let's bring in former obama campaign manager david plouffe.st season podcast campaign hq premiers today. with the first episode focused on the senate race in pennsylvania. which really is one of the fascinating ones. but david, i must say, i've just been absolutely mesmerized by the changes, the cross currents in american politics right now in a year that should be a runaway victory for republicans. it is not turning out that way, is it? >> well, it doesn't look like that, joe. i think it is one of the more complex elections really in a couple of generations. 1998 as you well know was complicated because of an impeachment and aftermath of 9/11 but this one i think even more so. i still think that republicans probably have a natural edge, democrats with the party in power, have an economy that i think voters think is slightly improving but still challenging. but republicans are a very damaged brand. some of their candidates even more so in some of the key states and the abortion issue is really driving both vote share and turnout. so i think we

david plouffe would not be saying it if it were not 100% absolutely dead serious.u. >> up next, scary stuff. we say scaring is caring over here. speaking of fascist forces, the politics of cruelty featuring the right wing's new favorite performative sadist, governor ronald don desantis. but how his cruelty is colliding head on with america's sense of basic human decency, which still exists here. we're back after this. >>> migrants who were shipped like cargo from texas to martha's vineyard in an inhumane stunt by ron desantis are now suing him. the lawsuit alleges the venezuelan asylum seekers experienced cruelty akin to what they fled in their home country. cruelty. it's a word we hear a lot these days about the republican party. in the case of ron desantis, the cruelty gets uglier by the day. operatives linked to desantis approached asylum seekers promising a flight to delaware the next day at 5:00 a.m. where there would be work, but the next morning there was no flight, leaving the migrants stranded. no reason was given. another scene in which david lurie calls

and still ahead, former obama campaign manager david plouffe joins the conversation.rms just ahead. also, the breaking news we're following this morning, queen elizabeth ii appears to be gravely ill. her doctors say she is under medical supervision. her family is rushing to be by her side. the bbc's katty kay will join us on the news about queen elizabeth's declining health. we'll be back in just a moment. t every search you make, every click you take, every move you make, every step you take, i'll be watching you. the internet doesn't have to be duckduckgo is a free all in one privacy app with a built in search engine, web browser, one click data clearing and more stop companies like google from watching you, by downloading the app today. duckduckgo: privacy, simplified. every search you make, every click you take, every move you make, every step you take, i'll be watching you. the internet doesn't have to be duckduckgo is a free all in one privacy app with a built in search engine, web browser, one click data clearing and more stop companies like google from watchin