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politicsnation. america decides. . or right now with three days left until the midterm elections, a deeply divided america is preparing to cast final ballots. the distance between parties and voters is fast. president biden was in illinois earlier today warning older voters about the future of entitlements if the gop regains the majority in congress.

>> social security, medicare, are more than government programs. they are a promise. they are a promise. we're counting contribute, and when the time comes to retire things will be a little easier for you. you've been paying for this your whole life. now these guys want to take it away. who in the house that they think they're? i really mean it, think about it. . nbc news is reporting that nearly 39 million americans have already voted early and despite concerns and reports of voter intimidation at polling sites, early voting is out at a pace to break midterm records in several states. but a bigger concern for democrats on the defensive is whether it includes in the turnout, who would includes, if it does not include. are they specific voters that, the party needs going to be enough to prevail.

because a future of the biden administration is hanging in the balance. along of course with democrats congressional majorities. but it is in that senate particularly that democratic leaders are trying to stave off losses. president biden is back in philadelphia tonight along with former president barack obama. both slated to take the rallies siege shortly in support of democratic senate hopeful john fetterman in his tight race against doctor a mehmet oz. who will be joined by donald trump for a campaign rally in a few hours. we have a busy full hour of news and analysis ahead, and we start in pennsylvania where nbc news reporter mike emily is standing ahead of the biden and obama party taking the stage together. mike, set the scene for us

please. >> well,, review really just nailed it because we know that there are still a lot of undecided voters. not just here in the critical battleground state of pennsylvania, but across the country. but the number one concern that i am hearing as i talk to white house officials, democratic strategist, is whether that muckraking things yes and levels are matching what we are seeing on the republican side, and whether the democratic turnout operation will deliver what it needs to on election day. and that is why we are seeing here in illinois if you tonight something we haven't seen throughout this entire campaign. really we haven't seen it in two years. it is the former president of the united states, rock a, bomber joined by his former running mate the current president of the united states, joe biden. and the two leading democratic candidates on the ballot here, john fetterman and -- and their message i'm told is gonna be twofold. one, acknowledging that this country has been through an awful lot of the last five years. that the democratic control of congress and the white house, the biden ministration is trying to do everything that they can to deal with those

challenges facing the country. but they know that they have a lot more to do. but that they know democratic voters can't be complacent. so as i look at this rally, raf, i'm seeing a lot of exactly the kind of voters democrats need to turn out on election day. we are here at temple university. a lot of young voters. a lot of african american voters, as well in the city that are gonna be critical. their turnout could be the margin of victory here in pennsylvania. so this is the second time we are gonna see president bomb on the campaign trail for democrats. biden has obviously had a busy schedule himself. >> all, right well thank you nbc's mike memoli and we will be back to you once the president is taking the stage. joining me now, senator gary peters. democrat of michigan. he is the chair of the democratic senatorial campaign committee and chair of the senate homeland security. senator, thank you for some of rejoining us tonight. democrats are doing what they can to hold on to the

congressional majorities, particularly the senate. where that razor-thin majority is there in several key senate races are neck and neck right now. making control appear toss-up. what are the consequences for the country if the democrats were to lose control of the senate, and what is the strategy with three days left to prevent that? >> well, thank you for having me on the program. certainly the consequences are significant. we have heard the president in a segment earlier here on the program talking about how social security and medicare could be reduced if the republicans take the majority. they're already saying that. one of the significant accomplishment that we were able to pass in congress which would require medicare to negotiate with the drug companies to bring down the price of prescription drugs. we have got to republicans

already saying that they are introducing legislation to unwind that. basically they want to stand up for the big drug companies, whereas democrats we passed comprehensive legislation to help everyday americans lower the cost to their families and lower the cost of prescription drugs. and then you look at that judiciary as well and how important we need to make sure in the senate that we are confirming judges who believe in the rule of law, who believe in upholding democracy. if we lose control of the senate, that will be difficult and i will say over the last two years we have been able to confirm 85 hostages which is critically important. >> now, senator, let's think about outcomes on tuesday. a recent ipsos poll found that nearly 40% of republican voters are likely to blame, to put the blame of fraud on the gop election loss of. nearly 20% are highly likely to

