peter meyer, one of them. u know, john king was saying, people who may not know meyer, where you know the name meyer? in michigan. but he is a republican in a different mold than the modern- day trump-dominated republican party. he has been sort of fighting that fight. if he is able to successfully withstand this challenge from a trump-backed challenger, john gives, who served in trump's housing and urban development department, this will be sort of the first pushback on that vengeance tour that we see in this primary season for the republican party. by the way, what the democrats did in this race, look how close it is. it could really potentially be a factor here. david, i know you're not a fan of what democrats can do. you think they're playing with fire. >> not just playing with fire. i think when a person puts their career on the line to vote for impeachment, knowing that trump's gonna come after them, and that -- he's a very young man -- end his career, that democrats should not be meddling to lift an elec

michigan republican peter meyer who voted to impeach donald trump, well, he lost. narrow race but peter lost. democrats spent a ton of money supporting donald trump's choice, hoping it gives them a shot at that seat come november. more on those big races in a moment but first let's zoom out on the national map and take you to kansas. the loudest message came right here, kansas shock wave. how it might affect the state debate in abortion and the mid-terms. abortion was on the ballast. vote yes, they said, make it easier for state lawmakers to ban or significantly restrict abortion, vote yes they wanted. but vote no. and voters voted no by an overwhelming margin. it was remarkable giving democrats some hope the abortion issue just might rewrite the script. >> when the dobbs decision came out and lives were up ended and people were feeling fear and anxiety and rightfully so, we here in kansas knew we had this very important constitutional amendment on the ballot, and we dusted ourselves off and folks got to work. cannons don't want the government or politicians making

, the republican from the grand rapids area here, lost his primary to john gibbs, peter meyer one of the 10 republicans who voted to impeach donald trump, john gibbs had trump's backing and peter meyer lost his job, because of that what he believed was a principal position over party, for that position to impeach trump and he became a target of the former president. >> how about missouri? remember, oh, i just drop my microphone, your member the endorsement from trump for the eric's in missouri, take a look, there were two eric's in missouri, take a look at that senate primary care eric schmidt, 45.7% of the vote, he's the republican nominee, and this is going to remain safely in republican hands now. republicans were very worried that the former governor, the standard scandal plagued erica great and was surging a couple of months ago and they were worried that if he ended up as the nominee, this would take a solid red state and put it in play for the democrats, they spent a ton of money to take great in out, eric schmidt, the attorney general moves on to become the senate nominee.

i think that peter meyer was one of ten of us who stood up and voted to impeach president trump, whoon facts and evidence. and i think that all of us, again, across party lines have got to make sure that we are supporting people who believe fundamentally in our democratic system. and so i think that it's, you know, it's inexplicable and wrong for the democrats to be funding election deniers, particularly against one of the ten republicans who so bravely stood up and did the right thing. >> considering your past political career, your family, do you find it to be strange bedfellows to be working with democrats the way you have on the committee, across party lines? you've encouraged democrats here in wyoming to vote for you. >> they're separate things. i think certainly when you look at what's happening on the select committee, you look what's happening in congress, it is weird. you know, i did not anticipate certainly that, you know, any of the things that have happened since january 6th would happen. i think it's been a really important experience, and i think it's been really import

one of which has peter meyer trying to hold on to his seat. meyer is somebody who voted to impeach former president trump. talking us through what you're seeing there. >> reporter: this would be a test of former president trump's influence over republican voters in this battleground state. i caught up with both of the candidates in this primary race, both peter meyer and john gibbs. both are coming into the election night confidently most of them say the internal polling has them leading and both of them say that impeachment and the former president's endorsement are going to have an impact on the results. but when you talk to voters here, voter who is are listening to the endorsement that the former president launches, there's a little more dynamic there. some voters say the former president's endorsement is key and others say this. listen here. >> roe v. wade schools because i'm a moderate republican and that was eisenhower. >> i love and support donald trump, absolutely. but i'm a free thinker. i don't have to always agree with him just bec

peter meyer in michigan then two out in washington state. i think it is a key question. are republican voters willing to support their republicans who are incumbents or carry out donald trump's grievances? do the january 6th hearings, donald trump's reemergence have any impact. what's common about all three of these districts and come back to the other map to connect to the points we're discussing with my colleagues, is the suburbs. those are suburban republican districts. the suburbs will decide who wins in arizona. the suburbs will decide who wins statewide in michigan. the suburbs decide all the close elections in american history. suburbs made george h. bush and george w.h. bush. suburban america is going to decide what happens in november and have a big voice tonight. suburban republicans tonight in arizona, in michigan, in washington state and in kansas on the abortion question tonight. suburban america will speak and the democrats will watch kansas probably more than any state to see what is the message. >> what about -- in kansas abortion really is on the ballot

