The World and Everything in It: October 9, 2024

PREROLL: Once again the race for the White House looks like it will run through Michigan. I’m Carolina Lumetta, and in just a few minutes I’ll fill you in on what’s new this time around…

LINDSAY MAST, HOST: Good morning!

Today, the political battleground Michigan

GORIS: So it's kind of just like a revolving door of the candidates being here…

NICK EICHER, HOST: That’s ahead on Washington Wednesday.

Also today, World Tour.

And later, the unique bond between shepherds and their dogs.

LEANING: They carry a big weight of work and support for rural communities. They are just often the savior for farmers.

EICHER: And World Opinions Contributor Joe Rigney on considering presidential candidates biblically.

MAST: It’s Wednesday, October 9th. This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Lindsay Mast.

EICHER: And I’m Nick Eicher. Good morning!

MAST: Up next, Kent Covington with today’s news.

KENT COVINGTON, NEWS ANCHOR: Hurricane Milton » Hurricane Milton is now bearing down on Florida’s Gulf Coast … on track to slam Tampa Bay and surrounding areas late tonight.

The storm surge will begin rolling in today, and Michael Brennan with the National Hurricane Center predicts 10-15 feet of water pushing inland.

BRENNAN: So that's well above the height of any person up to the above a one to even getting into the second story of a building. And the water. It's not gonna be filling up like a bathtub. This is water that's gonna violently be pushed on shore with destructive wave action on top of it.

The Tampa Bay area has avoided a direct hit from a major hurricane for more than a century, but that could change tonight … with Milton expected to make landfall as a Category-3.

Central Florida, including Orlando, could see Category-2 winds of around 100 miles per hour.

Gov. Ron DeSantis: 

DESANTIS:  This storm is going to go across the Florida peninsula and it's going to exit on the east coast of Florida into the Atlantic Ocean, likely still as a hurricane. Uh, so that is going to bring significant impacts all across the state.

Emergency officials say they have pre-positioned search and rescue teams, power crews and more, to respond immediately when the storm passes.

Biden delays trip, Republicans want to probe Helene response » President Biden has postponed a planned trip to Germany and Angola. He says he’ll stay put to monitor the storm response.

BIDEN:  I'm directing my team to do everything they can to save lives and help communities before, during, and after this hurricane.

Meantime, Republicans on the House Oversight Committee say they want answers about what they say has been a slow federal response in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Committee Chairman James Comer:

COMER:  You know, at the end of the day, I think we need to have a complete review of FEMA, uh, just like we did with the Secret Service.

Republican North Carolina Sen. Ted Budd says National Guard and other Defense Dept. assets were standing by ready to help … well before they were called upon.

BUDD:  I mean, this has been characterized by lack of speed, lack of coordination and misplaced priorities all over.

The White House and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell have brushed off the criticism, accusing Republicans of playing politics with a federal emergency.

Ghost gun arguments » The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday about regulations on so-called ghost guns … guns assembled by the gun owner, often after ordering kits.

Justice Samuel Alito and Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar:

ALITO:  I put out on a counter some eggs, some chopped up ham, some chopped up pepper and onions. Uh, is that a Western omelet?

PRELOGAR: No, because again, those items have well known other uses to become something other than an omelet. The key difference here is that these weapon parts kits are designed and intended to be used as instruments of combat and they have no other conceivable use.

Key conservative justices seemed open to the government’s argument that kits for quickly making guns at home can be regulated like other firearms, with background checks and serial numbers.

The court previously allowed regulations on such weapons to go into effect.

But some Second Amendment rights groups argue the Biden administration overstepped by trying to regulate gun parts that had long been legal with hobbyists.

Israel » Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant was expected in Washington today … to meet with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. But Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told reporters:

SINGH: We were just informed that Minister Gallant will be postponing his trip to Washington DC. Secretary Austin looks forward to seeing him soon.

When asked WHY Gallant had pushed back the visit...Singh responded:

SINGH: You'd have to speak to the Israelis on that one. I was just told that the the that he postponed this trip.

SOUND: [Strikes on Lebanon]

All of this comes as Israeli airstrikes continue against Beirut, with at least three strikes hitting the Lebanese capital last night.

