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hello. i'm victor blackwell. welcome to "cnn newsroom." four weeks before the election and cnn has a new poll for what americans think of their government right now. views of joe biden has improved over the summer. it's up to 44%, up from 38% in july. but the national outlook on the economy is still bleak. only 22% of americans rate economic conditions as good. most americans have no confidence that biden, congress, really the federal government as a whole, are doing enough to address the economy or the other major issues facing the country. cnn political director david tallian is here to break down the new numbers. let's start with the approval rating. 44%, better than july. still not where he wants to be, under water right now. how could this impact the midterms? take us through the numbers. >> here's the 44%. you'd rather be on the uptick

than the decline. biden will take this. but it's not necessarily where a president would like to be this close to the midterm election. he's upside-down but up from 38% in june or july. and look at this where the uptick is coming from, victor. among democrats, he is only at 73% approval with his own party back in the early summer. they have gone up nine points to 83% approval. he's made ground with independents, up 8 percentage points from 32% to 40%. 40% approval ratie ing among independents, that's a warning sign for the president and his party, even though it is an increase from what we saw at the low point in the summer. take a look. you asked for the midterm impact, look at where biden falls, compared to his modern era predecessors at this point. within four weeks out from the first midterm election, in their presidencies. where do you see biden? you see him right here. 44%. he's right in company with obama

in 2010, who lost 63 seats in the house, reagan in '82, who lost 97 seats that year. and trump lost a lot of seats in 2018, when democrats won 40 seats to take over the majority. >> 44% doesn't put him in good company for the midterms. let's talk about the economy. poll after poll shows us that this is issue number one for voters. that's a problem for the president. >> it is because of the mood we're seeing right now. how do you rate current economic conditions? only 22% say some were very good. and somewhat or very poor adds up to 78%, nearly eight in ten of voters in this poll tell us the economy is in bad shape. and take a look here in terms of the competitive district. we did a sort of subset of the 50 most competitive house

districts to look at what things look like there. it's worse. the perception is worse. 83% say that it's poor, only 17% say that it's good, victor. i want to bring you back to our conversation in a couple minutes. the state senate race in georgia is unchanged with this controversy for herschel walker. senator warnock holds an advantage here, seven points in quinnipiac poll. walker is denies he paid for an abortion, after "the daily beast" published receipts from a former moammar gadhafi girlfriend. "the washington post" says she had to paid for the procedure. cnn politics reporter, eva mccann is live for us now. what did we learn about the

interview with herschel walker? >> reporter: -- go back to campaigning and being at his rally yesterday. you wouldn't know he was mired in scandal. walker enjoying the full weight of the accomplishment, not only the show of force from the republican top brass. but the national senatorial committee will support him in this state. >> i know you were saying you weren't sure of who the woman was. >> which is true. >> at this point, you know who she is? >> yes. >> had you had a conversation with her? >> not at all. i didn't know who it was until last week. and i said, that's not true. they ran with it. i said, you know, that's not true. that's a lie. i called it a lie. and now, i'm back to campaigning. people can do whatever they want

with a story. >> if i can get you to say a yes or a no, did you ever have a conversation with this woman at any time about an abortion? >> no. >> did you ever, to your knowledge, give money to pay for an abortion? >> no. >> is she lying? >> yes, she is lying. >> reporter: cnn has not been able to verify the allegation. it's up to voters to decide who they believe. i don't think walker's answer will change much even if more details emerge from his accuser. and it doesn't appear to be changes things here on the ground a whole lot. his rally filled with enthusiastic supporters. i wonder if the drip of information is having the reverse effect. i met one woman, for instance, at that rally in carrollton, who told me, she wanted to come, actually, to show her support for walker in the wake of allegations. meanwhile, walker's opponent, democratic incumbent, rafael

warnock, he will be campaigning in atlanta as part of hispanic heritage month. walker is off the trail today. >> all right, eva mckend with the latest reporting out of atlanta. thank you very much. let's bring back david tallian and include correspondent abby phillip and managing manager of axios, margaret talib. first, after the reporting from "the daily beast" this senate race is the same. walker's negatives, unfavorables is up a little bit, from 51 to 55. but it's the same race. >> yeah. i think it's interesting and it tells us a lot about how durable republican support can be for candidates even in the wake of allegations. this is a republican party who has weathered allegations like this for other candidates, in particular, former president donald trump, when he was running for president, with the

