will look into a diverse group of voters that are hard to predict. we have two experts joining us next but first, a preview of what else is ahead on msnbc. >> hey there, i'm ayman mohyeldin tonight at nine eastern, a special hour of ayman. i'll be joined and by the president of emily's list, tonight 9 pm eastern right here on msnbc. er on msnbc when you have technology that's easier to control... that can scale across all your clouds... we got that right?

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could come this november as we look at it. who better to ask than debbie, a senior adviser and also with us, political analysts -- host of the strange days podcast. great to see you both. maybe we will start with you on this. and we will look at another number. a recent poll finds only 19% of latino voters approve of biden's handling of the chops so far. 70% when you look at the numbers right there disapprove. talk about with that means for democrats here. >> good evening. i want to stop with this misperception that the majority of voters are not voting for democrats in the democratic party. in 2020 we had an election that was affected by covid. many people felt isolated. they were hurting. their health economically was hurting. voters tend to be independent.

we need to be president, especially here in florida, we've seen that florida is a testing ground for with the far extreme wing of the republican party wants to do to the united states. we are seeing it every day with ronda santas. i can assure you that these polls change every single day. latino voters, when they know what democrats are doing to improve their life, that we are working, i continue to say we, because they still have many friends in washington, d.c., who are voting to lower the cost of insulin. republicans are blocking that. we have democrats voting to make sure that they deal with the cost of living and stop the rise of inflation. republicans are blocking that. how can you explain to latino voters why republicans are blocking health care benefits to veterans? we have a lot of latinos in our community who have served this nation. if we are community -- communicating with latinos

directly, they are voting democrats. >> we are seeing the video of protests related to that veterans act. many latino veterans sitting there and families saying, what about us to? for nantes, we saw a big ad buy the democratic congressional campaign committee. how do democrats need to appeal to the diverse latino electorate in florida, because when we say the latino vote, we really mean the latino communities and their vote. the various communities. >> richard, that's right. we have to acknowledge florida's hispanic vote is different than that of the rest of the country. you tend to see a hispanic vote dominated by cuban and puerto rican voters and central and south american voters. unlike the rest of the united states, where it tends to be more of a mexican election to it. the congresswoman is right. the democrats have a good story to tell of what they have done in this first year and a half

to show how they've made the lies of hispanic voters in florida, frankly across the country a lot better. that's before joe manchin announced early in the week he is now on board for climate change. a potential health care reaffirming bill. i think if they could make that case, talk about what they've accomplished, meeting with the infrastructure bill, i don't know why democrats would not want to talk about a bill that is going to help hispanic voters, especially both in the jobs that it's going to build in the realm of construction, where we know there's an overrepresentation of hispanic unemployment. providing digital access that many hispanics don't have access to online. the broadband expansion. the infrastructure bill passed by the democrats will mean hispanics and latino voters in florida and across the country have an opportunity to engage in an online way, which before they had not. i think one of the important factor that i'm seeing in polls in florida and across the country, we talked about it a moment ago, despite the fact

that yes, voters are giving president biden lower job ratings. that does not mean they are not voting are choosing to vote for the democratic candidates for senate and governor. i think if the democrats in aging florida, as we saw in the past, 2016, 2012, this could be the vote and in fact will be the vote that will give democrats an opportunity to pull out surprise winds. they don't acts out with hispanic voters in the state, it's really impossible to see a pathway, so it really is all the marbles for the democrats with the latino voting state of florida. >> debbie, as you know, governor ron desantis running for reelection, but of course a lot of talk over the last year or two that he could be looking at 2024 and the presidency. what are you looking at and seeing right now with that in the florida picture? >> i've been talking to a lot of voters, especially hispanic voters. they don't have the information

in front of them. when they're presented with actual information that right now we ranked 50th on affordable housing here in florida, why? because a failed incompetent leadership of ron desantis. he actually wants to pass an open carry permit-less bill that would allow floridians to carry their firearms openly without a permit and license. immediately moving towards the candidates that are right now in a primary that wants to challenge rhonda scent. i think what's is saying is absolutely correct. we need to be communicating with hispanics in the state of florida and we have a huge electorate. we are the biggest ethnic hub in the entire nation. i worry and i'm concerned that democrats, nationally, are not paying attention to what's happening, and basically they're paving the way, an easy way for ron desantis to be able to run for president in 2024. we need to talk to them about the issues that are affecting their pocketbooks, and that's

affordable housing. rise of property taxing. electrical bills, home insurance rates. he can be defeated. we need to communicate those points. >> former florida congresswoman debbie merck's cell powell, and fernand among the, we've got to go. i appreciate you both. that's it for the special hour of msnbc. i'm richard louis, alicia menendez will be back next week with american voices. next for you, mehdi hasan with a special look at the midterms as well, and then at 8 pm, morning show presents 100 days to the midterms. a special round table discussion diving into the key issues bound to shift the outcome in november. that much more after the break. november. that much more after the break with downy infusions, let the scent set the mood. ♪ feel the difference with downy. godaddy payments offers fast and secure payments for customers at the lowest transaction fees.

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i'm mehdi hasan, sunday marks 100 days until the 2022 midterms. we are devoting a whole of today show to those elections. what they mean and what might happen. because they are quite possibly the most important mid term elections of our lifetime, and yes, that said about every election, and let me just point out that if republicans had had a house majority on january the 6th 2021, donald trump might still be president right now. republicans are already trying to stack state election offices with the big light supporters who could do with trump's allies tried to do in -- they'll to do in 2020. through t e