do so. i think about that in the context of alleged voter intimidation and harassment that we have seen from north carolina, arizona, and other states. given your work with the democratic senatorial campaign committee on and as chair of homeland security, what are you worried about in the next few days? >> we are worried about the big, the numbers just put on the screen are very disturbing. and it shows what happens when you have elected official start of the former president lying about the previous election and trying to undermine the elections. it has serious consequences for the future of the constitutional republic of ours and our democracy. and it also threatens. people we know that the rhetoric the harmful rhetoric that has inspired violence, unfortunately, political

violence and death threats against members of congress at an unprecedented rate is all the result of this big lie. and now we are seeing election deniers running. a large number of the candidates running on the republican to get our elections buyers. god help us if they get elected. what will they do to our election system and undermine democracy is a very frightening prospect. at the sec, we have invested unprecedented amounts of money into election protection. we started this last year. not just recently, we understood that republicans were going to try to disrupt this democratic process if they can. we are doing everything we can to thwart that. we have got folks on staff. we have got lawyers, teams in all of our key battleground states to make sure that we can ensure that the election process goes smoothly with complete integrity. and that includes homeland security departments, which is also certainly putting out warnings now that there could be violence during this election season.

so we have to be focused and it should, if anything else it means that we have to make sure that we are electing democrats in these key battleground states. folks i have to get out to vote. and if they can volunteer over the next two days, it will make you difference. get out the vote efforts will make the difference in these key battleground states. >> senator, we talk about the consequences for the nation if democrats lose control of the senate. what kind of picture our senate democrats looking at if they lose and become the minority come january. the impact of the priorities legislative priorities, how does that look ahead if you were to lead the minority party in the senate? >> well, those priorities would come to an end. so the work that we have done to pass gun safety legislation, the work that we have done to increase investments in infrastructure, to bring down the cost to families like lowering prescription drugs,

our efforts to make sure that we diversify our energy sector, putting in renewable energy to bring down the cost of energy, to make sure that we are not dependent on people like putin and other autocrats around the world the drive of energy prices, the ability for us to fight against oil companies that are racking up massive profits as a result of the catching that they are doing at the gas pumps. all of that changes. you have republicans who are of already said that they are going to rollback the drug law that we passed, bring down the price of prescription drugs. they are citing with big pharmaceutical companies. they've always sided with big oil companies. they are not going to be standing with the american people and they will do everything in their power to try to stop the biden agenda for moving forward. the stakes could not be higher in this election. we know all these races are razor-thin. i am confident we can win because we have put together a great ground operations and all of our key states. but that also means that people

have to make sure they're getting out to vote. and if you've already voted, if you put additional help, reach out to the local campaigns, well into these next two days. when you are in these razor-thin elections that we are in, every vote matters. it could come down to a very small number of votes. we need people out. all right, thank you senator gary peters. joining me now, valérie jarrett, former senior adviser to the obama administration. miss chariot, we always appreciate when you join us here on politicsnation. i don't have to tell you the value of your being here. and i don't have to tell you the value of the black vote for democrats, especially in this midterm cycle. the headline from the washington post this weekend asking the question. quote, democrats count on huge black turnout, that has the party delivered in return? adding a quote. given that the political fundamentals of the midterm election favor publicans, black

voters are more crucial than ever for the democrats. one overriding question is whether they will turn out in numbers big enough to offset those gop advantages. there are questions about whether the democratic party speaks to black voters as effectively as needed. and of quote. now, black voters are expected to figure significantly in michigan, north carolina, pennsylvania, wisconsin, and of course georgia. are you concerned that democrats have not delivered for black voters and that it will haunt him on tuesday? >> i think the democrats were in power right now i have most certainly delivered for the black community and i think we are seeing record turnout and that is encouraging but we cannot rest on our laurels. i was happy to see senator leaders emphasize how important these next few days are. everything about matters. so yes, i think that democrats have definitely delivered. . and look at the contrast. republicans are threatening to

