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Just two days until

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the historic midterm elections, what

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will America decide a special

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edition of this week starts right now?

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race to the finish.

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Make no mistake. Mark Chris is

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in the ballot for all of us. We're

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going to take back the house. We're going to

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take back to senate and we're going to

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take back America. With

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just forty eight hours to go,

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heavy hitters swarm the campaign

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trail. democracy as

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we know it, may not survive. The

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Blue firewall is going to be an Ashburn

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political history. We have to make sure

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that every

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BRE OWNER KNOWS WHAT'S AT

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STAY? Reporter: AS CANDIDATES MAKE THEIR

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CLOSING ARGUMENTS.

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THE TURNOUT IS HIGH, THE STAKES ARE EVEN

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HIGHER.

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Our founding fathers are counting

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on us right now. We have the power to

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lift up our voices on Tuesday.

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This is the most important let you be ever

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had in our lifetime.

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This morning, we're live in the states

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that will determine which party rules

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Rick Klein is here with our brand new

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ABC Washington post poll

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and Nate Silver with the final

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five thirty eight forecast. senator

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Cory Booker on the Democrat's final

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strategy and rising GLT

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star Virginia's governor, Glenn Youngcott,

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both This week, exclusive. Plus,

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Terry Moran reports on threats

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facing election workers.

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And you have to come to work every day

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we're body on. Democracy isn't

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as healthy as it should be.

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And our our house roundtable

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on what's at stake.

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From ABC

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News, this is

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a special edition of this week. your

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voice, your vote twenty twenty

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two. Here now Martha

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Roberts.

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Good morning, and welcome

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to this week. With just TWO DAYS

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UNTIL THE MID TERMS AND NEARLY forty

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MILLION VOTES ALREADY CAST, TUESDAY

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IS SHAPING UP TO BE A NALE BIDER.

1:56

election officials are preparing for what

1:58

could be a long night in contests

2:01

across the country. As votes come

2:03

in, there is a very real possibility outcomes

2:06

will SEAR TO FAVOUR ONE PARTY AT

2:08

THE START BUT CROWN ANOTHER LATER

2:10

ON. AND ELECTION NIGHT MIGHT,

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LIKE twenty twenty, EXTEND

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FOR DAYS. And all of that,

2:16

it's worth noting, is okay, not

2:19

assigned. The system has broken. In

2:21

this historic election, political campaigns

2:23

and outside groups have spent nearly

2:26

three billion dollars on a record

2:28

number of television ads as

2:30

rhetoric has become increasingly toxic

2:33

LEADING TO VOTER INTIMIDATION AND

2:35

A RISE IN VIOLENCE. IT WAS JUST

2:37

OVER A WEEK AGO THAT PAUL PELOSI

2:39

WAS BRUTELY ATTACKED IN HIS HOME

2:42

AND IS NOW IN FOR A LONG RECOVERY.

2:44

WE HAVE EVERY ANGLE COVERED THIS MORNING,

2:46

INCLUDING A BRAND NEW ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON

2:49

POST POLL showing widespread economic

2:52

discontent. Eighty percent

2:54

of voters say the economy is a

2:56

top issue with nearly half

2:58

of Americans saying that they're

3:00

worse off financially than they

3:02

were two years ago. And

3:04

Republicans have a clear advantage when

3:06

it comes to crossed overhandling of

3:08

the economy, voters preferring

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Republicans by fourteen points.

3:13

It's what pollsters call political

3:16

poison. We'll speak exclusively

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with top Democratic senator Cory

3:21

Booker and Republican governor Glenn

3:23

Youngson in a moment But first,

3:25

we're fanned out across the country

3:27

in key battleground states that

3:29

will decide control of congress.

3:31

We begin this morning with Steve Ossenheimer

3:34

in Georgia. Good morning, Steve.

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Good morning to you, Martha. Some of the latest polling

3:39

has the race between incumbent senator Rafael

3:42

Warnecch and college football

3:44

great and Republican nominee Hershel

3:46

Walker at essentially a

3:48

tie. And this is despite weeks

3:50

of bad press for Hershel Walker

3:52

who's essentially been called a Hippocrit because

3:55

of his stance on abortion rights even

3:57

though woman after woman has

3:59

come forward claiming that he either helped

4:01

them get an abortion or paid

4:03

for one. There is a libertarian

4:05

candidate in this race. And in Georgia,

4:07

to win on Tuesday night, the winner

4:09

has to get above fifty percent. And right

4:12

now, many people are expecting this possibly

4:15

go to a runoff, which frankly would

4:17

be four weeks of more misery

4:19

for Georgia voters who are frankly

4:21

tired of all the mudslinging. There

4:23

has been record voting in this race.

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About two point five million people

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have voted early. And election

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officials expect that when the votes are

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tallied on Tuesday night, the total

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vote will be higher than

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the four million votes passed in the midterms

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four years ago, but lower than

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the five million votes passed during the

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presidential election. Surprises

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Do happen? One could happen

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here. Democrats here are hoping

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that the polling is wrong and that their candidate

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wins. Hirschfeld Walker's people

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are happy that college football

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is in the air and UGA could

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be ranked number one this week and they're

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hoping that it helps them. Martha?

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Thanks, Steve. The prices do happen.

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Let's turn now to Philadelphia, where

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our EVA Pilgrim is standing

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by. Good morning, EVA. Good

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morning, Martha. It's been a very, very

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busy weekend in Pennsylvania as the

5:15

current president and two former presidents

5:17

have all been here trying to get

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out the vote in this crucial senate

5:22

rate president Biden joined firmer

5:24

president Barack Obama IN FIDELFIATE A STUMPER

5:26

LUTINIC GOVERNOR JOHN FEDERMAN WHILE

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FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HELD A RALLY

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IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE to

5:32

gin up support for doctor from that Oz. Now

5:34

even Oprah Winfrey has now

5:36

jumped into this race. She discovered

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doctor Oz WORKED WITH HIM FOR

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YEARS, BUT NOW ANNOUNCING HORT endorsement

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OF FEDERMAN AND THIS RACE

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IS SO INCREDIALLY CLOSED. ONE POLL OUT

5:47

ON FRIDAY Federman with a six point lead over

5:49

odds among voters who say they will definitely

5:51

cast ballots in this election. But according

5:53

to five thirty eight's polling average,

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Oss has been making gains in the final

5:58

weeks of this campaign, bringing Federman's

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lead down to less than

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a point And those close finishes

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are what we've become accustomed to seeing here.

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The last two presidential races split

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by less than one point two

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percentage points with Trump winning in

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twenty sixteen, Biden in

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twenty twenty. Martha, we will be

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watching voter turnout out

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here. It will really come down to

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who goes out to the polls

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on election day.

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Incredibly close there, Eva.

