>> well, it's not at all surprising that senator lisa murkowski has advanced. that was expected. but no one should underestimate senator murkowski's political skills. you may remember several years ago, she was defeated in a primary by a tea party candidate. he defeated her, and then she turned around and beat him in the general election with a write in candidate. now, alaska is not wyoming. yes, alaska leans republican. but not to the extent that wyoming does. and so, in a general election, i think lisa murkowski is more centrist, center right politics, is a better fit for alaska than somebody who is running as a very trumpian candidate. so, i think lisa murkowski is well positioned to win in the fall election. so, i have great confidence in that. and so, again, i have a rank choice voting system there. so she didn't have the same type of primary pressure that liz cheney had, and some of the other candidates had, who voted for impeachment, and the house and lost. so i think, in many respects, alaska will keep a close eye on lisa murkowski. i think she will be able to prevail. but

it was a very tight close race with lisa murkowski. now under -- i don't know how you came up with this crazy system in alaska, but the top four finalists advance to the general election. and remember in 2010, lisa murkowski if i remember correctly, didn't she win as a write in candidate? >> she did absolutely on the way that we have the private veritas of expos, lisa murkowski colluded with her campaign staff to deceive alaskans to run a ballot measure in 2020 that we would get rid of dark money in our elections and instead they ushered in officiating, so manipulating a change in the system so they would survive a primary, otherwise would have never survived a party primary, would've been the same as liz cheney is in her career would've been over last night. 2% said no more lisa murkowski last night, a horrible result for a 21 year incoming who was placed in that seat by her father when he found her. and spun it with a dark money from outside of alaska. >> sean: let's talk about what happens now, this goes to election day and all of y

unalaska, lisa murkowski, another republican trump credit, will move forward to the general election. we will get an update from the nations johnichols. then as united nations warns a staggering 95% of afghans are not getting enough deed, the biden administration says it will rule out releasing some $7 billion in foreign asss held by afghanistan's central bank on u.s. soil. we will get response from a member of the central bank of afghanistan. >> to avoid economic and humanitarian catastrophe, the united states should release afghantan reserves that belon to afghan people and to the central bank of afghanistan. amy: we will also speak with medea benjamin, cofounder of unfreeze afghanistan. the president biden signs into law the sweeping $739 billion inflation reduction act. pres. biden: this is the biggest step forward on climate ever, ever. amy: we will look at what is in the ira with professor ashley dawson. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. voters in alaska and wyoming went to the polls tuesday for

in alaska, senator lisa murkowski facing a denier.palin is hopes for a political comeback, running in a special election for the sole congressional seat. joining me now is vaughan hillyard and ali vitali. vaughan, if liz cheney loses, she would be the eighth republican who lost or retired after voting to impeach donald trump in congress. that's a pretty good record for the former president in terms of congressional primaries, republican primaries. >> reporter: right. the number of folks who decided to retire instead of mounting what were going to be difficult primary bids. fred upton, he was likely going to lose. decided to retire this spring. then you saw tom rice, peter meyer, they did try to go for it. they did lose. now liz cheney is up. nobody can say she doesn't have history. when you talk about the cheney family, her father first elected here 44 years ago. for liz cheney, the difficult part is that there was hope over the last couple months she would be able to have made her case to republican wyoming voters as to why she was t

lisa murkowski, her dad was in the senate before her.is saying, yes, experience matters because i bring home the bacon. >> who can best deliver for alaska. that's what this race is really about. through my seniority, i get real results for our state. >> we know what washington, d.c., thinks about alaska. and after about 20 years in d.c., lisa murkowski think it is same way. nothing scares those d.c. political insiders more than the thought of a strong, independent alaskan leader in their ranks. >> it's a very antiestablishment, trumpy message by kelly tshibaka, but lisa murkowski has proven herself to be tough in the past. she was beat no one the primary. she ran as a write-in candidate and she's the united states senator. >> that's absolutely right. she's trying to redo what she did in 2010. but she's right, alaska has a low population and they get one of the highest percentage of federal dollars. because of lisa murkowski, because of don young who is in the congress for 49 years, they brought a lot of money back to alaska. if there's t

