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heartbroken and traumatized, house speaker nancy pelosi is reacting publicly for the first time since the violent attack on her husband. new details this morning on his recovery and the lifesaving actions by a 9-1-1 dispatcher. plus, election deniers on the ballot this november. hundreds of them. if they win, they could impact future elections, including 2024, when donald trump could run again. i'll talk to my power political panel about those warnings. later, a top prosecutor joins the mar-a-lago document association. what -- says about the high stakes in that case, and whether donald trump should be starting to sweat. all of that and more is coming up. and a good sunday morning to you all. i am katie fang. thanks for starting your sunday with us. let's get right to our top

story. house speaker, nancy pelosi, says her family is traumatized after the attack on her husband, paul. his condition continues to improve. this we were also learning more about the -- happening on capitol hill when it comes to protecting other lawmakers and their families. for the latest in all of this, we're joined live by msnbc correspondent, ali graphite. ali, good morning. >> katie, good morning. nancy pelosi reacting last night for the first time to the brutal attack on her husband paul during that home invasion early friday morning. officials say she was the intended target. she sent this letter to her house colleagues last night saying in part that she is heartbroken and traumatized by the attack. she also things emergency officials who responded to the attack, as well as hospital workers who are caring for her husbands as he recovers from some major surgery to repair a fractured skull as well as severe injuries to his arm and

hands. pelosi says he can to, his condition continues to improve. all of this is coming in with new information about the 9-1-1 call that paul pelosi was able to make himself from inside a bathroom where his phone was charging during the attack. officials crowded in and dispatcher for picking up on this, what he says was pelosi talking encode, crediting her with the faster sponsors. and here. >> once the call was made, people did what they were supposed to do and then sound. that dispatcher, her instinct and intuition, her experience, to decipher what was being said, and said something else is going on here, it was life-saving to my opinion. then there were officers at the front door, at this happen in seconds, but they took action. >> katie, the big question after this attack was have capitol police would respond and protect other lawmakers amid this massive surge in

violent threats against them. we learned a little more about that last night. the chief of the capitol police sent this memo assuring lawmakers that his officers were working around the clock to stop those threats from happening, as well as make them aware some additional resources that are available to them to keep them safe. >> all right, thanks to you, ali, for joining us this morning. it's been a big weekend for former president barack obama, who is back out on the campaign trail yesterday in the midwest. he started his day in michigan, where he made it clear that democracy is at stake this november. obama then made his way over to wisconsin, where he slammed a gop senator, ron johnson, for suggesting medicare and social security funding should be reexamined every year. take a listen. >> long hours, and sore backs, and bad knees, to get that social security. if ron johnson does not understand that, if he understands giving tax breaks

for private planes more than he understands making sure that seniors who worked all their lives are able to retire with dignity and respect, he's not the person who's thinking about you and he should not be your senator for wisconsin. >> for more on obama's -- here is shaquille brewster. >> good morning. you saw in that clip there are a sense of the fire and passion that we saw for the former president, barack obama, as he made his way back on the campaign trail. throughout the weekend, we saw him start in atlanta georgia, than he was in detroit, michigan, and then right here in milwaukee, wisconsin. really engaging an exciting his democratic base. he looked like he had a good time there, i saw one events he was both heckled and catcalled does he really try to serve two purposes during his time on the trail. one, he wanted to excited energize democratic voters in these key urban areas.

two, we saw the former president go out on the attack, defending these democratic candidates, and going up against their opponents by name. specific lines, we saw on that clip there, going after ron johnson's, specifically. former president obama, this is when i move over to material looks to. he has more than two dozen ads for these democratic candidates. we know he's been engaging in private fund-raisers for them. we'll expect to see him again next weekend of added, then following up with a pre-election day rally with president biden in pennsylvania. he's not the only former president who is out there on the stump. last week we heard from former president trump, who announced a series of preelection day rallies, starting and iowa in florida. we also know they'll be going to ohio and pennsylvania. katie, we are really in that final stretch. we are entering the final sprint, as the intensity out here on the campaign trail only heats up. >> all right, thanks to jack

