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Prices surge. More bad

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news on inflation just weeks from

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election day.

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Folks are still struggling. We can't kid

0:42

ourselves about that.

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How long will prices stay high

0:46

and will voters trust the president

0:48

to fix it? White House economic adviser

0:50

Cecilia Rouse is next and

0:52

midterm match up. as voters

0:55

start to cast their ballots, we'll look

0:57

at two

0:57

key contests. Arizona's

0:59

governor's race with

1:00

Republican Kerry Lake. Thank you so

1:02

much

1:03

president Trump and Democrat Katie

1:05

Hobbs. I'm really proud of the work he

1:07

did in twenty twenty. And as

1:09

Biden makes his swing out west. I

1:11

love you.

1:12

We'll talk to that state's Democratic senator

1:15

Michael Bennett and his challenger Republican

1:18

businessman Joe O'Dea, plus

1:20

simmering crises. President Biden

1:22

debates how to punish one global power

1:25

and keep another from deadly escalation.

1:28

The threats and the US response with

1:30

national security adviser Jake Sullivan.

1:40

Hello. I'm

1:40

Diana Fashion. Wash contain where the state

1:42

of our union is wondering what the country

1:45

will look like in twenty three days. As

1:47

we count down to the midterm elections, the

1:49

president of the United States faces twin

1:51

challenges. Lumi new data

1:54

points show inflation is still running unchecked

1:56

despite attempts by the Fed to cool it

1:58

down. The

1:59

cost at the

1:59

kitchen table is way up,

2:02

fueled in part, at the cost of war

2:04

and clashes with unpredictable global

2:06

powers. The economic and foreign

2:08

policy chaos, part of what's driving

2:10

dramatic uncertainty ahead of next

2:12

month's elections, Today, a special

2:15

focus on the midterms. We'll have interviews

2:17

with the candidates in two critical battleground

2:19

races, one with tremendous

2:22

consequences for the country. Arizona

2:24

where Democrat Katie Hobbs is running

2:26

against Republican Kerry Lake for

2:28

governor and then to Colorado where

2:30

Republican Joe O'Dea is testing whether

2:32

a Republican who distances himself

2:35

from former president Trump could win a

2:37

purple state O'Dea and incumbent

2:39

Democratic senator Michael Bennett will

2:41

be here. But first today, we start

2:44

with the Biden administration and the issue

2:46

voters say over and over is their

2:48

top turn, the economy.

2:52

Here with me now is White House Economic Advisors,

2:55

Cecilia Rouse. Thank you so much for joining

2:57

me. I wanna start with what President

3:00

Biden said on Friday that his administration

3:02

has made some progress on reigning

3:04

and inflation. But Annual inflation

3:07

in September was eight point two percent.

3:09

It barely changed from the month

3:11

before. How was that progress?

3:15

So I very much appreciate

3:17

the question and the inflation

3:20

is very much that the president's

3:22

top concern, it's my cap concern, I

3:24

completely understand how

3:27

that's a big challenge for many families. for

3:29

all families here in United States. So

3:32

what we can see in the economic data

3:34

is the Fed is focused on bringing

3:36

that inflation And the big concern

3:38

is can they bring down inflation while maintaining

3:40

robust economy labor

3:42

market? And we are starting to see signs

3:45

that the actions they are taking is having an

3:47

effect. For example, we

3:50

love having a very strong labor market, but

3:52

it's been very, very strong employers

3:54

are having a very hard time finding workers.

3:55

But we saw in some data last month

3:58

that employers are

3:59

posting fewer job vacancies, which means that

4:02

there's a little bit of easing labor market without

4:04

having any layoffs. We can also see

4:06

that the housing market is beginning to cool, and

4:08

we know that housing prices as part of

4:11

the challenge for families is part of our inflation

4:13

challenge. We know that excess savings

4:15

are starting to be spent. So we

4:17

are starting to see signs that are red

4:19

hot economy is starting to cool. And

4:22

so we know that because of

4:24

that strength, we're in we're better positioned

4:26

than most other countries wanna show

4:28

achieve its goals. I wanna

4:30

show you and our viewers some of the

4:32

other data points that they

4:34

deal with every single day. The price

4:36

of eggs has gone up more than

4:39

thirty percent Gas, chicken,

4:41

coffee, milk, bread have all gone

4:43

up significantly. These are real

4:45

kitchen table issues for America. antsy?

4:49

Absolutely. And the price

4:51

of food is part of our inflation

4:53

challenge. And again, we

4:55

are focused on it to the best of our abilities,

4:58

a part of the challenge for food is

5:00

actually through energy. And so Putin's

5:02

war against Ukraine where

5:04

he has weaponized natural gas. He's

5:06

weaponized energy shows up in food

5:08

prices as well because energy is a big

5:10

component of fertilizer. We have been

5:13

working to ease ports, which actually helps

5:15

to ensure that farmers are able to

5:17

export their products and where they're not sitting on

5:20

a lot of inventory. Our agriculture

5:22

department is doing what it can to try to increase

5:24

supply and increase yields through programs

5:26

such as helping farmers with double cropping.

5:29

So there's no question that families are

5:31

feeling the squeeze. It's why the president

5:33

is focused on trying to bring

5:35

down costs. The inflation reduction asks while

5:37

it doesn't directly speak to food, it

5:40

does go to medical care, it goes

5:42

to energy costs, and So

5:45

we are focused on trying to

5:48

help families get through this. Let me point

5:50

to another

5:50

data point that excludes food

5:53

and energy, the so called core inflation

5:56

number. President Biden touted

5:58

that as a sign that the

6:00

economy was improving BUT

6:02

NOW IT IS ON THE RISE, six

6:05

point six percent THE HIGHEST IN forty YEARS.

6:07

SO BY PRESIDENT BIDEN'S OWN LOGIC DOESN'T

6:09

SHOW THAT THE ECONOMY is actually headed

6:11

in the wrong direction.

6:14

So if one looks month on month, it

6:16

was actually flat. So,

6:18

again, a lot of the reason why core

6:20

inflation increase was because of housing costs

6:23

and medical costs. The inflation reduction

6:26

caps the cost of insulin for seniors at

6:28

thirty five dollars a month. It allows

6:30

Medicare to negotiate with pharmaceuticals, which

6:32

will help bring down the cost of the most

6:34

expensive drugs. a caps out of

6:36

pocket expenses as well. So

6:39

we are focused on trying to address

6:41

medical care and by extending

6:43

the Affordable Care Act extensions

6:46

through for

6:49

another few years, it provides

6:51

it was accessible healthcare for so many

6:53

people. So we're focused on bringing on

6:55

medical care costs. You've

6:57

mentioned I would always point out that housing

7:00

times. Yeah.

