nd o. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," republican senator candidate herschel walker remaining defiant in the face of multiple abortion and extramarital controversies, despite new reporting in "the washington post" today backing the accusations by the mother of one of his four children. in pennsylvania, nbc's

interview with john fetterman showing how he relies on closed captioning as he recovers from a stroke. what are voters going to say? i will talk to the democratic candidate for governor in arizona. i will speak with the top democrat on the senate foreign relations committee leading the push to freeze relations with the saudis over their decision to limit oil supply and help russia. president biden will make saudi arabia pay for giving putin an economic life line. good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington where senate republicas are standing by herschel walker despite reporting that he pressured a woman twice to get an abortion.

>> are you saying a denial to any knowledge of an abortion? >> flat out denial, lie. a lie, lie, lie. you know what's sad about it? what was it? a receipt and had a check and all that. it isn't showing anything. it isn't showing me having -- saying something about an abortion. that's what's terrible. >> with me now is ellison barber and charlie sykes. ellison, herschel walker and senator warnock have a debate two days from now. how are both campaigning ahead of this big matchup given everything that's happened? >> reporter: this is going to be a very big debate. it's the only debate right now that is on the schedule for the georgia senate race. it's set to take place in savannah, georgia, on friday. this morning, there's a new poll that shows warnock is ahead of herschel walker.

still within the margin of error. neither candidate is above the necessary 50% threshold. herschel walker has continuously denied allegations he previously paid for an abortion for a publically unidentified woman, someone who nbc news has identified as the mother of one of herschel walker's children. he confirmed that to nbc news as well as abc news. in this interview with abc news, we saw probably what has been his clearest, most extensive denial of these allegations. he repeatedly said they are not true. he accused the woman repeatedly of lying. at the same time as that interview aired, there's a another article this morning, this one from "the washington post." it's the third news outlet to report they have seen an image

of a $700 check walker sent to this woman about a week after she reportedly had her abortion procedure. they have viewed a check printed on an atm slip with walker's name, signature and an address associated with him at the time. nbc news has not independently verified those details. the details we have in "the washington post" today match the details we have heard from the "daily beast" as well as "the new york times." >> in that story that he allegedly pressured her again with another pregnancy to have an abortion. at that point, she did have the child. charlie sykes, walker trying to put his scandals behind him. he was campaigning with tom cotton just yesterday. the republicans have all totally backed him. this is what he had to say at the rally where his republican colleagues are trying to -- hoping he wouldn't talk about this. this is one of the jokes he told.

>> i've been telling this little story about this bull out in the field with six cows. three of them are pregnant. so you know he got something going on. but all he cared about is keeping his nose against the fence looking at three our cows that didn't belong to him. all he had to do is eat grass. no, no, no. he thought something was better somewhere else. he decided, i want to get over there. one day he measured that fence up. he said, i think i can jump this. that day came where he got back and he got back and as he took off running, he dove over that fence. his belly got cut up. but as he made it on the other side, he shook it off and got so excited about it. he ran to the top of the hill. when he got up there, he realized they were bulls, too. >> charlie sykes, you could see rick scott, who is in charge of the republican campaign, behind

him. tom cotton wondering, where is he going with this story and why? >> yeah. i'm guessing that those senators and staffers were hoping that herschel walker would come up with a different story other than the horny bull impregnating multiple cows tale. if the republicans had any sense of shame whatsoever, they would be ashamed of the way that this is playing out. i mean, it's the accumulation of scandals and hypocrisy involving herschel walker, not just the abortion but the growing evidence of the multiple children that he essentially abandoned. the text messages showing he had little contact at all with some of his children. the political reality is the republicans are stuck with him. they need him to win in order to take control of the senate. frankly, they just don't care. they are going to continue to back him no matter what he did, no matter what he says, no