host: lisa murkowski's campaign ad. alaska voters heading to the polls today, primary day in alaska and wyoming. getting your thoughts on former president trump, his influence on the republican party, talking to republicans only. this is diane in dalton, georgia, who says that the president does not have enough influence on the party today. why? caller: i do not know what he is doing. all he wants to do is go and have vacations every week. that is number one. number two, everything comes out of his mouth ain't nothing but a lie, and he is destroying the united states. we need to get him out. host: but as i republican, who do you support in the republican party? caller: trump, trump. he's only one that helped the united states. for the last eight years, every who we had is destroying the united states of america. he is making people fight against each other, biden is. shows the difference between the whites and everybody else. then putting people in motels, five-star motels, that's coming in here illegal. that is the pro

lisa murkowski hit her ceiling last night. the democrats came out and voted for her. she doesn't have anysh room to go and we have a lot of room to pick up votes. and sogh the data last night shows us statistically a deada heat with lisa murkowski. i started as a no name candidateo- with not political background experience last year and we're in a dead heat race with a twenty one year incumbent and she locked up all the democrat votes last night. that o doesn't give her much roh to move and we've got a lot of room to move in the next couples of months. we just need the funds to do it. so if your viewers want to help or kelly for a .com, well, retire lisa murkowski in november. it's h looking great. college habakkuk, thank you. we'll be watching that very closely. and governor palin's race nowhi to a newng record for your president, joe biden. according to breitbart, in justt eight months, bidenba spentnt a whopping one hundred and fifty days enjoying west and wielangta. you should remember that from the cartoons anyway, away from the white house. g joining us now with

and still ahead, lisa murkowski voted to convict then president trump. and to certify the 2020 election. despite that, she is expected to survive her alaska primary today. what makes the election in alaska and lisa murkowski herself so different from liz cheney in wyoming? >>> plus, gone but not forgotten. the global consequences for the u.s. withdrawal of afghanistan and what it now means for how and when we decide to use our military. general david petraeus knows a thing about this. he joins me in a moment. >>> every click you make, every scroll you take, they'll be watching you. how some white collar employers are starting to track every single second of your day. it's not just for kids. whooping cough is highly contagious for people of any age. and it can cause violent uncontrollable coughing fits. ask your doctor or pharmacist about whooping cough vaccination because it's not just for kids. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ covid-19 moves fast, and now you can too by asking your healthcare provider if an oral treatment is right for you. oral treatments can be taken at ho

lisa murkowski. i'll get into it with the great bret bair. he's next. this is xfinity rewards. our way of showing our appreciation. with rewards of all shapes and sizes. [ cheers ] are we actually going? yes!! and once in a lifetime moments. two tickets to nascar! yes! find rewards like these and so many more in the xfinity app. kennedy: it is primary night. wyoming and alaska is like why would i care about those states? two of former president trump's self-proclaimed enemies potentially on the chopping block. lisa murkowski is the only senator up for reelection that voted to impeach the former president and called him "the worst". and wyoming republican congresswoman liz cheyney is the vise chair of the commission and she's in deep yogurt facing trump endorsed harry haggeman and she's turning to democrats to flip parties and vote in her favor. so far, trump has a 95% success rate with over 150 races won. can that be -- oh my garden. i love numbers. does cheyney have any hope of squeaking out a win? if not, please tell me she's not going to run in 2024. come on, man. joining me

lisa murkowski was one of them and she is advancing in the senate race in alaska. >> so lisa murkowski is clearly benefitting from the way in which the alaska system works. everybody is on the same baltimore in this primary, the top four advance on to the general election in november. that being the case lisa murkowski actually emerges up top here -- i mean, there is still as you noted a ton of mail vote to come in, we will see if she maintains this first position in initial preferences, but she now advances on and she was able to even though donald trump's backed challenger will also advance on kelly tshibaka, she was able to stem that trump tide that has wiped out so many of those republican colleagues. you want to talk about the house race? >> let's talk about the house races. >> as you noted earlier there are two things going on here but i just want to focus on the special election. that is the house race to replace in this term for the remaining six months of the year or what have you the late congressman don young, his death left a vacancy, what happened here is these folks are n

this is an interesting raise for lisa murkowski.o win an election with a write-in campaign over a tea party candidate in joe miller. curious to see how this race plays out in alaska now. what have you got for us? >> you and me both, tiffany. senator murkowski is no stranger to tough circumstances around a re-election campaign, and what's interesting here in alaska is that senator murkowski and sarah palin are trying to answer the same question which is how powerful is donald trump here? the thing is they are hoping for different answers to that question. when you talk to sarah palin supporters, they are voting for her because of the role that donald trump has played in many cases. when it comes to senator murkowski though, i asked her if she thinks she fits in this republican party and maybe just half an hour ago or so i'll show you what she told me. listen. >> we can ask the rhetorical question about what really is the republican party nowadays? i've never believed that a party, a political party, should be the party of one individ