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Thank you. Let's head west now to ABC's

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Moa Lengue for the latest out of

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Nevada and Arizona.

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Oh, good

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morning, Martha. Nevada looking like it could be

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Republican's best opportunity to

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flip a sen IT'S CURRENTLY HELD BY THE DEMOCRATS.

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SENATOR CORTES MASTO IS RUNNING

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SLIGHTLY BEHIND FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL,

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ADAM LACSAULT, MAKING HER THE WORST

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POSITION DEMOCRATIC INCOMMENT in

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five thirty eight's polling averages. Another

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senate seat that both Republicans and Democrats

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are watching closely is Arizona. Polls

6:56

still show Democrat senator Mark Kelly with

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slight lead over Republican challenger

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Blake Masters. But as you can see, that lead

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has narrowed from nearly seven points

7:04

at the start of October to just about

7:06

two points now. And while the Democrat

7:08

is still leading in the Arizona senate

7:10

race, split ticket voters could

7:12

hand Republican Carrie Lake, the governor's

7:14

mansion. polls show that race between

7:16

her and Democrat Katie Hobbs. The current

7:19

secretary of state in Arizona is statistically tied,

7:21

but lake does have the edge in several

7:23

polls by one to two points. Meanwhile,

7:26

here in Colorado, Republican Joe

7:28

O'Dea is one of those rare Republicans

7:30

who's actually trying to distance himself from

7:32

former president Donald Trump as he tries

7:34

to defeat incumbent senator Democrat

7:36

Michael Bennett. Bennett still holds

7:38

a fairly comfortable lead in that race

7:40

BUT THOSE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN NARROWING IN RECENT WEEKS

7:42

MARTA. THE

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KEY QUESTION OF

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COURSE IS WHICH PARTY WILL WIN A MAJORITY

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AND CONTROL CONGRESS. For that, let's

7:51

bring in ABC News political

7:53

director Rick Klein at our midterm monitor

7:55

and Nate Silver, editor in chief

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of five thirty eight. Rick, let's start

7:59

with you. Just two days out, our new

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poll shows one issue dominating the

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rest. It's the economy far

8:06

and away. AND THE PRESIDENT

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STANDING REFLECTS THAT. Reporter:

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MARTHA, PRESIDENT BIDEN'S APPROVAL

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RATING NOW AT forty one percent IN OUR NEW POLL

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WITH THE WASHINGTON POST. NOW That's up a little

8:15

bit from where it was a few months ago, but

8:17

check this out. Donald Trump's approval rating

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at the same point in twenty eighteen going

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into his first midterm forty

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percent. Keep in mind, Donald Trump lost

8:26

forty seats in that midterm Republicans

8:28

lost control of the House. This time,

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Republicans only need to gain five seats to win

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control. And on that key question, do you

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support a Republican candidate or a

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Democratic candidate? voters are essentially tied

8:38

just to one point EDGE FOR

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THE REPUBLICANS, THE SAME POINT IN twenty

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eighteen. DEMOCRATS HAD A SEVEN POINT

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EDGE ON THIS QUESTION AS THEY SWEP BACK INTO

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THE MAJORITY and frankly because the way districts

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are drawn, Martha, Democrats functionally

8:50

need to have an edge in this in this

8:52

metric on the so called generic ballot. They

8:54

don't have it going into Tuesday.

8:55

And let's look at the five thirty eight

8:58

forecast. Howard theme shaping up for

9:00

control of the House and Senate. Howard

9:01

Bauchner: So in

9:02

the House have a pretty clear front runner, which is the

9:04

GOP, given all the history of the

9:06

opposition party doing well at the midterms,

9:08

given the polling, the president's approval rating,

9:11

It's not a guarantee, but as though they're kicking

9:13

like a forty two yard field goal, you would expect that

9:15

to happen most of the time.

9:17

The

9:18

senate is much closer. We have the GOP

9:20

with fifty five, forty five edge, you can call that a

9:22

dead heat. If you want, you'd rather have fifty

9:24

five than forty five, but with six or

9:26

seven races within a couple of points, you

9:28

could have fairly big swings either

9:30

way. And

9:31

take us through the states

9:33

that each party sees as their best

9:36

path to clinch the majority in the

9:38

senate. Yeah. These are

9:38

our battleground states, Martha, that we'll have an eye

9:40

on on Tuesday night. Keep in mind, the Senate right

9:42

now is fifty fifty. If it stays that way,

9:45

Democrats stay in control because they have the vice

9:47

president's tie breaker. Republicans need to get the

9:49

fifty one. How do they do it? They feel very

9:51

good about Florida with senator Rubio.

9:53

North Carolina, congressman bud

9:55

seems to be in a strong spot. Utah,

9:57

they're not really buying into the challenge against Mike Lee.

9:59

Wisconsin, Ron Johnson seems to have

10:01

righted his ship. And in Ohio, just a very

10:03

Republican state despite the strong challenge

10:05

from Tim Ryan, then things get

10:07

interesting if they're able to hold on to

10:09

Pennsylvania. If doctor Oz is able to beat

10:11

John Federman, all of a sudden they've got lots of

10:13

paths to fifty one probably their

10:15

most likely pick up from there is

10:17

Nevada that gets them the majority. On

10:19

the other side, the democrats feel

10:21

very good about their incumbents in New

10:23

Hampshire in Colorado despite

10:25

a big scare that seems to be coming on. They feel

10:27

good about Washington as well. They think

10:30

senator Kelly in Arizona will be fine.

10:32

And then if John Federman is able to

10:34

flip Pennsylvania to the democrats, all of

10:36

a sudden the democrats have some opportunities.

10:38

Their best shot from there might be

10:40

Georgia. We heard Steve talk earlier about the

10:42

possibility of a runoff. It could come

10:44

down to Georgia to determine the senate majority.

10:46

RECLINE

10:47

Nate Silver. THANKS SO MUCH.

10:49

LET'S TURN NOW TO DEMOCRATIC SENATOR,

10:52

Cory Booker. HE'S NOT ON THE BALLOT

10:54

THIS YEAR, BUT HE'S BEEN Chris

10:56

Crossing the country to campaign for his

10:58

fellow Democrats helping to get out

11:00

the vote in key battleground states

11:02

ahead of Tuesday's election. He's been to

11:04

Arizona, Wisconsin, Nevada,

11:07

North Carolina just to name a few,

11:09

and now he's here

11:09

on this week. Good morning, senator.

11:12

great to have you on

11:13

this morning. We're just two days

11:15

from Election Day in mid September

11:17

five thirty eight, senate forecast

11:19

gave Democrats a seventy one percent

11:21

chance of holding onto the senate majority.

11:24

Now Republicans have a fifty

11:26

five percent chance of taking it

11:27

from you.

