♪ jeff: we going inside a fight for a california how see the republicans need to flip if they want to take control of the house. >> they take every screaming inch we have and we can't do that. >> all they have done is point the finger. they haven't offered any solutions. jeff: investigating donald trump as he becomes -- as he comes closer to launching aeader -- reelection bid. south the cones will vote on whether to expand medicaid coverage, a decision that could affect the health of the state's most vulnerable. those stories and today's

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♪ this program was made possible by the corporation or public broadcasting and contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. jeff: good evening. it is good to be with you. the midterm elections just three days away, three presidents, president biden and former president trump and obama descend on pennsylvania in a last-minute push to turn out voters. president biden has barn storm the keystone state more than any other this cycle. tonight, biden and former president obama are joining forces to help support the senate candidate. recent polls show a tightening race between john federman and republican tv dr. -- me hmet oz.

>> when i ran for congress the first time, i got whooped. lost by 30 points. i did not feel good about that. do know what i did not do? i didn't say it was rigged. i didn't start an insurrection. these are basic rules we teach our kids. they under heard our democracy. jeff: president trump campaigned in the pittsburgh area. repuicans need to flip five seats in the house and one in the senate to take control of congress. south korea's miliry says north korea fired 44 -- short range ballistic missiles into the sea earlier this morning. the latest provocation after more than 30 test fires this week.

the north's aggression comes after the u.s. and south korea open up air combat exercises. russian strikes against energy infrastructure have run so severe that blackouts will need to be scheduled daily for much of the country. outages could last six or more hours each day. ukrainian officials accused rush of energy terrosm, destroying half of the country's energy infrastructure. cities across ukraine lost power and water from russian missile and drum attacks. back here at home, severe weather produce deadly tornadoes and heavy rain tore through parts of oklahoma and texas overnight. that same system moves east across the south today. residents combed through what was left of homes and businesses today. multiple people were injured in texas including two criticall oklahoma governor kevin stitt visited one of the worst affected areas where an elderly

man was killed. the powerball jackpot has grown to $1.6 billion. the lucky winner will take home the biggest prize in the lottery's history. 37 straight drawings have failed to produce a winner. the chances of guessing all are one in 292 million. the cash out prize is 782 million dollars, before taxes. tonight's drawing is just before 11:00 p.m. eastern. still to come on pbs ne weekend, the latest news circling donald trump. south the cones vote on whether to expand medicaid coverage. >> this is pbs news weekend from washington, home of the pbs news hour. jeff: if republicans want to gain control of the house of presentatives, a district like california's 47th is one they

will need to flip. pollsters consider the race a tossup between the democratic incumbent and republican. this past weekend, we went to california to take a closer look at the race. the signatures of a get out and vote effort in orange county, california. events in costa mesa and huntington beach, republican and state assembly member works to rally his supporters. >> we will retire katie porter and retire nancy pelosi. jeff: democratic congresswoman katie porter talked with volunteers about how to connect. >> people are nervous today to talk about politics. the division, the risk of political violence. if you are cheerful and you are calm, accepting, you show

willingness to listen to them, they will respond in kind. jeff: out canvassing it became clear what is top of mind for many voters. that gentleman there said his top coern was inflation. how do you want to address that? >> he addressed it himself. he knew more about it than most people. we have to get the supply going up. inflation is caused by two things. number one, a lack of supply of goods and too much spending. if you get your supply chains fixed and you get the production coming back up, you solve the inflation problem. jeff: at the pump in orange county the average cost of a gallon of gas is $5.41. more than one dollar $.50 above the national average. porter acknowledges as the party

in power, inflation is a problem that needs attention. >> we are all struggling with this. what we have to remind people is democrats have a plan. yes, we have taken that action against things like the release of oil. we have taken action on bringing down health care premiums. there is more to be done. one of the things i remind people is that corporate profits today count for about half of inflation. that extra two dollars at the grocery store is corporate profits. i would welcome republicans to help inflation. all they have done is point the finger. they have not offered any solutions. jeff: his answer is to quit spending. >> we can't run trillion dollars deficits every year. there is a consequence to that.