jonathan: yeah, in the matchup which is the senate race, lisa murkowski has been in the senate for 20aces a real fight this time around. part of the reason for that her long-time feud with and criticism of former president donald trump. you will remember that lisa murkowski voted for president trump's impeachment after the january 6th riot, that led to president trump coming here to campaign against her just last month saying, quote, liz, lisa murkowski is the worst. this was her response to this. >> former president trump is going the say what he will say. >> will you prefer that he remained a former president rather a future president? >> i would. >> why? >> i would. the problem that we have is that donald trump, when he was in office, failed to uphold the constitution of the united states. for me it's pretty simple. jonathan: senator murkowski to this, closest is kelly, she's something of a political novice but she has a ringing endorse endorsement for president trump and she said it's simple of 20 years after a senator murkowski it's time for change. listen here to kelly shabaka.

senator lisa murkowski -- is hoping to hold on.er governor sarah palin is running for alaska's lone u.s. house seat, with mr. trump's backing. we'll get a closer look after the news summary. president biden signed landmark legislation today, the bill dubbed the inflation reduction act. it includes record spending on climate change, provisions to cap medicare drug costs and new taxes on corporations. the president celebrated the legislation as a victory delivered by democrats over solid republican opposition. pres. biden: we've not wavered. we've not flinched. and we've not given in. instead we're delivering results for the american people. we didn't tear down. we built up. we didn't look back. we looked forward.pjudy: we'll f the biden agenda later in the program. first lady jill biden has tested positive for covid-19, days after the president recovered from his case. the white house says mrs. biden began having mild symptoms on monday while vacationing in south carolina. she remained there today when the president returned to wash

. >>> mean while, lisa murkowski survived her primary. top four finishers regardless of party will move forward to november's general election. murkowski is leading her race and will be on the ballot with trump-endorsed candidate kelly and democrat patricia chesboro. the fourth place finisher has not yet been determined. murkowski is the only republican senator who voted to impeach the former president who is also up for re-election this year. meanwhile, the house special election to determine who will finish congressman don young's term still does not have a winner. former governor sarah palin was hoping support from trump would propel her over the needed 50% threshold. but since no candidate reached that point, ranked choice voting will be used to determine a winner. those results will be released at the end of the month. >>> switching gears now, a federal judge in florida has scheduled a hearing for tomorrow to decide whether or not to unseal the affidavit used to justify a search warrant for trump's florida home. so far, the departmen

eastern. >> gillian: and now alaska, lisa murkowski is fending off, and sarah palin is mounting a politicalllenge to senator murkowski? >> it's very real, gillian. senator murkowski has been near the top of former president trump's political hit list ever since she voted for his impeachment. so president trump enthusiastically endorsed the conservative republican challenger, kelly shaboka. we have seen her out voting today, she has been appealing to her fellow voters here in alaska to vote for change and she has been doing her best repeatedly to tie senator murkowski to president biden. listen here. >> she consistently votes along with the d.c. insiders, whatever makes her popular with the friends she's had for 21 years on capitol hill. her friend joe biden, she votes with him 70% of the time or more, but that's not in the best interest of alaskans and we know it. >> now, for her part, senator murkowski has been appealing to alaskans to tune out the noise from outside, to ignore the fact that former president trump has called her "lousy" to ignore the fact that former president trump has ca

and in alaska, we are learning that trump critic senator lisa murkowski will advance to the november election, and former republican governor sara palin, endorsed by trumm, is hoping to fill a vacant house seat. charlie, what is your reaction to what we know so far about these results in alaska? where do you think it's going? >> in the case of the senate race in alaska, i think there's a general well-positioned for senator murkowski but she didn't get 50% here. i think she goes into the general election as a favorite, and because of her centrist politics, center-right politics. alaska, being a republican- leaning state, i think she will be able to capture young republicans, and a significant number of independence and democrats for the day in the general election. the fact that there was a trump- endorsed challenger to her might have helped the individual during the primary, not this recent one, but i think that's a very limited endorsement going forward but in the case of the house race, they're trying to fill the expired seed of don young, the longest member of the house, i think,