11:28

What happened?

11:31

Well, look, the party in the

11:33

White House usually loses during midterms,

11:35

but the reality is We saw them

11:37

a very strong pathway, not just

11:39

to keeping the Senate, but really

11:41

picking up seats in Philadelphia, excuse

11:43

me, Pennsylvania and in places

11:45

like Wisconsin and North Carolina.

11:48

This election still is in the balance

11:50

and the reality is we're bucking

11:52

what our usual trends. And I think we're bucking

11:54

them because folks know, at

11:56

the end of the day, do they want to go back to

11:58

the sort of Donald Trump politics

11:59

that divided our nation, undermined

12:02

our democracy, and really

12:04

preference their signature bill was

12:06

a big giveaway to the largest

12:08

corporations and the richest in America. And

12:10

even though our economy is tough, people think about

12:12

it and say, wait a minute, this is the party trying

12:14

to protect unions. This is the

12:16

party that made sure we did

12:18

things to lower prescription drug costs

12:20

and lower health care costs. That this is the

12:22

party at the end of the day that's trying to

12:24

protect fundamental freedoms like

12:26

the right to control your own

12:28

body. So I that this is a tough

12:30

election season. It's a midterm

12:32

election, but I still see a

12:34

pathway for us to maintain

12:36

control of the senate.

12:37

SO WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES

12:40

WITH THAT? WE KNOW Chuck Schumer

12:42

SAID YOU MIGHT EVEN GAIN SEATS IN THE

12:44

SENATE. HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? Well,

12:46

it happens by voter turnout. I

12:48

mean, when I'm going around the country, I see a

12:50

lot of enthusiasm. But at the end of the

12:52

day, we've got to translate to that to

12:55

people getting out. And I

12:57

see a lot of candidates. Mr. McConnell

12:59

admitted that they have a candidate

13:01

quality problem on the other

13:03

side. And so, from Georgia

13:05

to Pennsylvania, people have real

13:07

stark choices out in Arizona.

13:09

They have choices between somebody that wants

13:11

to preserve democracy. Bring

13:13

people together versus a type of

13:15

brand of politics really that

13:17

undermines our democracy. There's a

13:19

lot on the line and we have to remember

13:21

after what we saw at January sixth, the Republican

13:23

or Democrat, we should be electing

13:25

people that believe in our democracy, that

13:27

believe in our traditions, and

13:29

they ultimately wanna unite

13:31

people and not divide them.

13:33

There's a culture of contempt in this

13:35

country. You're seeing election workers get

13:37

increased threats. you're seeing

13:39

judges get increased threats.

13:41

Heck, you're even seeing members of Congress as

13:43

we saw what happened with Paul Pelosi. Something

13:45

is going wrong in our country. We're

13:47

rising political violence. Rising

13:50

threats are really threatening

13:52

who we are as a people. And I hope

13:54

as people go to the polls, They

13:56

elect folks that wanna unite us, not divide

13:58

us, that wanna bring people together to

14:00

focus on our common cause,

14:03

not really be about contempt AND

14:05

ANGER. BUT THIS IS THE TIME FOR US TO HAVE

14:07

SOUND GOVERNMENT.

14:08

Reporter: SENATOR, AS WE SAID THE

14:10

ECONOMY IS THE TOP ISSUE FOR eighty

14:13

percent of Americans in our

14:15

ABC Washington Post poll. And yet, this

14:17

week, and you're talking about this too, you had

14:19

president Biden give a major SPEECH ON

14:21

SAVING DEMOCRACY BARELY MENTIONING

14:23

THE ECONOMY OR CRIME. OBVIOUSLY

14:25

DEMOCRACY IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE,

14:27

BUT was that the right thing to be

14:29

stressing at this moment in the midterms

14:31

when so many Americans are worried?

14:34

You know, I

14:35

stood side by side with Katherine Cortez

14:37

Massto in Nevada or Mark

14:39

Kelly in Arizona, side

14:42

by side with candidates. Tim

14:45

Ryan in Ohio. Every single one

14:47

of them is talking about kitchen

14:49

table issues. And when things

14:51

are really stressed, which party

14:53

has your back? prescription

14:55

drug costs, democrats lowering them,

14:57

healthcare costs, democrats

14:59

lowering them. When it comes to creating good

15:01

union jobs, we were the

15:03

party that didn't just talk about infrastructure

15:05

weak, but got the biggest infrastructure

15:07

bill investments in our communities that we've

15:09

seen in generations. At

15:11

the end of the day, one party has shown when they were in

15:14

power. They're giving the biggest

15:16

tax cuts and tax breaks to the

15:18

wealthiest. The other party, we were

15:20

one vote shy. of

15:22

passing the biggest middle class tax cut

15:24

and working class tax cut in American

15:26

history, making the child tax credit

15:28

permanent. But senator

15:30

then The polls have

15:31

tightened. The polls have tightened.

15:33

What about the messaging? Alyssa slotkin

15:35

from

15:35

Michigan, one of the most vulnerable members

15:38

of congress told

15:39

the New York Times the truth is Democrats

15:41

have

15:41

done a poor job of

15:43

communicating our approach to the

15:45

economy. If you can't speak directly to

15:47

people's pocketbook and talk about

15:49

our vision for the economy, you're

15:51

just having half conversation,

15:53

did Democrats miscalculate

15:55

just how

15:56

important this issue is?

15:58

You know, again,

15:59

I'm looking at all the

16:01

triple Neil saying all politics is local.

16:03

And when I stood with house

16:05

members who were running for reelection

16:07

and senators, I know what their

16:09

messaging is. I know what their

16:11

closing argument is. Is that when

16:13

this country is going through tough times,

16:15

whether it's a pandemic, or

16:17

inflation rising. Who is

16:19

really going to have your families

16:21

back? And and I've heard people

16:23

show receipts of what we've accomplished

16:26

in terms of helping to lower

16:28

costs and really a

16:30

firm message that we were one

16:32

vote shy as I said of the biggest middle class

16:34

tax cut. one vote shy of

16:36

protecting fundamental rights. The

16:38

individual people I see out there campaigning

16:40

are speaking towards the pocketbooks of

16:42

this country. and reminding people

16:44

about what Donald Trump's agenda

16:46

was when he had the reins, not

16:48

just economic

16:50

policy that favored the rich, but

16:52

also things that undermine our

16:54

very fundamental beliefs as a

16:56

democracy.