"access hollywood" tape. that's the model that herschel walker is kind of modeling his response after. i will say this. his position in the race about warnock is about the time. he is still running behind the other republican on the ticket, brian kemp. there's going to be ticket splitters. republicans that vote for brian kemp for governor but who will not vote for herschel walker in the senate race. and that seems to have not changed a whole lot. >> preventing the bottom from falling out is not really the goal of the herschel walker campaign, right? they're still, according to the latest poll, seven points behind. there's a debate on friday. what is the national investment? we saw cotton. we saw scott there. what more are they going to do to get him over the finish line? >> we're starting to see, not just in georgia, but all around the country, in races that looked tough for republicans in

recent weeks, a major infusion of cash that will come from committees. i will expect to see that in georgia. it is a state. the key in this case is not an outright win by walker, is to get this to a runoff. there's a third party candidate, a libertarian candidate, who in the latest poll out today, holds an estimated 4% of the vote. if it is as close as that poll says it is, within the margin of error error, that poll does not talk about a seven-point lead for warnock. it talks about a three-point lead. if you have it that close, you live for another day. you live until a runoff and it stretches this out until the end of the year, when gas prices could get worse. inflation could get worse and a number of things could happen. the goal for republicans is to keep the fight going, as long as possible, and the goal for walker is to try to do no harm. some interesting cross tabs on

that poll i mentioned, that suggests that walker has lost quite a bit of support from black voters and from some women voters. but that white voters have not, in georgia, abandoned herschel walker at that point. and those are the dynamics in play in the closing weeks of this race. >> let's go to pennsylvania and the interview with nbc news with the democratic nominee, lieutenant governor john fetterman. and the reporter here asked him why not release more medical records? we've not heard from your doctor in six months. here was his answer. >> i feel like we have been transparent in a lot of different ways. our doctor has given a letter saying i can serve and running. >> don't your voters deserve to know what your status is now? >> being in front of millions of people and having interviews and

getting across pennsylvania, that gives everybody and the voters the side if they think that's really the issue. >> i'm interested to hear what democrats say about this. i remember in the 2016 campaign, democrats saying we need to see donald trump's medical records. we can't just accept the letter. and our reporting after that letter brought reasons why there might be questions about it. what do you make of that answer we heard from the lieutenant governor? >> well, first, what i make of it was, it wasn't the answer. it was a nonanswer to the question. he did not give an answer to why he didn't release his medical records. since the moment of this incident, his stroke, it took days for the campaign torelucta. and there's a burden on him running for senate, to be as

transparent as possible. he's trying to portray and his campaign in that way. we'll see if pennsylvania voters believe he has been somewhat less than full-throated and transparent and if that matters to the vote. i don't know if it's seen everyday that it does. but we have a few weeks to go before we count the votes. >> do we have an indication to what we canlight lighten tightening of this race? this was a double-digit advantage for fetterman not too long ago. now, it's tighter than that. >> for a while, mehmet oz was not near the level of advertising on the airwaves with the money that fetterman was. once the republicans started advertising and getting in the game in a more robust way, and you know, frankly, once the

issue of debates and health coming back into that, because oz tried to inject that as an issue over debates and if fetterman was going to be able to debate or not, that came at the moment that oz was increasing were his alies increasing the amount they were putting on the air, it tightened. we shouldn't be surprised at all. it's pennsylvania. it's one of the most contested battleground states in the country. >> i was going to say, oz retreated or stepped away from trump for general election purposes probably hasn't hurt him, either. keeping doug mast riano at arm' length. becoming a general election candidate at the same time. >> that's a good point. let me move to jake tapper's interview with the president last night. we don't know if the president is leaning in one direction or another, has made up his mind or is going to run for re-election.

here's what he said about that decision about running for a second term. >> i'm not going to make this about my decision. i'm going to make this about this off-year election. after that's done in november, i'm going to decide. >> is one of the calculations that you think you're the only one that beat donald trump? >> i believe i can beat donald trump again. >> we're parsing here. but he didn't say i'm the only one that can beat donald trump, right? how is this playing in the democratic party? >> yeah. he didn't say he was the only one. just look at that answer. that's someone who actually, i think, feels confident in his mind, about how that match-up would go. when i talk to democrats that are close to the white house, there's not that much uncertainty about where this is all heading.

