host: let's hear from missy in arkansas, republican line. caller: thank you. good morning. happy voting today. in arkansas, we are having four initiatives, one allowing the legislature to call an extra session, one to make sure there are 60 votes -- 60% to change any local constitutional amendment, one to create religious freedom so no state or federal law can interfere with religious freedom, the way you worship, and the fourth one is kind of surprising for arkansas, to legalize marijuana. i will probably vote straight republican after what our own justice department did to trump, the four years, the lies, the hoax, everything the justice department did illegally under trump's term. i don't know if i could vote democrat. the last democrat i voted for was jimmy carter, was not a good decision. and you cannot have a console carry and a pot card at the same time. thank you. host: mandy zoch, any thoughts on that? guest: yes, arkansas is one of the states with a marijuana measure. there is also states asking legislatures, asking voters to allow them to call themselves into a s

donald trump tell cbs news he is gearing up to announce a wte house bid on maaretbrennan asked arkansas republican senator tom cotton whether trump should lead the gop after the midterms failed to bring the red wave the party anticipated. >> when any party is out of power as republicans are now, we don't have a single leader but we have other important leaders as well like the victors i just mentioned earlier like kemp in georgia and desantis in florida. >> reporter: several key races could help determine the shape of the new congress. though democrats have a path, cbs news estimates republicans maintain an edge in clinching control of the house. cristian benavides, cbs news, miami. >> cbs news election tracker still hasn't called 11 house races, and democrats need to win eight of them for a majority while republicans only need to secure four more to take over the house. >>> well, house speaker nancy pelosi said the attack on her husband may have age flounced midterm voters who were tired of political violence. >> so many have said i'm going to be sure to vote because this has gone too far. but an

. >>> we go now to arkansas republican senator tom cotton, who was a regular on the 2022 campaign trailboosting gop candidates. he's out with a new book called "only the strong" and he joins us this morning from mclane, virginia. good morning to you, senator. on this veterans day weekend, i want to thank you for your past military service. >> well, thank you, margaret. that's kind of you. thanks to all our veterans for their service in all of our nation's wars. >> let me get to the story of the moment. democrats faced historic headwinds. eight out of ten americans felt it was out of control. republicans had issues like economy and crime really break in their favor. president biden has a low approval rating. how did republicans end up with this complete disappointment? >> well, margaret, i wouldn't say it was a complete disappointment. on the one hand, we had strong republican leaders running on positive records of accomplishments who won very big victories. if you look at governors like ron desantis in florida, mike dewine in ohio, kim reynolds in iowa, greg abbott in texas. we had sena

european partners to set up some work for ukraine. senator tom houghton, already said from arkansas republican. that of course, the u. s. has to support ukraine because it has the sophisticated military weapons that ukraine needs, but he wants to do more. okay. um the midterm is of course are being closely watched around the world, not least in moscow and beijing. do these electrons have the potential to shape u. s. foreign policy towards russia and china? most certainly, i think that, you know, i think the republicans take the house, which is usually normal in a mid term election that the congress switches to a different party. then the party that's in the white house, then of course it will be iraq is 2 years of investigations and $100.00 buying the canister withdrawal. and perhaps even articles of impeachment and countries like russia and china that are using this information to so discord within the united states will certainly use this as an opportunity to divide americans even more in a very polarized atmosphere in the run up to 2024 and in the world is watching the state of democracy in

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. >> dana: let's bring in arkansas republican senator tom cotton. author of the new book "only the strong," a great back and i really enjoyed it. china hasn't done anything to improve its health system or hospitals. if they can't take care of people if they get sick from covid. >> no, it hasn't. china unleashed the plague on the world including its own people. they have had the counterproductive 0 covid policy for a long time and now they have a dilemma. for unpopular and caused many deaths in its own right. if china were to relax the policy because of their low and poor quality vaccinations since they refused to use foreign vaccinations as well as low rates of immune tease they would have a big surge in cases. more fundamentally biden shouldn't be treating it as a public health china to give them to address he should voice american support for these brave chinese who are in the streets demonstrating against their communist government. again, this is not just some protest on a college campus in america or european capital. these chinese are protesti