lo and behold, finding out who crafted the thing it was rino lisa murkowski's attorney who wrote the thing and shove it through and put it on the ballot. they can always say the voters approved it. the way the question was worded, how bad it was. do not let it happen to your own state. if alaska has to be the test case -- i just went through this primary. we 50 candidates in my race, you did not have to declare what party you are in, and i one that handedly. i got more votes than anyone else. i was so grateful for that. it was not winner take all. what they do is take the top voters -- the top vote getters and then they go onto the next process august 16, will you be ranked first, second, and third. it is a bizarre system. considering it came from lisa murkowski should have told our republican lawmakers there is something amiss. >> if we cannot trust the vote, there are no winners. we have to get to a point where we have election integrity restorative every level for every race. i want to go to a different subject because as governor you are in education governor and we all recognize

. >> what about lisa murkowski? she also voted to convict president trump for his role in january six. trump has responded in typical trump fashion, not only endorsing, herbert endorsing her challenger and conditioning his endorsement in the gubernatorial race in alaska by insisting that the governor not support, also not support lisa murkowski. basically a horse trade if you will. i'll endorse you as long as you do not intern endorsed lisa murkowski, the sitting senator from alaska. do you think that ihas made any difference of this? how much should lisa murkowski should be worried about her election bid? >> we'll, if we still have a closed republican primaries she'd still be in big trouble. her approval ratings are very low among republicans. we don't have a partisan primary that is closed anymore. all of the candidates will appear on the same ballot and voters will be able to rank them, and a system like that really favors murkowski in the primary liz cheney was primaried and lost in a republican primary. murkows

and we will see if lisa murkowski can survive that race. here's the thing about murkowski.he is a very astute and savvy politician known for running very effective campaigns. in 2010, she ran a campaign and proceeded to run a write in campaign in the general election and she one. the murkowski name is also political royalty in alaska. she's a tough politician and tougher trump to dislodge. >> i'm not sure if democratic super pac stated in the cheney race but another primates is -- primary races, they poured money into the more extreme election deniers because they deem them easier opponents. is that a good tactic? or is that fear it could backfire? >> it is a really controversial tactic the democrats are embracing. there are people in the democratic party that don't like the national party is doing this. in the pennsylvania governor's race, in the primary, democrats lifted doug mastery auto, a very far right pro-trump candidate, someone who was on january 6, someone who repeats the lies about the 2020 election. democrats effectively helped him win the republican primary and

also ahead, liz cheney and lisa murkowski are both fighting to stay in office but only one of them is expected to survive tomorrow's primary. what's driving the electorate, the differences in wyoming and alaska? plus, violence, hunger and fear. what life is like in afghanistan one year after u.s. withdrawal. one year after u.s. withdralaw age is just a number. and mine's unlisted. try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein for muscle health. versus 16 grams in ensure high protein. boost® high protein also has key nutrients for immune support. boost® high protein. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the day of the heart attack, i was scared. ♪ ♪ i didn't know what to do. seeing my daughter have a heart attack, it shook me. aspirin helps reduce the chance of another heart attack by 31%. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. about two years ago i realized that jade was overweight. i wish i would have introduced the fresh food a lot sooner. after farmer's dog she's a much healthier weight. she's a lot more active. and she's able to join us on our adventures. get started at lon

. >> what about lisa murkowski? she also voted to convict president trump for his role in january six. trump is responsible typical trump fashion, not only endorsing, herbert endorsing her challenger and conditioning his endorsement in the gubernatorial race in alaska by insisting that the governor not support, also not support lisa murkowski. basically a horse trade if you will. all endorsed you as long as you do not intern endorsed lisa murkowski, the sitting senator from alaska. do you think that is made any difference of this? how much should lisa murkowski should be worried about her election bid? >> we'll, if we still have a close republican primaries she'd still be in big trouble. her approval ratings are very low among republicans. we don't have a partisan primary anymore. all of the candidates will appear on the same ballot and voters will be able to rank them, and a system like that really favors murkowski in the primary liz cheney was primaried lost in a republican primary. murkowski will easily survive,