brewster out on the trail. here's one guy who wanted to lock in his vote early. president biden. his 18-year-old granddaughter, natalie, joining with more than a 50 million americans who have already voted in this year's midterm elections. the bidens casting their ballots at a polling center in delaware. after voting, the president striking an optimistic tone about the democratic process cuts. >> i'm feeling good. i'm going to be all around the country. i'm going to be spending the rest of the time making the case that this is not a referendum, it's a choice. >> president biden is heading to florida on tuesday for our get out the vote rally in miami, at a fund-raiser for good editorial candidate, charlie -- and fort lauderdale. now we'll move to seoul, south korea, or south korea's president has declared a period of national mourning following the city's deadly crowd surge yesterday. officials say at least 151 people were killed among them, one american. after an estimated 100,000

people gathered for what was supposed to be a halloween celebration. nbc news foreign correspondent, ron sanchez, as live with the latest details. we're, of 151 dead at the last count. were to think stand this morning, what can you tell us about how this happened? >> yeah, katie, it's an almost unbelievable number. in south korea today, there is shock, grief, but there is also deep, deep anger that so many young people could lose their lives all at once and an instance like this. the president of south korea addressing his morning country today say this is a disaster that should never have happened, and that people will be held accountable. as you said, about 100,000 people turned out last night in downtown seoul for this outdoor halloween festival. katie, part of the reason the crowd was so vague, this was the first outdoor halloween party without masks in south korea since the start of the

covid pandemic. this was a chance for young people to go out, in full costume, without masks, and they absolutely flock to this area. this has a lot of narrow alleyways. what appears to happen, the crowd searching through what these narrow alleys, people volleyed over getting trampled, eventually getting crushed. that's how we got these awful scenes with streets and sidewalks completely covered with the bodies of the dead, and of the injured. just this awful, rhythmic, pumping of the first aiders trying to administer cpr, trying to save lives. recapping the numbers here, 153 people dead. 97 women, 56 men. 25 of the data foreigners, including one american citizen. we do not yet know, much in the way of details about that american, but we do know that president biden has joined a chorus of international leaders sending their condolences to

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in less than a year, a washington post poll found that about one and three americans thought of violence against the government could at times be justified. that was less than a year ago. that's the political climate that were. and speaker nancy pelosi's husband, paul pelosi, recovers in a hospital from a brutal attack by an intruder armed with a hammer. police are still investigating

the exact motive for this attack, that the san francisco police chief called intentional. listen to what -- a governor, republican, said hours after the assault. >> listen, i want to stop for a minute stand, listen, speaker pelosi's husband had a break in less sight in their house. he was attacked. there's no room for violence anywhere. we're going to send him her back to be with him in california, that's what we're going to do. >> you know, comments like that are leading democrats to call out republicans. saying they haven't done enough to rein in a rise in violent rhetoric. another democrat who's spoken openly about how she's the constant target of threat, elaborate -- says the response to political violence is to ignore it or the little at. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez called out -- who says he hasn't spoken out forcefully enough to calm down

these horrific incidents. many republicans like to say that the party they're all about law and order, and protecting your family. so, what are they going to step up and this new environment? that we are all living in? make it safer for people across the political spectrum? i'm welcome back congressman -- sits on the house judiciary committee. congressman, thanks for joining the show, always a pleasure to have you. here i gotta ask you straight out of the gate, do you share your democratic colleagues sentiment that the republican response to political violence is woefully inadequate and if so what do you think they could be doing to make an impact to make it better? >> they could have an impact with people who are committing the most violence -- we had a fella go out with justice kavanaugh's house, went to the baseball fit -- most of the violence that by the republicans. all over a span of -- republicans haven't spoken out very strong manner about what's

happening to speaker pelosi's husband, which was intended to happen to speaker pelosi. he was looking for nancy, as they did when they came to the capitol. the republicans, have they happened as a group, and suggesting that january six was an insurrection and attack on our constitution. i watched a video of donald trump at his last rally. it was, it was posted by -- so it wasn't intended to be a slam, but they saying the national anthem. donald trump didn't take his hat off. he stood there the whole time. without removing his hat. that's a lot worse than colin kaepernick taking a knee, which he went on for months it an african american football player who didn't take any, not as bad as all taking your hat off. the worst thing is, they're playing the national anthem at the rally is at the patriotic americans. yet they don't believe that january six an insurrection, an

attack on a constitution. that that -- is the most egregious act against our country's democracy, and against this -- new can take your hat off, put it on, whatever you want to do. you take a knee or not. that's nothing compared to going into the capital attacking police and looking for nancy pelosi, and vice president pence. >> you know, congress man, politicos reporting alone forsman agencies are now rushing to assess the scale of potential that's for high skill politicians and election workers ahead of the midterms. do you recall a previous election cycle where violence and hatred has been so normalized? >> no, never. it's happened since trump came in in 2017. there's been a rise in reporting to capitol police, threats against police and congresspeople. -- ran against me in 2019. the same person who called --