they don't want to announce a real election campaign right now. the timing does not make sense to do that. but i think there is a great expectation that biden is likely to be running for re-election. and not a lot of democrats are seriously looking at who alternatives can be. do they -- would they prefer that there was another generation that came forward? absolutely. democrats are openly talking about the fact that biden is going to be one of the oldest presidents ever, if he were to win re-election. that talk about that openly. at this point, there's a sense that biden is likely to run again. and you see it in that interview. the little smile on his face at the end, he thinks he beat trump once, he knows how to do it again. that's what a lot of democrats are expecting going forward. >> we heard tim ryan in his

debate, he does not want the president to run for a second term. of course, that helps him in ohio. abby phillip, margaret, david, thank you. we're following major foreign policy moves by the white house. the administration says it's reassessing the u.s. relationship with saudi arabia. it is naming china as america's most consequential geopolitical challenge. plus, president biden says russia's recent nuclear threats could result in catastrophic mistakes. his assessment of putin's mental state. we'll get into that, next. when you see things differently, you can be the difference. capella university sees e education differently. our flexpath learning formrmt lets you earn your bachelolors degree at your pace.

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lloyd austin met with 50 other defense ministers about providing ukraine with more air defense systems. the latest russian assault hit a town in eastern ukraine. at least seven ukrainians died, eight wounded. fred pleitgen is in kyiv. what's it like today? >> reporter: hi, victor. there's been a constant air-raid siren alarms going on the entire part of the day. about six or seven minutes ago, sirens going off here in the city, once again. and as we speak, right now, victor, the city is under an air-raid alert that hasn't been put back. it's in place, even though the sirens are not going off. everybody? the city is urged to get off the streets. this is something we've seen throughout the entire day, as we have in the past couple days, as well. in the nights, we had a lot of

air raid alarms here in the city. and essentially what the ukrainians are saying, they are able to shoot down the rockets and missiles at their cities. ky y kyiv and others, as well. they use the old soviet-era surface-to-air missile systems and they don't have enough of those and enough rockets, either. that's why they're watching the nato meeting under u.s. leadership, to provide ukraine with more of those surface-to-air missiles and more modern ones. those can't come soon enough, in light of what we're seeing in the country. some of the rocket attacks. the attack on that market use were talking about, as well, victor. >> let me ask you about the nuclear plant and some of the concerns about the safety after having to go on generator power. what's the latest on that? >> reporter: this is the second time in five days that power to the power plant was cut.

the power plant is not on the power grid. and that means the cooling systems that the those are not working and they have to go to diesel generators. the latest we have, is power has been restored, but as listening as the adamic energy agency and the community are concerned, it's a difficult situation and dangerous situation and certainly one that continues to be recuring. that power plant has been a big problem for a long time. the russians say it 's theirs. the ukrainians say it's not. dangerous situation, victor. >> fred pleitgen. thank you, fred. the vice president for russia and yeurope at the u.s. institute of peace. mr. ambassador, thank you for joining ing us. let me start with the nato meeting after the russian attacks. is this time to do more than

what we heard from the ministers of defense provide more what they have given ukraine? but to elevate the weapon of support? you were one of the diplomats saying we need to provide the partial air security to create this no-fly zone over ukraine. is it time to escalate the weapon support for ukraine? >> it's time to escalate support. that's what the nato advisers are talking about. to provide them anti-aircraft weapons and longer range anti-aircraft weapons and anti-missile defenses. this is what is saying. and how quickly can they get the missiles to them? it's important that they get there now.

it sounds like the germans are about to or maybe have delivered this system. that's what is needed. it needs more and needs to be now. >> what we heard from the administration, is that this could stay in russian territory and stayed away from this. what you hear from the message defense secretary austin, and others, is we're going to move in that direction, not that we're going to give them more of the weapons we supplied? >> we're going to give them more. we're going to give them more and they're going to be more capable. ukrainians have been responsible. they have used the weapons we provided to only shoot within occupied territories within ukr ukraine. that's where the russians are.

that's where they need to attack on russian territory. but they need the longer range weapons. they need to hit behind the front lines to go after ammo dumps and fuel depots. and headquarters. they need longer-range weapons and this anti-aircraft. >> i want you to take on what the president said in his interview with jake tapper about president putin's mental state. listen to this. >> do you think putin is a rationale actor? >> i think he's a rational actor -- >> if he's not rational. >> you said the speech is not rational. >> i said the speech was not. i think he thought he would be welcome with open arms, that this is the home of mother

russia and kyiv and he was going to be welcomed. and i think he miscalmiscalcula. >> what do you make of the president's distinction there? saying that putin is not irrational but his statements are irrational? what is the value geopolitically and how is that heard inside the kremlin? >> i think what the president was saying is that he believes president putin is rationale. he doesn't think he is irrational. but you can make rational and make bad decisions. putin has clearly made terrible decisions. blunders. not to say he is irrational, but he makes mistakes. maybe he had bad information. his military was not as good as it was. putin probably thought that the ukrainians were not going to fight back.