matter how manifestly unfit he is for office because it's all about control. >> what more can we say? ellison barber, i think charlie sykes, you said it all. thanks to both of you. president biden is responding to new pressure from within his party to punish saub for cutting oil production and siding with russia. for the first time, the president is promising the u.s./saudi relationship will not be the same. >> when the house and senate gets back, there's going to be consequences for what they have done with russia. >> what kind of consequences? menendez says suspend all arms sales. is that something you would consider? >> i will not get into what i will consider and what i have in mind, but there will be consequences. >> that was jake tapper in a cnn

interview. senator, have you heard from the president? we are told that he will have some talks with senators but won't settle down and work on this until after the elections when congress is back. >> good to be with you. i haven't spoken to the president yet. i expect to speak with members of the administration and eventually the president. independently of that, we are -- have our own co-equal branch of government views. many of them we will pursue because saudi arabia cannot with immunity ultimately give the global markets energy insecurity, create a greater economic challenge at a time of global economic concerns and fuel putin's war machine. that's are all the actions that -- the consequences of the decision that saudi arabia led

at the opec cartel. >> every decision has consequences. we have had more than 70 years of a strategic alliance with saudi arabia and not just for oil. it's also a security alliance against iran. how practical is it to cut them off from weapons, freeze it for a year, given the increasing aggressiveness by iran? >> the reality is that's one of the decisions that the saudis will have to make. who are they going to rely upon to have greater security from iran, which is an existential threat, than the united states? russia? russia is in bed with iran. russia is -- putin is giving them assistance. the bottom line is, russia is not your solution.

at the end of the day, they have to understand that their actions have consequences. if we're not immediately going to continue to deploy a strategic defense for them, they will have to think about that. you cannot have actions without consequences, especially when those actions affect the national interests and security of the united states. >> do you factor in the fact that this brash young saudi crown prince is going to be most likely the country's king for the foreseeable future, for decades? >> that's why president biden made an extraordinary trip to the region and met with the crown prince in a multi-versed approach. it was about the ability to have regional gulf cooperation with each other against iran. it was about having better relationships with israel.

it was about cooperation with the united states on economic questions. yes, it was a global oil security. but the response of the crown prince basically is not just a slap in the face to the united states, it's a slap in the face to the western world, which is leading in multilateral international efforts against vladimir putin. he sided with putin. he is fuelling putin's war machines. there are many things the administration can think about. arms sales is just one element. with the committee that i share, i have some jurisdiction over that. i have used that in the past when trump gave them $8 billion in arms sales. there's other things. should opec be subject to being allowed to be sued as a cartel in the united states? does the crown prince himself have sovereign immunity as 9/11 families are pursuing the kingdom? are we going to continue to

provide support to them on iran when, in fact, our focus could be our ally, the state of israel, that shares our values and acts in cooperation with us? >> what would you tell the president to do about venezuela? there is consideration of letting chevron in venezuela pump oil again, despite the fact that the dictator has not done anything on democratic reforms? >> listen, in all of these things there's a calibration. i would simply say that, if you give -- [ no audio ] these authoritarian dictators know how to take, but they are unwilling to give. the result is a bad deal. whether that's iran's nuclear posture. whether that's the crown prince and what he has done to fuel putin's war machine. or whether -- we talk about how

many ukrainians have fled. 8 million have fled venezuela which are at our southern borders. i would not give him the ability to pump oil without other reciprocal actions by the regime. >> senator menendez, thank you very much. >> good to be here. critical concern. how democrats are reacting to the nbc news exclusive interview with their candidate in the all important pennsylvania senate race following his stroke. you are watching "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. discomfort back there? instead of using aloe, or baby wipes, or powders, try the cooling, soothing relief or preparation h. because your derriere deserves expert care. preparation h. get comfortable with it.