he was sentenced to two and a half years in prison last year, a lot of springfield missouri. he said he had a news from me, was going to put idiots around my neck and drag me behind his truck regarding certain comments amid concerning trump. cleaver he said was down, then used a racial epitaphs. then he went out about him. violent plans for -- these things have gone on. the republicans have not condemned them. they're the ones that could have an effect on these people, especially donald trump. if he came out and said to his people, please do not engage in violence, and did do it with some time c does with a stand by and be ready. that was awful. he invited the oath keepers, proud boys, whatever these people call themselves, to attack the capitol. this was the most horrific act that's ever been taken against our country.

this pales in comparison to benedict arnold. a violation of his oath, and those people, in the house members who voted against proving the electoral college numbers, and against those votes, we're also participated. it's because the politics, because they did want to be thought of upbeat against trump, but against this coup attempt. because they wanted to be with the base. the base has been diluted by donald trump. it's been shown, clearly, at the hearings, that before the election he was planning to claim he won, he said he knew he lost, but claim he won. they came up with this idea. they put it out, there we claim, we take possession, we claim we'd window matter what. violence goes along with it. antisemitism goes along with that. this man that attacked pelosi, he was antisemitic, he didn't believe that the january six commission was valid.

he didn't believe that climate change -- he was a -- he got along with all the trump lies, he believed trump. this is what got him to go against trumpism pelosi. pelosi has had a numerable threats against her life, numerable disparaging comments by republicans. this is contributed to an atmosphere that i think will result in more violence. i've been saying this for quite awhile. i suspect another congress person to be shot, probably killed. i expect there to be multiple killings. sometime in the future, around the capitol. >> congressman, steve cohen, i'm hoping that you are wrong. to your point, on january six, it took donald trump a long time to tell people to go home, even then, he didn't really want to direct. congressman, steve cohen. as, always thanks for being so frank and candid with your

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experts say that if enough of these nominees are elected, republican majorities and state houses could have the power to rewrite election laws, and put future elections at risk. that's before you've include all the election deniers that are running for governor, and secretary of state across the country. it's an issue that congresswoman liz cheney is passionate about. on friday, her pack released a new ad targeting election deniers running for those two positions in the state of arizona. take a look. >> i don't know that i have ever voted for a democrat. if i lived in arizona, i absolutely would. you have a candidate for governor, kari lake, you have a candidate for secretary of state, mark fringe or -- both of whom have said that they would only honor the results of an election if they agree with that. if you care about the survival of a republic, you cannot give people power who will not honor elections. >> that's a lifelong

conservative republican mayor, and this is where we find ourselves in the year 2022. here to discuss all of this is a power political power for sunday. ashley products, as a political strategist and former republican. basil michael is a democratic strategist in the former executive director of the new york state democratic party. good morning to both of you. ashley, let's start with you. how important is it for democrats, both nationally and in those particular states that we highlighted, how important is it for them to be talking about what could happen with election deniers running for office? >> i think it's hugely important. basically at this point, katie, you have 2020 still on the ballot. it would be on the ballot in 2024 if president trump decides to run for president again, which all signs are pointing to yes. the important point is, you're going to cast your vote in the midterms of, one you believe in the institution of democracy and free and fair elections. or, if you believe the election was stolen. that second part is extremely

dangerous to the future of elections and our country. basically, what needs to be done at this point does democrats need to get out there and say, if you believe in voting rights, and having more access to vote, you need to get out and vote. i think that message isn't really coming across because there are so many election deniers that are on the ballots. you would be surprised if you looked at it. i think the number is like 58% of candidates, like across 30 states, have election deniers on the ballot. that is really concerning for the future of freeing for elections in our country. my message would be to democrats, you need to keep talking about this because this isn't just a federal state issue, it's certainly one that's going to impact state houses in the future of elections and our country. >> basil, ashley is right. good memory, actually. 58% to 450 republican nominees have echoed to former president donald trump's lies the 2020