coming up next, military veteran into michigan congressman peter meyer discusses the u.s.hdrawal from afghanistan one year later including the consequences of the withdrawal and u.s. responsibilities to the afghan people. posted

here is what peter meyer said about his primary challenger potentially disputing the results. take a listen. >> even my primary challenger has talked about, you know, the need to have a very large margin because of supposed cheating, and i think that is a very dangerous thing to do to try to cast doubt and undermine. if there are issues every candidate has a right to challenge those. at the same time to cast doubt unnecessarily just as a way of covering in case you lose i think undermines something very fundamental in this country. and it's important that candidates, again, tell the truth and be honest with their constituents. >> jake, there's trumps endorsements, and then there is some instability that he has injected into the pros. and that is a genie you can't put back in the bottle. >> correct. that is a dangerous thing to have candidates across the country suggest that the electoral process is somehow rigged against them. it is -- it is dangerous and it's also stupid. it's stupid because if you tell people that a process is rigged they're not going to come out and vote fo

conservatives are definitely going to vote for him because the democrats don't want to take on moderate peter meyer. it's really interesting. kennedy: and meyer, he's been on the show many times, combat veteran, thoughtful congressman -- >> good dude. kennedy: yeah, i like him. he took a seat in a very specific district, politically dissimilar to a lot of the country and dis-thinkers there. talib, will she get voted out of office because of redistricting there? >> that's the whole thing with peter meijer, that very conservative seat on the west side is 50/50 and democrats can flip it. talib moved out of her district to the new district and large arab american population, and we had four democratic congresswomen move to new districts where they could get elected because their neighbors won't vote for them. that's what a freak zone michigan is, yeah. kennedy: how do you see this shaking out? >> well, it could be in terms of the congressional seats, the first time in 70 years that detroit doesn't send a black representative to congress. and it will be whitmer who with her war chest and the democrat's

and peter meyer, is now the second republican to lose his seat after voting for trump's impeachment. cnn predicts election denier john gibbs will win this race. what is your big take-away from last night's races? >> kansas was a big story. the lesson there is read any poll about abortion attitudes over the last 40 years and you wouldn't be surprised that a majority of the people didn't want roe overturned and wanted abortion rights protected. i'm willing to bet that not all of those voters were democrats. i'm willing to bet some of those were republicans. so instead of democrats throwing money at candidates, they should make abortion their top issue. we just had a test case. the turnout is the huge story of that. i couldn't think of another issue that was going to be a greater turnout driver than this one. that just proved correct last night. >> let's talk about in terms of the ballot. let's look at arizona. all of these different election deniers, for senate candidate, for secretary of state, for governor, for attorney general, they are winning their primaries? what happens if these

you have john gibbs, trump endorsed candidate, taking on peter meyers.was one of the ten house republicans to support trump's impeachment after the january 6th capitol hill riot. so there are many races that will really give a sense of trump's influence and power in this important battleground state. >> a lot to watch over the next i guess 72 hours or so. vaughn, shaq, for now thank you both. i appreciate it. meanwhile, we're going to move over to kansas where it's not who is on the ballot but what is getting the most attention on the ballot. for the first time since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, abortion protections will be up for a vote. kansas voters will weigh in on what's being called the value them both amendment. it could deny abortion access in the state's constitution, the first popular vote on the issue in almost 50 years. nbc's dasha burns is joining us now from overland park. good to talk to you once again. what do you hear in there from folks on the ground? >> reporter: well, behind me here is just one of just five abortion clini

peter meyer in michigan recently. jaime butler in washington.ries. those primaries were a little bit different though. they were the top two primaries. democrats, republicans, all in the same ballot, jumbled fields, top two advancing to the general election. valadao did not have a opponent backed by donald trump. he stayed out of that race completely. newhouse got 25% of the vote. he was able to survive with 25% of the vote. again, cheney is pretty much in a one-on-one race here. very different dynamic. trump has endorsed hageman in this race. if liz cheney were to be competitive or pull this off, she would really be bucking the trend that we have been seeing when it comes to these republicans. and the other race we're looking at tonight, there's a lot of suspense here, is this alaska special election. three candidates and basically folks here are ranking it. first choice, second choice, third choice. one democrat and two republicans in the race. the expectation democrat probably finishes first. the question is who finishes second, who finishes