take away our medicare. and medicaid, social security. you've worked your whole life, you should be able to counter that. a woman's right to choose. we see all across the country, and reverend al, you and i talked about this many times. laws that are being proposed by republican legislatures to try to make it more difficult for people to vote. and who are those lost directed at, they are directed a black people, young people, making it more challenging. and what i am encouraged by, one of my best friends right is right this minute knocking on doors in atlanta. and she said people are standing in lines for hours, determined to vote. so the efforts that they went through to try to make it harder will be proven to be ineffective. but we can't take anything for granted. we have to turn out and we have to vote. and it isn't just health care. the economy. all of the different rights, voting, right civil rights that are all at stake. but reverend, the underlying foundation of our democracy is being challenged. and so, we have been that we

get up to the world. the democracy that believes in the rule of law, and what we are seeing around the country are attempts to pull, pool the fabric ever meninges that foundation. that would allow to tumble. and we can't let that happen because if it does, the people who are going to suffer most are that people who do not have the strong voices. and so we have to be the strong voices. and make sure that peoples rights are protected. and that is not gonna happen if the republicans win, we know that. >> i need to quickly get your opinion on something. speaker nancy pelosi publicly addressed the recent assault on her husband for the first time yesterday. one of our, call with democratic active after one day after pablo's he was released from the hospital after suffering a fractured skull in the attack. most top republicans have condemned the attack, but without connecting it to a climate of increased political violence. and then of course, you have

had some republicans weak light of the incident. turning it into a punchline or echoing to bunks conspiracy theories about what happened that night in the pelosi home. what is your reaction to the gop's reaction? >> first of all, my high goes out to the entire pelosi family. speaker pelosi has served our country admirably over her tenure. her family should not come under attack ever. nobody's family should come under attack. and i do think that there is a direct line between this dark undercurrent that has been bubbling up in our country and the violence that we are seeing spreading around. and elected officials are being targeted, and we shouldn't stand for that. that is not who we are. and so, reverend, i'm very concerned that, not just speaker pelosi but that any member who would be attacked or whose family would be attacked, that again is inconsistent with the pillars of our democracy. we believe in the rule of law. and we should not have to come under threat because we simply try to serve our country.

and that should apply to members of both parties. >> let's stand by a minute. i want to take you live to the philadelphia pennsylvania where president biden and former president obama are campaigning for lieutenant governor john fetterman. who is running for the u.s. senate. and for joshua pirro who is running for governor of the state. the event is at temple university. let's listen in for a moment.

>> hello philadelphia. hello, hello, hello. don't jump. good to see you all. this crowd is allowed, i think they can hear us in the trove. they are going to hear us. they are going to hear us on to say. folks, i am jill biden's husband, a philly girl. she is ready for game six like all of you.

it is good to be home. it is good to be a family. that includes someone we all of, barack obama. a great president. a historic president. and i am proud to say, a dear friend. well folks, three days. three days. until one of the most important elections among one of the most important actions in our lifetime. it is going to shape. the outcome is gonna shape our country for decades to come. the power to shape that outcome is in your hands. two years ago you used that power to make donald trump not only a former president, but you made him a defeated president. and this year, you have the

power to make john fetterman your next united states senator. and josh shapiro, you're next governor. but folks, i want to be very clear, and i mean this sincerely. about what is on the ballot this year. you are right to choose is on the ballot. you are right to vote is on the ballot. social security and medicare is on the ballot. there is something else on the ballot. character. character is on the ballot. when i think of character i think of john fetterman. it's an endorsement of him in the philadelphia inquirer where they said, john knows what his values are. well, i've been saying it for a long time. i'm a pennsylvania boy born and

raised in scranton. but, for the longest time delaware like many other small places did not have a television station so philadelphia tv had to cover me the same as i covered all of the pennsylvania senators. i was known as pennsylvania's third senator. my point is, i know pennsylvania well. john fetterman is pennsylvania. he has pennsylvania. in the ours and pennsylvania? look, i lived in pennsylvania longer of an officer to pennsylvania. and i moved away when i was ten years old. like a lot of us, john got

knocked down, but he gets back up. he's gonna quickly. john's character, integrity, and is going to be held against senator. for the united states and every pennsylvania. in the other thing is, don't worry. we are going to talk about iran. courage. courage is also on the ballot. when i think of courage i think of john shapiro. this guy will take on anyone and back down to no one. and we saw that in 2020. he stood up for the constitution. he stood up for the rule of law. he stood up for the people of the state. and he is going to be one hell of a fantastic governor. he really is. it's not just on a josh, we have a great democratic lineup on the ballot here in the state. you heard from a lot of them today.