election was stolen from him. if these candidates,, basil denied the 2020 election results, it's a safe assumption that we might see a similar denial after the midterms depending on the outcome. is that something voters are worried about now? vote disenfranchisement through election denial? >> you know, i'm not sure. matures resonated as much as that should. i think that speaks to ashley's point earlier. they are, or if you combine the number of election deniers that are on the ballot with the theory that's floating around that it's heading to the supreme court -- independent state legislature theater, where the legislature could be overturned elections. the fact that you have majority republican legislatures in this country at the moment. it's deaths portend, it does concerning picture of mom -- the rights for at least a

generation, perhaps more. the rights that we've been able to operates, that's not just reproductive, rights it's also voting rights. by the, way that was guided in 2013 in the supreme court level. as you can see, this sort of slow, abrogation of rights, and opportunities to empower communities. as we see that dwindling, i think that what will happen, and a lot of these folks get elected, is that it will shift into overdrive. before we know, it we're in a place that i think we never thought we would be in america. >> ashley, we played a clip from liz cheney's ad. that's a lifelong conservative republican. what's your reaction to the fact that you see her saying that she would actually vote for democrat if she had the option? >> as a former republican myself, who love the party in 2016, i think it's strong messaging. i think more republicans are

leaning independent, or would be voting for democrats this election cycle. having prominent former, not even former republicans, she is a republican, but she is out there saying that she would vote for democrats. that's a very strong message. i think at this point, what we really need to be focusing on is the fact that there are a lot of republicans who don't fall into this election denier bucket that we were just referencing. there are many of them who think that this is completely out of whack, and it's ridiculous that this is the platform of the republican party. who knows what's going to end up happening in 2024 if she ends up running against trump, and what her platform is going to be. if it's going to be restoration of democracy means, she runs us in a dependent, if she runs as a republican against trump, i don't know. it seems as though she's positioning herself in that way because there are many republicans who actually aligned with her way of thinking, and many former republicans who it probably love to join the party again, or try to fix it.

i really thought that this might happen in 2020, but it said we have a violent insurrection that was led by republicans. i think with liz cheney at the helm, there could be a real shift in that restore of democracy, or even a takeover of the republican party to what it may have been prior, which is more moderate. >>, bazelak less than a minute. laughed i did want to get the final question to you. axios has a new report looking at what americans are googling with the midterms just nine days away. or searches for student loan forgiveness are way up. there hasn't been a spike with things like inflation or gas prices. you know i'm asking you to read a crystal ball here, but your guy for this. can you say this is a positive sign for democrats that people are looking at topics on google that perhaps are not going to be pro republican topics? >> i just said in the last few days of this election cycle, where people are starting to pay a lot more attention, i think democrats have been really good adds outlining

their victories in these last few years. particularly under the biden administration. they may not have done all that they wanted him to do, but he's done more, frankly, than i expected him to do. i expect, as democrats are waking up to that, and understanding what's at stake in this election, particularly that we're not in a place where it's the lesser of two evils, what you hear a lot over the last few years. this is really about a broad agenda for the future of the country. i think that democrats in particular, americans, broadly are becoming much more attuned to what's on the ballot this year. >> actually prado, this ball does michael, my power political panel for the sunday. thank you both for getting up and joining us and sharing your insight. i appreciate you both. donald trump is expected to run to court over his january six -- ahead of friday's deadline. one constitutional law expert says the court should just sit this one out.

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the pass. one constitutional law expert suggests that the courses that this out. and a new thick piece for nbc news.com, law professor writes, quote, by embracing the idea that they are the ultimate arbiter of political disputes, courts and judges position themselves the standing above separation of powers disputes, that is they claim to be neutral arbiter sending the ground rules for other governing institutions. but this is a decidedly non neutral posture, it empowers the courts themselves and consistently disempower's congress. joining me now from more, a former federal prosecutor, franklin monster junior. franklin, good morning. welcome to the show. what do you make of this pretty novel argument that the court should not be involved in settling disputes over congressional subpoena, like the one issued by the january six committee to donald trump. >> well, good morning, i think this has already been demonstrated that the courts have jurisdiction, and they

need to sign these issues that they have in the past. you mentioned donald trump has fallen into these type of subpoenas, the people around him if all of these types of subpoenas in the courts, they've been the arbiters of those disputes. i think the issue here is, obviously the subpoena is written in a way where it's not trying to entice donald trump to show up and testify, or by documents, or comes right out of the beginning, basically says we already have enough evidence to show that he orchestrated as -- the attempted overturned of the elections, the obstruction of the peaceful transfer of power. i don't think there was an expectation that donald trump would show up to buy documents. i don't think providing documents is something that would provide the optics he would wants. for example, it's a slippery slope if you look at the types of information the subpoenas requests. these are documents that deal with text messages from january 6th.