. >> monday, military veteran and congressman peter meyer discusses afghanistan one year after the u.s. withdrawal. live coverage begins at 10 :00 a.m. eastern on c-span, also our free mobile video app, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. we have with us this morning, senior political reporters susan milligan and fox news national reporter paul steinhauser. they will be discussing campaign 2022 the news of the leak. welcome to you both -- of the week. welcome to you both. paul, can you give us the latest on the fbi's search of president trump's home in florida, and where do we go from here? paul: so many questions remain as to the fbi search and what are the next steps? what does the justice department do next? this was the story that dominated the world of politics this week. as we start this new week, it remains the top story. what are the next steps by the justice department? republicans in congress, many of whom have stood by the president in the last week, and what does the biden administration say as they tried to keep a distance from this justice department investigation into t

opponent is eric schmidt, current lieutenant general and up in michigan republican congressman peter meyer is facing a trump endorsed challenger after he voted to impeach the president following the january 6th insurrection his opponent questioned his loyalty to the republican party. >> any leader of any organization has to have a certain number -- certain amount of loyalty from the people that work in that organization. >> reporter: these primaries the first major opportunities for gop voters after the january 6th select committee's public hearings to stick with or turn away from donald trump back here in arizona, state and county elections officials tell me they've not heard from lake or anybody with her campaign about those unspecified claims of fraud lester >> all right, vaughn hilliard tonight, thank you you can follow all the results on a "meet the press" election night special streaming at 9:00 eastern on nbc news now. >>> now to the devastation in kentucky and the search for hundreds of people still missing after last week's historic flooding 37 people -- at least 37 confirmed dead

when you talk about peter meyer's loss last night.rump and now he's going to be out of office. what does this signal? do republicans see this as a way to hold their stakes in a swing state like michigan, or are they going to be on the losing end of the november elections because they are putting forth these kinds of candidates that aren't going to win those swing voters? >> i don't think there's a lot of strategic thinking going on in the republican party about any of this. i think what's happened is because of donald trump, the series of other factors, republicans leaders have lost control of the republican base. the republican base is now in charge. as cornell just said, there's a poll out today that says 69% of republicans don't think joe biden was a legitimately elected. that's solidified over time. so i think the frat is in charge of the campus right now. and the republican leaders know this is a problem. mitch mcconnell knows this is a problem. because as these republicans get nominated, who are weak for the general election, bu

. >> speaking of that, democrats spent a whole bunch of money trying to unseat congressman peter meyer to impeach the former president. what do you think of that effort? >> i think that was terrible. i think that peter moo meyer was one of ten of us who stood up who voted to impeach president trump, who did it on facts and evidence. and i think that all of us again across party lines have got to make sure that we are supporting people who believe fundamentally in our democratic system. and so, i think that it's, you know, it's inexplicable and wrong for the democrats to be fun funding election deniers, particularly against one of the ten republicans who so bravely stood up and did the right thing. >> considering your past political career, your family, do you find it to be strange bedfellows to be working with democrats the way you have? you have encouraged democrats to vote here in wyoming for you. >> i think there are separate things. i think that certainly, when you look at what's happening on the select committee, look at what's happening in congress, it is weird. it's -- i did not

you had peter meyer, who bravely stood up and did the right thing to vote against -- to vote for impeachmentone who is not qualified to be a congressman, election denier, and then he goes -- he loses, and now he's on the bandwagon and is supporting the guy who beat him in the primary, who's an election denier, and everything that peter meyer claimed he stood against. they are becoming what they despise and now the train has left the station, and they can't control it. so they're just going along, and it's gotten worse. there has been no -- michael, you know this. how many opportunities to off-ramp from this? and the leaders in the party, the people who have the opportunity to put an end to this have not done so. they still think they can manage it. no, they cannot. they are barrelling down a bath to possibly destroying our free and fair election system and our democracy in one or two election cycles. that's where we are. because a major party, the republican party, has abandoned all principles in order to, in their minds and their perverted minds, all to hold on to power and to have some age

congressional district primary race bolstered john gibbs, the trump backed candidate against the incumbent peter meyer race. they continue to intervene in races all over the country backing far right candidates they deem are beatable. gillian. >> gillian: thanks. the state board of education is warning two oklahoma school districts officials there appear to have violated a new state law that prevents critical race theory from being taught in public schools. one of those complaints was against tulsa public skoo. accused of holding a training sessions for teachers elements shaming white people for past offenses in history. in the state's education secretary blasted tulsa school officials. it was over two library books titled gender queer and the other flameer. they were available to middle school students but have since been pulled from shelves. >> this is a tactic we've seen of the far left. they are pushing critical race theory schools and sexualization of kids and one of their end goes is to teach kids to hate america. >> gillian: let's bring in joe concha, media and politics poll umist for the hill.

