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front of the senate judiciary committee. we have it live at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span or c-span now, our free mobile video app. guest: things are picking up with the midterms. things are really heating up. host: or north carolina? guest: it was a very interesting race. we were talking to voters ahead of the midterm elections what was the dynamic there that brought you to the tar heel state? guest: guest: beasley is interesting. she was the chief justice of the

north carolina supreme court and is currently a member of the house. she would be the third african-american woman to serve in the senate. it is a very interesting race. host: what did you focus on when you were there? guest: i talked to voters and not ask them about their concern whether or not inflation is a concern for them. but on the campaign trail, one of the things that voters constantly brought up was abortion. that was a real concern for them. host: what did they tell you in that race for north carolina? guest: there is mounting evidence democrats, democratic voters are galvanized by the recent decision. voters are very concerned about the supreme court terry john roe v. wade. host: that is one of the issues, abortion. there is also the issue of climate change in the wake of provisions that were passed in

the inflation production act, gun control was also in issue that holds relevance for democrats. republicans point back to the quote that it is the economy. what do you think it is right now from talking to voters. is it some of these other social issues? guest: i can definitely see that republicans are voting -- concerned about the economy and that inflation is very high. it is becoming clearer that voters are really concerned about some of the social issues like abortion. host: talking about the midterm election with christian hall for this segment of "washington journal". is there anything you want to talk about if there is a specific candidate or campaign you want to focus on give us a call. democrats (202) 748-8000 republicans (202) 748-8001.

independents (202) 748-8002. having this conversation for about the next 15 or 20 minutes or so here on the "washington journal". you mentioned the north carolina race you are watching. there are a couple of senate races that you think demonstrate the issues set for the overall dynamic of campaign 2022. guest: i think pennsylvania is an interesting race. you have john fetterman running against met at my -- mammon awes. the race is picking up a lot of energy. it is holding well against the trump duct candidate despite suffering a stroke recently and having to go on hiatus with his campaign. he has managed to hold up pretty well. he is holding well on his residency, so yeah very interesting race. host: this is the seat that pat

assuming -- is giving up. was this expected to be a republican advantage? guest: i think republicans thought this would be a very competitive race for them but it is coming clear that oz may not be as strong as a candidate. host: polling right now, where do the reese watchers, political reports or do they put this race right now? guest: it is still very close. he is within striking distance. mitch mcconnell even said himself the quality of these candidates could determine the outcome of the election. people are starting to call in to question oz's ability to win. host: is federman going to debate him? guest: i believe he said he

would debate him. there have been a lot of questions about his health. he is trying to gain back some of his speech. i believe he will debate against them so we will see. host: the tossup race, the arizona senate race the georgia race, nevada, and that pennsylvania grace. three places were democrats are trying to hold their seats, pennsylvania if democrats pick up that would be a pickup opportunity for them. some of the races we are talking about in this segment, we want to hear what you want to talk about. robert in mississippi is up first. good morning. caller: good morning. i want to talk about the jill biden situation --joe biden. situation as soon as he got an office he shut on the pipeline.

it caused our energy prices to go up. i think he needs to be impeached. he opened the border, a country that should not be an open border country. he should not be running again. also, i want to comment about the january 6 read --raid. i have a letter from nancy pelosi who i was the mayor. before that happened so there is going to be a brilliant --riot and that they are going to play met on trouble. host: how did you get a letter from nancy pelosi to the mayor of portland? caller: a friend of mine got it off the internet. host: gotcha. want to come back to your energy

prices. the caller hung up but on the issue of energy prices, that president biden i want to focus on that as i show this chart from gas buddy. viewers will be familiar with it. the average gas presented the united states now down to about $3.67 it was just the beginning of gin were topped five dollars a gallon you can see the fall in gas prices. christian hall on gas prices and energy dynamics. guest: i have been on the campaign trail and voters are really compared about -- concerned about gas prices. this is an issue republicans expected to benefit off of but abortion again, it really is a big issue. i have been hearing it from a lot voters on the campaign trail.