HAGARI: [Speaking in Hebrew]

Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari says Israeli Defense Forces discovered dozens of underground tunnels in southern Lebanon...one of which crossed a few yards into Israel. They were presumably used by the Lebanon-based terror group Hezbollah.

Hagari said Israeli soldiers found weapons, bombs, and anti-tank missiles in the tunnel.

And less than two weeks after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed...Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel has also taken out his potential successors.

Netanyahu addressed the Lebanese people yesterday...offering them a stark choice: Peace...or Hezbollah.

NETANYAHU: You can now take back your country. You can return it to a path of peace and prosperity. If you don't, Hezbollah will continue to try to fight Israel from densely populated areas at your expense.

He also told them that Israel is not Lebanon's conquerors. Iran is.

TikTok lawsuits » The attorneys general from 13 states and the District of Columbia filed independent lawsuits today in state courts against the social media platform.

They accuse TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, of intentionally designing its platform to be addictive and harmful to young people. Officials also allege the company was aware that youth who used the platform regularly were at risk of experiencing an array of harmful effects … including disrupted sleep, depression, and anxiety.

I'm Kent Covington.

Straight ahead: Michigan politics and what they mean for the national election. Plus, questions voters should consider in the ballot box.

This is The World and Everything in It.

LINDSAY MAST, HOST: It’s Wednesday the 9th of October.

Glad to have you along for today’s edition of The World and Everything in It. Good morning, I’m Lindsay Mast.

NICK EICHER, HOST: And I’m Nick Eicher.

Time now for Washington Wednesday.

Today, another brick in the blue wall, the state of Michigan.

Voters surprised Democrats by voting red in 2016 and sending Donald Trump to the White House. But Democrats took Michigan back in 2020.

MAST: This time around, the presidential race is essentially a toss-up, if you believe the polls.

With both the White House and the U.S. Senate up for grabs, what about the political ground game in Michigan?

Washington Bureau reporter Carolina Lumetta has the story.

CAROLINA LUMETTA: In a presidential election year, the blue wall is defined as a group of states that lean Democratic and can pack a punch in the Electoral College to help spur the Democratic candidate to victory. It includes Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. But Michigan could be the weak link for the party again this year.

MATT GROSSMANN: So Michigan's been near the middle microcosm of the national electorate for some time.

Matt Grossman is the director of the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University. He says that the Hillary Clinton campaign of 2016 suffered from assuming Michigan was a safe member of the blue wall states.

GROSSMANN: Hillary then ran just the same national ads about things that Donald Trump said that were offensive, rather than running a Michigan specific campaign.

Trump won the state, but by fewer than 11,000 votes.

GROSSMAN: So since then, in 2020 and 2024 Democrats have tried to recreate what they did in 2012: focused a lot on the auto industry, on unions, on Michigan-specific messaging. That doesn't mean it will work, but they have certainly been focused there.

Even though Harris polls better than Biden statewide, she could be in trouble with unions and blue collar workers. In a rare move, both the Teamsters union and the International Association of Fire Fighters declined to endorse either candidate this year. They typically back the Democratic ticket. In Michigan, union members account for roughly 13 percent of all workers in the state. Here’s Vice President Harris at a rally in the town of Flint last week:

HARRIS: I will always put the middle class and working families first. I come from the middle class and I will never forget where I come.

Many union members still flock to Harris rallies, but internal Teamsters polling found that nearly 60 percent of rank-and-file members back Trump. The former president campaigned on auto industry jobs and immigration in the town of Saginaw last week.

TRUMP: As we bring back our jobs we will also restore America's borders. With four more years for Kamala, she will flood every Michigan small town and Midwestern City with illegal migrants from the most dangerous places on Earth and Michigan will not be Michigan any longer.

Political scientist Grossman says that, like the Democrats, Trump has also shifted his Michigan message, but he still keeps a national focus. And similar to 2016 and 2020, he runs a populist message that appeals to blue collar voters.

GROSSMAN: The messaging has been pretty national, it's been you know about inflation, even immigration along the southern border even though we're along the northern border So you can kind of tell that they are running similar ads here to elsewhere. But, you know, has spent a lot of time here, has sent a lot of people here. Hasn't spent quite as much as the Harris campaign, but appears to be competing in Michigan until the very end.