16:57

Okay. We thank you so much for joining us

16:59

this morning, senator. Good luck. Thank

17:02

you very much. Howard Bauchner: We turn now

17:04

to the Republicans and Virginia

17:06

Governor,

17:06

Glenn Youngkin, a rising star in

17:09

the

17:10

GOP He triumphed in a race that was one of the

17:12

first to test voter

17:13

sentiment after president

17:14

Trump left office. Our John

17:16

Carlson had down with governor Youngkin yesterday

17:19

to discuss the party's prospects ahead

17:22

of Tuesday and what Republicans

17:24

will prioritize if they gain a

17:26

majority. Right. And that's that. You're

17:28

Governor of Virginia, but you've been all over the

17:31

country, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Arizona,

17:33

New York to just in the last couple of weeks.

17:35

Oregon, Oregon. What's the closing

17:38

argument? Why

17:39

people should vote for Republicans?

17:41

Americans are hurting right now. And Republican

17:44

gubernatorial candidates because that's who up spending a lot of time

17:46

with are offering common sense solutions

17:48

to these most critical issues. Americans

17:50

are sitting around their tables in the evening in the word

17:52

about inflation and they're worried about crime, worried

17:54

about their schools, and they worry about the

17:56

border. Every state's become a border state.

17:58

And

17:58

Republicans

17:59

have clear cut common sense solutions to all of these. And

18:02

what they've seen is that the

18:04

liberal

18:04

democrats don't. And it's that clear

18:06

right now. Yeah. And you're obviously campaigning

18:08

for for members of Congress as

18:10

well. First order of business, if Republicans take over

18:13

the House and Senate, how do they

18:15

work with president Biden? Well,

18:17

first, I think they will both have

18:19

majorities. and I think the statement on

18:21

Tuesday is gonna be pretty clear.

18:23

And

18:23

I think there will be a

18:25

larger majority in the than people

18:27

may have thought a few months ago, and I think there'll be a clear majority

18:29

in the senate. And this is

18:31

gonna be a wake up call to president Biden,

18:33

and I hope he answers it because

18:36

what's happened over the last two years has

18:38

really caused a lot of problems in America.

18:40

I hope that president Biden sees

18:42

what Americans are are gonna are

18:44

gonna say to him. on Tuesday,

18:46

which is we're not happy, and we

18:48

need a different agenda. And

18:51

and I think that a Republican led house and a

18:53

Republican led senate are gonna work

18:55

to deliver on promises made.

18:57

And I hope Joe Biden listens. You know,

18:59

I'm hearing a lot though

19:01

of talk about investigations in

19:04

investigation is a hundred Biden FBI. All

19:06

things, Anthony Fauci. Republicans

19:08

talking about going, you know, all

19:10

in if they take control, particularly the house. Is

19:12

that really what what you're campaigning,

19:14

hon, to to have massive

19:17

investigations and all? And I think

19:19

that that the

19:20

House and the Senate and the White House are gonna have to go

19:22

to work and offer solutions.

19:24

On top of

19:25

that, our democracy's better.

19:28

when our congress

19:30

exercises its responsibility

19:33

for oversight, and they

19:35

can also deliver answers.

19:37

I think

19:37

voters are gonna make a statement on Tuesday and

19:40

they want their elected leaders to

19:42

deliver results. What about all this

19:44

impeachment talk? I mean, I've gone through it. I

19:46

can count at least three members

19:48

of the Biden cabinet that Republicans

19:50

have talked about impeaching. Obviously,

19:52

there have already been impeachment resolutions

19:54

introduced. Many of them for Biden

19:56

himself. Would that be a mistake for for Republicans to

19:58

go in? Again,

19:59

I I too might believe strongly that our

20:02

democracy is better when

20:04

our Congress exercises. It's oversight

20:07

functions. In peace, the reality of this

20:09

is that Virginians are

20:11

gonna vote. for congressional representatives. And I think

20:13

that we're gonna see a number of seats flip

20:15

and they want them to go to work to

20:17

deliver. But let let me press you on that

20:19

though. I mean, common sense kitchen table issues. That's

20:21

what you've been talking about. Is is that

20:23

what voters have in mind impeaching an

20:26

impeachment of

20:26

of Joe Biden? because, I mean, I'm hearing

20:28

that a lot. Well, you know, I don't know I don't

20:30

know if if we That big mistake is all

20:32

massive. So that key mistake to go is I

20:34

can't speculate on what they're gonna do, but what

20:37

I can you -- What they should do is what I'm asking. -- is they have done well,

20:39

I'm I'm a governor. I know if you're a governor.

20:41

I'm a governor in Virginia for people

20:43

to be in the country. My job governor

20:45

in Virginia is to deliver for Virginia's. And, oh, by

20:47

the way, I think that Republicans offer

20:50

answers that Democrats have

20:52

failed to offer over and over and over again. You were out

20:54

in Arizona campaign for Kerry Lake.

20:56

Liz Cheney who has supported you

20:58

was quite critical of that. She

21:01

said, Nobody should be out advocating

21:03

for the election of people who

21:05

will not honor the sanctity of our

21:07

election process. Obviously, Caroline

21:10

talks a heck of a lot about the twenty twenty

21:12

election falsely saying it was rigged,

21:14

stolen. You you

21:16

you don't agree with that, too? Well, I've

21:18

said that that president Biden's our

21:20

president. He was elected our president. He

21:23

didn't believe that he's the president. He's on a bad

21:25

job. He really has. He's on a bad job.

21:27

The Republican Party is not

21:29

some monolithic group that all believes the same things. But

21:31

what Republican governors have

21:34

demonstrated is they have led so much better coming

21:36

out of this pandemic. ECONOMIC

21:39

RECOVERY, SAFE COMMUNITIES DELIVERING

21:41

IN SCHOOLS AND AS I HAVE

21:43

SAID, I THINK EVERY STATE DESURS REPUBLICAN

21:45

GOVERNOR. and this is a really clear choice.

21:47

Plus advisers to Donald Trump say that

21:49

he's preparing to run for president very soon

21:52

after Tuesday. I

21:53

hi Do

21:54

you welcome that or would you rather

21:56

he didn't run?

21:57

Let me begin. The only timeline that

21:59

anybody should be focusing on right now

22:01

is the one that leads through November

22:04

the eighth. The

22:04

former president is gonna do what the

22:06

former president decides to do. And would

22:08

you support him? Well,

22:09

I at this point, I'm not supporting

22:12

anybody. But are you looking at running

22:14

for president? that is that a possibility? I'm looking at November the

22:16

eighth. And I understand, but, you know, you know, I mean,

22:18

the reality is something that I'm always

22:20

humbled by this question because I get it

22:22

a lot. and yet

22:24

the reality is what I have done

22:26

in Virginia over the last year

22:28

is bring a sense of urgency to

22:31

deliver. It was a blue state, and we flipped it red.

22:33

Would Trump running make you more or less

22:35

likely to run yourself? Would it affect

22:37

your decision? I really have not

22:39

given it real consideration.