you heard from a lot of them. we have one of the best allegations. i keep saying we, i make myself pennsylvania again. but really, democrats up and down the ballot. we need to elect them all. we need it badly. pennsylvania, this isn't in a referendum this year. it is a choice. a choice between two vastly different visions of america. vastly different. maybe it's in our blood, but john and i believe that all, it is all about fighting for the working in middle class people. the way i have said it, from the beginning of my campaign, my jacket when i ran for president. was to build an economy from the bottom up in the middle out. it is a fundamental shift compared to the oz and the mega maga republican triple down economics. no really. this ain't your father's republican party. this is a different breed of cat. i really mean it. look, they are all about the

wealthy are getting wealthy. and the wealthy are staying wealthy. the middle class gets staffed, the poor get poorer under their policy. you saw what happened last time under my predecessor. the economy was in ruins. he was the first president since herbert hoover to lose jobs in the course of his presidency. unemployment rate, the unemployment rate was 6.4%. he lost manufacturing jobs and hundreds of small businesses in the state, and 100,000 nationwide. look, folks, the country is in a pandemic. with no plan how to get out. they have sworn only 2 million people vaccinated. now more than 220 million americans are fully vaccinated. so we move. and our approach is working. since i came to office, we created 10 million new good paying jobs. 10 million.

because of you all. 10 million. the unemployment rate is 3.7%, near record 50 year low. john and i understand. we need to make things in america for the first time in a long time, and we are. that means instead of shipping jobs overseas, we are shipping product overseas. i am serious. we have created so far 700,000 manufacturing jobs just in the last 20 months. 700,000. but for all of our progress, and by the way where the heck is it written? that we can't be the manufacturing capture of the world again, because we will be. we will be. and folks, look, a lot of families are still struggling. a lot of families are struggling. that is why i signed into law the inflation reduction act that is gonna reduce the cost of everyday things for families

in pennsylvania. things you have to pay for every month and you have enough your paycheck to do it. we gave medicare the power to negotiate lower prescription drug costs. the same power that the administration has to cut drug prices have. we tried to get that done for years, when i was in the senate as vice president. the big pharma spent a lot of money and supported a lot of votes. well guess what? not this year. we beat big pharma. and the american people one. we put a cap of $2,000 for our seniors first prescription drugs on medicare, no matter whether drug costs were. and some of them paid ten, 12, $14,000 a year for cancer drugs. but now, beginning january one, they will not have to pay more than $2,000 a year period. period.

we put a cap on insulin to deal with the diabetes instead of being part of the month like there right now, it will be no more than $35 a month. and with john fetterman in the senate with that one more vote that i need, we are going to make sure that we cap prices for every single person, all of that. because they blocked. we had it in the measurable bill, but it only stayed in for medicare recipients. but everyone, how many of you know someone who has to take insulin for diabetes? look around. and it is incredibly costly. no matter what your age it is badly needed. and folks, look, we made the biggest investment to deal with the climate crisis ever. we are lowering energy costs for families. and by the way, josh and john know that we can cap oil and

gas prices well and in a bind in minds. we do that it was wrestlemania. we can create thousands of good paying jobs for the same people who attacked those mines in the first place. that is why we are investing 300 and $50 million here in this part of the country to do just that. we are not just talking it, we are doing it. we are going to do this well reducing the federal deficit. you know because of the help that i have from the senators on the democratic congress, we literally cut the federal debt in half by 1.4 trillion dollars. 1.4 trillion. just this week year, and last year, by 350 billion. in another 250 billion over the next decade. look, i don't hear from the maga republicans who blew up the death. we are the ones bringing it down.

they shot it up. and by such a massive reduction and that we are able to help work in class families in america. look. we are finally making sure the biggest corporations began to pay their fair share for god sake. one of the reasons they are so upset with me as we just passed a minimum 15% tax. look, folks, if you are a schoolteacher you pay more than that. if your copy more than 50%. but the days are over for corporations paying zero federal tax. by the way, in 20 2055 of the largest corporations in america pay 40 billion dollars, and they paid not one single penny in federal tax, not one. because we reduce the deficit so much, we are in a position to help millions of workers and middle class voters calling the cross for the pandemic.