thought that you oversaw a very cynical ploy in order to help a trump-backed opponentent in the peter meyert in michigan. you see the results. you put party over country, did you not? something you are comfortable? >> absolutely not did we put party over country. the moral imperative is to keep the dangerous maga republicans out of power. >> another democrat defending election meddling. the chair of the house democrats campaign arm say democrats are just doing their job. they spent hundreds of thousands of delays to promote far right candidates they think will be easier to beat in the big term. nicole malliotakis from the house, congresswoman, the moral imperative. so the democrats are morally just and right, and the republicans are what? >> well, to me it's unbelievable that first of all the democrats are wasting their campaign donors' funding money to fund republican candidates. at the end of the day in districts where president biden won two years ago republicans are actually leading in so many polls. we believe we'll take back many of those seats. they should spend the money defending t

to boost trump backed candidate john gibbs who believes the 2022, 2020 election was stolen over peter meyerentative meyer blasted candidates that they deem too extreme and easier to beat in november. meijer says as the january 6 co continueses to warn, their party dues are helping elect the same villains they're against. martha? >> thank you very much. bryan llenas in michigan. on this story, we told you that this is what would happen, right? now there's a brand new study that confirms i'm. roughly 1.3 million public school students never came back to their school after they went home to zoom learning and that number is a historic drop in this country's past in a decline, a withdrawal of public schools that we've ever seen. with that, we bring in a man at the center of the discussion. ian pryor, excessive director of fight for schools. he worked in the trump administration's department of justice. good to have you here today, ian. thanks for having me. >> some of these students moved to different schools. some of their parents moved to a different stay. the most tragic part, many dropped ou

i think in peter meyers case, democrats are certainly engaged but also what we have seen generally speakingst night's primaries is inside the republican party, really kind of strengthening and bolstering the former president's standing, the question really comes down now to the general election. and that race in michigan really raises the stakes. it is a perfect example of watching the dynamic play out. >> we'll definitely be looking at that. also want to -- as we're all waiting to see what plays out in the senate this week, all eyes on kyrsten sinema as we know manchin, senator manchin reportedly spoke with her for ten minutes yesterday on the senate floor, they are texting. i mean, this is the great senate watch i guess of 2022, the first one. there will be more. where do things stand this morning? is there any sense of what she may have an issue with, if anything, in this bill? >> well, one of the big areas to watch, one of the provisions to watch is this carried interest loophole. and for your average watcher, this doesn't really affect you unless you are a hedge fund manager. but would

so this started while he was in the office where peter meyer, one of the people now, when he voted topeach trump interbreed 2021, he had to buy body armor, because he got threats. and the rhino phenomenon where you go after people in your own party who are not loyal. this is not democratic behavior. this is authoritarian. these election results we are seeing now are bearing this out, that it's not possible to have any democratic dissent within the republican party, because it's no longer a democratic party. >> if that is the future, i wonder what it will hold in november at the general election when we are talking about a more varied electorate who has to decide who will be the leaders in these different states. a question, frankly, i don't think anyone has a clear answer to today, tomorrow, and maybe not even in a few weeks from now for this issue. thank you for your time tonight, nice speaking with you. >>> a mississippi grand jury is now declining to invite carolyn bryant dunham. that's the white woman whose accusations led to the brutal killing of a young emmett till nearly 70 yea

and this meyer race is one of the most interesting because it is exactly what we were just talking about. this is the grand rapids area. petershman. one of his first votes was to impreach donald trump. he's being challenged in republican primary here by an opponent who said meyer betrayed republicans with that vote and democrats have poured in huge money to try to boost peter meyer's opponent in this primary. so he's in deep trouble today. again all stemming from that vote to impeach trump. >> steve kornacki with the races to watch. thank you very much. good to see you, we'll see you again real soon. up good to see you. we'll see you again soon. a look at some of the stories making front page news. >>> plus, an interesting story playing out right now in hollywood where sylvester stallone is quite angry at the producers of the latest installment of the rocky franchise. we'll explain that ahead on "morning joe." i'm a fancy exercise bike noobie. instructor: come on! a little more! and i'm taking a detour. and if you don't have the right home insurance coverage, you could be working this out yourself. so get allstate. my asthma