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he could have challenged kanye west during this interview. he could have condemned the remarks he was making on his platform. but instead, what tucker carlson did is he sanitized the interview and went to his audience and vouched for kanye west's character. the anti-defamation league, they came out in a statement and told me just moments ago, tucker giving air time to kanye and trying to sanitize or coach him through his anti-semitism is conte contemptible. it's par for the course for carlson because he does have this history on his show. it stands in direct contrast, to what happened on "the shop," a talk show produced by lebron james. kanye west went on that program and he again made the ugly remarks on that show. they decided not to air that

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process when the house and senate gets back. they're going to have to -- there's going to be. so consequences for what they've done with russia. >> president biden there with jake tapper says that there will be fallout for saudi arabia after opec's decision to cut oil production, and today the president's national security adviser jake sullivan said the president has put all aspects of the relationship on the table. joining us now is former ambassador to saudi arabia, robert jordan. thank you for joining us. should there be consequences? what do you think about that promise there should be consequences for the opec plus the saudi decision? >> it depends on what consequences means. i think that at minimum we need to have a frank sitdown with the saudis about the relationship. i have been giving speeches for the last several years, several times a year. i talk about is it time to

rethink the relationship with saudi arabia? there's always something that has given us pause, concern, the murder of jamal khashoggi, 9/11, the air and oil embargo in the 1970s. there's always just something that makes this a very difficult relationship to maintain, but we've got to pay some attention to it. so i would start with appointing the ambassador there. this administration didn't even nominate an ambassador until april of this year. the senate has yet to confirm him. two senators have apparently held that up. so i would encourage the senate instead of complaining about a lot of what's going on here, to get us an ambassador over here to manage the relationship on a day-to-day basis. secondly, i think we've got to find a way, if we increase our own oil production so that we're not quite at their mercy. we need to sit down and talk about the entire relationship. what does it mean? yes, our need for their oil has diminished greatly over the last

decade. their need for our security probably has not diminished. we've got to find ways to make it balanced in the relationship and to make sure we understand what we expect of each other. >> so what do you make of this bill that's been introduced in the senate? one will be introduced in the house as well to pause arm sales to saudi arabia for at least a year? >> well, that'll probably be the greatest gift we could give to iran. i think it makes no sense at all to pause arm sales that are legitimately needed. if these were just decorative items, it would be another matter, but obviously we've made some determination. they have a need for the weapons. we need to maintain their security. they need to be responsible for more of their own security, but it doesn't help us if they're going off to china or russia to buy arms if we're not going to sell them to them. >> the saudis say they cut oil production to prepare for an

economic downturn globally. we heard from senator blumenthal of connecticut who says that the saudis through that cut are causing the recession. what's your view? >> i think that's quite glib on his part and i'm disappointed that he said that. many businesses around the world are preparing for recession. the international monetary fund is predicting one. jamie diamond is predicting one, so we need to take that seriously and i'm sure the saudis take it seriously. they have very sophisticated modeling. they know what they're doing in terms of balancing the market, predicting demand, and my guess is this is the basis on which that decision was made. now if the relationship were in better shape, they might forego some of their own benefit just to maintain our relationship. they would have done that perhaps right after 9/11 when they offered to make additional oil available to us, but now it's not in such good shape, and now they're looking after their own interests and i think we

should not be surprised at that. >> is there a consequence that could be imposed on saudi arabia that they would feel that wouldn't then come back around and bite the u.s.? i imagine that pausing those sales could lead to another cut in oil production or something that would be just as detrimental for the u.s. economy. >> exactly. they have means of retaliating against whatever sanctions we would try to impose on them. i think first as i said a minute ago, we need to increase our own oil production and make our contribution to the world oil supply. we need to continue to export oil, but this administration hasn't seen fit to do that quite yet. i would encourage them to do that. second, i think there are ways in which we can't diplomatically discuss with them why it is why we have our concerns and why they have their concerns and figure out a way forward. i'm not sure if punishment is

exactly the right word, but it would certainly be a discipline on the relationship, but i think it's lacking now because we have not had communication. >> all right. ambassador robert jordan, former ambassador of saudi arabia, thank you, sir. the january 6th committee is holding another hearing tomorrow, and their focus will be proving that donald trump is still a clear and present danger. new reporting on what to expect ahead. what's the #1 retinol brand used most by dermatologists? it's neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair® smooths the look of fine lin in 1-week, deep wrinkles 4. so y can kiss wrinkles goodbye! neutrogena®

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