and what happened with the russian invasion of ukraine. because i acted, we provided $10,000 in student debt relief. and another 10,000 if you got upheld graham. no one under 20 would have to be making less than 20% a year. and 90% of that money goes to people earning less than $75,000 a year. and, look, it is an incredible burden to carry. so now they're gonna be able to buy homes, start a business, just get a little bit of breathing room. and whatever my republicans like oz and mastriano are talking about, they're trying to stop me. they their hypocrisy is unbelievable. the same aggravations who took hundreds of thousands of dollars, even millions of dollars in the pandemic relief loans, had their loans forgiven, are trying now to block student loans. marjorie taylor greene.

god bless her soul, she and her husband had $183,000 in ppp loans forgiven. congressman vernon cannon a florida, he got over 2 million forgiven. who the hell that they think they are complaining about helping out students? who do they think? i really mean it. and the students are the people getting debt relief are gonna be spending the money on growing the economy, for god sake. of the magra police don't think we should give working and middle class americans break. but here's what they do you think instead. they want to make permanent the two trillion dollar tax cut that they passed when trump was president. that tax cut is now a penny paid for, and it goes to the biggest corporations.

and it will explode the deficit by trillions of dollars. they think the biggest oil companies, the sixth largest oil companies in the middle of this crisis we are in. do you know how much money they made in third and fourth quarter, i mean the second and third quarter? 100 billion dollars. 100 billion. it is outrageous. they should have use that money for what they are supposed to do. to lower gas prices at the pump for the american people. if they did, the price at the pump would be 50 cents lower than it is today per gallon. it gets worse. do you know what their number one priority as if they win? they are saying it out loud. they want to get rid of everything we just said. the power we just gave medicare to negotiate drug prices, gone. the 2000 dollar kapan prescription prescription drugs, god.

the 35-dollar cap on insulin, gone. the tax cut for lower energy costs, god. 50% curvature, gone. 800 dollar savings in health care premiums we discover families need portable care act, gone. in fact, they want to do away with the affordable care act. and that means millions of people with pre-existing conditions would lose their insurance completely. no matter how hard they try to get rid of obamacare, i'm never gonna let it happen. in john fetterman will not let it happen either. but folks, these guys never 60s to amaze me. they never cease to amaze me. now it gets worse. they are literally coming after social security and medicare. look, i know the only thing you younger people in here, thank

god there's so many of you. i know the thing you know is from the time you're 16 you had money taken out to paper so security. but guess what? there is somebody out there busting their neck who just lost their husband or the wife, you're 66, 68 years old, and they want to take away your medicare and your social security. now you think i'm exaggerating, front page of the new york times talked about, only show you. there is a guy out there they tell me what they're gonna do. they are saying it straight out loud. at least they are we can give them credit for that. look, here's what they want to do. they there is a guy named senator rick scott of florida. who is in charge of electing the republicans in the senate. he is that guy pushing oz. okay. well, let me show you. a read from, they listed in a

program all of their proposals. it's too small to be a little read. i just circled the one that brought it out here, and i'm gonna quit what they say about social security. it says, all federal legislation, sunsets in five years. if the law is worth keeping, congress can pass it again. the law literally goes out of existence. so it is affirmatively voted back into existence. then along came ron johnson of wisconsin, senator. by the way, he thinks five years is too long. not a joke. it's almost responding. he thinks social security and medicare should be on the chopping block every single year. if congress doesn't vote to keep it for the first time, it goes away. not a, joke it goes away. it is not just social security

and medicare, he also wants to put veterans benefits on the line. look, i put everything. risk elect john fetterman to the senate, please. he will protect social security in medicare and will guarantee that veterans are always cared for. always always. i was criticized when i first got elected years ago when i say, we've a lot of obligations and only one truly sacred obligation. to prepare those we sent to our, and to care for them in their families when they come home. that is a sacred obligation. sacred obligation. well, folks, that is why i pushed inside that thing called the pact act. the pact act guarantees health care for service members and veterans exposed to toxic burn