i'm very close to peter meyer. our families have been friends the decades, and i think it's terrible the democrats are saying these election deniers are an existential threat to our democracy, and they dump nearly a half million dollars on peter maier's head. donald trump i think gave $5,000, his pac gave $5,000 to gibbs and democrats gave half a million dollars. i understand invading another party's primary, but boy, oh, boy, they're taking an enormous risk. i'm not saying this gibbs is unelectable, but he'll be easier to defeat than maier. >> congressman, let me ask you this, as a republican what concerns you more, republicans not winning seats in congress this november or people who tout election lies winning them? >> what i want are more republicans like peter maier in congress. he's a superb representative and a courageous one. and this is the kind of member that we need more of. and instead the democrats have just chosen to be cynical and fund the very type of candidate they say scares them to death. they're

he is the trump endorsed challenger to republican congresswoman peter meyer. in missouri, the state attorney general eric schmitt easily won the primary. former president trump gave a half hearted endorsement in that race saying he was supporting eric, no last name given. schmitt will face trudi bush valentine. let's go back to arizona, steve kornacki, and look at that governor's race being watched very closely. the dynamic has changed a bit overnight. >> yeah, it did. it was the overnight hours on the east coast. basically what happened here was carrie lake, the trump backed candidate did extremely well in some of these counties in the same day vote, the election day vote. that is to say the folks who went out to the polls yesterday and voted in person. that's what was counted overnight. lake was trouncing karen taylor robson. that vaulted carrie lake somewhere around 4:00 p.m. east coast time into the lead over taylor robson. you see the margin at over 10,000 votes. if you were watching late last night east coast time in the 11:00 p.m. midnight hour, we got

. >> michigan congressman peter meyer lost his primary. he's one of the ten -- last year.eds of thousands in propping up his right-wing opponent. is that an idea you like? >> no. look, i just think that is extraordinarily dangerous. we should have understood in 2016 but having someone who seems outrageous and extremist is not an advance for our country, and actually, that person could end up winning. donald trump. but for me, this is a question of, we don't have to do this. the republicans are making it clear who they are. they don't need us to help them. they're the ones that they are saying, no on abortion, they're the ones who are saying they're gonna vote against any effort to deal with the climate crisis that's bearing down upon us. they're gonna vote against any effort to reduce the cost of prescription drugs for seniors. they're just opposed to this. they're gonna vote against negotiation of drug prices. they're gonna vote against any effort to say that these billion dollar plus corporations should get away with paying zero in taxes. this is truly an election where

voted to impeach donald trump in the aftermath of january 6th to lose in a primary, along with peter meyerh carolina. two republicans who voted to impeach trump, david valado. they survived primary challenges. four of the republicans actually opted to retire. they saw what donald trump was going to bring them and donald trump-backed challenges and chose to bow out. so the only one remaining of the impeachment 10, these republicans who sort of voted their conscience over where their party was in the moment is liz cheney. her primary in wyoming is next week. if she goes down, trump will have an 8-2 win record on his revenge tour. >> wow. she's the last one on the list. probably the top of his list. david, thank you. >> sure. >>> good news here on the economic front, gas prices have dropped for 57 consecutive days, according to aaa. have we reached the peak of inflation? we'll ask an economist ahead. we're carvana the company who invented car vending machines and buying a car 100 percent online now we've created a brand new way for you to sell your car whether it's a year ol or a few years ol

and that's especially true right here in michigan third congressional district, represented by peter meyer, he's one of the 10 house republicans who backed the impeachment of former president trump after the january 6th insurrection. he was seeing a primary challenger in john gibbs. we know that former president trump endorsed in the republican primary to take on democratic governor whitmer, they are siding with tutor dixon, they appeared together on a telephone rally yesterday and we know that's the race that is expected to be extremely close and according to the secretary of state's office, there are already warnings that because of the large number of absentee ballots in the state, the final result may not happen tonight and it may be a long night of counting votes here in michigan. >>> a major u-turn in congress today. the senate majority leader schumer now says senate republicans have reached an agreement to pass the pact act. it would provide health and disability benefits to veterans who suffer from medical conditions as a result of their wartime exposure to toxic burn pits. this co