host:lynn in maryland, good morning. caller: i just want to let you know, first our gas prices are $3.39 which is awesome. the second point is in this area we are worried. women are worried about the abortion because i had a friend had she was pregnant with siamese twins. she went to johns hopkins, that is her break she got professional help. no politician should get involved in that. if you are listening, you need to vote to keep your rights. that's what i have to say. keep your rights, women. host: democrats trying to bring democrats to the polls and bring women to the polls on this issue of abortion. here is a recent add from the democratic senator this is in

arizona criticizing the republican candidate on the issue of abortion. [video clip] >> i was 14. he was 18. he was so abusive. choosing to end the pregnancy wasn't easy, but it was the right choice for me. it's personal. it's complicated. >> blake masters wanted to ban all abortions with no exception for rape or incest. >> he has no idea what i went through and he has no business making the decision for me. host: christian hall on that at by democrats on this issue. guest: this is, as i said earlier, a big issue for voters. recent polling shows a large number of americans are really concerned about the supreme court's ruling a large number of

them have an unfavorable view of the supreme court. i do believe that democrats are going to use this issue in this race in this midterm election. host: following that arizona race how closely? guest: i am following it pretty closely. host: what are your thoughts on how it has evolved? guest: i think republicans are hoping they can pull out that race. i think arizona is a pretty purple state so is going to be a very close race. host: washington post today aaron blake taking a look at republican flip-flops and one fax on this issue of abortion. he focuses on blake masters as well in his column. this is what he writes the flip and flopping the before and after. before back in december the

candidates likened abortion to genocide. until recently he said he was 100% pro-life and supported a several person had law a standard. but advocates who want to be at all abortions now he writes masters scrubs the above reference from has website after he won the primary. several other gop candidates have done this. a now says has state banning abortion after 15 weeks is a reasonable solution and in a new ad he emphasizes has -- his opposition to late-term abortions. guest: i think republicans are realizing as they enter the general election that they will have to appeal to a larger swath of voters. as the article stated republican candidates are backing away from

the issue of abortion and denying the election of 2020. they are up for quite the challenge. host: patty in connecticut. and dependent, good morning. caller: good morning. i saw on cnn gas prices are going to go back up again. she was very scared about what is going on with the inflation. about abortion, i have friends that have had abortions when we were in high school which was years ago. they were very depressed afterwards, they regretted it. it left a mark on them. one even try to get pregnant again to make up for what she did. and another thing as if you ever watched a late-term abortion which i saw on video, it would make you sick. they broke the bones in the baby's legs to get the baby out.

once they got the baby out which was a full-fledged baby, they broke its neck, a baby. if they did that to a puppy the people in the united states would go crazy. this is a human being. host: patty in connecticut. the issue of abortion, late-term abortion we talked about the blake masters race and trying to find or the line could be. what else are you saying specifically on the campaign trail? guest: it's happening all over the country and i think it is very clear from just the people we have spoken to. it will be very contentious, a big deal in the upcoming midterms. host: henrietta, florida, good morning. caller: yes i morning. i want to cover three topics. with regard to abortion, i think

the republicans should handle it exactly the way donald trump handled it when he debated however he quit in. he wanted to do up to 15 weeks and she wanted to kill them up to the moment of birth. second item, oil, gas oil is cheap. it's because it's on the back of our strategic petroleum reserves. it is being depleted. again, this is nonsense. oil prices aren't going down. suddenly, the world is not going to have excess oil because we took the united states of the market. number three, are we going to start talking about the washington post, are they going to write an article on the walk packs of democratics -- lockbox of democrats shutting down the schools, the masks, the lies

about the actual vaccine that it actually worked when everybody who's got it actually got covid? they didn't die but also a lot of bad things happened. i like this young man who seems to be a shield for the democrats to actually answer a question. will oil prices go up? janet has the truth. this treasury woman who was supposed to be nonpartisan is another democratic shield. host: we got your point. christian hall, what topic would you like to pick up? she brings up a few. guest: i think for republicans, and issue that they are going to focus on in the midterm elections is immigration, crime, those are things they can galvanize their supporters to get out and vote on. host: she mentioned your

reporting career, you are bloomberg now. previously at punch bowl news. explain what that is for viewers who may not know what punch bowl is. guest: punch bowl news is a newsletter. we cover capitol hill, the house and the senate, we cannot with three newsletters a day a.m., midday, and p.m. and we got into the process of how the hell operated. host: are you met on the campaign trail more now? guest: i am national politics reporter so i will cover all but of the races in the southeast of the country, north carolina, georgia, florida, host: where are you headed next? guest: i believe georgia for the senate race. host: william, niagara falls. caller: good morning. i would like to ask the young