they deal with text messages leading up to january 6th, his state of mind. once he starts providing any sort of documents, it's a slippery slope. it's going to be more difficult for him to hold the line and not -- the issue here is what type of engagements his counsel has on the subpoena. i think the prosecution and the conviction of steve bannon demonstrate that if they don't have any engagement at all, this could lead to a contempt byline, a referral to doj. if that happens, and doj actually perceives the case, then that case was stand-alone, and outlive the committee, out the subpoena, the house subpoena itself. that would be a big problem. i imagine that is on the minds of his counsel right now. >> so franklin, to that point, i'm glad you brought up steve bannon. as the panic of four months in prison for failing to comply with congressional subpoena. that subpoena, from that --

was for documents, and for his deposition. he didn't do either of those things. why not, dozens, defensive on this hypothetical with me please, why not just refer donald trump, if he doesn't appear on the date certain that he's supposed to, with document production in his deposition, were for him to the doj? just like steve bannon was. membrane 14 on the other guy's name, the other wackadoo guy. why now -- peter navarro. why not refer him to -- and the criminal process happened? donald trump is not better than you are me. if we didn't comply with the subpoena, we would go to court. we'd get a doj indictment to. why not hurry up and do that so it can outlive the 16 committee if republicans take over the house? >> look, i think that's absolutely right. i think there's a fundamental issue here. it's been the fundamental tenet for all of these issues, which is that no one is supposed to be above the, law was supposed to be applied fairly and equitably to everyone.

i think here are, you know there was a lot of talk about why wait this long to subpoena donald trump. that makes sense to me. you build your case up, any case, whether it's the department of justice, or house committee, which has been operating a lot like a prosecution, you want to build the case up before they go after their top target. you want to put all the pieces in place. once you do set your top target down, you've already boxed them into a certain degree. here, there is the extra purpose. the house committee was educating the public, i think that was one of their key missions. there are also, for lack of a better term, educating the department of justice. through educating the public, putting pressure on the department of justice to maybe take some actions here. but i think that is the big question. it is going to be the big question for donald trump's attorneys. if they don't engage at, all and it's really -- the way that steepening was, that makes the decision easier.

if after some level of engagement, they put forward arguments they believe are valid for by donald trump should or should not be subject of the peña, this back and forth, there that could probably delay, as -- to increase the record of to make it harder for doj to take any referral contempt and prosecute the case. i agree with you, if there is no fundamental reason, or no individualize reason for doj notes to bring this case, this prosecution against donald trump, and they brought some against bannon and peter navarro, and others. >> franklin, thank you for joining the show and for sharing your insight this morning. i appreciate you. >> thank you. >> coming up, tiktok influencers are coming for the midterms. could they be a game-changer and some of the most crucial braces? we'll talk to maxwell frost who could become the first gen z member of our congress. coming up next.

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there's a primary on august, third and -- come back, wait. >> did that get your attention? the video of florida congressional candidates -- drop in low for your votes, has over 7 million views on tiktok. so all a little cringe, a it might be the future of political campaign strategy. in this election strategy -- >> democrats are county. not at president biden meet with a tiktok riders who have a combines following of over 60,000 -- his goal is to get those followers to the goals, to get them to vote blue in the midterms. the event was hosted by the dnc, and they did not hold back with wooing their direct line to gen z. the creators toward the u.s. capital, the supreme court, and met with former president, barack obama. they were swarmed by so many

young fans at a d.c. pizza restaurant, that the staff magically are part of it out. talk about popularity. as well as the influenza comes of that. in 2022, tiktok was the most downloaded app in the world. that has other democratic candidates jumping at the chance to go viral. videos like this one, from john fetterman, and targeting opponent, dr. oz, have over 3 million views. >> i grew up just south -- of >> and take a look at how maxwell frost, candidate in florida, used a popular tiktok nantucket gen z talking about gun violence legislation. >> ♪ ♪ ♪

joining me now is the man who could potentially be the first gen z member of congress. my friend maxwell frost. maxwell, so good to see this morning. look, one of the influencers at that white house visit, share that she had to clarify with her younger following, that she was stressed about the midterm elections, and not her motivate sounds. given what appears to be a lack of knowledge when it comes to specifics, are democrats using a smart strategy by leveraging this audience with influencers? >> yeah. first of, thank you for having me on. thanks for showing one of my tiktok's. i do believe that it's a good strategy. look, breaking news, i grew up as a pandered. something that my doctor would always say when he came in is all the things all the time. very annoying at the time, but growing up, especially during this campaign, it's become the