peter meyer, a good member of congress, lost.y did put money against him in support of boosting his candidate, republican voters still came out for that person. that's the problem. we got to educate the voters. >> i asked senator klobuchar about that phenomenon. >> we had a lot from liz cheney on cnn talking about how important -- how it is more important for her to stop donald trump in her view from becoming president again than to save her own congressional career as she's about to face a primary. does she have a viable shot at the republican nomination? 2024 if she were to decide to run? >> it's very hard, jim, to see what the lean in this republican party is for liz cheney. there are places where she might do better than others. i do think she would provoke donald trump if she ran. i think she would be in the same way she's done something others have not done. she's focused attention on allegations of donald trump and misdeeds in a way that very few people have. some of that is the fact that he's not on twitter, it's the stru

and republican congressman peter meyer, one of the ten republicans who voted to impeach

in michigan, the incumbent republican for congressional district 3, peter meyer has a challenge but one of the few republicans to vote to remove trump from office in the second impeachment. he is a powerful candidate and fought in iraq and worked in a charity in afghanistan it is from a rich family. everyone in michigan shops at the store. he has a deep war chest the democrats are hoping republicans are angry enough with him to replace them with a relative unknown. someone that can beat in november. but democrats have a problem of their own. left of center democrat rashida talib fighting to keep her seat and michigan's 13th. voters deciding whether to reelect an outspoken progressive our move more toward the middle. we are watching carefully this whole pelosi thing and talking about it on facebook. that's where you can find me. >>> workers outraged over the recent closure of a south bay food production plant plan to voice their anger later today. 200 workers at the amy's kitchen plant in san jose were told this month the facility was shut down in mid-september. they say they lost their

in michigan, a trump endorsed challenger nearly defeated the incumbent gop congressman peter meyer. two other house republicans who voted for impeachment facing challenges in washington state but their races are still listed as too early to call. >>> let's get analysis from larry sabado, director f the center for politics at the university of virginia. congress, democrats and energized but this was really a single issue ballot measure. could they be overstating how much impact this has in november? >> yes. they could be. there is no way that you can generalize about this. every campaign is different. candidates are different, the districts are different in the states are different. you have to apply what you learned in a particular election like the kansas election on abortion rights. i will tell you, this is the best news democrats have gone from an election in a long while. they at least have the possibility of cutting their losses in the house and maybe holding onto the senate by the narrowest of margins. >> a new university poll sent out to us, it shows 50% of voters say they pr

and republican congressman peter meyer, one of the ten republicans who voted to impeac lost to former trump administration official john gibbs. gibbs has been known to peddle 2020 election lies. in the arizona, house speaker rusty bowers who delivered emotional testimony to the january 6th committee, he is projected to lose his bid for a senate seat. the winner of that race claims, "the devil himself" meddled in the 2020 election. the devil. and in one of the largest rebukes to the supreme court decision on abortion ban in that state. nick valencia is in topeka, kansas, following the story this morning. nick, the voter turnout here really highlighted the importance of this issue that seems to have driven voters to the polls. and they voted no. >> that's right. good morning, jim. voter turnout turned out to be a huge factor here in kansas. a state where there is nearly twice as many registered republicans as democrats. but a huge swath of unaffiliated voters. that's what kansans in the state trying to protect abortion access were counting on. they worked tirelessly to try to educate vo

peter meyer is a freshman republican congressman who one of his first votes as a member of the congress was to impeach -- vote to impeach donald trump following january 6ruth. he has drawn a trump-backed challenger, john gibbs here. and meijer has taken the lead. he was t widely considered the underdog coming into this race. meijer has just taken the lead. most of the remaining vote is in kent county, meijer's political base.r' he has a chance to pull this out. that would be significant. of those ten house republicans who voted to impeach ten, a lot retired, one defeated in a primary, one got through a primary but trump didn't haveou anything to do with that primary. this would be the firstth time he wins the first time you have a house republican who voted to impeach trump actually survive a primary where trump endorsed his rival. that's ado huge if, but meijersn the game. that a surprise. you come on the air just as the numbers start to come in in arizona. and what we are waiting on here, let's see here. start with the governor's race. we have one tiny county reporting just scattering