. >> what of lisa murkowski? she voted to impeach donald trump. she is not endorsing her but endorsing her challenger and then conditioning his endorsement in the gubernatorial race in alaska by insisting that the governor not support -- also not support lisa murkowski, basically a horse trade f you will. i'll endorse you as long as you in turn do not endorse lisa murkowski, the sitting senator from alaska. do you think that's made any difference in any of this? how much lisa murkowski, should she be worried about her re-election bid? >> if we still had a closed republican primary, yeah, she would be in big trouble. her approval ratings are very low among republicans. but we don't have a closed partisan primary anymore. all of the candidates will appear on the same ballot. and voters will be able to rank them. a system like that really favors murkowski. in this primary, you know, liz cheney was primaried and lost in a republican primary. well, murkowski is easily going to survive. she'll be one of the top four that advance to the general. so she c

because you're keeping tabs on lisa murkowski, right? she voted to convict trump in the second impeachment, john. that race will take time to shake out. what are you watching for? >> it will take time to shake up for a couple of reasons. never, won the polls won't close for a couple hours. number two, alaska for the first time is using this rank choice voting. so you vote for your first choice, they also fill out your second choice, your third choice, your fourth choice. so, it's going to take a while. so, we fully expect lisa murkowski will make the november ballot. four candidates will make the november ballot. these are the top three candidates in the state. kelly chewbacca is the republican challenger endorsed by trump. this is not traditional republican primary is not just one-on-one with a republican. the top four candidates advance. what we learned of? it will take a few days to count all the votes. but we will see if lisa murkowski comes out on top of all the candidates in november. we'll see if she comes out among for those cand

tough challenge in her re-election battle trump slamming murkowski. >> lisa murkowski, the worst.ate her number one bad. we have a couple of real bad ones. >> reporter: voters head to the polls here tuesday, but we don't expect to see results for at least a week due to mail-in ballots and a new ranked choice voting system ali? >> ali vitali for us in alaska. >>> a group of bipartisan u.s. lawmakers arriving in taiwan today for an unannounced visit, they're expected to meet with taiwan's president and other officials to talk about the relationship between the u.s. and taiwan a trip coming only 12 days after house speaker nancy pelosi visited the self-governed island in a move that angered china, in a move that angered china, resulting in large-scale military exercises off of taiwan's coast we're back in a moment with the law enforcement officials adding even more guns to schools, guns they say that could stop school shootings ld stop a sch shooting. >>> anne heche has matched with an organ recipient a >>> anne heche has matched with an organ recipient and will be taken off life sup

incumbent republican senator, lisa murkowski, who also voted to impeach trump is facing kelechi bakr who was been endorsed by the former president. in an attempted political comeback from former republican vice -- as soon as they become available. back in wyoming, chinese concession speech was more like a call to action. warning freedom must not die, and cannot die. and a warning that we must take action to ensure that freedom will live on. cnn's jeff zeleny has the story from jackson. >> congresswoman liz cheney in wyoming concedes defeat in her congressional primary race. but is looking ahead. now the real work begins. and a sweeping speech outside of jackson wyoming on tuesday night. the congresswoman talked about the threats to democracy. she talked about former president donald trump. say she could've won reelection had she followed the path of election lies. she said she was simply not going to do that. >> two years ago, i won this primary with 73% of the vote. i could easily have done the same again. the path was clear. but it would've required that i go along with. president

today former governor and vice presidential candidate sarah palin returning to the spotlight, and lisa murkowski strafrpger to bucking the party line facing a tough challenge in her re-election battle, trump slamming her. >> lisa murkowski, the worst i rate her number one bad, and we have a couple of bad ones. >> reporter: voters head to the polls on tuesday but we don't expect to see results for a couple of weeks due to the number of ballots and the new ballot system. >>> still to come, the impact of inflation. bakeries say ingredients are costing them sioerus dough. >>> and how a message in a bottle from decades ago is inspiring new hope for a family. for not answering their phone while driving, they feel like a pretty big deal. ♪♪ steve... steve. did you get the ice? even if they forgot the ice. uh... huh. save up to 30% on auto insurance with usaa safepilot. get a quote today. ♪♪ one prilosec otc in the morning blocks excess acid production for a full 24 hours. unlike pepcid, which stops working after 9. 24 hour protection. prilosec otc one pill, 24 hours, zero heartburn. meet my boyfriend,