here with me now is arkansas republican governor asa hutchinson who is considering challenging donaldrump for the 2024 gop nomination. governor, thank you so much for joining me. i know as u.s. attorney in arkansas, you personally prosecuted white supremacist groups. what's your reaction to seeing a former u.s. president associate with someone like that? >> well, i hope someday we won't have to be responding to what former president trump has said or done. in this instance, it's important to respond. as you mentioned, the last time i met with a white supremacist it was in an armed standoff. i had a bulletproof vest on. we arrested them, prosecuted them and sent them to prison. so, no, i don't think it's a good idea for a leader that's setting an example for the country or the party to meet with a vowed racist or anti-semite. it's very troubling and it shouldn't happen, and we need to avoid those kinds of empowering the extremes. when you meet with people, you empower. that's what you have to avoid. you want to diminish their strength, not empower them. stay away from them. >> trump re

"face the nation's" margaret brennan asked arkansas republican senator tom cotton whether trump should lead the gop after the midterms failed to bring the red wave the party was anticipating. >> when any party is out of power as republicans are now, we don't have a single leader but we have other important leaders as well like the victors i just mentioned earlier like brian kemp in georgia and ron desantis in florida. >> reporter: meanwhile, several key races could help determine the shape of the new congress. though democrats have a path, cbs news estimates republicans maintain an edge in clinching control of the house. cristian benavides, cbs news, miami. >> house speaker nancy pelosi says she is waiting to decide about her next steps in the new congress. she says any decision to run for leadership depends on her family and her democratic colleagues regardless of whether or not her party loses the house. >> my decision will get -- going to be rooted in and what the wishes of my family, and the wishes of my caucus. but none of it will be very much considered until we see what the outc

members of the party who may run against trump in 2024, they are speaking against it including arkansas republican you can have accidental meetings, things like that happen. this is not an accidental meeting, it was a setup dinner. the last time i met with a white supremacist, it was in an armed standoff. i had a bulletproof vest on. we sent them to prison. >> trump is now trying to distance himself from fuentes claiming he was not aware that west was bringing fuentes with him and claiming he news nothing about fuentes. nbc news has not confirmed in what circumstances fuentes was brought as a guest. joining us now marc caputo and mr. gorman. we've heard from chris christie who said this is an example of an awful lack of judgment from donald trump. we have heard some house republicans including james comer, liz cheney, adam kinzinger all criticizing trump for the dinner but we have not heard from kevin mccarthy. why not and how is this going over with other trump allies? >> well, it would be a better question for kevin mccarthy. but as someone who is not yet house speaker and, in fact, might not be

speaking on pbs, the arkansas republican governor asa hutchinson said on friday that trump's endorsementas it turns out to be. >> the underlying point is that trump's endorsement comes with a cost. and the cost is that it minimizes your ability to track independents and to win in november. >> longtime trump backer congressman peter king of new york put more bluntly, tweeting, quote, you are fired. that is a message to republicans must deliver to donald, trump asap. i should've been a red wave election for republicans this, year instead saw the gop take back the house and stumble into another 50/50 stalemate in the senate. the proximate cause of this failure was donald from. he held massive rallies where he ranted endlessly about himself. complain about the 2020 election, and attack other republicans. it was trump's ego, first last, and always. and. quote conservative blocker michael circled it sees a silver lining in all, this in a tweet posted to his 1 million followers. he, said, quote losing always sucks. but at least no one has to suck up to trump anymore. and quote. criticism from w

just yesterday tom cotton, arkansas republican senator, we can show the headline, decided he's not goingn in 2024. i view that as making a conscious decision at the age of 45 to avoid the human chainsaw that got marco rubio and jeb bush and ted cruz in the last presidential campaign. his decision wait it out, wait it out and see what happens. you mentioned desantis -- he said re-elect marco rubio, re-elect ron desantis. in pennsylvania it is clear he has rivals on his mind. >> we're winning big, big, big in the republican party for the nomination like nobody's ever seen before. there it is -- trump at 71, ron desanctimonious at 10%, mike pence at -- mike's doing better than i thought. >> it worked for him in 2016 to disparage and sometimes cold and savage ways his rivals. will it work again? >> that's his game plan. that's what he does. i think ron desanctimonious is not a great nickname. it shows that ron desantis is in his head too much. desanctimonious? a lot of syllables. it shows that ron desantis is really in trump's head and like he's over thinking it. and i think when you -- the

