>> lesson 60 days to go with election day focusing on midterm elections the national political reporter.

>> i have been north carolina and picking up with them in terms. we are less than two months away now and things are heating up. >> why north carolina? >> it was a very interesting race and talking to voters with their concerns ahead of the midterm election. >> why is beasley an interesting race? >> that on —- beasley is interesting she was the chief justice of the north carolina supreme court but is currently a member in the house. if she wins the senate see the third african-american woman and third in the senate. it is a very interesting race. >> what did you focus on when you were there quick. >> i talked to voters and

asked them about their concerns or a rising gas prices but but they constantly brought up was abortion? >> what do they tell you. it is very clear there is melting evidence showing that democratic voters ared galvanized by the recent decision. they are very concerned. >> this is where they feel they have momentum? abortion, climate change in the wake of the provision passing inflation. and with those among the democrats and looking back at the quote it is the economy stupid.

is that the economy stupid and the social issues? that voters are very concerned about the economy and it is very high and gas prices are starting to go down and with those social issuess like abortion. >> talk about the midterm election for this segment of the "washington journal". is there a specific kennedy or campaign? having this conversation for the next 15 or 20 minutes on "washington journal" and that north carolina race what are the other races that you think demonstrate with the overall

dynamics of campaign 2022. >> itt is an interesting race the race is definitely picking up a lot of energy and then to hold up against the trump cap candidates, despite suffering a stroke recently and having to go on hiatus with his campaign, he has managed to hold up pretty well with the presidencyn so yes it is a very interesting race. >> so that the start of the cycle as he is retiring when the race came up it was expected to be republican advantage? >> yes republicans felt that is aea very competitive race for them but it is becoming clear

that eyes may not be a strong of a candidate as they expected. >> what is the latest repolling? where do theey race watchers put the race right now? >> is still very close. ours has a good chance to pull it out. and then minority leader mitch mcconnell said and those can determine the outcome of the election so then to question on the ability. >> will he debate him? >> yes i believe he said he would debate him there has been a lot of questions about his health and trying to gain back his speech but i believe he will debate against him and with the arizona senate race

and those where they are trying to hold their seats that would be a pickup opportunityg what were talking about in this segment first are up in this segment for the republican party good morning. >>caller: good morning. the joe biden situation as soon as he got an office he shut down the pipeline and it costs the energy cost to go up and then to open the border the country should not be an open border country he should not be running again also want

to comment about the january 6 race i have a letter from nancy pelosi from portland oregon who says before that happens there will be a riot enable blame it on trump and then the news media will support them. >> how did you get a letter from nancy pelosi to the mayor of portland? >> a friend of mine got it off of the internet. >> so go back to the energy prices and one of the issues that the collar said that is slowing down and showing this chart as we have shown it several times the past couple

months that the average gas price now down to about 367 it was justni the beginning of june over five dollars a gallon with energy dynamics in 2022. >> i been on the campaign trail and voters are concerned about gas prices and this is an issue that republicans expected to benefit but abortion again is a big issue i have been hearing from that campaign trail. >> first gas prices are $3.39 which is awesome and in this area wee are worried about

abortion because i have a friend who is pregnant with siamese twins who went to johns hopkins so women if you are listening to vote so keep your rights women here is a recent ad from the central campaign committee and criticizing that republican candidate. here is that add. >> i was 14 and he was 18 and some abuses choosing and the

pregnancy was not easy but the right choice for me. it's personal, complicated. >> masters wanted to ban all abortion with no exception for rape or incest. >> the sec is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> and with the and blitz for the democrats on this issue. >> . >> and this is a big issue for voters to show that a large number of americans are concerned without the supreme court's ruling and a large number has an unfavorable view of the supreme court. but democrats will view this issue with the midterm election season. > what about the arizona race quick. >> and following it closely.

>> i think republicans are hoping they. can pull out the race i think arizona is a purple stateho so it will be a very close race. >> aaron blake looking at the flip-flops and walked back of abortion and he focuses on blake masters as well in his : the flip and the flock than the before ande the after the arizona republic and like and abortion to genocide also said he was 100 percent pro-life with the federal personhood law he went to a ban all abortion in our rights masters has the above-referenced from

nbc news and cnn reported other gop candidates with mixed references to the former president donald trump and the state banning abortion after 15 weeks is a reasonable solution and then to emphasize only has opposition for late-term abortions. are you seeing the changes how republicans talk about abortion on the campaign trail? >> they arehe realizing as enter the general election that they have to appeal to a larger swath of voters as the article stated and the candidates are backing away from being hard on abortion to deny the election of 2020 and republicans are really preparing it is quite the challenge. >>atti the constitution states. >> color good morning.