22:41

And I have been so focused on

22:43

making sure that I'm doing a great job in

22:45

Virginia and supporting candidates that I

22:47

think will deliver for

22:49

their constituents. THIS IS A

22:51

NOVEMBER eight MOMENT AND THE

22:52

REALITY IS FOLKS THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT

22:55

THINGS BEYOND NOVEMBER eight, I THINK ARE

22:57

MISSING THE PRIORITY OF TODAY'S MOMENT. Oh,

22:59

thanks

22:59

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23:02

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24:05

president Biden and former president

24:07

Trump both in Pennsylvania this

24:09

weekend making their final arguments, the

24:12

roundtables here to make their own

24:14

final arguments. Former DNC

24:16

chair, Donna Brazil, former Trump

24:18

Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah

24:20

Isker, democracy for America's

24:22

CEO, that Simpson and former New

24:24

Jersey governor, Chris Christie,

24:26

welcome to you all, and here we

24:28

are down

24:28

to the wire. Don, I wanna start

24:30

with you. The economy,

24:31

far and away. The

24:33

top issue, our ABC News election

24:35

post poll, forty three percent

24:37

of Americans say they're now worse off

24:41

financially IN THE LAST TWO YEARS

24:43

THAT IS PRETTY ESTOUNDING. WHY

24:45

HAS THAT NOT BEEN THE NUMBER ONE

24:47

ISSUE ON THE CAMPAIGN? HEAR KOREY

24:49

BOOKER THIS MORNING not

24:51

talk about that, essentially, not focus

24:53

on that. Well,

24:54

you know Martha, so you have to take a

24:56

look at the entire country because I do

24:58

believe that whether you're talking about

25:00

abortion, which is

25:01

an economic economic issue.

25:03

And why? Because when you

25:05

are pregnant and I haven't been, so I'll

25:07

defer to those who've been pregnant and

25:09

heft,

25:09

That's an economic issue. You have to go to the doctor. You

25:11

gotta have healthcare. So these

25:13

issues are on the table. And by the way, the Democrats

25:15

have addressed them in Congress where

25:18

it matters. and trying to

25:20

get the supply chain back

25:22

back in line. Make sure we

25:24

have baby formula. So it is an issue.

25:26

Democrats understand that. But

25:28

this is a very very serious

25:32

election. We're not just talking about the

25:34

economy and inflation and

25:36

crime and immigration. abortion,

25:38

fuck and rice. But we're also talking

25:40

about what took place on January twenty first.

25:42

I have not been able to put this

25:44

in my recycle bin. You

25:46

know why? Because The same people who gave us this

25:49

are now in the ballot in all

25:51

fifty states. So while we're

25:53

talking about kitchen

25:55

table issues, which are very important.

25:57

We also got to

25:57

talk about democracy itself. Is

25:59

that

25:59

the right strategy, Chris Christie? No.

26:02

They're gonna lose. I mean, look,

26:03

when when you don't have anything to

26:05

say about the issues that the people care most about,

26:07

what you try to do is set a fire

26:09

someplace else and distract them.

26:11

but it's not working, and

26:13

and it won't work. The

26:15

fact is when people go into a supermarket.

26:17

People do care about democracy. They

26:19

do see that They don't care as much as they care

26:21

about the other things. And the all the polling shows that.

26:24

And I'm not splitting the atom here.

26:26

Okay? All of the polling shows

26:28

what people care about the most right now is the economy

26:30

and inflation. That's what they care the

26:32

most about. And so in in

26:35

the end, I'm listen, I my honor. She brought

26:37

props this morning to drive

26:39

everything she can to distract

26:41

people from what is the

26:43

issue, which is they cannot afford

26:45

to go to the supermarket.

26:46

They can't afford to go to the gas

26:49

station. they cannot afford to pay their bills. And when

26:51

that happens, everything else goes

26:53

to second place. And Republicans have no

26:55

answer for that. The

26:57

reality is if you're bad off

26:59

now, if you can't buy gas, if you can't buy

27:01

groceries, you're gonna be worse if Republicans

27:03

when they have no solution, And I think you're right.

27:04

I think, Alyssa slotkin is right. We should be

27:07

messaging on the economy. The economy's better when

27:09

democrats are in leadership. And Republicans

27:11

all you kind of agree with Chris

27:13

there? Well, I've got you to

27:15

I think I'm gonna be talking

27:16

about it. I disagree that his party is a

27:18

better position to take care of it, and we should say

27:20

that. We should say, what a Republican's gonna do. They

27:23

don't have to answer the question what they're gonna

27:25

do. They're talking about ending Social

27:27

Security. They're gonna make it worse. So to

27:29

everybody out here who is worried about the

27:31

economy, no, you might be bad off, but you'll be

27:33

worse if Republicans win the House of the Senate.

27:35

Period. What do you think of the

27:37

strategy, sir? I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY DEMOCRATS

27:39

DIDN'T RUN FROM THE BEGINNING SAYING WE'RE

27:41

TALKING ABOUT THE ECONOMY THE REPUBLICANS

27:43

ARE THE ONES PASSING THESE LAWS IN THE STATES

27:46

ON ABORTION. why they ceded that whole

27:48

ground to the Republican Party and look

27:50

on the democracy issue, yes,

27:52

you look and a a majority

27:54

of Americans think democracy is under threat.

27:56

Eighty percent. Think that if the opposition comes

27:58

into power, that America,

27:59

as we know it, will be under

28:02

threat. But when you ask them which

28:04

party is the greater threat, independent voters

28:06

by about seven points. Think it's

28:08

the Democratic party, not the Republican

28:11

party. So while Joe Biden is talking about how

28:13

democracy is on the ballot, I don't know that

28:15

his message is landing the way he thinks

28:17

it's landing with these voters who are gonna

28:19

decide the action. And, Donna, those are

28:21

incredible

28:21

statistics from that poll. That that

28:23

each side thinks the other is responsible for

28:25

it, where I think that's an issue that Democrats

28:27

thought was all there. Look,

28:30

I'm not writing campaigns anymore.

28:31

I run my smartphone television, which, you

28:34

know, sadly, I can't do a lot about what's

28:36

gonna take place over the next

28:38

two days.

28:38

I wanna accept the American people. Who's on your side?

28:40

That's right. Who's out there fighting for you? Who's

28:42

out there trying to lure your prescription drug

28:44

prices? Who's out there trying to make sure

28:47

that you get a raise in a minimum way so that you can afford

28:49

the groceries and the gas when

28:51

you go, when you leave your house. The

28:54

Republicans just refuse to vote.

28:56

Because of everything -- Almost done on energy. -- that's not They refused

28:58

to raise the minimum wage. It is poor

29:00

people and low income people who are obese.

29:02

Has raised the minimum wage? because

29:04

now you have to pay twenty dollars to the grocery store.