Vice Presidential candidate J.D. Vance has visited more than seven times since July, and campaign representatives routinely show up to local Republican meetings and events. Here’s west-Michigan based Republican consultant Don Goris.

DON GORIS: So it's kind of just like a revolving door of the candidates being here. There's a very strong thread of conservatism in this region, but not as much partisanship where a large portion of the people here were maybe kind of skeptical of Trump for a long time. It feels like those attitudes have really, really changed in the last few months.

Trump is also hoping to make inroads with black male voters—another historically Democratic stronghold. Repeat appearances in Detroit have focused primarily on public safety and the economy where the former president compares his record to Biden’s. At Harris’ Flint rally, NBA star Magic Johnson called attention to this strategy:

JOHNSON: Kamala's opponent promised a lot of things last time to the black community that he did not deliver on. So, that's why I'm here, to make sure I help black men understand first get out and vote, and then vote for the next president of the United States, Kamala Harris.

Another critical voting bloc is Arab Americans. One in six primary voters selected “uncommitted” on their primary ballots in February to protest President Biden’s support for Israel. Lexis Zeidan [Zeh-DAN], a Michigan Palestinian activist, says her state could decide the election.

LEXIS ZEIDAN: They say the path to the White House is through Michigan. And, you know, Arab American voters in Michigan can sway the election.

With Vice President Kamala Harris now at the top of the ticket, Democrats hope they can win over the Arab Americans in the state. But Grossman says past elections show that may be difficult.

GROSSMAN: For example in 2022, the Dearborn area actually moved towards the Republicans while the rest of the state was moving towards the Democrats. And it had nothing to do with Gaza. It was about LGBT books in schools and pandemic culture war politics, where it was just a socially conservative audience that did not agree with the Democratic direction.

That does not mean these voters will automatically switch to Republican…but with widespread protest over the governing party’s support for Israel, Harris cannot rely on the region to support her.

GROSSMAN: I think we are going to see some democratic losses among the Arab American population in Michigan.

While Harris has not directly addressed Middle East issues from the campaign stage, she has been meeting privately with Muslim organizers at her rallies…though many have stopped short of an endorsement.

Another warning flag: In a typical year, Senate races mirror the presidential when both are on the ballot. But so far the opposite is true in Michigan. Democratic Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin is in a narrow race to fill an open Senate seat. But Harris lags her in the latest polls.

Aside from candidates, voting methods are top of mind for Michigan voters this year. After 2020, the state litigated more than 250 audits and several more lawsuits over voting machines. None of the audits found fraud at a scale to change the outcome. Democrats promised to reduce so-called frivolous lawsuits in the future…and they put it on the ballot in 2022.

ABC 7 DETROIT: Voters are also approving Proposal 2, a constitutional amendment expanding voting rights here in Michigan. 59% giving it the green light 41% saying no.

Proposal 2 allowed the state’s majority Democrat legislature to pass several bills changing the state’s election process, over widespread Republican protest. That includes new policies that loosen rules for photo identification, restrict fraud investigations to law enforcement, and give the governor sole approval of the list of electors to send to Washington.

In another change from 2020, the GOP is largely embracing mail-in voting this year. Michigan Republicans are working with the RNC to urge early voting as a way to “bank” a vote.

TRUMP: Early mail-in voting is underway now in Michigan so if you want go out and get that ballot, return it as soon as possible. And if not get a ballot just go and vote. you got to vote. We’ve got to win this election.

With so many factors at play in Michigan this year, GOP consultant Goris says it’s possible Michigan could flip yet again.

GORIS: Looking at Metro Detroit as a whole, obviously a very large African-American population, a large Arab-American population, a very large labor vote, it makes a lot of sense that President Trump would be spending a lot of time there and competing for that region. I mean, do I think that he's going to win Wayne County? Probably not, but it's a huge county and even increasing the baseline by a few percentage points, that could be the difference between the entire state.

Reporting for WORLD, I’m Carolina Lumetta.

LINDSAY MAST, HOST: Coming up next on The World and Everything in It: WORLD Tour with our reporter in Africa, Onize Oduah.

NAT: MUSIC AND CHEERING

ONIZE ODUAH: We begin in Mozambique … where voters are at the polls today after political parties wrapped up their final rallies earlier this week.