we need to get our spending under control. congressight now, they scratch every inch they have, we cannot do that. jeff: republican joann adams owns several small businesses in orange county, tax cuts would be welcome. >> when taxes go up and when the supply chain issues have affected us and the availability of product for us, it ends up making it impossible to keep our prices where they are. feel like raising prices is harmful to have higher prices but then my customers feel the same pain. you have to do what you have to do. jeff: the district they are vying for is brand-new. it's lines were redrawn in 2020. the coastal district now includes a chunk of orange county running along the coast and going inland to irvine.

university of california irvine professor tony smith says when it comes to ange county voters, there is more than meets the eye. >> used to be a republican bastion. ronald reagan's gop, is that still the case? >> the republicans here are still those peoe. the republican party nationally is not that anymore. we are much more interested in hearing about capital gain statuses then they are hearing about same-sex marriage or abortion contestation. jeff: porter and baugh are opposites. >> if we see people like my opponent elected to congress, he has said he will happily be the

218th vote for a nationwide abortion ban. if that ban goes into effect, there's nothing california can't do to protect that freedom. jeff: what do you tell the voters about why they should send you to d.c.? >> america is on the wrong track. we have open borders, drugs and terrorists cing across the border. we need to spend less moneyget our fiscal house in order. we need to secure the border and make sure our police are funded. jeff: this race may be swayed by money. across the district, katie porter signs were at nearly every bus stop. a sign of how much her campaign has raised. $22 million. >> turns out the real scott baugh -- jeff: she spent $13 million on tv and digital ads. in contrast, scott baugh sent just over $1 million on ads.

he's excepted $8 million worth of airtime from the congressional leadership fund. a super pack. ultimately, it may come down to who exactly shows up to cast their ballot. >> i think it is going to be a low turnout election. scott should hope it is because he has a better shot of winning. there is no indication. if anything we see 18-30-year-olds turning out at almost 40%. if you could extrapolate from early voting. that will be a historic high. they are voting on abortion. jeff: in a district famous for its ocean waves more than its political ones, what remains unknown is who stands afloat and who might -- wipes out. ♪

donald trump appears to be inching closer to announcing a reelection bid. people close to him say the announcement could come as early as next month after the midterm elections. that's with the former president facing legal exposure. he remains under subpoena by the congressional committee investigating the attack on e capital. he must start producing documents no longer -- later than last week. he sits at the center of a criminal investigation in the 2020 election interference. in a civil case in new york against the trump organization's business practices, joining us with more is investigative journalist adrian burnham stock. she's a frequent contributor to npr. >> great to be here. jeff: let's start with the january 6 investigation. the former president faced a

friday deadline to turn over documents to the house committee investigating the attack on the capital as part of what was a historic subpoena. what was the committee looking for? >> the committee said this was the final piece of its investigation. to understand third -- certain things that happen around january 6, they needed to hear from former president trump. it was quite specific in listing out the number of areas where it wanted more information. if the president had filed any kind of false documents. whether he incited a crowd you knew was violent. the information he had, whether he had induced his vice president mike pence or not to try to certify the election. he had a broad range of areas he was seeking information on. they asked for all documents pertaining to that and testimony from the former president. jeff:n new york state, there

are two cases. one of which a state judge ordered a monitor to oversee the trump organization's financial statements after the attorney general asked for additional oversight to ask for what she alleged was fraud from the trump organization. what is the significance of that move? >> if that monitor is installed and survives appeal. that would be an extraordinary oversight inside the trump organization. nothing like that has happened since the beginning of the company. what the attorney general has said is there was a persistent pattern of fraud at the trump organization. e has sued donald, donald junior, eric, and a vodka -- ivanka trump.

please put in a monitor to make sure this doesn't happen. please make sure the trump organization doesn't transfer large assets out. we could get our money, essentially. the trump organization argued in court against that this week. they said it was nationalization of private enterprise and that it was completely inappropriate. the judge went all in and said the organization desers an outside monitor that could review the books of the trum organization and determine the values, if they are truthful and accurate. jeff in the state of georgia, a prosecutor is leading an investigation into efforts i the former president and his allies to overturn the 2020 election. she is aiming to quickly wrap up the grand jury's work could start issuing indictments as early as december. that seems to be the most active