29:06

Well, what drives inflation? It's not

29:09

just what who's in

29:11

Washington DC. We're being this

29:13

inflation is being driven by

29:15

huge demand at a time we had

29:17

two years of it. economic

29:19

lockdown. I think it makes

29:21

sense. I don't know. That's it. I'll take

29:23

Larry Summers word for it. Okay?

29:25

Larry Summers, Clinton's Treasury

29:28

Secretary, told the Biden administration two

29:30

years ago, you go ahead with the

29:32

spending you're talking about. and you are gonna create

29:34

enormous inflation, and it's exactly

29:36

what happened. And we can try to blame it on a

29:38

whole bunch of other things. But when you put

29:40

five trillion dollars,

29:42

that you printed into the economy

29:44

after all the money that we put in during

29:47

COVID. That's why you have inflation. And,

29:49

you know, the fact is that it's gotta stop at

29:51

some point. And the Democrats don't

29:53

wanna talk about that because their constituencies

29:55

are all about paying me more. In

29:58

the end, In

29:59

the end, Sarah's

29:59

right, that

30:01

they ceded this crowds to Republicans

30:03

because they knew that Joe Biden

30:05

couldn't articulate the argument

30:08

as to why he was better. That's why they have him in

30:10

Union Station talking

30:12

about democracy. Could you go to a

30:14

safer, large, deep Democratic place than

30:16

the middle of the District of Columbia? Send him over

30:18

to Union Station, put him back in the White House before

30:20

he causes more harm. We're sending the

30:22

scranton, which is the only other place in the country he can

30:24

go. Even that

30:24

Earlier in the year, Donna said

30:26

that abortion would be a defining issue

30:29

in the fall. Yeah. It has

30:31

fallen.

30:31

Yeah. Republicans are running away from it.

30:33

We didn't anticipate

30:34

that. Right? they realize this was the

30:36

problem. They don't they're not wanting ads on

30:39

abortion. They're not

30:39

they're not they're talking about abortion on

30:41

the debate stage. They're avoiding it. They

30:44

realized very quickly, and they retreated, and we

30:46

let them. And I think we just have to

30:48

continue to remind people that a ten year

30:50

old girl HAVENED TO CARRY HER

30:52

RAPE THIS CHILD TO

30:54

BIRTH IS IN HUMAN. AND IT'S

30:56

WRONG AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. WOMEN'S

30:58

READ moment -- No. -- it was never known about how

31:00

much is the money spent. At the same time,

31:02

the gas prices went down. You can track the

31:04

democrats and poll numbers going up and down

31:06

with gas prices. It's not that abortion fated.

31:09

It's that there's no particular evidence it was

31:11

ever going to be a meaningful issue when we had

31:13

already sorted ourselves over twenty years and

31:15

now

31:15

it's official show me one

31:17

Republican talking about. Well, first of all, no way on that.

31:20

Wait wait a second. Why would why

31:22

would No. No. Republicans made the

31:24

decision to do something unique

31:26

if you actually wanna win a election. No. No. No. No. No. Let me

31:28

finish that. If you wanna win a election, you talk

31:30

about the things that the voters care about. And

31:32

you look at this polling and what they care

31:34

about this economy, inflation, crime.

31:37

That's what they care about, and that's why Republican

31:39

candidates resonate, not running for anything.

31:41

We're running to the voters and what they're There's

31:43

no other genres. It's also about a

31:46

vision. What's

31:47

your vision of America's future?

31:49

It's

31:49

about your value system. And

31:51

I think while it's important that

31:54

we follow where the voters are leading us? Because

31:56

absolutely, they decide. That's why so

31:58

many of them have voted for us. It's also

31:59

about vision. And this is about

32:02

the vision of our future. Yes.

32:04

This is a prop for some

32:06

Americans, but for me and for millions of

32:08

Americans, it was a reality.

32:11

when people stormed on the

32:13

United States capital because of a

32:15

big lie. So yes, all

32:17

of these issues on the ballot and we're

32:19

just gonna have to turn out and

32:20

see what the results have. I wanna have I wanna turn

32:22

you back here. You're talking about through Tuesday.

32:24

I wanna talk about specific race

32:26

in Georgia. You have been down there

32:28

campaigning for Rafael Warmock. What

32:30

do you

32:30

it is so close down there and

32:32

you have the accusations against Hershel

32:34

Walker. Do you feel like people

32:37

will vote for Hershel Walker because they like him

32:39

or because they just wanna hold on to the

32:41

Republic. It's all about power.

32:43

Nobody's loving Hershel I mean,

32:45

he is not the one. And in fact, I've heard a lot of African

32:48

Americans down in Georgia say he's

32:50

an embarrassment to us. I mean, he is

32:52

a

32:52

he's a sideshow, he's being

32:54

used. has all this scandal. He's

32:56

a representative of a

32:58

figure that that some Americans think

33:00

black men should be, and we don't want

33:03

that presented. Rafael Buenos Aires is an amazing human. I can't

33:05

imagine why people and George are making this

33:07

choice.

33:07

I think some of it is nostalgia. We saw

33:09

what happened with Tommy Tuberville in

33:12

Alabama, football matters apparently in the

33:14

south. But guess what? He is not

33:16

bid to be a senator period. What we

33:18

have seen in Georgia that I want to comment

33:20

on is, record turnout in

33:22

the early vote. Two and a half million people

33:23

voted early in Georgia. That's

33:25

more than twenty eighteen and twenty twenty.

33:27

So I think We're all thinking it's gonna go according to the polls.

33:29

I think new voters and early

33:31

voters are gonna win the day. How

33:33

how about African American voters, Donna?

33:36

Ed Rendell, the former Pennsylvania governor told the New York

33:38

Times he's worried about African American

33:41

turnout that black voters have not been

33:43

significantly motivated to

33:45

vote. to

33:45

enthusiasm is hard to come by,

33:48

especially when you don't

33:48

talk to people that you need to get

33:50

out until the last two or three

33:53

weeks. So I'm hoping that African

33:55

Americans will hear the message here, the music,

33:57

get the lyrics, and go out and vote. And if

33:59

they do, we know what

33:59

happens, especially when black women

34:02

vote, democracy

34:02

always on the ballot for us. But

34:04

I

34:04

wanna go back to candidates. Candidates

34:07

matter. And it's not just her so walkers, mister

34:09

Oz, and Pennsylvania is mister Vance. And so

34:11

I do think that Democrats have a fight

34:13

and chance, both. And keeping

34:15

keeping the

34:18

senate and and very might well, you know, not

34:20

lose as many seats in the United States House.

34:22

And, Chris, I know I'm gonna get to yourselves.

34:24

But

34:24

maybe we're gonna get some of them governor

34:27

since -- Yeah. -- just hold on. Look at where I live in

34:30

Massachusetts. I'm I'll tell you.