pits. these benefits are the size of football fields and range in-depth from 8 to 10 feet. there is everything in them from jet fuel, and just everything is burned there. you know, remember all the fight about cancer in the brain cancer stuff, so many firefighters were getting from the 9/11 toxic exposure? well, is the same thing. i've been in and out of iraq and afghanistan over 30 times. i had a son who spent a year in iraq. his hooch was literally less than two yards from one of these burn pits. what will this new proposal guarantees health care for the service members, and veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. because here's what it does. like my son, so many went incredibly fed and came home dizzy and having trouble, and so many of brain cancer. my son came home with stage

four glioblastoma and he passed away. but here's what we did, up to now we don't ban attention to this. we haven't done anything for it. and we had to fight to get it done. and now for thousands and thousands of people coming home, more people coming home from these wars with brain cancer than any other worn american history. and other cancers. but guess what? now if they come home and you are still alive, you get full benefits for health care to try to fight a. and the families get monthly stipends. and tuition help for the children. look, folks, it is not just about the economy. let's talk a little bit about crime in keeping communities safe. i signed a motion to begin gun safety law nearly 30 years.

i proposed over 100,000 new police officers. here's the deal. public safety is why john got into public service in the first place. oz won't do a thing about guns. but john fetterman, with your votes, john fetterman will be in the senate and help me add one more. >> you have been watching president biden campaigning in pennsylvania together with former president obama, lieutenant governor general john fetterman who is running for the u.s. senate and for josh superhero who is running for governor. we will go back there in a moment once former president obama takes the stage. meanwhile, early voting is wrapping up tomorrow in many counties of florida. there is still time to go online and plan your vote. on tuesday, president biden held a rally in miami and supported democratic hopefuls including senate candidate val demi's, representative demings

joins me now. congresswoman, you've been listening to president biden's speech, just now. what are your thoughts about what he had to say? >> well, reverend, sharpton is great to be with you. look, we are excited about what is happening on the ground here in florida. as you have indicated, the president was with us on tuesday night we had a great get out to vote rally. but i think the president has laid out very clearly that there is really only one party and that is the democratic party, that is working to lower costs, addressing everything from the cost of prescription drugs to the lack of affordable housing, the cost of college debt, holding the largest and richest of corporations accountable. and i really do believe that sending our message to the voters so they can clearly understand that there is a clear choice in my race for the senate, there is a clear choice that u.s. senate races all over the >> that there is only one

party >> working for the every day working class. including our seniors. >> now congresswoman, republicans have spent a lot of time painting their democratic opponents as soft on crime. but as the president said this week, that won't work with you. you served 20 years in the orlando police department including four years as the first female chief. talk to me about how that experience has shaped your politics. >> you know, i don't know how gullible marco rubio relieving's florida voters are. you're, right i spent 27 years having the honor to serve as chief of police but bringing the community in the police department together we were able to reduce violent crime by over 40%. which is still the most dramatic reduction in the history of our city. you know, when you have on the ground experience, i have seen people at their best and seeing people at their worst. i have heard their stories.

and we have to hire the brightest and the best to do the job of policing. we have to give them the best training invested when it. but what i also know is that we have to deal with some of the social ills that caused decay in communities in the first place. like poverty, lower wages, unemployment, substandard education, substandard housing, by addressing to you, we can have some of the safest communities not just in orlando but across the nation. there is no substitute for real life experience and believe me, marco rubio doesn't have that. >> congresswoman, there are currently no black women serving on the u.s. senate and only two black women have served in the nation's history. if elected, you would become florida's first black senator, and there is a chance that you may be the only black women representing in the u.s. senate in total. talk to me about why these

representations are so important. >> reverend, i am certainly cheering my colleague on the campaign trail, cheri beasley from north carolina on as well. but let me say this, the senate needs to not only reflect the diversity that we see across our nation but a diversity of perspectives out that people. you better believe growing up poor, black, and female in the south, i not only bring a different perspective but the diversity that we should see within the senate. just as we all celebrated justice ketanji brown jackson, not only was she. could be, i'm gonna say, it probably the most experienced justice on the bench, but she also brings a diversity of perspective with her public defended experience. and so, believe me, when the senate reflects america, and looks like america. everything gets better. >> now as democrats fight to keep control of the senate, abortion rights have become the