in michigan, that dynamic was defined by the defeat of this man, incumbent congressman peter meyer. one of the ten house republicans who voted to impeach trump. and the victory of this woman, tudor dixon, former actress and conservative media figure and now a republican nominee for michigan governor, who scored the last-minute backing of the former president. >>> meanwhile, in arizona, nbc has just projected the republican nominee for attorney general will be abraham hamaday, who was endorsed by trump. trump's pick for arizona secretary of state, mark fincham also sailed for victory, as did his pick for the senate, blake masters who will face democrat mark kelly in november. and arizona's republican house speaker, rusty bowers, who was a star witness for the january 6th committee, lost his state senate race to his trump-backed opponent. but the most closely watched race there is still too close to call. the showdown between trump-backed election denier, kerri lake, and karen taylor robeson. our team is covering all of it for us this morning. shaquille brewster is in michigan and vau

here today you have three republican -- i think you showed their pictures there, three republican, peter meyer in michigan, jamie herrera beutler. trump has endorsed opponents of them in all these races. keeping a very close eye on all three of those tonight. once tonight isover, there is only one more republican who voted to impeach trump left to face republican voters. that will be the big one. liz cheney in wyoming two weeks from now. obviously she'll be watching with particular interest how those three republicans fare tonight. >> back to the kansas issue, such an important one, especially since the supreme court's decision on roe v. wade. it seems as though the latest polls show there's almost like a 10% undecided vote right now. >> there's a lot of variables here. what's weird about this, i think, is most referendums, statewide referendums on passing constitutional amendments, they're usually held in the general election in november. this one is being held on primary day in kansas. there's a real variable here about who is going to actually show up and vote for this, because i think ther

trump-backed primary challengers, we're talking about jmie herrera butler from the state of washington, peter meyer from the state of mg, tom rice from the state of south carolina, liz cheney from wyoming. this isn't just a wyoming or rural republican electorate issue here. you're talking about every corner of this country, that is continuing to side with donald trump-aligned forces here, and giving the former president the ability and the influence to effectively purge this party of individuals who he has deemed to be political opposition forces within his republican party. now, that is where this morning, in that same interview with savannah, liz cheney was posed that question. she was hoping that she would be able to sway public opinion after these january 6th public hearings, and that's when she acknowledged to savannah saying, quote, we have a tremendous amount of work to do. i think it could take several election cycles. this is a big task ahead for liz cheney. >> so steve, break down the numbers for us, what happened there in wyoming and the larger trends that it could tell us. >> i think it

and peter meyer one of the ten house republicans who voted to impeach trump has been defeated. cnn projects he will lose his primary in michigan's second district to trump endorsed challenger john gibbs after democrats meddled in his primary. >>> in arizona where election deniers are all over the ballot kari lake is leading karen taylor robson in the gop primary for governor. robson was endorsed by mike pence while lake was backed by trump and she is all in on the big lie. cnn has not called that race. >>> also in arizona cnn is projecting that regular seasoner bowers who testified before the january 6th committee will lose his primary to david farnsworth. bowers refused to participate in trump's effort to overturn arizona's 2020 election. let's bring in abby phillip anchor of "inside politics sunday" and mark preston host of "full stop with mark preston" on sirius xm. election night in america. let's start with kansas. abby, this stunned a lot of expectations. >> yeah, i think it's a really big deal and i was reading the "wall street journal" in morning and a republican strate

funded and supported candidates that are election deniers, particularly in michigan where republican peter meyer was one of the few republicans willing to impeach donald trump, he was ousted after that. do you think it sends a bad message to republicans who might want to work with democrats that if they do cross the line, the dccc might still go up against them? >> let's be clear. in a budget of about $300 million, you're talking about one race. there's only one that the dccc played in a republican primary. i understand people have concerns about the moral and philosophical questions there. we spent a few hundred thousand dollars to tell people not to support them, not to fund them, to fund against them, to make clear that john gibbs is an anti-choice extremist who's too conservative for western michigan. that's what the ad said. we have a strong pro-choice democrat there hillary scolden, who according to the cook political report is now far more likely to win that race than we were before the primary. the big loser is kevin mccarthy and the maga crowd because we have a weak opponent and we are

so of course they're not going to want to go down the path that liz cheney or peter meyer or other republicans have gone down. and when you sort of zoom out from that, you ask yourself what is the incentive to push back on any of this craziness? in the immediate hours after the fbi search warrant at mar-a-lago was executed, you had leading republicans in this country, prominent elected officials, going on twitter and saying that we live in an authoritarian state. this is a banana republic, that law enforcement at the federal level can't be trusted, that they're coming for you next. what do you expect is going to happen when polling suggests that you already have somewhere around, you know, maybe 30 million americans, 1 in 10 americans according to one poll earlier this year from the university of maryland, who believe that political violence is justified right now, that it's already justified? what happens if the president is criminally charged? what happens if this goes even further? i just don't think we've necessarily spent enough time considering the implications of this. >> do you think i

