thank you so much, laura fink, emily jashinsky. >>> ahead, shannon bream on her new sunday job.xt, are republicans worried about the tsunami of trump coverage, that it could swamp their midterm campaigns. ♪ ♪ howard: how is all the trump coverage and the media's insistence on a democratic surge affecting the midterms? joining us now, mike emmanuel. mike, several media reports say republicans don't want the midterms to be about trump in 2020 as opposed to can't issues, and -- current issues. we have him being accused of probably hiding classified documents. are the stories about republican unease on target? >> absolutely. a lot of republicans say if they're talking about former president trump and/or classified documents, that they're being taken off message. they want to talk about what they would do if they get the majorities back in the house and senate. they want to pound inflation, gasoline prices which have come down but are still higher than when joe biden took office, they want to talk about the crime crisis in many american cities, they want to talk about the immigration

rebel communication ceo laura fink, cal berkeley professor john yoo, and executive director -- thanks to all of you for being with me tonight. appreciate it. there is, chad commits agreement about who precisely president biden was vilifying tonight. take a quick listen. >> what joe biden doesn't understand is that the soul of america is in the tens of millions of hardworking people, of loving families, of law-abiding citizens whom he vilified for simply wanting a stronger safer, and more prosperous country. >> not every republican, not even the majority of republicans are maga republicans. not every republican embraces their extreme ideology. >> gillian: you were a political appointee under former president trump. who are maga republicans? >> what the president's speech tonight really showed you is not only is he out of touch with the american people, he's out of touch with the reality. when he vilifies and attacks the republican party where those on the right and calls him a threat to democracy and calls for a unity at the end of a 20-25 minute speech, shows you how out of touch he i

laura: oh, my god. [laughs] i'm still laughing about the tongue bath. fink happy to use this opportunity to push his new talking point. >> tectonic shift is happening. we are seeing it where crops are being produced and not being produced. we are seeing big shifts because of heat and drought. seeing crops moving. we are seeing evidence every day that climate risk is investment risk. >> laura: there is the graft. investment groups is code for fink and the clinton global initiative to cash in. where did this money come from? watch this response from one of the u.n.'s esg czars. >> was going to come with all the money. >> 14 or 17 trillion for covid. the money must be there somewhere. >> laura: very sophisticated analysis. this isn't about sustainability of the planet. this is about the sustainability of their own bank accounts because while they get rich off this scheme, you're going to continue to get poorer. joining us now is one of the leading voices warning us about the smoke capital, david's chairman and ceo of teton capital. author of a terrific book. da