7:01

I just I'm just curious and

7:03

a lot of Americans are curious when

7:05

the so called inflation reduction act

7:07

will really start to bring down inflation.

7:12

So the the many parts

7:14

of the bill will start to take effect next

7:16

year. For example, there are tax credits

7:18

for energy to help people weatherize

7:20

their homes and also bring down

7:22

other forms of energy costs. So

7:25

we are focused on helping to make that

7:27

transition to clean energy

7:29

in a way that brings down energy

7:31

cost for families. So this is so

7:33

this is tough. There's no question about it.

7:36

This is challenge. What I will say is

7:38

that this economy is stronger than

7:40

almost every other economy, that the

7:42

Federal Reserve is focused on bringing down

7:44

inflation. This president is committed

7:47

to doing fiscal policy that is complementary

7:49

to the Federal Reserve's actions so that

7:52

we can get through this period just

7:54

as quickly as possible. Cecilia

7:55

Rouse. Thank you so much for joining me

7:57

this morning. Thank

8:00

you. I

8:02

want to turn now to foreign policy and

8:04

some serious global tests FOR THE COMMANDER

8:06

AND CHIEF JOINING ME NOW IS THE WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL

8:08

SECURITY BIZZER. JAKKS Sullivan,

8:10

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING ON. I

8:12

WANT TO START WITH Saudi Arabia, president

8:14

Biden said this week it is time to rethink

8:17

the US relationship with Saudi Arabia

8:19

after they sided with

8:20

Russia to reduce oil production.

8:23

One

8:23

thing some of your fellow Democrats on Capitol

8:25

Hill are pushing is halting future

8:27

armed sales to Saudi Arabia. Can

8:29

you give a reason why the US WOULD WANT TO CONTINUE,

8:32

SELLING ARMs TO Saudi

8:33

Arabia RIGHT NOW?

8:37

WELL,

8:37

FIRST, DANA, THANKS for having me on.

8:39

You're right. The president did say that

8:42

he is going to reevaluate our relationship

8:44

with Saudi Arabia because They did

8:46

side with Russia against the interests of the American

8:48

people. This is relationship that got

8:51

built over decades on a bipartisan

8:53

basis. and so the president isn't going

8:55

to act precipitously. He's gonna act

8:57

methodically, strategically, and he's

8:59

going to take his time to consult with members

9:01

of both parties and also to have

9:04

an opportunity for Congress to return

9:06

so that he can sit with them in person

9:09

and work through the His halting arms His

9:11

options include as

9:14

I was just saying, those options include

9:17

changes to our approach to security assistance

9:19

to Saudi Arabia. but I'm not gonna get ahead

9:21

of the president. What I will say is there's nothing imminently

9:24

moving now. So there is time for him

9:26

to have those consultations to make

9:28

decisions that are in the best interest of American

9:30

people. That's what he's going to do. President

9:32

Biden, as you know, faced criticism

9:33

for his meetings with

9:36

the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin

9:38

Salman that was in July. Will

9:40

president Biden meet with the Crown Prince

9:42

again at the G20 summit

9:45

next month?

9:45

Donald Berwick:

9:47

He has no plans to meet with the crown prince

9:50

at the G20 summit. And

9:52

he is focused however on making

9:54

sure that through every engagement

9:57

that he has across the board, He's

9:59

looking out for not just the US,

10:01

but for our allies as well. One of the

10:03

things that he was able to achieve in that

10:05

meeting in July was the historic

10:08

opening of Saudi's airspace to Israeli

10:11

commercial air traffic. The first

10:13

step Saudi Arabia has ever taken

10:16

on a path towards normalization with Israel,

10:18

which we believe was a positive

10:20

thing for him to be able to deliver for a strong

10:22

partner of ours. Let's turn to Russia. President

10:24

Biden says the Pentagon is working on possible

10:26

responses

10:27

to a Russian nuclear strike.

10:29

One potential Russian action

10:31

could be a so called tactical nuclear

10:34

weapon that could take out a small target

10:36

relatively small like an airport or

10:38

maybe just detonate a nuclear

10:40

weapon in the Black Sea. Would you

10:42

see either of those as less

10:44

serious or is deploying rather

10:48

a nuclear weapon just as serious no matter

10:50

how big or where it is.

10:53

The use of a nuclear weapon on

10:55

the battlefield in Ukraine is the use

10:57

of Nuclear Weapon ON THE BATTLE Field IN UCCRAINE

10:59

AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO SLACE THE SALAMI. WHETHER

11:02

THAT'S -- DOES THAT

11:04

INCLUDE JUST detonating

11:06

it in the Black Sea?

11:07

Donald Berwick: Well,

11:11

first, the Black Sea includes

11:13

the ports of Odessa and other

11:15

cities from which the Ukrainians are

11:17

currently exporting grain to

11:19

the world market.

11:21

So the notion that somehow

11:23

there's differences in

11:25

use here, I think, is a dangerous

11:28

notion from our perspective. We

11:30

believe it is incumbent upon The

11:32

United States working with our NATO allies

11:34

and partners in other responsible countries

11:36

around the world, including the likes of China and

11:38

India, to send a very clear and

11:40

decisive message to Russia that

11:43

they should not contemplate the use of nuclear

11:45

weapons in this conflict. In Iran,

11:47

security officials are continuing to

11:49

crack down on protesters. Former

11:51

president Barack Obama was

11:53

reflecting on similar protests in

11:56

Iran during his presidency that happened

11:58

in and nine. And he said he regretted holding

12:00

back some public support for

12:02

protesters. Listen

12:03

to what he said.

12:05

in retrospect,

12:07

I think that was a mistake.

12:10

Every every time we see a

12:12

flash

12:13

a

12:15

a glimmer

12:17

of hope, of

12:19

of people longing for freedom.

12:21

I think we have to POINTED

12:25

OUT. WE HAVE TO SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON IT. WE HAVE

12:27

TO EXPRESS SOME SOLIDARITY ABOUT

12:29

IT. IS

12:30

THE BIND ADMINISTRATION DOING EVERYTHING

12:32

YOU CAN to

12:33

help the protesters in Iran?

12:37

We are taking a

12:39

range of aggressive actions to

12:41

try to support the protesters in Iran.

12:43

The first thing that we're doing is trying to hold

12:45

accountable those brutal officials

12:48

in the Iranian regime who are cracking

12:50

down on protesters, killing protesters, beating

12:52

protests, We have sanctioned

12:55

themorat the so called morality police.