NAT: CHEERING

Supporters cheering for Daniel Chapo … the presidential candidate for the ruling Frelimo party.

Chapo is widely expected to emerge the winner. The Frelimo party has been in power … since Mozambique gained its independence from Portugal in 1975.

NAT: OPPOSITION CHEERING

In the capital city of Maputo, some opposition supporters held brooms and danced. Ossufo Momade is the candidate representing the major opposition Renamo party.

OSSUFO MOMADE: SPEAKING PORTUGUESE

He says here that the brooms are to symbolize cleaning out corruption and addressing the lack of water and poor roads. The southern African nation is also battling an Islamist insurgency in the northern Cabo Delgado province.

NAT: SINGING & DANCING

In Kazakhstan, voters have backed a referendum on building the country’s first nuclear power plant.

Early results showed that 71 percent of voters backed the plant. Authorities said the construction will ease pressure on the coal-reliant power stations.

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is the president of Kazakhstan.

SOT: KASSYM-JOMART TOKAYEV SPEAKING

He says here that it would be ideal for international companies with the most advanced technology to work in Kazakhstan.

But critics denounce the project’s expense - as the power plant will cost the government up to $12 billion dollars. It also follows Kazakhstan’s painful history with nuclear materials. The Soviet Union used the country as a testing ground for its nuclear program between 1949 and 1989.

NAT: SINGING

And in Europe, the United Kingdom has agreed to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

Britain has resisted pressure for years … to give up control of the Indian Ocean islands. The point of contention is the Diego Garcia base that the UK leased to the United States.

As part of the deal, the UK will keep the joint military base … while Mauritius is now free to resettle the islands.

Maneesh Gobin is the Mauritian foreign minister.

MANEESH GOBIN: This dispute dates back to 1965, some more than 50 years. And I think today's historic because it brings to an end this dispute.

The UK also said it would provide a financial support package to Mauritius.

MANEESH GOBIN: Thank you so much for joining us.

We close today in the Philippines … with pet owners seeking blessings.

A flurry of fur filled the mall in Manila on Sunday as people carried their dogs, cats, and rabbits.

Ela Anghela came with her dog.

ELA ANGHELA: SPEAKING FILIPINO

She says here that the practice is a tradition for some … but she also came to pray for her dog’s protection.

The blessing comes after World Animal Day on Friday when some Christians remember Saint Francis of Assisi—the patron saint of animals.

That’s it for this week’s World Tour. Reporting for WORLD, I’m Onize Oduah in Abuja, Nigeria.

NICK EICHER, HOST: Lawyers lined up on either side of a legal battle concerning…a beaver, named Nibi.

You heard right. Nibi the baby beaver was rescued from a road in Massachusetts two years ago. She’s garnered thousands of fans online with her crazy antics.

But now that she’s grown, the wildlife division ordered that she be released into the wild.

Jane Newhouse is founder of the rescue group that’s cared for Nibi all this time:

NEWHOUSE: So it's very difficult for us to consider releasing her when she only seems to like people and seems to have no interest in being wild or bonding with any of her own species.

Well, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey stepped in just prior to a scheduled court hearing over Nibi’s fate. She issued a permit to let Nibi remain with the rescue center and work as an “education beaver.” She’ll teach kids all about North America’s largest native rodents.

You know what they say, “those who can, chew. Those who can’t, teach.”

It’s The World and Everything in It.

LINDSAY MAST, HOST: Today is Wednesday, October 9th.

Thank you for turning to WORLD Radio to help start your day.

Good morning! I’m Lindsay Mast.

NICK EICHER, HOST: And I’m Nick Eicher.

Coming next on The World and Everything in It: dog training.

Down in Australia, they say their economy “rides on the backs of sheep” because of the importance of lamb meat and wool.

But every year or so there’s a story about “the one that got away”—the rogue sheep that lived in the bush for 6 years and came out wearing 78 pounds of wool. Without the support of sheepdogs, the country would be overrun with overgrown sheep.

MAST: WORLD correspondent Amy Lewis attended a sheepdog championship where she met some sheepdog owners and trainers who talked about how vital these dogs are in Australia.

