in virginia, rina shah, founder and principal of rilax strategies.lso a conservative political advisor. in washington, d.c., henry olsen, a senior fellow at the ethics and public policy center and columnist for the washington post. he's also the author of "the working-class republican: ronald reagan and the return of the blue-collar conservatism.” and in london, julie norman, associate professor at university college london and co-director of the ucl centre on u.s. politics. a warm welcome to you all, and thanks so much for joining us today on "inside story.” julie, let me start with you today, and let's talk for a moment about the significance of all of this. first of all, is this unprecedented? has a search warrant ever been executed at the home of a former u.s. president before? and, you know, what kind of evidence would have been needed, in order to convince a judge to sign off on a search warrant like this? >> sure, so as is widely known by now, this is unprecedented. justice has investigated presidents before, but i never -- before, but never t

let's discuss with errol louis, and rina shah, senior adviser for republican women for congress. great to have you back. that list of accomplishments on the screen, do you think that changes significantly the landscape for democrats heading into the midterms? >> it certainly giving them ammunition and energy to go out on the campaign trail. will it sell? that's the real question. there are a lot of democrats that are dispirited. they understand, frankly, there's a difference between getting a legislative win here in august, and somebody seeing it play out in their lives. you know, i mean a lot of those energy credits are going to be for if you put in new heat pumps or solar panels on your house, you can deduct 30% of the cost next year. is that going to get people exited in the next 90 days, which is what matters for congressional democrats. not necessarily. it's going to be a real political balancing act. they're going to have to sell this about what's going to happen in the future. it doesn't necessarily work when americans are cranky, paying high bills and not necessarily beli

tonight with the context, the republican strategist rina shah and the writer and broadcaster chris morris. hello, welcome to the programme. it is three days since fbi agents executed a search warrant on the florida home of donald trump. there are reports today the feds removed 11 boxes of documents, on top of the 15 boxes they took away in december. there are also reports within the us media today that the raid on mar—a—lago was based largely on information from an fbi source. someone from within who was able to identify what classified documents the former president was hiding and where they would find them. so unprecented was that search that some within thejustice department have been calling for the attorney general to give an explanation. and in the last hour, merrick garland called an unscheduled press conference to announce he will make the warrant public. the department filed a motion to make public the warrant and receipt. in light of the former president's public confirmation of the search, the surrounding circumstances and the substantial public interest in this matter. there a

context, from edinburgh, alex massie, scotland editor of the spectator, and republican strategist rina shahwho's in washington. welcome to the programme. exactly six months ago, vladimir putin ordered his army to invade ukraine. it was a decision that not only unleashed the biggest war in europe since world war ii, but it also turned the world on its head. thousands of ukrainians and russian soldiers have been killed in the fighting. today, in ukraine, it is independence day. normally, there would be parades and celebrations marking 31 years of freedom from soviet rule. but not today, it's not safe. and in the past 6 months, russia has clawed away at ukraine's freedom. this was the map of ukraine on february 24th. russian—backed separatists already held significant territory in the eastern regions of donetsk and luhansk and moscow controlled the annexed crimean peninsula. this is how things stand now. russian forces control large parts of the south of the country, all of the luhansk region and continue to make advances in donetsk. but there is still the threat of danger, everywhere in the c

context, from edinburgh, alex massie, scotland editor of the spectator, and republican strategist rina shah