12:57

We have sanctioned senior officials who

12:59

have participated in the brutal crackdown

13:01

in repression. We've sanctioned the communications

13:04

minister who is responsible for trying

13:06

to cut off the Internet from Iranian

13:08

communicating with one another. And then

13:10

we've taken steps to try to make it

13:12

easier for brave Iranians,

13:15

the women and citizens of Iran standing

13:17

up for their dignity to be able to talk

13:19

to one another and to be able to talk to the

13:21

world. We are always looking for

13:23

more things that we can do. And in fact,

13:25

Just this past week, I had the opportunity

13:28

to meet with Iranian activists

13:30

who are working from outside the country to

13:32

support those who are working inside the country.

13:35

to hear their ideas for additional steps

13:37

the United States can take. We stand

13:39

unequivocally, clearly, emphatically,

13:42

and with principles and values on

13:44

the side of the Iranian protesters, the

13:47

women and citizens standing up for their

13:49

freedom and their dignity, president Biden

13:51

has spoken to this multiple times, and we

13:53

will continue to do that

13:55

day in, day out just as I am doing here on

13:57

your program now. Jake Sullivan, the

14:00

President's

14:00

National Security Advisor. Thank you for

14:02

joining me this morning.

14:03

Thank

14:05

you. And

14:06

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14:13

candidates here, Republican Kerry

14:15

Lake and Democrat Katie Hobbs will

14:17

join us next. And does

14:19

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14:22

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Welcome back to the state of the union with a

15:39

little more than three weeks before Election

15:41

Day. We're gonna focus on two key mid term

15:43

races and talk to the candidates on both sides

15:45

who will help determine how the United

15:48

States is run. We're gonna start in Arizona

15:50

where the battle for the governor's mansion

15:52

is neck and neck. The contest

15:54

is underway to lead there. It's

15:57

one of the most critical states in the

15:59

nation. Both Democratic

15:59

Secretary of State, Katy Hobbs, and

16:02

the Republican nominee, former television

16:04

broadcaster,

16:04

and fierce Trump ally Carrie Lake

16:07

are joining me this morning. Miss

16:09

Lake, I'm going to start with you and I want

16:11

to start on the question that

16:13

everybody says is their top issue across

16:15

the country, and that is the economy. Inflation

16:18

is still near its highest levels

16:20

in four decades. In your capital city of

16:22

Phoenix, It has the highest

16:24

inflation in the entire country,

16:27

thirteen

16:27

percent. So if you are elected governor,

16:29

what specifically would you do differently

16:32

to fix that? Well,

16:34

it's a tough issue because it originates.

16:36

The problem does out of Washington DC, but

16:39

we still have to help our citizens here in Arizona.

16:41

and the people who are suffering really the most

16:43

I've learned is, is the people who

16:46

are nearing retirement or who

16:48

are retired. I've talked to so

16:50

many of them and they say, Carrie, I

16:52

saved all my life, I did everything right,

16:54

and my retirement savings has shriveled

16:56

up by third. I've lost a third of it.

16:58

since Joe Biden took office. And so we're

17:01

going to help in any way we can. And that's why

17:03

I unveiled a plan last week

17:05

to put a half billion dollars back into

17:07

hardworking Arizona's pockets by

17:10

getting rid of our rental tax and

17:12

our tax on groceries here in Arizona.

17:15

And this is not going to harm the cities

17:17

The general fund, we're gonna help them for

17:19

the next five years with the general fund, and

17:21

we're gonna make sure that they have

17:24

enough to get by. This is a growing

17:26

Arizona. People want to move here

17:28

and our revenues are going up and we have a surplus.

17:31

We need to hand some of that back over to

17:33

the hardworking people and we will.

17:35

Let's turn to another issue facing

17:37

your state and that is the influx of migrants

17:40

at the southern border. A lot of these individuals

17:43

are seeking a asylum. They are fleeing

17:45

political violence in countries like Guatemala

17:47

and Honduras. Do you accept

17:49

that the US has a responsibility

17:52

to accept

17:52

those asylum seekers?

17:55

Well, the vast majority of the people coming

17:57

across don't really meet the

17:59

criteria for asylum.

18:01

There's a lot of fraudulent asylum, claims

18:03

that are being made. I'm really

18:05

concerned about the people of Arizona. We've

18:07

had five million people come in and we've

18:09

had million of them called God of WAYS. That

18:12

means we're not even processing them. They

18:14

want to avoid capture because they have criminal

18:16

records. We need to vet people coming into

18:18

our country. We have a great legal

18:20

immigration system, a very generous

18:22

legal immigration system, but we

18:24

can't afford to take on

18:26

the world's problems right now when

18:28

so many Americans are struggling, so

18:30

many Arizona's are struggling,

18:31

and I'm really concerned about

18:33

the number of seizures

18:35

we've had with fentanyl. coming

18:37

across the border. It is the number one killer

18:40

of young people in this country, and it's coming

18:42

through Arizona. We're no longer going to allow

18:44

the cartels to have operational

18:47

control of our border. Well, DHS says

18:49

that less than one percent of migrants encountered

18:52

at the border have a criminal record, but I want to

18:54

stick on on the question of asylum.

18:56

Those that do meet the criteria.

18:58

Should they be allowed to stay

19:01

in this country? And do you think that the

19:04

what the current governor Doug Doosey

19:06

has done sending some of the migrants to

19:08

Washington DC is the right thing to

19:10

do. Would you continue that practice? Dana,

19:13

I'm gonna have to disagree with you on that figure

19:15

you just put out. We have a million Godawace.

19:17

These are people who are intentionally entering

19:20

this country mainly through the Tucson

19:22

sector, and we don't know what their

19:24

background is. There's a reason they're trying to get

19:26

in unnoticed. It's

19:28

because they have a criminal background.

19:30

and they are coming into this country. We know

19:32

that they have tracked down terrorists. They've

19:34

tracked down people wanted for murder. You

19:36

can go to the customs in border patrol

19:39

site, and you'll see we've got murderers coming

19:41

in. We have people with reps, with

19:43

a rape record. You

19:45

name it. We've got hardened criminals coming

19:47

from let me just say let me just

19:49

tell you that this stat that

19:51

I just cited comes from the Department of Homeland

19:54

Security. less than one percent of migrants.

19:56

And

19:56

I know that you're using language

19:59

like rapists and

19:59

and criminals and so forth. what

20:01

I was asking about are migrants seeking

20:04

asylum. But I wanna move on to another

20:06

really important issue, particularly

20:09

when it comes to your critical swing state of

20:11

Arizona.

20:11

And that is what happened in twenty

20:13

twenty. You called the twenty twenty election

20:15

corrupt. stolen, rotten, and

20:18

rigged, and there was no evidence

20:20

of any of that presented in court of law

20:22

or anywhere else. that

20:24

any of those things are true. So

20:27

why do you keep saying that? Well,

20:29

there's plenty of evidence we had seven hundred

20:31

and forty thousand ballots with No

20:34

chain of custody. Those ballots shouldn't have been

20:36

counted. We had a lairs of evidence

20:38

in that.