LEANING: Andy. Andy, look out. Off you go. [Bark] Hey.

AMY LEWIS: Five dogs run in a side yard at the Geelong Showgrounds. They chase each other around owner Simon Leaning’s legs. They pause then try to round each other up in the shadow of a giant windmill. It’s been a full second day of finals between Australia’s and New Zealand’s best sheepdogs.

LEANING: Every dog's trainable to a certain level. What we're talking about in a championship like this is the best of the best, the Formula One of the sheep dogs.

Simon traveled 2000 miles from Western Australia to try his dogs against hundreds of others to see which ones could navigate sheep from Point A to Point B most efficiently. Simon offered commentary on the livestream when he wasn’t competing.

LEANING AS COMMENTATOR: Stuart Child is our first competitor for New Zealand. He’s got a four-year-old border collie, Diesel. Stuart and Diesel, ready to go. Whistle’s gone. And Diesel’s sent out on a right-hand cast.

Sheep outnumber people in New Zealand and Australia by 4 to 1. A typical farm might run 3000 sheep. Simon keeps only a few hundred.

LEANING: Originally, I had dogs because I had sheep, and I needed to get the sheep in from out of the paddocks and into the yards, and to work through the yards. But more and more now I'm teaching people how to do this. So I have sheep to work my dogs. It's a reverse.

In the competition, the owner stands in the handler’s circle. He communicates with his dog to move three sheep in an open paddock through a set pattern—in 15 minutes. It’s an obstacle course with a fence gap, a chute or race, a bridge, and a pen. It’s an intense version of the dog’s everyday job.

Mathematically, three sheep should be a thousand times easier to move than 3000 sheep.

LEANING: They don't like to be on their own in threes. They much prefer to be, much more comfortable in a mob. And a big mob is, whilst it has its own problems, they'll move much easier than three sheep. Three sheep can often split and run and panic.

To get to the finals, Simon first has to prove himself in the interstate challenges. He and his black-and-white collie Di take the field. At the far end, the gate opens and three sheep leap out of the pen. Simon casts Di in a wide left arc to gather them.

At his whistle, she drops to a crawl and darts left then right. It will take her and Simon 3 or 4 minutes to quiet the sheep and acclimate them before they even navigate any of the obstacles.

COMMENTATOR: These sheep seem to be taking a liking to Di…oops.

The dog’s training gets tested when a sheep stamps its foot at the dog or rushes in for a head butt.

HUDSON: Dogs have got to be educated to work stock properly. They're not to bite them if they get confronted. They've got to learn to walk up and deal with that and move the sheep off them. And they've got to listen to you…

That’s Australian Mick Hudson. His dog received the second highest score all week. Most of the dogs, including his, are border collies. But there are some Australian Kelpies—who come with a natural herding instinct…

LEANING: And there's a saying in sheepdog work, that when we ask a border collie to do something, they say, what next? When you ask a Kelpie to do something, he says, what for?

Without a special password like “Baa-Ram-Ewe,” owners depend on a set of commands or whistles. Hudson talks to his dog Rabbit in English.

HUDSON: ‘Come on’ means walk forward. ‘Behind’ means go anti-clockwise. ‘Here’ means go clockwise. ‘Stop’ means stop.

AUDIO [Whistles]

Simon often uses a whistle.

LEANING: When you start communicating using voice, humans are pretty good at getting annoyed, and so the voice command changes. So whistles are very consistent.

The sheep trot toward the last obstacle—the pen. Di circles behind them, zigging and zagging to keep them in the lane.

COMMENTATOR: Simon steps out of the ring, and he’s got plenty of time left, and he’s closing the gate. And give him a big hand. That’s Simon Leaning, first time representing Western Australia and his great little dog Marionvale Di.

Simon and his dog score 80 out of a hundred. They come in ninth overall and fifth in the Improver Finals. But only the top four compete against New Zealand’s top four. And win.

ANNOUNCER: Well done, Leo and Roxie!

For 30 years Simon worked with troubled youth as a police officer before he started training dogs full time.

LEANING: I think there's some skills in training dogs that are very relevant to training people as well, communication skills and working livestock, because there's a principle of training, which is called ‘pressure and relief.’ And if you understand when to give relief, it's a good skill to pass on to humans to give relief when they’re under pressure. A lot of the training is a little bit of therapy, that's for sure.

