raised -- the d.a., joe elliott. >> both have never been prosecutors. the people of san francisco said they wanted someone who is a prosecutor, who is fair, who cares about criminal justice reform but cares about accountability. there is only one candidate on the ballot who was currently the district attorney who is actually a prosecutor and doing the work and that is brooke jenkins. >> none of them represents this systemic change that we need. pointing a little to what they say is a contradiction between voters understanding they don't want criminalize crimes born out of poverty or drug addiction. >> again, some of the leadership of the chronicle did not grow up in the city. they have not had these kind of experiences that people are living with everything a day. this is a problem. on the one hand, i understand. we don't want to see people locked up for stuff never even did. if your son was killed, wouldn't you want justice? wouldn't you want that person to be held accountable? there are trade-offs to making sure that not only do we deal with criminal

jenkins leading both john hamasaki and joe elliott. oh varanasi, ktvu is and really is tracking it all for us tonight. she joins us once again live from san francisco with more amber julie, there are still plenty of supporters here at harborview restaurant along the embarcadero. they tell me they're confident that she will hold on to her league to win against three other candidates. mayor london breed appointed her during the after the recall of ben chaser, bodine and then earlier tonight, jenkins addressed the crowd and what sounded a lot like a victory speech. i feel very thrilled about where these results are at this point. um and just can't tell you how thankful i am to san francisco and to this army of people who stand for the right thing. and i do also want to give a shout out right now to mayor london breed. who did, of course, spend a lot of hours trying to figure out who she should appoint. she entrusted me to do this job. he wants san francisco. they want to be all say they feel like challenges around public safety have gotte

the second candidate is joe elliott of aaron is a u.s. ion of a san francisco political dynasty. he's a former police and fire commissioner and he is running on a public safety platform. elio rivera said that he will go after cities to send homeless people to san francisco and has a number 2 endorsement from the city's democratic party. and we also have john hamasaki here. he's also a former police commissioner and he has the number one endorsement for da from the city's democratic party, the billing city hall for what he calls in action on top issues like homelessness, substance abuse and mental health issues. psaki said that he will not criminalize people. drug addiction and that police need to instead focus on mid to upper level drug dealers. he also wants to find the heads of criminal gangs who run car burglary rings. we also have maurice, who ran against now, vice president kamala harris back in 2007 but dropped out. he got involved in politics after disapproving of the da's office is handling of a prosecuted the alleged killer of his own nephew. he blames harrison progressi

jenkins received 48% of the first choice votes, followed by john hamasaki and then joe elliott overnightshenier. jenkins lead grows calculating ranked choice votes that are factored in. you represent that that the tide has turned in san francisco that we can be a democratic city that we can be a liberal city but stand for public safety. we are going to make sure that we serve the city and county of san francisco at the highest level that you've ever seen. jacobs held her election night party at the harborview restaurant in the embarcadero. she was joined by several san francisco supervisors as well as state senator scott wiener and mayor london breed. the people in san francisco. they want to be all say they feel like challenges around public safety have gotten out of control. and so the bigger issue here is accountability and making sure that when those lines are crossed that we can trust the top person who's responsible for prosecution to do their jobs. mayor breed in july appointed jenkins to fill the d a position after chasing bodine was recalled. two of her challengers are former pol

he would meet our cnn senior legal analyst elliott honig, former senator al franken, and former senator joe walsh. great to have all of you here. elie, this is something he's been fighting for years, since 2015, when donald trump i was running for president he promised he was going to turn over his taxes and show them to the american public. any never did it. he claimed he was being audited. we had no. idea and now, one of the supreme courts decide on what grounds today? >> the supreme court said you are out of luck. and those tax returns have to go to the house ways and means committee. and this, in many ways, is the table call donald trump legal battle. here's why. he got wiped out at every level of federal courts. start in the district court, lost. they're just records that federal -- name into the court of appeals. three judges, 3 to 0, said trump, you lose, congress, you win. that he tried to get the whole d.c. circuit to take the case. they said no thank you. so still, he still hasn't got a single judge. and then try to the supreme court, and today, they issued a two sentence ruling s

joe biden and other aspects of his legislative agenda. i wonder, danya, where that leads democrats. >> look, the relay elliott he is divided government, despiteproduces gridlock. i think that's gonna be the cases over the next two years. i talk to members of congress though who say right now they are hopeful. they plan to reach out to members across the aisle to find some common ground, but the outlook on what they can actually achieve or are willing to achieve in the next two years, especially during a presidential campaign season, it is pretty bleak. i just don't see very much. and let me just say one other point on this. one thing that leader mccarthy and top republicans have made clear is that their priority right now with a majority in the house is going to be investigations. it's not going to be making some kind of bipartisan a grand bargain. it's going to be looking into hunter biden. it's gonna be looking into trying to impeach the dhs secretary, mayorkas. it's going to be looking into the biden administration. it is not going to be cutting deals and compromising over the next 24 months. >> you sort of landed where i wanted to start.

elliott morris, thank you so much for your insight this morning. national political correspondent for "the new york times," lisa lehrer, thanks for coming in this morning. still ahead on "morning joe," the latest on the social media giant that president biden says, quote, spews lies around the globe. cnbc's andrew ross sorkin will join us for the latest on the elon musk twitter saga. >>> also ahead, the battle for control of governors of mansions across the country. shaquille brewster gives us a closer look at those races. ♪ hit it!♪ ♪it takes two to make a thing go right♪ ♪it takes two to make it outta sight♪ ♪one, two, get loose now! it takes two to make a-♪ get double rewards points this fall. book now at bestwestern.com. president biden has now signed the inflation reduction act into law. ok, so what exactly does it mean for you? out of pocket costs for drugs will be capped. for seniors, insulin will be just $35. families will save $2,400 on health care premiums. energy costs, down an average of $1,800 a year for families. and it's paid for by making the biggest corporations pay what they owe. president biden's bill doesn't fix everything, but it will save your family money. >