20:40

Dana, there's plenty of evidence you

20:42

can find it. Well, I can I can I'm happy to send

20:44

it to your team. The problem is the media won't

20:46

cover it. And they're We've covered

20:48

this extensively, and and what you

20:50

just said has been Oh, on one side of it. Dana.

20:53

The real issue, Dana, is

20:55

that the people don't trust

20:57

our elections. They haven't since two thousand.

20:59

I'm a reporter I've been sitting on your

21:01

side of the desk for long time. And

21:03

since two thousand, we have Americans who

21:05

don't trust our elections. In two thousand

21:08

and two thousand four. They didn't trust the elections.

21:10

In twenty sixteen, Kamala

21:12

Harris, Amy

21:13

Klobuchar,

21:14

and Hillary Clinton, everybody

21:17

on the Democrat side

21:18

said the election had problems. Miss,

21:20

like, there definitely hasn't been some of that,

21:23

but I want to say in two thousand Al

21:25

Gore conceded.

21:26

In two thousand and four, John Carey

21:28

receded. It conceded. In twenty

21:30

sixteen, Hillary Clinton conceded, and

21:32

we didn't see that in twenty twenty.

21:34

That's the difference. And so the question is,

21:36

are you undermining faith in elections

21:40

by saying that

21:42

the twenty twenty election was

21:44

stolen when there's absolutely no evidence

21:47

to support that. Dana?

21:49

In twenty eighteen, Stacey Abrams

21:51

never conceded she still hasn't. I don't

21:53

hear CNN calling her an election

21:56

denier. We have the right It's

21:58

protected with our first amendment to

22:00

question our government and to question elections.

22:03

No questions. We still have the first amendment.

22:05

Yeah.

22:05

Still have the first amendment. And when you

22:07

start seeing the media cancel people

22:09

for questioning their government, then

22:11

there that's when we have a problem. I I totally

22:14

agree about the first amendment. You and I are

22:16

benefiting for the first amendment as we

22:18

speak. So I couldn't agree with you

22:20

more on that. I wanna play I wanna

22:23

play for you something that president Trump's

22:25

own top officials. They're

22:27

the ones who investigated all of this. Again,

22:29

these are president Trump's top

22:31

officials at the justice department. and

22:34

they said under oath that they

22:36

saw no evidence of of

22:39

substantial fraud in twenty twenty. Take a

22:41

listen.

22:42

I made it

22:44

clear. I did not agree with the

22:46

idea of saying the election was stolen

22:48

and putting out this stuff, which I told the president

22:50

was bullshit. I said something to the effect

22:52

of sir, we've done dozens of investigations, hundreds

22:55

of interviews, the major allegations

22:57

are not supported by the evidence developed.

23:00

we were in a position to stay.

23:04

Our people have always looked at that, and we know

23:06

that you're getting bad information. That's

23:08

that's not correct.

23:11

So

23:11

these are president Trump's own top justice

23:13

department officials. Why

23:15

not believe them? I'm

23:17

looking at what's happening in Maricopa County. And

23:20

you know what, let's look at the twenty twenty

23:22

two election of August second, where

23:24

one hour into election

23:26

day because of my opponent, Katie

23:28

Hobbs' incompetence, we

23:31

ran out of ballots one hour into election

23:33

day and one

23:33

of our largest counties Penau County.

23:36

That did happen. And the county officials there

23:37

apologized. public and ballot. Well, I'm gonna

23:40

push back on things that didn't happen, that did

23:42

happen.

23:42

and the county and the county officials

23:45

apologize. But I wanna ask about

23:47

-- But day twenty twenty elections. --

23:49

an apology doesn't bring somebody's vote

23:52

back. All I'm saying is we need

23:54

to restore honesty and integrity

23:56

and transparency to our elections. But

23:59

isn't it? apologizing. I'm doing just

24:01

that. You're right. It doesn't bring vote BACK, BUT

24:03

AT LEAST THAT IS TRANSPARENTS AND THAT

24:05

IS TRANSPARENTS. SO

24:06

the IF

24:07

LEADERS SAY THAT YOU AND PRESIDENT

24:09

TRUMP ARE SAYING that the

24:12

election was stolen, aren't you

24:14

participating, contributing even causing

24:16

the idea of

24:19

people thinking that the election

24:21

is not safe and secure.

24:24

No. We are going to make sure elections

24:26

are safe and cure for Democrats, independents,

24:28

and Republicans alike. We wanna know that

24:30

our legal vote counted. We wanna know the

24:32

winner on election night. We don't wanna be

24:34

counting for ten days. and we want

24:36

everyone to know. But she count don't

24:38

you want your votes to count in the interim?

24:41

Do you want your votes to be counted?

24:44

No

24:44

matter how long it takes in twenty twenty

24:46

two in November. Dana.

24:47

Dana, I've been on the campaign trail for

24:49

five hundred and three days. I

24:51

talked to moms and dads who are losing

24:54

children

24:54

because of fentanyl poisoning.

24:55

I talked to retirees who can't afford

24:57

gas and food. I talked to parents

25:00

whose children are getting out of high school and can't

25:02

read. We have serious problems -- I

25:04

totally agree. -- honor. I totally agree, which

25:06

is why they Shane denial. have me on

25:08

here, Dana. You wanna have me on here and

25:10

talk twenty twenty election. And you're live

25:13

I would never bring this up ever

25:15

had you not been bringing this up consistently

25:17

on the campaign trail? Let's look forward then.

25:20

Will you access the results of the election?

25:22

in your election. Will you accept the results? talk

25:25

about the issues. I came on

25:27

here thinking we were gonna talk about the issues

25:29

facing Arizona's right now. We did. You've spent

25:31

the entire this time talking about twenty twenty.

25:33

I think you're stuck on twenty twenty. I

25:35

really do. I would I have interviewed many,

25:38

many Republicans and haven't even mentioned

25:40

it. I only did with you because this

25:42

is a big thing that you are running on. Let's

25:44

look ahead. Yeah. And let's let's talk

25:46

about the twenty twenty two election. Will you

25:48

accept the results of your election, miss

25:50

Lake? I'm

25:51

I'm running against a twice convicted

25:53

racist to cost the state taxpayers three

25:56

million dollars because of her

25:58

hatred for people of color. She paid

26:00

a woman of color in her office thirty thousand

26:03

dollars less than men doing the same job.

26:05

Last week, we learned she held a slave

26:08

auction, mock slave auction in high

26:10

school. We saw her running from a black

26:12

reporter hiding in the bathroom from

26:14

him. I'm not gonna lose this election

26:16

because I'm gonna talk to Katy Hobbs. I'm gonna

26:18

talk to Katy Hobbs right after their governor. will

26:20

never elect a racist like Katie

26:22

Hodge. My question is, will you accept

26:24

the results

26:26

of your election in November?