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in that critical pennsylvania race for senate, polls are showing john fetterman has a narrowing, very slim 3 point lead after limiting his

campaign because of the after affects of a stroke he had. in his first interview since the stroke, fetterman talked to dasha burns about how he relies on closed captioning to help him process questions. nbc news agreed to his request to use the captioning device to essentially read dasha's questions to him. let's watch. >> i thought i was empathetic -- i think i was very empathetic. that's an example of the stroke. i thought i was very empathetic before having a stroke. now after having that stroke, i really understand much more kind of the challenges that americans have day in and day out. >> apart from releasing a letter from his cardiologist on june 3rd, the campaign denied our request for his medical records. here is more. >> why not follow through on that and be fully transparent and release all of that information?

>> i said, i am putting everything tested. i am being out and being tested day in and day out. if my doctor teams said that i'm fine and i'm ready to go on that, then i'm not really sure that's much more beyond transparent. >> we're taking your word for what your doctors are telling you. we haven't heard from them in months. >> well, i mean, if they believe that i was ready to do that and i've been able to success it will -- successfully do that campaigning, i think that demonstrates what they said and their opinions were pretty accurate. >> there's going to be a debate october 25th. how is he going to get through that debate with dr. oz, the republican candidate, and his main criticism of oz, he lived

in new jersey, he is not a pennsylvanian, until recently. >> during that debate on october 25th, both the fetterman campaign, the oz campaign agreed to allow fetterman to use closed captioning, the same technology that you saw there, because he is still suffering from those auditory processing issues, which essentially means that he has a hard time understanding what he is hearing. he still, as you could see, has difficulty with speech. he has a hard time understanding some of those verbal conversations. but i will say that once we sat down, once the closed captioning was up and running, he was able to fully understand me for that 25-minute interview, all of which is posted online, for folks that want to see more. he was able to read my questions and respond. it was a big difference between when the closed captioning was on and when it was off. some of that small talk that -- you have interviewed many

candidates. you chitter chatter before the cameras are rolling. that's where it seemed that he had a hard time understanding what we were saying without the closed captioning on. i have spoken to stroke experts. they say that these are side effects that do not indicate any sort of cognitive impairment. it's not his decision making or problem solving or memory has been impacted and these symptoms are ones he can fully recover from. at that debate, he will need some of that accommodation. >> dasha burns, an extraordinary interview. thank you very much. joining us now is former virginia governor and democratic national chairman terry mcauliffe. >> here we are. another election. >> another election and this one is pivotal for both parties. >> no question. >> democrats need to win pennsylvania. you have a candidate who does rely on this technique. it doesn't affect his cognitive

ability. as people pointed out, we have two senators right now sitting senators who had strokes while they were in office. one was out for months recovering. people did not raise questions. the voters do -- don't the voters have a right to see his medical records and just understand how serious his health really is? >> i think it's important people see the medical records. his doctors have said, full capacity to serve in the united states senate. if his doctors are going out and saying that, then i think that's very important. you gotta remember, running against dr. oz, reality tv star who, as you mentioned, not even really from pennsylvania. not sure he lived in pennsylvania. this is a guy who wants to ban abortions nationwide. think about that. he is a doctor who has made fun of john fetterman having a stroke. what kind of doctor does that? the bigger, broader issue is for the democrats to keep control of

the senate. you know what this means? do you go to the republican maga agenda? they want to roll back the inflation reduction act which allows you to negotiate prescription drug prices. they have an extreme agenda. if we keep the senate with all the judges coming up, we will stop them from a nationwide abortion ban. that's the stakes of the election. for you and i to sit -- think about this. i've been doing this for years. last time we had a democratic president in 1994, 2010, remember, wiped out. here you and i are sitting here, we are talking narrow activity in the house and one or two seats from control the senate. that's historic. >> let me ask you this to play devil's advocate. how is your argument that the bigger issue is keeping control of the senate, how is that different from republicans saying, well, the issue is we have to keep control of the senate, against what they view as a democratic radical agenda? defensing electing herschel