meanwhile in alaska, incumbent lisa murkowski to convict president trump during impeachment trial lastr is one of the top four candidates advancing to the general election in november alongside trump backed kelly tshibaka. you're watching "fox & friends first" on this wednesday morning, i'm carley shimkus. >> todd: i'm todd piro, liz cheney to impeach trump and lose the primary and only two have been victorious out of the four deciding not to run. >> carley: the power of the former president is more apparent than ever, 182 backed candidates declaring victory so far in the primary election cycle. >> todd: kevin corke with the latest from washington, kevin. >> guys, the outcome of the hariet hageman cheney race is as predictable to figure out who would win 100-meter dash between the bulls. not even close, a big win by hageman who said she was fed up with a lot of things, including fed up with liz cheney who in her opinion simply wasn't serving the interest of the voters back home. she was doing her own bidding in washington, and that was enough to get her canned and a huge landslide of a

jonathan: senator lisa murkowski has been in the senate for 20 years and she knows he's in a real fight with her yesterday at campaign headquarters in anchorage where she was calling staff to get voters riled up and ready. she's in a tough fight because president trump largely has campaigned here against her calling her, quote, lousy and the worst senator in the united states. i spoke to senator murkowski, this was her response to that, listen here. >> former president trump is going to say what he will say. >> would you prefer he remained a former president rather than a future president? >> i would. >> why? >> the problem that we have is that donald trump, when he was in office, failed to uphold the constitution of the united states. for me, it's pretty simple. >> senator murkowski's leading opponent is a trump-backed kelly tshabaka but she's pushing hard given that she has former president trump's backing. it is making a difference and kelly tshabaka says it is time for alaskans to vote for change, listen here. >> you can either vote for the senator that joe biden wants to be the nex

they still haven't endorsed lisa murkowski, a pro-choice republican senator who is running for re-election and who, by the way, didn't vote for brett kavanaugh's confirmation. is there some responsibility that the pro-choice activist groups have? 'cause the criticism of planned parenthood is that they became a wing of a political party rather than a sincere issue-advocacy organization. >> i think absolutely. there's no question. i don't think they ever endorsed me, either, as a pro-choice republican. no, there's no question. this happens with all of those groups. environmental groups, the same thing happens. and, unfortunately, planned parenthood allowed themselves to be defined as pro-abortion rather than emphasizing the family-planning part of the -- of their name and of their mission. they let that go by the side. they decided to adopt this. they were going to really fight for pro-abortion issues. and i get it, but that was wrong. and i think they are responsible for part of this fractioning that we have, this splitting. but, you know, margaret, the good thing -- the encouraging thing i

republican senator lisa murkowski survived her primary race tuesday.reelection who voted to convict the former president and was on trump's hit list. someone like lisa murkowski who's representative or state for a good, long time and has really high name recognition there. that's a difficult person to unseat. >> former president trump reacted to cheney's loss on his own social media platform, calling it, quote, a wonderful result for america. for now live in washington, i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. >> so how much influence to we think the former president will have on voters come november >> well, for president trump, but definitely still has a stronghold on the republican party base. and that base is really what determines the outcome in in these primary elections. but when we spoke with political analysts earlier this afternoon and they were hesitant to say if that influence would carry over to november, they say that's because november has a higher voter turnout and a lot of moderate voters will have a chance to weigh in. then obviously a lot ca

is that likely to help or hurt senator lisa murkowski?'s running against some 18 opponents on the ballot. since there is a rank choice voting for the first time in alaska, the top four candidates go on to the general election in november. so she certainly will be among them. her leading opponent who is endorsed by donald trump, she will likely be as well. having this, her support split among so many people certainly helps her in the short run. there are a lot of candidates across the country who wish they had rank choice voting, so certainly senator murkowski is going to feel that. she feels pretty good about her election come november, but the real race will start tomorrow. >> jeff zeleny, thanks so much. let's discuss. kristen, let me start with you because you conducted a focus group of 13 people who plan to vote in today's primary, republican primary in wyoming. when you asked how many planned to vote for liz cheney, of 13, two republicans raised their hands. eight others indicating they will not vote for her. what were some of the re

senate, lisa murkowski, in a field of a dozen other republicans, all they have to do there is make thehat's something that murkowski will do. on both sides of this race you've got two interesting dynamics when it comes to trump. for palin, she's trump endorsed, for murkowski she's anything but. i asked voters what that means and if trump not being from here, waters down what he does for these candidates. listen to what one voter told me. >> it's about policy. there are great things that president trump has done for the country, and there's some not-so-great things. i think all presidents go through that. i would like to see where he's coming from in the future and kind of go on that, you know, kind of make up my mind as i go along and listen to the candidates and what they have to say. >> reporter: jose, as i've been out here, a fiercely independent state here in alaska, yeah, it's a state that went for trump by ten points in 2020, but at the same time most voters i've talked to of democratic and republican stripe say, he is not the only voice when it comes to making their decision. >>