26:28

I'm

26:28

gonna win the election and I will accept

26:31

that result. if you lose, will you accept that?

26:34

I'm gonna win the election and I will accept

26:36

that result. Because the people will never the

26:38

people of Arizona will never support

26:40

and vote for a cow like Katie Hobbs

26:42

who won't show up on a debate stage. She's

26:44

single handedly destroying a twenty year

26:46

tradition of gubernatorial debates because

26:49

of her cowardice. So I know

26:51

already. No momentum behind

26:53

her. The polls are in our favor, and we're

26:55

gonna win this election. I'm a hundred percent confident

26:57

of that. We have the ideas common

27:00

sense ideas that people want,

27:02

and we're seeing Democrats pour

27:05

over and vote for us right now. I've I've

27:07

had many people reach out and say they're voting for

27:09

So the democrat party is faltering.

27:11

It's not the party of solutions. It's

27:13

the party that has caused the problems that we're

27:15

in there right now. I really appreciate you coming

27:17

on with me.

27:19

and answering these questions. And I'm

27:21

gonna go now to your

27:22

Democratic opponent, Katie

27:24

Hobbs, to talk

27:25

to her about some

27:26

of the things that you and I just talked about.

27:28

and here with me now is

27:29

Katie Hobbs.

27:30

We have lot to get to, but you were

27:33

secretary of state. You are now, you were in twenty

27:35

twenty. your reaction to what you just

27:37

heard

27:37

on that issue from Carrie Lake? Look,

27:40

I think anyone running for office

27:43

who continues to say there was widespread

27:45

fraud. They have they say they have evidence.

27:47

They have yet to bring any evidence forward.

27:50

You and you and I have talked about this so many times

27:52

This is absolutely disqualifying.

27:55

This is somebody who will have

27:57

a level of authority over states

27:59

elections

27:59

the ability to

28:02

sign new legislation into law,

28:04

the responsibility of certifying future

28:06

elections, and she has not only

28:08

as you heard refused to say if she'll accept

28:11

the results of this election, but

28:13

also whether or not she would certify

28:15

the twenty twenty four presidential election

28:17

if she's governor. This is disqualifying. This

28:20

is a basic core of our democracy.

28:23

And she has nothing else to run on.

28:25

And so this what she has ascended her entire

28:27

campaign around. Let's talk

28:28

about the issue of abortion.

28:30

You said last week that you

28:32

support leaving the decision between

28:34

a woman and her doctor and leaving

28:36

politicians entirely out of it. So can

28:38

you clarify, do you support any legal

28:41

limits on abortion in Arizona?

28:44

Look,

28:45

the fact is right now that we are under an

28:47

extreme fifteen week ban

28:49

that limits healthcare options for women

28:51

who need them, there's the

28:53

potential for a complete

28:56

ban right now that ban is in the courts,

28:58

but under my opponents administration

29:01

she would support a full ban. She's

29:03

called this a great law. She doesn't

29:05

support any exceptions. What do you super obsessed?

29:09

Look, when you're talking about late term

29:11

abortion, that is incredibly extremely

29:14

rare. And it's happening if

29:16

there is if that conversation

29:18

is happening, it's because there's something

29:21

that's gone incredibly wrong in the pregnancy.

29:23

And

29:24

politicians do not belong

29:26

in that decision. But what do you so or what

29:28

should the limits be? The

29:31

the decision about abortion

29:33

should be between a patient and their doctor.

29:35

So there should be no limits in the

29:38

law. It should only be decided in

29:40

the medical office.

29:44

Government making these kind of mandates

29:46

interferes with the care that doctors need

29:48

to provide to their patients. They don't belong

29:50

in these decisions.

29:53

Okay. So just to be clear,

29:55

if you

29:56

become governor, you

29:58

will push for a law that has absolutely

30:00

no limits in any

30:03

point of the pregnancy on abortion. That's your

30:05

position. That's what you would want to be the law of the land

30:07

in Arizona.

30:09

The fact is right now that we have very

30:11

limited options and that

30:13

we need to get politicians

30:16

out of the way and let doctors provide

30:18

the care that they are trained to

30:20

provide the healthcare that their patients

30:22

need. Politicians don't belong in

30:24

those decisions.

30:26

You declined to participate in a

30:28

PBS debate against Kerry Lake.

30:30

Here's what one columnist from the Arizona

30:32

Republican wrote. Lori

30:35

Roberts from the Arizona Republic.

30:37

This is what she wrote. She wrote. If Katie Hobbs

30:39

loses, remember

30:40

October twelfth, the day she ran away from

30:42

confronting

30:42

Kerry Lake. Democrats in Arizona

30:45

are known for snatching defeat from the jaws

30:47

of victory, but Hobbes refusal to

30:49

debate her opponent on Wednesday represents

30:51

a new level of political malpractice.

30:55

Why

30:55

won't you debate her?

30:57

Look, Kerry Lake has made it clear

30:59

time and time again that she's not interested

31:02

in having substantive in-depth

31:04

conversations about the issues that matter

31:06

to Arizona's. She only wants

31:08

a scenario where she can control the dialogue,

31:11

and she's refused to sit down in a

31:13

one on one lengthy conversation

31:15

to really clarify with Arizona's where

31:18

she is on the issues. She's the one

31:20

who's afraid of of talking to voters

31:22

where she's at. And we are

31:24

doing everything we can to take to

31:26

make our case directly to the voters

31:29

of Arizona. And I guarantee you I

31:31

guarantee you that when Arizona's

31:33

who are struggling, when they go to open their

31:35

ballot, when they're thinking

31:37

about the fact that they're

31:39

not sure how they're gonna put food on the table

31:41

they're rationing their insulin or they're

31:43

thinking about having to drive

31:45

their niece or their sister

31:47

or their daughter to California to get the healthcare

31:50

that they need. they're not gonna look at their

31:52

ballots. She just came and sat

31:55

down and sat down with me

31:57

and answered my questions for

31:59

a lot of minutes. Yeah.

32:02

A lot of Democrats are questioning your decision,

32:04

and they're saying, you know, it's

32:06

the wrong decision. President Biden's former

32:09

twenty twenty co chair said, I would

32:11

debate and I would want the people of Arizona

32:13

to know what my platform is. If

32:16

you think she's as dangerous as you're saying

32:18

to democracy, is it your responsibility as

32:20

a candidate who wants to run Arizona? to

32:23

show and explain who their alternative is?