walker. >> that's their argument. they can make it. if they want herschel walker with all the issues he has, that's their choice. look what we have gone through with our president. the reason why we are in good shape this year is the president's leadership. democrats acting. 10 million new jobs, 650,000 new manufacturing jobs, passing an infrastructure bill. negotiating prescription drug prices, first gun bill in 30 years. a chip bill. i could go on and on. that's success. i give the president and the democrats on the hill credit for that. what have the republicans done? they didn't vote for the american rescue plan which saved our economy. >> let me say, if all that is so important, why is the democratic campaign committee not supporting beasley in north carolina where she has a close race and could use party help? barns in wisconsin. number of other races where they are not coming to the aid of the

candidates. tim ryan in ohio. what could be more important? >> they should be flooding them with resources. i have done $1.3 million for senate candidates myself, little terry mcauliffe. we need to be all in. i met beasley. she will be a great senator. tim ryan is right there in ohio. >> couldn't party money make the difference? >> you bet. absolutely. we need to be all in. all the folks watching, get engaged. we can't sit back. history is against us. obviously, the midterms we should lose. we're not going to lose historic. i agree, this mos consequential one. they want to put medicare on the

chopping block. they want to put medicare on the chopping block. joe biden, you know what he has done? he lowered premiums. we haven't seen that in over a decade. >> should joe biden run again? >> he should. i have known joe for 40 years. he is in great health. let's get through the next whatever -- 27 or 28 days. look at the success. 10 million new jobs. the other thing, worldwide, donald trump almost single handedly destroyed nato. look what joe biden has done to bring these countries together to fight russia. in fact, many republicans, including donald trump, supported putin. it's joe biden who has led to bring nato to make it the power it is today to stop russia and the atrocities they're doing in ukraine today. it's success after success. folks, wake up. get out and vote. we have the success. >> one man band right here. >> let's go. i'm fired up! >> where did i hear that? thank you very much.

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they say they need anti-aircraft -- excuse me, anti-air defense systems, particularly to shoot down russian missiles and rockets. they say they have a system that they are working on, which they are having success with, to defeat the iranian-made drones that russia is increasingly using and increasingly dependent upon. but the fast moving, more destructive missiles and rockets, pose a problem as now russia is widening its targets, not just attacking front lines, not just artillery but going after cities that -- like lviv, like kyiv, where a sense of normalcy had returned to civilian life. they need longer range systems so they can target russian forces and advance upon them. they want systems up to 500 kilometers in range. they are actively seeking more

and more weapons. they say openly that they want to liberate this entire country, not just territory that has been captured over the last several months, but they want to liberate all of the east. they want to take back crimea. they hear the nuclear threats coming from russia, coming from vladimir putin. they said they are not afraid of them. tens of thousands of ukrainians, according to officials, have been killed. if russia were to use a tactical nuclear weapon, yes, large numbers of ukrainians could die. but that it would rally the world even more to stand with ukraine, to give ukraine more weapons and allow them to push all russians off of ukrainian territory. >> it's remarkable. thank you so much. general twitty, the russians low on troops, seems to be at its weakest point in the war.

is zelenskyy too ambitious in hoping to take back crimea? is that too big a goal in what is an endless war? >> thank you. it's good to be with you. i don't think so. if you look at what the ukrainians have done to date, i have been amazed at the will power and the tenacity of the ukrainian forces. they protected kyiv and they conducted this two-prong assault in the south and east where they have this huge momentum in the counteroffensive. they have taken over 3,000 kilometers in both locations. they are making significant progress here in this counteroffensive. they have been pretty successful. the russians have shown that they don't have the will to fight. they are poorly trained. poorly equipped.