meanwhile, in alaska, lisa murkowski and kelly sheb baca about square off once again.ki taking advantage of the rank voting that they have over there in the last frontier and probably some democrats slipping over to try help her out. as for sarah palin, she will also -- just a little behind. all is fair in love and war they will get after it again. i mentioned this very briefly, guy. the ranked choice voting often favors democrats it's been suggested but basically it works out like this. you vote for one person but then you also have your second choice. and lisa murkowski and sometimes take full advantage of that i don't really hate her. i just maybe want to make a change but you rank her second. she could end up winning the race. so make for very interesting look ahead as the two foes battle once again. >> steve: top two advance to next stop november. thank you, kevin. >> you bet. >> steve: as life changes. >> brian: one thing about alaska, they have an open seat. so the winner of that election, that primary. >> ainsley: congress died. open seat. >> brian: looks as th

you have senator lisa murkowski, who voted to convict donald trump in his second impeachment trial, and then there's sarah palin, who is now running for congress with the former president's support. >> reporter: as for murkowski, she has a much better chance of surviving, largely because of how the primaries are run in alaska. and sarah palin, if she wins, advances to the general election, it will really be because of one reason and one reason only, and that is because she had donald trump's endorsement. >> jonathan karl watching it all for us from wyoming tonight, jon, thank you. >>> we move on to news on monkeypox tonight. more than 12,000 cases now confirmed here in the u.s. and tonight, the new number. at least eight children have now tested positive for the virus. also, the new guidance tonight involving your pets, after a case involving a dog. here's erielle reshef tonight. >> reporter: tonight, health officials saying an eighth child has now tested positive for monkeypox in the u.s. the latest, a child under 2 years old in harris county, texas. >> that child, a young child in our

those democrats instead of voting for democratic candidates yesterday, went out and voted for lisa murkowski alaska. you can see this is setting up as a clear murkowski and tshibaka race. it's democrats, independent voters in alaska who through the rank choice voting system will end up getting to decide that vote. if murkowski does finish in first place here and you do see democrats -- you see this democrat getting 6%, you see a path for murkowski potentially to survive despite trump's opposition in november. >> steve kornacki, could it be more complex? >> that's how alaska does it. >> we will keep following this for the weeks to come until we have a final answer. steve kornacki, thank you. >>> one year later, sharp criticism from the top u.s. general in afghanistan about the decision to withdraw and the chaos that followed. stay with us. this is "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. make you want to stop, it's dr. scholl's time. our custom fit orthotics use foot mapping technology to give you personalized support, for all-day pain relief. find your relief in store or online. with godaddy you

thanks in alaska, republican senator lisa murkowski appears to have a much better chance of surviving her primary race she has to place in the top four spots to move forward thanks to the state's new voting system. senator murkowski was among seven republican senators who voted to convict former president trump on an impeachment charge of inciting an insurrection at the capitol last month, mr. trump called her the worst and essentially labeled her his number one target nbc's capitol hill correspondent ali vitali is live in anchorage tonight. ali, what are people on the ground saying there and how long until we know the outcome? >> reporter: kayla, this is not something we're expecting to see results on in the immediate aftermath of voting today in large part because alaska is a huge state where so many of the voters vote by mail. it takes time for those ballots to come in and then the ranked choice voting system on top of that means they just need a little bit more time you shouldn't expect to see results for at least a week. election results certified by the end of the month so they'

this is lisa murkowski, the senator trying to hold on in primary. d however, it's different here. it's ranked choiceits in alaskaf so people will vote for the tope four candidates and even trumped backed candidate, she bufka,li is while she could do well, she's likely going to be one of several that move on ,r including senator murkowski. the other race is obviously former governor murkowski. obviously one the senators who voted to convict donald trump in the senate. the other race is also ranked choice. this is to filld the special election for the seat off don young who served in congressved for forty nine year former governor sarah palin baggage that name. his brother mark begich was a senator. democratic senator. this is also ranked choice, but there are two elections. one is the special election to fill the seat until january . o the other one is for the primaryy which goes to the general election in november. so we'll follow this will probably we going to get those results until about 1:00 a.m. but again, the big is that liz cheney looks w on the way to defeat.e we could hav