32:26

That is exactly what I'm doing

32:28

right now. And there is

32:31

a lot more ability to have a

32:33

conversation with you without her

32:35

interruptions and shouting to

32:37

do that. And and, yeah,

32:39

she did sit down with you. She's refused to do

32:41

that with any legitimate reporter in

32:43

the state of Arizona and take her

32:45

case directly to the voters. She's only

32:47

interested in creating a spectacle. And

32:49

I guarantee you people that are

32:51

struggling in Arizona right now are not making

32:53

their decisions about whether

32:55

whether over whether or not there was

32:58

a debate between myself and Carrie Lake. They're gonna

33:00

make their decision based on the person

33:02

who understands their struggle and

33:04

has real solutions to try to fix

33:06

that struggle. Real quick, inflation

33:08

is near as highest level in four decades.

33:10

You heard me ask Carrie Lake about Phoenix. highest

33:13

inflation in the country. Democrats control

33:15

the house, the senate, the White House. Does

33:17

president Biden bear some responsibility for

33:20

inflation that we're seeing that are affecting

33:22

people's everyday lives. Inflation

33:25

in Arizona is being largely

33:27

driven by skyrocketing housing costs.

33:30

and we have to do more about housing.

33:32

We need to build more bottom line.

33:34

Supply is not keeping up with demand.

33:36

Prices are through the roof and people are being

33:39

priced out. of their homes. And

33:41

we're seeing a huge increase

33:43

in people who are

33:45

experiencing homelessness right now because of

33:48

that The fact is I have a real

33:50

plan to address rising costs

33:52

for Arizona's, put money back in

33:54

the in the pockets of working families,

33:56

and experts have looked at both my plans

33:58

and Cary Lakes plans. And my plan

34:00

is the plan that will actually address inflation

34:03

and put people back to work by

34:06

providing additional child care assistance

34:09

and a tax credit for folks who pursue

34:11

career and technical education. The

34:13

same expert described Carrie Lake's plan as

34:16

putting jet fuel on fire

34:18

of inflation. Katie

34:19

Hobbs, thank you so much for joining me.

34:22

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34:23

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Welcome back to the State of the Union. This

35:45

week, the president spent time and political

35:47

capital to go somewhere. Democrats thought

35:49

was pretty safely blue this year,

35:51

and that's Colorado. But two term incumbent

35:54

Democratic senator Michael Bennett now holds

35:56

a narrower than expected lead over

35:59

first time candidate. Republican businessman

36:01

Joe O'Dea, who Mitch McConnell calls the perfect

36:03

candidate for Colorado, someone who does

36:05

not spread Donald Trump's election yet

36:07

lies and has promised to tell his party know

36:10

when needed. Both O'Dea and

36:12

senator Bennett are here with us today, and

36:14

I want to begin with the Republican candidate

36:17

Joe O'Dea, and I want to start with

36:19

the economy. There is a new inflation

36:21

report this week that shows core inflation

36:24

reaching its highest point in forty

36:26

years Utility Gas is

36:28

up thirty three percent chicken,

36:31

milk, vegetables,

36:32

they're all up If

36:34

you were in the Senate, what specifically

36:36

would you do to fix the inflation

36:39

problem?

36:41

Then

36:42

thanks for having me on today. This

36:44

inflation has been caused by the one point

36:46

nine trillion dollars reckless spending

36:49

bill that got put in place by

36:51

Michael Benedict cast the deciding vote

36:53

back in March of last year.

36:55

It's caused record inflation. They've dumped over

36:57

five trillion dollars in the last year and

37:00

a half. In addition to that, the war

37:02

on energy has caused the price of

37:04

diesel to go through the ceiling, and it's still

37:06

there today. We've got a Fed

37:08

that's been asleep at the wheel, big government

37:10

in in our way. And those are just a few

37:13

of the issues that I'm gonna address when I hit you.

37:15

you're in January. How? What would you do?

37:18

Well, first off, we first off, we've got

37:20

to get our energy policy back on track.

37:22

We've got to get energy, wind, solar,

37:25

nuclear, good and clean natural

37:27

gas. We've got to get the permitting out of

37:29

the way so we can go back to work here in Colorado

37:31

and flood the market with increase

37:33

supply. It'll cause the price to

37:35

come down. Inflation will go away. That's

37:38

how you do it.

37:39

Washington is once again debating

37:42

stricter gun laws. After yet another

37:44

mass shooting in North Carolina, in your

37:46

state of Colorado, there is one

37:48

gun death every ten hours. You

37:51

said you would have voted

37:52

against a bipartisan bill

37:53

that Mitch McConnell and fourteen other Republicans

37:56

supported this summer. So do you think

37:58

any additional gun

37:59

restrictions are needed at any

38:02

level?

38:04

Look, every time we have an event,

38:06

we pass another set of laws. Democrats

38:09

here in Colorado have ignored the laws

38:11

that are on the books. As a drug dealer,

38:13

you can possess a weapon should be

38:15

a felony. They're not taking them off the streets.

38:17

We need more cops on our streets.

38:20

We need to make sure that we're enforcing

38:22

the laws that we have. We don't need a whole host

38:24

of new laws. What we need to do is

38:26

make sure we're enforcing the ones we have. Howard

38:29

Bauchner: There

38:29

is a red flag law in Colorado

38:31

that's focused on mental health. You say

38:34

Colorado's law there doesn't

38:36

work.

38:37

Why not?

38:40

Well, when I talk to the sheriffs that are ones

38:42

that are putting that law in place, and having

38:44

to implement it. They don't think

38:46

that law works. It puts them at risk.

38:49

They're not happy with that law. It needs to be

38:51

rewritten here in here in Colorado. It's

38:53

not doing the job that it's supposed to

38:55

do. We need to do more with mental

38:57

health here to get these people off the street, but

38:59

we have hundreds of laws on the books.

39:02

We need to enforce them. Well, there's more cops

39:04

on our street right now. If you talk

39:06

to chief pays in here, to the city and county of

39:08

Denver, he's the chief of police, He'll tell you

39:10

he short two hundred and fifty officers.

39:12

That's because Democrats across the

39:14

state of Colorado have defunded, demoralized

39:17

the police. Well, let's stick to guns.

39:19

Let's stick to guns. for that position.

39:21

Colorado, the red

39:23

flag law is intended in part to deal

39:25

with mental health, which is what talking about in Colorado

39:28

has approved one hundred and forty

39:30

six applications to take away

39:32

a gun from a dangerous individual

39:34

in the last two years. Doesn't

39:36

that make your state more safe?

39:40

Well, it's not. We're the third

39:42

worst state for violent crime in the United

39:44

States right now. They just deemed dead

39:47

Denver as one of the on most unsafe

39:49

cities in the nation. You go

39:51

around here and you we have record crime

39:54

everywhere. We need to enforce the

39:56

laws that we have on the books. Get these

39:58

criminals off the street.