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joining us is katie hobbs, arizona's secretary of state and running for governor against former fox news anchorwoman kari lake. welcome. it's good to see you. you have refused to take part in the lone debate with kari lake, giving her 30 minutes to present her ideas without any pushback. you don't want to participate in a spectacle. how is it productive to give her a platform where she will not be challenged? >> i think you said it yourself in the intro. all three top republicans are election deniers. how do you debate someone who refuses to accept the truth, who doesn't live in facts? it doesn't do any service to the voters in terms of deciding -- looking at the contrast between us and how we're going to govern if all she's going to do is shout over me and interrupt me and spew lies? in fact, pbs is giving me the

same format that kari lake has. she will not go unanswered. we looked for opportunities for formats where i can talk directly to voters without the spectacle that kari lake is going to create. we're going to have the same opportunity here that she has as well. >> the problem of election denial is a national problem. 60% of americans will have an election denier on the ballot. of the 552 republican nominees running for office,200 have fully denied the 2020 election. how concerning is that for arizona, where, of course, the centerpiece of the 2020 campaign denial was in that so-called forensic study after the 2020 election? >> the so-called forensic study, i like how you put that. it is concerning. this is part of a concerted effort, a coordinated attack on our democracy, on americans'

freedom to vote. the sham audits you pointed out. the election deniers in position to hold office. some already do. trump is putting people up to run for office and be in positions of power to change the rules and overturn the will of the voters. this is free and fair elections on the line, democracy is on the ballot in 2022. >> should you be focusing more on this election denialism issue? as you go through this campaign, you have been endorsed by adam kinzinger, supported by liz cheney. you haven't appeared with your home state democratic senators, to my knowledge, to our knowledge. why is that? >> we're absolutely focusing on this issue. it co comes up in every engagem i have. arizonians know what's at stake. they want to move on. we have real issues we are facing. the things i'm talking to arizonians are about the water crisis, fixing our neglected

public education system, protecting reproductive health care. those are the issues they want the governor to focus on. they know i will stand up for the integrity of our elections and protect their freedom to vote. >> katie hobbs, good luck on the campaign trail. we will be watching. thank you so much. >> thank you, andrea. >> we reached out to the kari lake campaign. have not heard back. new evidence expected at the january 6th committee hearing tomorrow. we will have the full preview coming up next. this is "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. (vo) with verizon, you can now get a private 5g network. so you can do more than connect your business, you can make it even smarter. now ports can know where every piece of cargo is. and where it's going. (dock worker) right on time. (vo) robots can predict breakdowns and order their own replacement parts. (foreman) nice work. (vo) and retailers can get ahead of the fashion trend of the day with a new line tomorrow. with a verizon private 5g network, you can get more agility and security.

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missing are the text messages from january 6. joining me now, ali vitali and harry litman. the documents may corroborate cassidy hutchinson's testimony that the former president knew some were armed and the struggle she says occurred inside the president's car that day, the secret service van, but also testimony from ginni thomas. she wasn't videotaped but testimony from ginni thomas and the roger stone documentary. how does the committee plan to put all of this into focus? >> reporter: we know that this is a committee that likes to weave a narrative. each member that's part of the panel is going to be the leader of a certain section of this roughly two-hour hearing we are expecting tomorrow. you are right that it's likely the last investigative hearing. we think they are likely to come back after election day to present their final report, the culmination of the investigative work they have done over the course of the last year plus. but this hearing does provide

them a moment to reset the narrative, but also introduce some new information that they have since gotten. the reporting from our colleague julia ainsley, for example, shows they have gotten cooperation from the secret service. maybe not in the way they initially wanted, the key text messages from specific agents on january 5 and 6. but more information around january 6 and the lead-up to it from the view of secret service that can allow them to paint a picture of what was known and maybe why the former president's movements were what they were on that day ultimately. but then also being able to give more insight potentially into what ginni thomas told the video. it wasn't videotaped. that was part of the agreement with her to come in voluntarily. the documentary footage of roger stone showing he had this plan to say regardless what happened in the election that trump and his allies wanted him to declare victory. that was percolating well before

november and well before election day. speaking to the mindset of the people who had the former president's ear and who were around him in those critical weeks before election day, yes, but certainly in the weeks after as well in the lead-up to january 6th. all of this going to leave a lasting image for the american public as this is one of the final hearings for the committee and an indelible image in the minds of voters weeks before they go to the polls. >> harry, a committee member, california congresswoman loftgin says their goal is to show the ties. how important is it to make those connections for the public? [ no aud wroe ] think harry may. we have an audio issue here.