tom rice, the congressman in south carolina, peter meyer in the state of michigan, jamie herrera beutleron state, each losing after voting to impeach donald trump and losing to trump-backed challengers here. i think that is where she's going to have to wrestle with that after eight public hearings, january 6th select committee held on national television, the republican majority, the republican majority of the electorate here, continues to side with donald trump. take a listen to a little exchange between savannah and cheney here today. liz cheney thought she would be able to turn the tide a little bit more, just earlier this year, and i want to let you hear her response and a little bit of acknowledgement of just how difficult it is going to be for her to do that ahead. >> look, i think the republican party today is in very bad shape, and i think that we have a tremendous amount of work to do. i think it could take several election cycles. >> reporter: and when you're talking about several election cycles that's a recognition that even if she were to run for president it may not be 2024

but in michigan, freshman congressman peter meyer is in a very difficult race for his political livelihood is a number of house incumbent republicans that are facing challenges. tamera keith, amy walter, thank you so much for jning us for politics monday. amy: you're welcome. tamara: you're welcome. ♪ judy: tonight, two major stories in the world of sports. first, cleveland browns quarterback deshaun watson has received a recommended six-game suspension without pay after more than two dozen women accused the football player of sexual misconduct. jeffrey brown has more on the latest nfl controversy, and then takes a moment to reflect on the life and legacy of basketball giant bill russell. jeff: and joining me for that is howard bryant, a columnist with espn, commentator for npr, and author of ten books. thank you for joining us once again. i wanted start with deshaun watson. this was a new protocol that was agreed to by the nfl and the players association to work out a balance between improper behavior and proper punishment. did it clarify anything? howard: if anything, it certainly clarif

really angry at the broader democratic party for meddling in that republican primary involving peter meyery last week, they were really angry about that. in their words, they believe these are the kinds of republicans you need to have in public office, not the election deniers. i think that helping liz cheney is a broader part of that. >> it will be interesting if she loses her primary whether congresswoman cheney has aspirations beyond this office. >> what do you think? >> i can't imagine that she's just going to walk away. >> right. >> thank you so much for your time this morning. we have to leave it there. >> still ahead, we are following this extraordinary unprecedented fbi search at former president donald trump's mar-a-lago residence. how a june meeting there in florida with investigators potentially led to this. all of this and at any moment, president biden will speak as he signs the chips act and science act into law. we're following all of it this morning. stay with us. age is just a number. and mine's unlisted. try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein for muscle health.

incumbent governor gretchen whitmer in november and then there's freshman michigan congressman peter meyern missouri, eric schmitt beat out former governor eric griten to win the gop senate primary. he got 45.7% of the vote in missouri. james and dagen, your reaction? james, it was a big night last night and you're seeing a lot of success for the trump backed candidates. >> yeah, i also think the last race you mentioned, missouri, thats is good news for republicans. that looks like you now they --e now they hold that seat. might have been in doubt if schmidt had not won. viewers know him as the attorney general who was suing over the disclosure of whether the government violated the first amendment to lean on tech companies to censor materials on social media. as you point out, a lot of the trump backed candidates doing well also. the former president still very popular in the party and i think the republican establishment still needs to listen to the customer here who is still i think is saying in many cases they don't like establishment candidates, they don't like conventional candidates

peter meyer, if the democrats are not totally asleep committee should be able to take him out. other candidates like that who won these swing districts are going to be big money sucks. -- because they have less money because donald trump is sucking all the money. you heard how he -- all this money, that is money that is not going to republican candidates. people protesting in mar-a-lago are not getting a single vote in a swing district. -- reappearing at this time is -- both financially and though twice to the -- house as well as the senate. >> as always, you gave a really great overview. i have to say, if you look at past lives, we've got a battle amongst research directors. you led the research team for president bush's campaign in 2000. i first met catherine miller, and everyone knows her so well for her work in food policy and everything she has done, but she also wore the head of research director at the d triple c where editor -- where i met her. we are going to have you go next and give you an overview. >> i don't have much to disagree with. [laughter] >> we are already