of the investigations. it is not clear who would face indictments. >> in terms of a criminal investigation of what incurred -- occurred in 2020, the georgia one, we don't have complete visibility, that seems like the one closest to conclusion. we know the district attorney in georgia has been asking to speak to witnesses. largely, the da has prevailed and been able to get the testimony. we won't know the outcome until we see what, if any action is taken in georgia. the parties in question, the former president and his allies say they he done nothing wrong. jeff: we had to all of that, the doj investigation on the material taken from the white house discovered at mar-a-lago. there is a lingering question of whether mary garland will be the

first attorney general to indict a former president. that is as donald trump is inching closer to launching another run after the midterm election. >> all of this is unprecedented. right now, the former president's company is on trial for allegedly deceiving tax authorities in new york. we are looking at the possibility of another criminal action. there has never been anything like this in american history. we have seen it around the world where someone who is running for office is in fact has a business associated with him being criminally tried and is under multiple criminal investigations from the department of justice. we don't know where if anywhere this will lead. jeff: thanks for your insights and your time.

finally tonight, voters across the country will not only choose candidates on tsday but also consider major policy changes in their states. south dakota voters will vote to expand government-funded health care coverage for some of the state's morse -- most vulnerable people. >> the affordable care act gives states the option to extend medicaid. 38 states and the district of columbia changing the income threshold for eligibility so more people could enroll. south dakota is one of 12 states that has not expanded medicaid. on tuesday, residence there will vote on whether to change that. my colleague just returned from a reporting trip that enjoins me now. thank you so much. what does it mean for south dakota to potentially be expanding medicaid.

>> south dakota in a lot of ways was kind of frozen in time with respect to access and affordability. if the voters decide to change that, to expand medicaid, a lot of people will be able to access health care. they don't have to worry about being stuck with big bills they cannot afford. and with health issues that could otherwise become catastrophic. >> approximately how many south dakota ones would this affect? >> approximately 42,000 south dakotans would be eligible. >> you just spent a couple days in the state, what is the political atmosphere light? >> about half of south dakota n voters are in favor of expansion. about one quarter have not made up their mind. another 18% were opposed to medicaid expansion.

>> one of the things you picked up on was the coverage gap. where people cannot get on medicaid but they can't afford private insurance. they make too much money to be on medicaid but not enough to afford insurance. that seems like a big issue in south dakota. >> a lot of people who work in frontline or essential workers, hospitals, gas stations, grocery stores. they make too much to qualify for medicaid but not enough to qualify for health insurance themselves. thousands are in a position where they have to choose between financial ruin or gambling with theihealth. a lot of them, they are seeing devastating effects. >> south dakotans of colors seem to be more affected even though 80% of the state is white, why is that? >> a history of racial

inequalities in health care, south dakota is knowing -- exception. that has had negative impact with respect to access to health care. looking also at food and security, all of those have massive ripple effects when it comes to communities of color being able to access the health care they need. it puts people in position where they have to choose between paying this medical bill or getting food on the table. >> pregnant women seem to be particularly vulnerable. you spoke to a lot of them. what are they feeling? >> several women i talk to made too much to qualify for medicaid. one woman, her application was rejected. a medical emergency happened when she was pregnant. she wound up having to be evacuated from a hospita back

to rapid city. she received a bill for $5,000. that is something that was devastating for her when she initially got the bill. there is no way i can afford that. if you layer all of those complications on the normal stress. it also makes life very difficult for people trying their be. >> there is a way pregnant women can get medicaid coverage during their pregnancy and a little bit beyond. there are a lot of exceptions and even the last 60 days, the biden administration has urged all states to extend it to a full year. 36 states have extended coverage. south dakota obviously has not. >> a lot of the issues health care providers and patients told me about was with pregnant people, consistent access to care both before pregnancy, during pregnancy, and afterwards.

anyone who has delivered a cld knows that often times one's body has not finished healing. 60 days often is not enough time. what i was hearing from providers as they would have patients trying to schedule surgeries, appointments, things like that while they had medicaid coverage. >> it will be an interesting election day. thank you so much for your time. jeff: laura's reporting was produced as part of a project for the usc annenberg center for the 2022 national fellowshi ♪ online now, did you know the last total lunar eclipse for more than one year was on election day? now you do. all of that and more is on our website, pbs.org/news hour.

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