39:59

We've got

40:01

cashless bonds that are being put

40:03

in place. We're not getting these criminal off the street that's

40:06

problem with crime here in Colorado. Let

40:07

me turn to an issue that you I

40:10

know you've talked about, and that is January sixth.

40:13

this past week, the January sixth committee

40:15

held its final hearing before the midterm

40:18

elections. You have said Donald Trump could

40:20

have done a lot more to stop January

40:22

sixty in direction to violent attack on

40:24

the capital from happening. Do you

40:26

think what happened on January sixth

40:28

should disqualify him from being

40:30

president again?

40:33

Look, I believe that the

40:36

January sixth was a black eye on the country.

40:38

I've been very vocal that I thought he should have done

40:40

more. to keep the violence

40:42

from heading towards the capital.

40:45

Anybody that was violent

40:47

at the capital or or tore something apart.

40:49

They should be held accountable. We've got processes

40:52

in place that hold people accountable, and

40:54

we need to move the country forward. So it but it's

40:57

moving Donald Trump should run again. I'm gonna

40:59

actively I'm gonna actively campaign

41:01

against Donald Trump and make sure

41:03

that we've got four or five really great Republicans

41:06

right now, Rhonda Santos, Mickey Haley,

41:08

Tim Scott, they can run and

41:10

serve for eight years. I'm gonna do my

41:12

job as a US senator to make sure

41:15

that they have good campaigns in the

41:17

primary here, so we have a good selection

41:19

of candidates for twenty twenty four.

41:22

Before

41:22

let you go, abortion is shaping up

41:24

to be a major issue in the midterms. You

41:26

support a twenty week ban in Colorado with

41:29

exceptions for rape and incest. Two years

41:31

ago, your state rejected a twenty

41:33

two week ban. Colorado currently

41:35

has no limits on abortion, so

41:38

Are you out of step with your state?

41:42

Now,

41:42

I believe for the first five months

41:45

that decision should be between a woman and

41:47

a doctor. After that, for rape

41:49

incessed, life of the mother,

41:51

medical necessity, I believe that decision should

41:53

also be between a woman and her doctor.

41:55

Michael Bennett voted for a bill

41:57

that supports abortion up

41:59

to and including the moment of birth.

42:02

I'm asking about your -- I'm asking

42:04

about your -- That position. -- that's excessive.

42:07

That's excessive. My position's

42:09

where most of American is. That's

42:11

excessive. Howard Bauchner: Okay,

42:12

Joe O'Dea. Thank you so much. I appreciate

42:15

it. I wanna go now to Michael Bennett. the

42:17

Democratic

42:17

senator from

42:18

Colorado. And he is,

42:21

of course, defending his seat against who just

42:23

heard Joe O'Dea. It has been

42:25

two months since Democrats passed. the

42:27

so called inflation reduction act, which

42:29

you call the victory for the American people. Core

42:32

inflation is still at its highest

42:34

level in four decades. And

42:36

polls shows, as you know,

42:38

that polls show, I should say, that

42:41

the economy is a top issue

42:42

for Colorado voters. So

42:44

Why isn't the inflation reduction

42:46

act

42:47

reducing inflation? Well,

42:50

because the elements of the inflation

42:52

reduction act aren't going to kick in

42:54

for a while, Dana? I mean, the

42:56

cap on drug prices for

42:58

seniors and the requirement. Finally, finally,

43:01

we overcame pharma. to have requirement

43:04

that Medicare negotiate drug prices

43:06

on behalf of the American people capping

43:08

insulin at thirty five dollars a month

43:10

mean, these are things that are going to take a while

43:13

to put in place. And you're right,

43:15

I mean, today gasoline is three

43:17

point seven zero dollars a gallon here in

43:19

Colorado, gallon and mill cost four dollars

43:22

and twenty cents. That's really tough

43:24

on people. And

43:26

think one of the things I've been trying to explained

43:29

to folks is that this is a global

43:31

problem. Canada has the same

43:33

inflation that we have. The European

43:35

-- every country in Europe has the same inflation

43:38

we have the U. K. does as well.

43:40

India has as well because we're

43:42

facing broken global supply

43:44

chains that we have to have to address

43:47

and we're facing increases

43:49

in energy prices because two years ago

43:52

oil was a twenty dollars a barrel

43:54

went to ninety three because of

43:56

the economic recovery and then

43:58

Putin invaded Ukraine.

43:59

The

44:00

fact that it is global as cold comfort

44:03

when you're pick

44:04

paying three point seven zero dollars a barrel.

44:06

I'd like to you to

44:09

react to what I'd like you to react to what Go ahead. A former

44:11

Treasury Secretary, Larry Summers,

44:12

Democrat has said,

44:15

which is that the spending that

44:17

you in part or you did vote for

44:19

over the last couple of years, particularly one point

44:22

nine trillion dollars for the American

44:24

Rescue Plan exacerbated the

44:26

inflation we're seeing now.

44:29

Right.

44:29

I mean, I know Larry Summers said that

44:31

they're economists that have said other

44:33

things. I I believe

44:36

that the bill that we passed kept

44:38

thirty thousand coloradans from

44:40

being evicted. I think that

44:42

it is funded law enforcement all over

44:44

the state. mental health services that

44:46

we desperately need. It cut childhood

44:48

poverty in half last year because of

44:50

a bill that I wrote. You know,

44:53

I'm I'm I'm concerned

44:55

that the Federal Reserve kept

44:57

their interest rates at zero for too

44:59

long and that their quantitative easing was

45:01

too aggressive. but that's looking

45:04

in the rearview mirror. What we need to do now

45:06

is fix the issue. And I think we can fix

45:08

the issue by bringing our

45:10

supply chains back to the United States

45:12

by making sure that we are benefiting

45:16

from the inflation reduction act in the sense

45:19

that we are leading the world in

45:21

transition from fossil

45:23

fuels over the next twenty five years

45:25

to a net zero energy

45:28

economy, the United States is perfectly

45:30

positioned to do that now. we are

45:32

in a place now where we

45:34

can unlike before we pass that bill,

45:37

where we can reduce costs, where we can

45:40

increase our energy independence and

45:43

our economic strength and

45:45

reduce emissions while we're doing both of those

45:47

things. Senator. I think that's an amazing place

45:49

for us to be. Senator,

45:50

your opponent,

45:51

you just heard Joe O'Dea disagreed with

45:54

the Supreme

45:54

Court's decision to overturn Roe

45:56

versus

45:56

Wade. He says Joe Biden

45:58

won legitimately

45:59

in twenty twenty. I want our viewers

46:02

to listen to an ad that a Democratic group

46:04

ran TO BOOST OJAY'S OPPONENT

46:07

IN THE GOP PRIMARY, BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT

46:09

HE WOULD BE EASIER FOR YOU TO BE. TAKE A LISTEN.