>>caller: this weekend on cnn they say gas prices will go back up again and she was very scared what is going on with inflation. and with abortion i had friends that had abortion when i was in high school they were very depressed afterwords and regretted it and it left a mark on them one even try to get pregnant again to make up for what she did. but if you ever watched a late-term abortion which i saw on video it would make you sick. they broke the bones in the babies legs to get the baby out. and once i got the baby out which was a full-fledged baby they broke the neck. the baby was alive if they did that to a puppy the people in the united states would go crazy. this is a human being. >> with a history on —-

history of abortion the blake masters race and where that line could be where else are you seeing this specifically on the campaign trail? >> and just the colors that were spoken to that abortion will be very contentious and a very big deal in the upcoming midterms. >> republican goodnt morning fort pierce florida. >>caller: i want to cover three topics with regard to abortion think the republicans should handle it exactly the way donald trump handled it when he debated hillary clinton he wanted to do up to 15 weeksks and she wanted to kill them up to the moment of birth. second. oil. yes it is cheap because it is on the back of our strategic

petroleum reserve which is being depleted so again this is nonsense oil prices are not going down suddenly the world is not going to have access oil because we took united states off the market number three will we start talking about the "washington post" will they write an article on the walk back so democrats with the covid thighs and shutting down the schools with the maskly and the line lies about the actual vaccine that actually works everyone who got it actually got covid? they did not die but other bad things happened so i would like this young man who seems to be a shrill for the

democrats to actually answer a question will oil prices go up? and this treasury woman who was supposed to be nonpartisan is another democratic shell. >> we got your point. >> she brought up a few topics. >> i think for republicans an issue that will that they will focus on in the midterm election is integration that they can galvanize their supporters. >> she mentioned your reporting career you are national political reporter. >> we cover capitol hill in the house and the senate and

we came out with three newsletters per day and we got into the process of how the hill operated. >> . >> yes i'm covering a lot of the races in the southeast south carolina and georgia and florida. is georgia for the senate race. >> william from niagara falls democrat good morning. >>caller. >> that my question is about georgia how is herschel walker even competing with t senator warnock? >> georgia is a very close race. i think republicans when they

first enteredai the midterm campaign season they tried to sell warnock as a more radical candidate and they found that it was difficult with the ebenezer baptist church. but georgia is also a very purple state. he does have the name recognition and appeals to republican voters. >> and looking up their ratings of the races just like inside elections in the exact tossup category. if you cover the georgia race how does a political reporter cover a race? what do you focus on? what is the art and the science of being a political reporter on the ground? >> so connecting with voters and let them share with you some of the concerns and

voters were concerned about the economy, and gas prices going up and concerned about not buying enough groceries for their families so to talk to voters and what are some of the issues that are top of mind. >> staying in the peach state frank from republicans good morning. >>caller: good morning. the gas price question was answered of 1 million barrelst per day biden went over there to get the middle east to pump more oil but evidently his hand did not work so they are not pumping more oil china is buying oil from russia so they are stocking up on oil for a reason. i wonder why. and the millennial's in this country all day have been

known as $3 trillion but they haven't looked at the democratic party and the major war conflict the democratic party had gotten us into. i'm so tired of hearing about republicans being warmongers that was a low intensity conflict welk spent $3 trillion more than we should have spent and let's talk about the democraticli socialist hijacking and that is the real problem. >> mentioning young people in the selection the student loan forgiveness issue is seen as an issue among democrats to drive out young people to the polls your hearing people talking about that move. >> absolutely i have done some reporting and young voters are

very motivated by the loan cancellation program. i spoke to a lot of young voters who said this is an issue that they see motivating young people to get out and votew and historically midterm elections have low turnout but i think president biden knew what he was doing when he decided to cancel up to $20000 to tell grant except one —- recipients. >> you say he knew what he was doing to get young people to the polls in the fall? >> absolutely. this was an attempt by the administration for midterm. >> for expectations any about the young voters this fall? >> getting on people out in any election is hard let alone

midterm. >> yes i think the administration knows the challenge to gethi young voters out and they believe this is theth way to get them out. after he made the announcement the young voters are motivated and excited about this program. >> myrtle beach republican good morning. >>caller: i just want to say that gas prices you are talking about think they've gone down just for the election and they will go back up after the election comes on and i feel like it will go right back to where it was. >> if they could control that for the election then why get above five dollars in the first place? >> so the votes will go their

way.y. >> but why let it get to five dollars a gallon less than five months before the election? >> because they found out they would lose they didn't want to lose the vote. >> do you think the democrats were confident in june about the midterm election quick. >> i think they were misled with everything else they have done. >> independent good morning. >>caller: i am very concerned about the upcoming elections. it behooves the country to refill the strategic oil reserve. it is imperative we have china and russia rattling the sabers and we have a ran who is a bedfellow of russia who apparently was the recipient

of the nuclear materials when secretary of state clinton was in office. i don't know where this country is going. what to think positive but the sanctuary city staff it is letting criminals out on the street. i don't understand why our elected officials are. allowing this to happen? it does not represent the average joe or jean citizen. i am for the to use good common sense and make decisions that are in the best decision of the citizens of this country and i applied you for all of your efforts to do so. god love you and god bless america and every one of you

for the rest of your lives. >> is there anything you want to pick up on? >> some of the topic she brought up will be a concern for voters and republicans entered into that campaign season talking about inflation that was very concerning and rising gas prices but as we get closer toth the midterms republicans a focus on the issue of immigration and crime. >> national political reporter with bloomberg news. you can see his work cap lumber.com. we appreciate your time. conduct on the campaign trail.