man to keep his head up. he is just giving the truth. my question is about georgia how is the senate race? guest: georgia is a very close race. i think republicans when they first entered the midterm campaign season, they tried to show kristen welker, sorry warnock is a radical candidate and they found it was difficult to make the pastor oppose as radical. georgia is also a very purple state. walker has name recognition. host: a political report trying to look at the readings of races. just like incentive elections has that race in the tossup category.

when you get into cover the georgia race, how does -- how do you -- what do you focus on? guest: i think one of the things that is important is connecting with voters, talking to voters. letting them share with you some of their concerns. as i said in north carolina voters were concerned about the economy, gas prices, not being able to buy enough groceries for their families. being able to talk to voters and figuring out what some of the issues are that are top of mind for them is really how you cover. host: this is frank, republican. good morning. caller: hi. the gas price question was pretty much answered. the one million barrels a day we are selling it to china, we are selling it to the world.

biden went to the middle east to get more oil but when he got back his plan didn't work so they are not pumping more oil. china is buying oil from russia so they're stocking it up for a reason. i wonder why. you know, in other thing is the millennials in this country, all they have not as republican war, $3 trillion but they really haven't looked at the democratic party and the major war conflicts at the demott -- democratic party has gotten us into. i am so tired of hearing about republic use does republicans being warmongers. we spent $3 trillion more than we should have spent. and let's talk about the democratic socialists hijacking the government plan and that is the real problem. host: he mentioned young people in this election. the student on forgiveness issue

certainly seems to be an issue among democrats the contrived young people to the polls. what are you hearing? are people talking about that? guest: absolutely. i have done reporting on that. young voters are motivated by the student on consolation program. a lot of young voters, they are saying this is an issue they can see motivating young people to get out and vote in the midterm elections. historically, midterm elections have a very low turnout with younger voters. but i think president biden knew what he was doing when he decided to cancel up to $20,000 in loans for pell grant recipients. host: when you say new hate what he was doing you think specifically to get young people to the polls? guest: absolutely.

i think this was an attempt by the administration to get young voters to come out and vote in the midterms. host: in terms of expectations, any expectations of young voters this fall? as you said, getting young people out in any election is hard. guest: i mean, the administration is the challenge of getting young voters out. they believe this is the way to get that out. the polling has shown after the announcement of the program the young voters overly motivated and excited about this program. host: two more calls for you. myrtle beach, republican, good morning. caller: i just want to say one thing, the gas prices you were talking about it. i think they're going down just for the election. they will probably go back up after the election comes on and i just feel like everything is a

smokescreen is going to go right back to where it was. host: if they were able to control it for the election why allow it to get above five dollars in the first place? caller: they want the vote to go their way. the democrats. host: so where the tickets are five dollars a gallon and more less than five months before an election? caller: because they found out they were going to lose, they didn't think they were going to lose the vote then. host: you think democrats were confident back in june about the midterm election? caller: i think they were misled just like everything else they have done. host: russell in south carolina. this is jean in north carolina. caller: good morning i am very concerned about the upcoming election.

it behooves this country to refill its strategic oil reserves. i mean, it's imperative. we have china and russia that are rattling their sabers at us and we have iran who is a bedfellow of russia who was apparently the recipient of the nuclear materials one secretary of state clinton was in office. i don't know where this country is going. i want to think positive, the sanctuary city staff it's letting criminals on the street. i don't understand why our elected officials are allowing this to happen. it does not represent joe citizen or jean citizen as it were.

i am poor thee to import common sense and to make decisions with the best interest of the citizens of this country and i applaud you for all your efforts to do so. god love you and god bless america and everyone of you for the rest of your lives. host: jean in wisconsin. i will give you a final minute if there's anything you want to pick up. guest: i think some of the topics she brought up are going to be concerns of voters. republicans entered into the midterm campaign season talking about inflation. that was very concerning. i think as we get closer to the midterms republicans are going to focus on the issues of emigration. host: christian hall national political reporter from bloomberg news is on twitter.

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