46:12

Politicians O'Dea

46:14

is not who he says he is. O'Dea

46:16

says he wants to reign in government spending,

46:19

but he supports Biden's one point two

46:21

trillion dollar spending bill. And before

46:23

running for senators a Republican, O'Dea

46:25

actually supported Democrats and

46:28

even gave money to Michael Bennett.

46:31

So

46:31

again, that was an ad from a Democratic group.

46:33

How is your campaign now going to paint him

46:36

as a far right republican? Well,

46:39

I think he's painting himself that way.

46:41

I mean, it it's incredible. He

46:44

he has said that he would have voted for

46:47

three all three of Donald Trump's

46:49

supreme court nominees notwithstanding the

46:51

fact that he knows that they overturned Roe

46:54

versus Wade he opposes as

46:56

you just heard Colorado's law

46:59

codifying a woman's right to choose, I'm proud

47:01

to live in a state. It's one of the first states

47:04

to codify that law and he

47:06

opposes it. He opposes he

47:09

he voted last last time we had

47:11

an election in Colorado. HE

47:13

VOTED FOR AN AMEND A

47:15

BALLOT ISSUE THAT A

47:19

BAND ABORTION IN you

47:21

know, in band abortion and

47:23

had no exceptions for rape or

47:25

incest. He says that Donald Trump, even

47:27

though he probably knows better, BARRIS

47:29

NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT

47:31

HAPPENED ON GENEWIZED. I SHOULD SAY THAT HE

47:33

DID SUPPORT HIM AFTER twenty

47:35

two WEEKS. JUST REAL QUICK, Do

47:37

you given everything you said, was it mistake

47:39

for fellow Democrats to pop him up as

47:41

your opponent? I

47:43

don't think look, I don't think I don't

47:45

think I believe we should reform

47:48

our campaign finance system. It's a mess.

47:50

You know, I've got racist billionaire who's

47:52

funding a super packed that's

47:54

supporting his campaign right now from

47:57

Wyoming. That's not helping voters in

47:59

Colorado, but I want Dana, you to

48:01

know and I want your viewers to know how

48:03

out of touch he is with Colorado. Not

48:05

just on the abortion issue, but the

48:07

idea that he would not support

48:10

any additional gun laws, including

48:12

a law, Mitch McConnell voted

48:15

for in the US. And in your Senate, we're gonna have

48:17

to leave it there. Red flag law

48:19

and Colorado to In the interest of

48:21

fairness of time. After Colin Biden We

48:23

heard him say that. We appreciate you joining

48:25

us. Thank you so much for coming on, senator. very

48:28

much appreciate it. Thanks for having me. and

48:30

character consistency, hypocrisy scandal,

48:32

does any of it matter if you judge the question

48:35

on Donald Trump and Donald Trump alone

48:37

survey says probably no. But

48:39

do the old political rules still apply

48:41

to anyone not named Donald Trump?

48:44

Georgia just may give the answer

48:46

to the country.

48:47

Hersha

48:51

Walker spent a career

48:53

shaking off tackles in the NFL,

48:55

but he's now trying to outrun allegations

48:57

rocking his senate campaign that

48:59

the staunchly anti abortion republican

49:02

who previously backed a total ban

49:04

with no exceptions paid for a

49:06

woman to have an abortion in two thousand

49:08

nine, and then told her to have another

49:10

one two years later.

49:11

This year, the abortion

49:14

thing is false. It's alive. Walker

49:16

is rolling

49:16

out a very modern play. confirmed

49:19

denial.

49:20

Actually, it's alive. Yeah. She's lying.

49:22

Yes. She's lying. And defiance. I'm

49:24

not gonna back down because this seat is

49:26

too important to the Georgia people for

49:29

me to back down right now.

49:30

But in an interview with CNN's Manu

49:32

Raju, senate Republican leader Mitch

49:35

McConnell acknowledged that Walker

49:37

struggles bring back memories of twenty

49:39

twelve when abortion controversies

49:41

helped sink the campaigns of Republican

49:44

Todd Aiken.

49:45

If it's legitimate rape,

49:47

the female body has ways

49:49

to try to shut that whole thing down. And Richard

49:51

Murdoch. Even when life begins

49:53

in that horrible situation of rape,

49:55

THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT GOD

49:57

INTENDED TO HAPPEN. Reporter: DERAILING

49:59

THE GOP'S PATH TO THE SENATE MAJORITY.

50:02

I DOUBLED INTO WHICRIB, NEVER JOINED A Coving

50:05

or of twenty ten when Republican

50:07

Christine O'Donnell put a new spin

50:09

on the old adage if you're explaining,

50:11

I'm not a witch. You're losing. But

50:14

after

50:14

four years of Donald Trump When you're

50:16

a star, they let you do it. Very fine

50:18

people. On both sides, that call was

50:21

a great go. It's a perfect call. Do

50:24

scandals still have the same impact

50:26

they used to? I believe in the second minute.

50:28

In twenty

50:28

seventeen, Republican senate

50:31

candidate Roy Moore may have hoped

50:33

Trump's ability to defy gravity could

50:35

help him weather sexual misconduct

50:37

allegations. Get

50:39

out and vote for

50:41

Roy more but

50:42

he lost in an upset in deep

50:44

red Alabama. Across the aisle,

50:47

North Carolina Democrat, Cal Cunningham,

50:49

sought his twenty twenty senate campaign

50:52

go up in smoke after his steamy

50:54

text messages leaked amid an extra

50:56

marital affair.

50:57

And when New York

50:59

governor Andrew Cuomo tried to follow

51:01

Trump's

51:01

defiant playbook and misconduct

51:04

allegations of his own.

51:05

So I was elected by the people of the state in New

51:07

York

51:08

I'M NOT GOING TO RESIGN. HE

51:10

ULTIMATELY GIVE IN AND STEP DOWN.

51:12

Reporter:

51:14

ONE EXCEPTION, Virginia DEMOCRATIC

51:16

GOVERNOR Ralph NORTHO who in twenty nineteen

51:19

confirmed, then denied appearing

51:21

in a racist yearbook photo, but

51:23

still managed to serve

51:24

out his term. even after

51:26

a truly bizarre press conference.

51:28

Are you still able to move? Inappropriate

51:33

circumstances.

51:35

My wife says inappropriate circumstances.

51:37

Top

51:37

senate Republicans are still

51:40

campaigning for Hershel Walker despite

51:42

concerns over candidate quality.

51:44

With McConnell telling CNN, quote,

51:46

whether it's fatal or a big problem

51:49

this year, we'll find out. and

51:51

with polls showing a competitive race,

51:53

control of the senate could all come down

51:56

to weather in this polarized environment

51:58

voters are still

51:59

swayed by scandal.

52:02

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52:02

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52:04

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