model of our campaign. it's all the things, all the time. it's social pediatric,, talk all, in text, and it's everything. it's many people where there are at, and sharing a message and different mediums, and in different ways, and from different people. that's how we're going to expand the electorate. i think it's a great idea. >> to your point, max, we have seen gen z be incredibly active, and vocal on social media. particularly in times of major social disruption. for example, when roe v. wade was overturned by the dobbs decision. what does that tell you about what the top issues are for gen z voters? >> you know, it's interesting. what i found from actually speaking with members of gen z, in talking with people across the districts, is that i don't really believe our generation cares about different issues than older folks. i think we see it through a different lens. maybe we think about in a different way. i always think of the economy, the way students are always thinking about question student debt. not because we love beyond our

means, but because we've been denied the means to love. we want to talk about this for causes, we want to talk about the fact that we living eye society where over half our population, women of childbearing adults, may not have access to safe and legal abortion. for me, it's not that we care about different things than anyone, i think we all care about the same issues. what we see it through a different lens because of the generation that we've come through. >> i gotta tell you, max, before i move on to the next question, i love that idea. it is not that we care about different things, we just may look at it through a different lens. that underscores the importance of people being educated about these issues. it does lead me, segue to my next question to, year there is new data from the pew research center that shows that nearly 30% of americans under the age of 30 used tiktok as a new source on a regular basis. and why you study found that of other social media platforms,

tiktok ranked the worst in proving false ads on his platform. maxwell, in this era of disinformation, does that concern you ahead of this election? that tiktok is such a major new source for voters under the age of 30. >> it doesn't concern me that people are turning to a popular app to get their news. there are some very credible new sources that are active on tiktok. i've seen a few of those bite size news clip myself. what concerns me is that we need the platform to up its work on ensuring that false advertisement, and disinformation, isn't being given to young people. we know the young people, and specifically latinos who only speak spanish, are the prime targets for disinformation. especially from the far-right. there's a lot of work needing to be done on the technology side, to ensure that we are protecting people from lies. i don't think it's a big problem that people are turning to a popular app to figure out their news for the day. i think it's up to us to ensure that everyone is being protected from misinformation.

>> quickly, maxwell, before able to let you go, tell us about what we're hearing out there in the community from gen z voters. how is the vibe in the energy in terms of early voting? >> the vibe is great. people are excited to go out and vote. people know what's at stake in this election. sounds statistics just came outs that show that young people attend that voting at the same levels they did the past two cycles. the past few cycles have been the best cycles in our country's history in terms of youth voting. i want to tell everyone, don't shame people into voting. inspire them into voting. that's what's going to get them to the ballot box. what we see from the numbers as they intend to doing it anyways. we feel very optimistic about building that you've power here in central florida, also across the country. >> maxwell, frosting always love having you on the show because you make me feel so good about what our future looks like. my friend, maxwell frost, spreading up this morning and

for actually sharing all of your information and insight with our viewers. i appreciate you. >> thank you for having me on, have a great morning. >> you too. and coming, up snl gives us a spooky take on some of the gop candidate it's. it's halloween weekend, we'll be right back. be right back. trelegy for copd. ♪ birds flyin' high ♪ ♪ you know how i feel ♪ (coughing) ♪ breeze driftin' on by ♪ ♪ you know how i feel ♪

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for a spooky and scary story this halloween. about some republican candidates with no political experience who are running for office in these midterms. with the help of a great cast of snl, and if you are brave enough, take a listen. >> with the midterms less than two weeks away, republicans appear to be surging with a strong closing message in from candidates who have gone from

underground to stars of the republican party. but how? we tonight we talk to three of them. for a, senate candidate from georgia, herschel walker. >> yeah, hello, judas. my name is herschel walker, texas ranger. now i am running for president of the united airlines. >> next, is pennsylvania republican senate candidate, dr. oz. >> hello, judy. my pennsylvania phillies are in the world series, and i just had a delicious philadelphia cheese and steak. yum. >> and also joining us, arizona's republican candidate for governor, kari lake. >> great to be with you, judy. on your sweet little shuffle elias. >> okay. well all three of you have been gaining in the polls the past few weeks despite not of you having any political experience. >> that's correct. yo