34:32

But but let me just say I was in Georgia

34:34

too on Thursday

34:36

and Friday. And what's driving the politics in Georgia right now is the

34:38

governor's race. Yeah. And and

34:40

governor Kemp is gonna be reelected. He's

34:42

gonna be

34:44

reelected by a surprisingly large margin and that's what could really

34:46

wind up helping Hershel

34:48

Walker is that Kemp is going to do much

34:50

better than anybody's predicting he's going to

34:52

do all the

34:54

way through. And the other the other upset and surprise you're gonna

34:56

see, I think, on Tuesday night,

34:58

is Joe O'Dea, the Republican

35:00

candidate for United States, Senate,

35:02

and Colorado. is gonna beat Michael

35:04

Bennett. And that's gonna be a huge

35:06

surprise. It's gonna be Canada who does not have the

35:08

support of Donald Trump. He does not have the

35:10

support Donald Trump. He flat out said that he believes that Joe

35:12

Biden was the legitimately elected president of the

35:14

United States and and had Trump

35:16

attack him. AND IN

35:18

COLORADO HE IS DRIVING MICHAEL

35:20

BENNET TO DISTRACTION HE'S GOING TO WIN THE RACE.

35:22

Reporter: SARA, I WANT TO SEE IF YOU THINK

35:24

THERE ARE GOING TO

35:24

BE ANY prices or people have really made

35:27

up their minds. So

35:28

I think it's important to think about these

35:30

polls. The undecided voters are still

35:32

in these pull. So when you see a forty one, forty

35:35

five poll, there's, you know, five,

35:37

seven points outstanding of folks who haven't

35:39

made up their minds yet. WE DON'T KNOW

35:41

HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BREAK, BUT, generally, THEY ALL IN THE SAME DIRECTION. I THINK IT'S

35:43

A FAIR ASSUMPTION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BREAK TOUR THE

35:45

REPUBLICANS AT THIS POINT.

35:48

SO, YES, you could see Colorado where, by the way, Chuck Schumer and

35:50

Democrats spent millions trying

35:52

to have a different Republican candidate, an

35:54

election denying candidate in

35:56

that race. Washington

35:58

State, for senate,

35:59

Tiffany Smiley, the Oregon

36:02

governor's race. And obviously, those races in

36:04

New York, the governor and the house races where you

36:06

could have the head a Democratic

36:08

Congressional campaign committee lose his seat. I

36:10

can't

36:10

pay for Mike Waller against Sean Patrick

36:12

Loewen. He's gonna lose he's probably gonna lose

36:14

by five or six points. Okay. Let's let's

36:16

Let's talk about Donald Trump. Last night, N'Reilly and

36:17

earlier in the week, he said, I promise

36:20

you in the very, very,

36:22

very short period of time, you're

36:24

gonna be SO

36:26

HAPPY. AND OF COURSE HE WAS TALKING ABOUT

36:28

twenty twenty four AND SINCE IT

36:29

HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT HE WILL LIKELY MAKE

36:31

THE ANNOUNCEMENT TO

36:34

RUN the week of November fourteenth. We have about forty

36:36

seconds here. God asked you, Chris.

36:38

I, you know, look,

36:39

is anybody surprised No.

36:41

I don't think it means

36:44

anything. I don't think it means anything. When

36:46

something happens that you may anticipate it

36:48

happening, it doesn't make

36:50

any difference. he's gonna run. Everyone always knew he was gonna run. He

36:52

can't miss the attention

36:54

anymore than he does. And he's gonna

36:58

run. We'll see what happens. But that is a make a difference to

37:00

you. In about twenty seconds, is Joe

37:02

Biden the best guy to go against him?

37:03

You know, anybody

37:06

over

37:06

Trump, I think. Yeah.

37:07

I think anybody over Trump Anybody over

37:09

Trump came in? Anybody. Anybody. I

37:11

think Joe Biden has to recover from this year. I mean,

37:13

his his approval rating has jumped slightly.

37:16

He still looks a little tired. I think if we

37:18

can get his

37:20

energy back MAYBE,

37:22

I DON'T KNOW. OKAY, THANKS ALL OF

37:24

YOU. HOW CONCERNED

37:26

SHOULD WE BE THAT MANY OF THE PEOPLE

37:28

who are pushing this violent extremist point

37:30

of view are pushing it based on

37:33

allegations of election fraud. This

37:35

is why it's so important that you and I

37:37

are speaking that we are

37:40

communicating very clearly that

37:42

our election infrastructure is safe

37:45

and secure. People need to have, deserve to

37:47

have confidence in the integrity of

37:49

our election system and the meaning

37:51

of their vote

37:54

Chief Justice correspondent Pierre Thomas

37:56

with that important

37:57

assurance from homeland security

37:59

secretary

37:59

Alejandro Mayorcas

38:02

Our

38:02

team has been traveling the country speaking to election

38:04

officials who suddenly find themselves

38:06

the subject of threats and

38:08

intimidation all while they work to

38:11

keep the election process and themselves

38:14

safe. Here's ABC's Terry

38:16

Moran. Across

38:16

the country, election officials are

38:18

facing an unprecedented number of

38:20

threats and potentially dangerous confrontations.

38:23

You frauded out America of

38:25

a real election where Donald Trump

38:27

blew your

38:28

line out of the water. We'll kill

38:30

you. Do you know what happens to corrupt democrat politicians

38:33

and election officials? Do you

38:35

know what happened? He

38:38

learned firsthand the hard way about its

38:40

second amendment exists.

38:41

Already armed poll watchers and tactical

38:44

gear have been monitoring ballot boxes

38:46

in Arizona. raising the specter

38:48

of conflict and even violence in

38:50

the election. President Biden

38:52

this week pleading with Americans in a

38:54

way no president has had to do

38:56

in generation. There's no place no place voter

38:58

intimidation or political violence

39:02

in America. whether it's

39:03

directed at Democrats or

39:06

Republicans. We got an inside look at how

39:08

elections officials in some states

39:10

are trying to keep the process

39:12

and themselves. safe. In

39:14

Adams County, Colorado, county clerk

39:16

Josh Zeigbaum had to overhaul his

39:19

workplace. So this is headquarters. Yes. This

39:21

is the elections office. This area

39:23

has changed. It's more secure now than

39:25

it was. Correct.

39:28

And there's panic buttons. There's panic buttons underneath. because

39:30

I really tried to harden the office

39:32

as a target as much as we could.

39:35

Those safety measures extend way past the doors of his office.

39:37

And I have had some incidences in in the

39:40

past where

39:42

people followed me back to my neighborhood.