>> can you hear me? >> yes, i can now. >> sorry about that. closing argument a time to sound the big themes. and a key to what you're saying about the oath keepers and trump will be roger stone. they are the bridge. i think we'll hear about them. and the secret service. but the basic ideas is they want some new testimony, but they also want to do what you do in closing arguments, reenforce the main theme. here that's trump's connection to the violence that he knew about it, that he stoked it, that he stood by and watched it and that he apologized for it. that's what -- and that's what they are going to try to show tomorrow. >> so much has happened since their last hearing. the mar-a-lago raid, all of that. a lot of other things around the country, the world, the abortion

decision. the election. so they have to refocus attention. they don't have any dramatic witnesses. they have some video. but they have been masterful at doing this before. this is critical point. they are running out of full-time. >> there will be no live testimony. and they have been masterful to date. what they have been really good at is just taking the low-hanging fruit ask not worrying about the rest. all they can do now really is reemphasize the themes they have already sounded and that have been so effective and let the background noise be that background noise. so we may not hear from them again and we'll just see the report. that makes tomorrow's stakes very high. >> talking about an interim report won't be before the election. but then they have to wrap it up. because they go out of business with the end of this congress and how are they going to get

all this done? especially with the democrats at the risk with only the seats have to turn for the republicans to take over and kill this whole thing. >> reporter: there's a reality in which that's actually what happens. the committee is very aware of the political stakes of this moment. it's why they have some of these key questions that are still lingering. the idea that there are multiple senators who are now ignoring subpoenas from the the committee. that's still something the chairman said they have an end of year deadline to figure out what they are going to do about because that's their true deadline in filing their work and finishing it and presenting it to the public. >> harry, the a.p. is reporting that the federal judge ruled that president trump has to sit for a deposition and that defamation case. he raped her back in the the '90s. is there an appeal for that? >> he can try to do an energy appeal. i doubt it will succeed.

it's his worst nightmare having to answer all the questions about what he did under penalty of perjury. >> harry, ali vitali, we're going to leave it there. thank you. tomorrow at noon eastern, join us for complete coverage of the next january 6th hearing. we'll have it all afternoon live. before we go, angela lansbury may have been the best known for the tv show "murder, she wrote", but she was celebrated for so much more. she passed away at the age of 96. anne thompson takes a look back. >> reporter: excellence defined angela lansbury's acting career. not typecasting, though hollywood tried. >> i was a young character actress. and these days, that word is a dirty word in our business. >> reporter: her first two movie roles garnered oscar nominations, but in 1962,

lansbury made indelible impression as a manipulative mother. even though in real life she was just three years older than harvey. >> i think it was probably the best thing i ever did on film. >> reporter: frustrated that hollywood without was making her old before her time, lansbury went to broadway and created the role that changed her career. ♪♪ it made her a leading lady and a full-fledged star. >> i love playing her the first time in my life, i was admired as a woman. >> reporter: for the ir repressable main p she won the first of five tony awards honored for a play and musicals including sweeney todd.

♪♪ born in england, lansbury married twice, the second time to peter shaw for 54 years with whom she had two children and became an american citizen. her remarkable range kept her career strong as she aged. for a dozen seasons as jessica fletcher on "murder, she wrote." >> tell me what's happening. >> reporter: and mrs. pots in the big screen's "beauty and the beast." >> my kind of thing has always been people say what do you do. i don't know, try me. let me read it. and that's the way it's always been. >> reporter: leaving a legacy of characters that were just sensational. anne thompson, nbc news.

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