Australia’s dogs have value beyond winning championships against New Zealand.

LEANING: They carry a big weight of work and support for rural communities. They're invaluable and, and they are just often the savior for farmers. They're their best mate. They’re someone not only to work with, but to talk to and they’re just beautiful animals to have around.

Reporting for WORLD, I’m Amy Lewis in Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

AUDIO: [Bird, bark]

NICK EICHER, HOST: Today is Wednesday, October 9th. Good morning! This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Nick Eicher.

LINDSAY MAST, HOST: And I’m Lindsay Mast. Up next, WORLD Opinions commentator Joe Rigney on questions to help voters discern which candidates to “pull the lever for” on November 5th…

JOE RIGNEY, COMMENTATOR: As we enter the fall election season, it’s good to refresh ourselves on what we are doing when we vote for a candidate for high office. When citizens in a democratic system vote, we are selecting the officials who will seek to pursue certain goods through particular policies.

In the 21st century, voters should consider that presidents have four primary responsibilities. First, representing the nation symbolically as the head of state. Second, overseeing the armed forces and foreign policy. Third, working with Congress on legislation by proposing and if need be vetoing laws passed by legislators. And fourth, appointing judges and the heads of the federal bureaucracy. Thus, when voting for president, we ought to recognize that we are voting for three things: a platform, an administration, and a person. That should prompt three major questions: What does this candidate want to do? Who will they appoint to execute their agenda? And what kind of person is he or she?

Concerning the first question, a candidate’s platform establishes priorities and proposals. In order to evaluate a platform, we must distinguish between issues of prudence and issues of clear moral significance. Many areas of public policy are about balancing competing goods. For example, the disposition to welcome refugees is good. So is upholding the rule of law and preserving the stability of society. And debates about immigration ought to be about prudently and wisely navigating those goods. The same would apply to taxation, healthcare, or environmental protection. In general, these are areas of wisdom and folly, and not necessarily clear righteousness and wickedness.

Other issues are more clearly addressed in Scripture and nature. The Ten Commandments in particular guide us to honor authorities, respect and protect human life, respect and protect marriage and family, respect and protect property rights, and respect and protect the reputations of others and the integrity of the legal system. To enact policies that violate these basic rights and obligations is a grave evil, and lending support to leaders who espouse such evil means cooperating in that evil.

Second, we ought to consider who will join the candidate in carrying out his agenda in office. The president will make approximately 4,000 political appointments in addition to nominations to the judiciary. Those men and women in the administration will be responsible for carrying out the president’s agenda across a wide range of issues through various agencies. Great good, or great evil, will be done through the administration, and thus it is crucial that we look beyond the individual candidate to the sorts of individuals that he or she will appoint to the judiciary and the bureaucracy.

Finally, we should consider a candidate’s character and competence. Is he or she a person of good moral character? Is the candidate competent and effective at the task of governance? Will he or she be a capable and effective commander in chief of the armed forces?

At the same time, we must not separate a candidate’s character from his or her platform and personnel. Both policy and personnel reflect character. It doesn’t matter how upright a candidate is in private if he or she proposes wicked policies and appoints wicked people to carry them out. Conversely, a man or woman of poor personal character who advances good policy and appoints faithful people to carry it out is preferable to the alternative. This is along the lines of what Martin Luther often has been attributed as saying, that he’d rather be governed by a wise Turk than a foolish Christian.

In all of this, we must remember that we are never voting in the abstract or ideal circumstances. Thus, with our vote, we ought to first seek to limit harm. We ought to reject candidates and parties that desire to enshrine high-handed rebellion against God and direct harm to human beings in law and policy. Beyond that, we ought to seek to establish as much justice as possible in society through the various means available to us.

And so, Christian, trust the Lord and cast your vote.

I’m Joe Rigney.

NICK EICHER, HOST: Tomorrow: A small but growing number of Democratic voters jump ship…as party leaders push ideologies that hurt women and children.

And, an interview with Allie Beth Stuckey on her latest book: “Toxic Empathy.”

That and more tomorrow.

I’m Nick Eicher.

LINDSAY MAST, HOST: And I’m Lindsay Mast.

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