39:45

you were followed. That prompted me to start talking with

39:47

a sheriff about, you know, personal

39:50

safety. He recommended that

39:52

I wear a a ballistic

39:54

vest whenever I feel necessary. I wear one pretty

39:56

much every

39:56

single day. What does it say

39:58

that

39:59

you are the

40:00

county clerk in this

40:02

county and

40:04

you have to come to work every day with

40:06

body armor.

40:07

It it says

40:08

that, you know, there are

40:12

democracy isn't as probably healthy as it

40:14

should be right now. Donald

40:16

Trump's refusal to accept the certified

40:18

results in twenty twenty that lose a

40:20

toxic lie in America. I don't

40:22

believe we'll ever have a

40:23

fair election

40:26

again.

40:26

I don't believe it. And it's all taking a toll.

40:28

In Nevada, at least nine out of

40:30

seventeen counties have seen their top election

40:34

officials resign hire early or

40:36

declined to seek reelection.

40:37

And in many states, law enforcement

40:40

officials are sending stern

40:42

reminders as Philadelphia district attorney Larry Krasner did this

40:44

week, extremists of any

40:46

type who are pondering,

40:48

interfering in any way with

40:52

a free, fair, and final

40:56

election. Better be warned.

40:58

But sometimes the

41:00

best medicine is transparency. Stephanie Ferris joined the

41:02

Adams County clerk's office just after

41:04

the twenty twenty election. I am very

41:06

proud of this job. I came to

41:08

Adams

41:08

County

41:10

as a skeptic because of what

41:11

I'd seen on the news and in the media

41:14

and and

41:14

I was very rewarded

41:17

or very excited

41:18

to

41:19

find that There are so many quality

41:22

checks, almost redundancies that we

41:24

do to ensure the vote and

41:25

to ensure the quality of the

41:27

vote. Interesting. So you

41:29

came into this job thinking you can't

41:32

really trust elections. So there's something

41:34

wrong with them. Right. Yeah.

41:35

Well, how does that happen? You know, all

41:37

of the bad things that

41:39

you see. how in the world could that happen? And so

41:41

and

41:41

how do you feel now? It's

41:44

almost an impossibility that those

41:46

things

41:48

can happen. Somewhat hopeful

41:48

there, and Teri Moran now

41:51

joins us. Teri, what are

41:53

the consequences for

41:55

these poll workers? it's very real for poll workers. Obviously,

41:57

a lot of them are are scared. But

41:59

more important, in some ways, for

42:02

the country, In many

42:04

places, there are shortages of poll workers now

42:06

because people don't want to get involved. These people

42:08

most of them are

42:10

volunteers, retirees, and that will mean

42:12

longer lines in some places. In

42:14

some places, they may consolidate precincts, and

42:16

that means some people may not get

42:18

to vote. And so communities are looking to do things like recruit

42:20

high school students or ask local

42:22

businesses give your employees a day

42:24

off, paid,

42:26

or once again calling on on veterans. Just step

42:28

forward and and help the country. And there

42:30

does seem to

42:31

be signs of hope.

42:33

workers for sure.

42:35

Absolutely, Stephanie Farris there. I met three people in

42:37

Adams County who were very skeptical.

42:39

They were election deniers

42:41

in once they saw how the process actually

42:44

works, they became believers that you

42:46

can trust it. And I think that tells us that most of

42:48

the people who say elections can't

42:50

be trusted, DON'T ACTUALLY

42:52

KNOW AT THE GRANUULER LEVEL WHAT HAPPENS

42:54

TO BALLOTS AND HOW THEY WORK.

42:55

Reporter: AND TEARY, OF COURSE,

42:58

TUESDAY COULD BE A VERY LONG night. It might be

43:00

a long week. When do you? When did

43:02

they think we'll really get

43:03

election results? Well, it depends on

43:05

the races. But I I know that

43:07

it given the experience in

43:09

twenty twenty and the

43:10

distrust that it sparked

43:13

to have longer counts.

43:15

The elections county clerks that I talked to

43:17

say we are gonna is done and

43:19

we'll have results as soon as possible. We'll hope for that. Thanks for joining

43:21

us, Terry. You can catch more of Terry's

43:24

reporting

43:24

on election security on impact

43:28

by night line on Hulu. Send me to the

43:29

US Senate. We're gonna retire Mark

43:32

Kelly. I'll take all the

43:33

ugliness that come my way,

43:35

and I will stand my ground and fight for

43:37

the people of this tape. I'm running

43:39

to serve Pennsylvania.

43:42

HE'S

43:42

RUNNING TO USE Pennsylvania. Reporter: CANDIDATES

43:45

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43:46

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43:49

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DROPPING TODAY, OUR REPORTERORS

44:00

TAKE YOU behind the scenes of several key races. Here's a

44:02

first look. One week to go. How are

44:03

you guys holding up? It's like an

44:06

adrenaline

44:06

rush right now.

44:08

We're

44:08

headed to that

44:09

point in the final wave. That

44:11

really comes down

44:14

to momentum.

44:14

and mobilizations.

44:16

And then there's that tiny sliver

44:18

of undecided voters in the middle

44:20

who still might be making up their minds.

44:23

We're here

44:23

at Florida Memorial University and

44:26

HBCU where president Biden

44:28

is going to stump for Charlie Crist

44:30

a candidate for governor, and Val Deming is a candidate for senate. So

44:32

what's it like to have the president

44:34

here on your homecoming weekend? It's

44:37

kinda like surreal. Are you gonna

44:39

get to shake his hand today? Or No.

44:44

Yeah. The midterms are in

44:46

one week. And, frankly, here, the Democrats are trailing.

44:48

Charlie Chris is down by something like

44:50

eight points. Demings is down by

44:52

five points.

44:54

Looks like likely

44:56

losses for the Democrats here in

44:58

the state.

44:58

Craig

45:05

to put the next governor on Florida Charlie

45:08

Craig. Back

45:11

Chees mouth damaged. Chees the real

45:14

day. Look at this

45:15

crowd, this energy, and the media told us

45:17

the red wave

45:20

was dead. Are you guys ready to

45:21

send Mark Kelly back to space next

45:24

week?

45:25

Blake Masters,

45:27

Cary Lake, Abe Hameday,

45:29

Mark Gensham. They're all here at these

45:31

Republican events, they have been quick to support each

45:34

other down

45:36

the ballot.

45:37

Whereas with the

45:38

Democrats, we're just not seeing them together as much

45:41

as we are seeing these guys.

45:43

The

45:44

latest episode of power trip

45:46

drops later today on Hulu. That's all for

45:49

us today. ABC's coverage of the midterms

45:51

begins at eight PM Eastern on

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the network, seven PM

45:56

on ABC see news live. I'll be joining David Mueller and our

45:58

entire political team for

45:59

what is

45:59

sure to be a historic night. We

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