before lisa murkowski in her primary, it was all but assured that she would survive. that judgment day really comes in november. >> vaughn hillyard, thank you to all of you. >>> and a programming note. my colleague, chris jansing will be anchoring her show live from wyoming today. >>> up next, another legal headache for former president trump. new reporting that he's struggling to find lawyers to defend him. i'll talk to one of the senior members of the mueller team about that. >> and rudy giuliani is appearing before a georgia grand jury in the election interference investigation there. we'll go live to atlanta for the latest. >>> and a series of failures in the government's response to a health crisis again. new details about what's gone wrong with the monkeypox response and how we could fix it. it lily! welcome to our third bark-ery. oh, i can tell business is going through the “woof”. but seriously we need a reliable way to help keep everyone connected from wherever we go. well at at&t we'll help you find the right wireless plan for you. so, you can stay connected

senator lisa murkowski labeled one of trump's number one target in these midterm elections, she faces an uphill battle but she's also no stranger to that. everyone here talks about that infamous 2010 write in campaign that she mounted. they know that she is someone who can face tough election battles and still win. it's something she's hoping to do, but this is really a moment that tests trump's influence in the state. he's endorsed one of her opponents, but you're right. at least for the short term all she has to do is make the top four here and she's expected to do so. >> reporter: former alaska governor, former vice presidential candidate sarah palin is also on the house ballot tomorrow. how far will her name recognition get her in the state? >> it could take her very far here but this is where that new ranked choice voting system comes in, because it's never been used before in alaska but it's going to be what they used to decide who finishes up the rest of the late congressman don young's term, and this is the strategy that republicans and democrats alike are going to have to pla

in alaska, senator lisa murkowski is attempting to hold off a challenger after voting to impeach formermp. secondly, sarah palin is looking to secure her nomination for a congressional seat. in wyoming, republican congresswoman liz cheney, vice chair of the january 6th and vocal critic of trump, is in a highly contested race to keep her seat. joining us, ali vitali in anchorage, alaska. author of the new book "electable, why america hasn't put a woman in the white house yet". vaughn hillyard and dean of the clinton school of public service at the university of arkansas and an nbc news analyst. ali, what are voters there telling you today? >> reporter: here in alaska, the question is, who will ultimately come out of these primaries, and then also how they're conducting the primaries in the first place. but, look, looming over all of this is the question of the role that donald trump will play. we know this is a big referendum that's coming. we're seeing trump play in a few different primaries in a few different ways. in the house primary to replace the late congressman don young, we know

. >> senator lisa murkowski knows she's in a fight after 20 years in the senate.ion threat yet. >> thank you, i appreciate your vote. i'm kelly. >> kelly tshibaka running significant to the right of the more moderate is pushing hard. >> you can either vote for the senator the joe biden wants to be the next senator of alaska, his best friend lisa murkowski, or we are ing to vote for the senator that represent alaska values. >> i'm the senator that will represent all of alaska. rural and urban, men and women. alaska natives, individuals that have just come to our state. >> kelly, please come up. kelly. >> kelly has the enthusiastic backing of former president trump, campaign for her here just last month while making clear his view of senator murkowski voted to impeach trump after the january 6th riots. >> lisa murkowski... she is the worst. >> former president trump is going to say what he will say. >> would you prefer he remained a former president rather than a future president? >> i would. the problem that we have is that donald trump, when he was in office, fail

meanwhile, in alaska, lisa murkowski is the only republican senator who voted to impeach donald trump vice president candidate looking to make a political comeback, chief correspondent jonathan hunt reporting live from anchorage on a beautiful night. good evening, jonathan buried >> good evening, shannon. polls closed just about 40 minutes ago here. we don't have any hard numbers as yet, and frankly it's likely to be of some time before we get a real idea of the results. the marquee matchup of course involves moderate republican editor lisa murkowski being challenged from the right of her party, in large part because of former president trump's opposition to senator murkowski. she talked today about this not being about donald trump, about it being about alaska, and she railed against outside influences, sometimes using colorful language. listen here. >> we are already seeing some of the nastiness that comes from the outside being imported to alaska. we import a lot of stuff from the outside. we don't need what they deliver in the outside coming into our state. >> is president trump p