betting issue of this winter season. you are opponent, republican senate marquee rubio's cosponsoring a bill that would ban abortions at after 15 weeks of pregnancy nationwide. embracing senator lindsey graham's federal abortion ban. you have been critical of his stance on abortion rights all throughout your campaign. and president joe biden vowed to back in october that if voters elect more democratic senators and keep the house, he will send the bill to congress to codify abortion protections into law. if elected to the senate, what would you do to protect the abortion rights on a federal level in contrast to your opponent? >> reverend sharpton, marco rubio has made clear four years that he wants a total national ban on abortion, with zero exceptions including rape and

incest. sitting in the senate right now is the women's health protection act that would codify roe versus wade. now, shame on us that we did not codify this law before now. but we can get two more seats in the senate, we will have the numbers that we need to break the filibuster and move this much-needed legislation forward. people may say, look, abortion is not my issue. anytime we send the message that it is okay to take away a constitutional right over here, we are sending a message that it is okay to take away a constitutional right, everywhere. we cannot allow that to happen. and as you know, justice thomas clearly communicated that, okay, we've got roe v. wade. let's look at some other constitutional protections. so, the women's health protection act is there. we will vote for it. >> now democrats are increasingly worried that florida, once considered lace nations largest swing state,

may slip away to republicans after this year's midterms. in the most recent presidential elections, florida went twice for former president obama and then twice for trump. and florida hasn't had a democratic u.s. senator since 2018. when bill nelson was in office. now this week in florida, republicans reported the outrageous are democrats by hundreds of thousands of people. with three days to go, what do you want floridians to know as you make your final pitch ahead of the election day? what is at stake in your race? >> you know what reverend, our democracy is at stake. and i know that there are people, republicans, independents, and democrats who care about protecting our democracy. it is the foundation on which we built a great nation. if you want to lower the cost for people who have to go to work every day, protect social security and medicare, make

sure that we have safe communities, make sure our children are not saddled with college debt, make sure we reduce gun violence and keep dangerous weapons out of the hands of dangerous people, and protect voting rights so that all people can exercise the right to vote, there is only one person in florida that is prepared and has that courage to do that and that is val demings. if you want to learn more, good about that mixed outcome. >> in the wake of hurricane ian that left our seeding damage throughout florida's southwest coast, you have extensively criticized republican florida senator marco rubio for missing the senate vote on legislation that would allow fema to access funding for disaster relief. meanwhile, rubio's spokespeople defended that move by claiming the senator missed the vote because he was touring hurricane damage. has senator rubio done enough for floridians following the

disaster that the hurricane ian left behind? >> reverend sharpton, doing enough starts with being there to vote. and, look, senator rubio has to be on the senate floor to cast his vote. but we all know that he has a record that he doesn't show out for work. and when he shows up, he votes usually to hurt florida. i share the subcommittee on emergency repairs-ness and response recovery. i choose to tour that damaged a flooded areas, in central florida and tour the unbelievable devastated areas in southwest florida. senator rubio should have been on the house floor to vote. senator scott got there and voted. senator rubio, once again neglected his duties and i am sure hoping that florida is paying attention. ultimately, we need to deal with climate change. climate change is real. it is something else florida's senior senator has played

around with. if we want real representation, we have an election in three days. vote for about demings. >> congresswoman val demings, candidate for u.s. senate, in the state of florida. thank you for joining us. let's go to my political panel, now. joining me now is susan del percio. political analyst and republican strategist and we need a tolliver, political analyst and democratic strategist. both are msnbc contributors. when eta, you have been following along with the rally in philadelphia right now. democrats have been going all out to win these very close races, in an extremely important swing state. do you think obama and biden can seal the deal with pennsylvania voters? >> look have, i sure hope. so they are bringing a lot of energy here and let's keep it real. former president obama is still one of the most popular democratic figures in the nation. and he is driving energy and

enthusiasm and ultimately getting out the vote for democrats in pennsylvania. and we know this race is going to be tight, raf. remember in 2020, biden only won pennsylvania by 1.2 points. so it is going to be a tight race, and this type of rally, this type of engagement where the form president obama has been not only in philadelphia, but earlier today in pittsburgh, it's going to have an impact on how voters show up, how many more people pick up volunteer shifts and help get out the vote. because it all comes down to who shows up in votes. >> now season, donald trump is also in pennsylvania tonight. he will be holding a rally in that league throw outside of pittsburgh along side republican senate candidate dr. oz. and given rhetorical candidate doug mastriano. but the big question will be what if anything trump will say about his own potential run for the white house. two sources familiar with his thinking tell nbc news he will

likely officially announce a third presidential run just weeks from now. but the caution, but caution that they could slide. trump has been teasing another presidential run for a while now. but do you think this current speculation is helping or hurting republican candidates in the midterms? >> i think it is actually hurting trump backs republican candidates. if you are dr. oz, the last thing you want is to have donald trump in the state the weekend before election day. doctor oz has been trying, not successfully in my opinion, to be a bit more modern. having donald trump come, and let's be clear about, it for a rally for himself. i don't think you will hear the candidates names more than two or three times. maybe. but you will certainly hear a lot of, eye eye, eye. and whether or not he decides

to announce that he is running, i still think it will not be the kind of run where he puts, announcement where he put some paperwork in. so he can talk. he wants this all raise money. he can say i am definitely definitely really thinking about it and it's looking good, or something like that. but i don't think we are going to see his name on a ballot. but you will hurt a lot of people along the way. >> now, susan, let me say with you a minute. let's turn to new york the new york governor terrell election. the race between democratic governor kept the hopeful and republican representative zeldin has titans in the final weeks of the campaign. what do you think this race has become, why do you think i should ask, why do you think this race has become so close in a reliably democratic state? is this similar to the scare governor phil murphy got last year new jersey? >> it is a combination of the scare phil murphy got a new jersey in the sense of the economics gear which is what we

saw, not just new jersey, but in new york on long island last year. but now you add the issue of crime. and we saw our adams run a very successful mayoral campaign on being a crime fighter. a former cop, understanding the issues. but the problem is, right now for kathy hochul, those headlines are still there. we still are seeing people on, you know pat forms in other places feeling an intense fear. and you and i have talked about this rev, if you are afraid to go to work, that is not a place for the city or state to come back. it is definitely in the wrong direction, if you will. and then there is just one kind of campaign factor which is that kathy hochul is running for election, not reelection. she has run statewide as lieutenant governor but never got much attention. she doesn't have an operation, and leans ended in has not let

go of campaigning in new york city which is shocking. and that is where this race is close. in new york city. he had 35, 36% in new york city. we are talking that it could be a lethal done. i don't think we will see it happen, but boy, this shows just how important it is to keep up your campaign network. >> juanita, switching gears out to a new report by the new york times which explores rhonda santa's is one year of teaching experience at a private school in georgia after he graduated yale university. the piece explains how a former black student recalls desantis teaching the civil war in a way that sounded to her like an attempt to justify slavery. 20 years later, he is the governor of florida which is the state that has the second largest amount of banned books, including the half books. he said contains critical race

theory. what makes this report so significant? what can people glean from his teaching pabst and how that translates into his policies? >> well first, rev, i cannot pretend to be shocked that someone who was trying to ban basic teaching a basic history of our country tried to teach the civil war as though he was justifying slavery. that should not come as a surprise to anyone. and honestly, it should present a roadmap for how far he is going to continue to go to keep the truth away from young people and students and out of schools and basic education, so all of the laws, everything that he has done today to try to create barriers for basic educational elements of history is only getting continue and it's only gonna get worse. and he is gonna continue to run on it because he knows he has an audience within the republican party who believes what he believes. >> all right, susan el presidio,

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activists, women's rights activists, lgbtq activists and others. would hate now being more normalized from cultural figures to athletes, we cannot act like this is some midterm exercise. it will decide the future of this country and the present conditions that we live under. if you don't do anything else, whether you like republicans or democrats, don't vote for who look. vote for yourself and who is in your best interests. that does it for me, thank you for watching, i'll see you back here tomorrow at 5 pm eastern for another live hour of politicsnation. american voices with alicia menendez starts right now. thank you so much, as always, reverend sharpton. hello, everyone, i'm alicia menendez. just three days until election day and this final stretch of early voting -- is one for the record books. 39 million ballots have been castnw