arkansas. in the republican party on this issue -- and even you have expressed a certain viewpoint that would -- you know, personally, it sounds like you have supported the idea that exceptions should be placed around cases of rape and incest, even though when you had an opportunity as governor to prevent it, you did. you signed a snap back bill. how do you look back at that decision now, especially given how mobilizing this issue seems to be, you know, broadly? >> it is challenging, and the debate will be state by state of what the exceptions are. in arkansas, it's the life of the mother is the exception. that does not include rape and incest as exceptions. i disagree with that. i think that rape and incest are appropriate to be accepted from abortion prohibitions. i did sign the law because i sign pro-life laws, and in arkansas, it's one of those unique states where a governor's veto can be overwritten by a majority. it passed overwhelmingly. i signed into law to protect the unborn. in the future, i think that's going to continue to be a debate even among conservative states as to the excepti

he's republican, arkansas governor raised is also the 1st woman to lead at the state. sarah, how could be sanders, who might recognize her as the former white house press secretary under donald trump, she beat chris jones very convincingly there. and maryland will get its 1st black governor westmore. he's the democrat that is the projected when they're running against dan cox. the republican, all eyes still on the key battleground state of pennsylvania. however, dr. mamet us, the republican television celebrity would be the 1st set of muslim sen. if he wins against john fassman, he's the democrat, but with any just over half the votes counted, it's looking pretty close there to close the call. that is a race that may take a number of days to get the results from as they can. the overall look at the senate race as, as the map of the united states. we've got republicans being projected winners in all the red senate races we've got missouri, kansas north and south dakota, florida, arkansas to oklahoma, senate seats, indiana kentucky, alabama and south carolina. democrats.

teresa in little rock, arkansas. republican. caller: good morning. have been reading a lot about pennsylvania and their male and ballots -- male and --mail in ballots. how do we know how many ballots have been counted, if it will continue in courts and one it -- would it have made a difference in the election? guest: shortly before the election there was a final decision from the state supreme court saying that the acting secretary of state should follow state law. state law says and absentee ballot has to have a signature of a voter on it and also the date the voter completed it. the registrars across the state are supposed to follow that. the lieutenant governor filed a lawsuit a day before the election claiming that particular statute of the state should not be enforced, it is unconstitutional and, it violates civil rights law. that case will go forward. i think the registers are setting them aside so if there is a determination later, they can decide whether to add them or not either. i don't think we have any idea yet because they are in the mid

host: let's hear from missy in arkansas, republican line. caller: thank you. good morning. voting today. in arkansas, we are having four initiatives, one allowing the legislature to call an extra session, one to make sure there are 60 votes -- 60% to change any local constitutional amendment, one to create religious freedom so no state or federal law can interfere with religious freedom, the way you worship, and the fourth one is kind of surprising for arkansas, to legalize marijuana. i will probably vote straight republican after what our own justice department did to trump, the four years, the lies, the hoax, everything the justice department did illegally under trump's term. i don't know if i could vote democrat. the last democrat i voted for was jimmy carter, was not a good decision. and you cannot have a console carry and a pot card at the same time. thank you. host: mandy zoch, any thoughts on that? guest: yes, arkansas is one of the states with a marijuana measure. there is also states asking legislatures, asking voters to allow them to call themselves into a special

and they become new chairman, french till, a republican from arkansas becomes chairman of the financialervices committee, how do their lives change? how do leading republicans lives change wednesday morning? >> they do not -- we do not know immediately. we do not know every -- we will not know every single state or county's final tally by wednesday morning. in that part, we should note that we might not have the full picture of what next year's congress will look like. the second part is nothing is going to change until next year. what you will see is a lame-duck session until the end of the year. we heard bernie sanders, the senator from vermont, talk about this yesterday. there are some items that democrats want to push through like potentially raising the debt ceiling. this is something that the planned a slowdown with. >> that is what it has been since truman was president. it is like a religious experience. we argue about it over and over. why are we arguing about the debt ceiling? they always raise it. >> they do always raise it. it is like a perennial debate. you are right. the r

we'll talk about dana asa hutchinson, republican from arkansas, who came out and condemned this. blican officials who condemned it. former secretary of state mike pompeo said we stand with the jewish people. he didn't mention trump. david friedman, former ambassador to israel said even a social visit from an anti-semite like kanye west and human scum like fuentes is unacceptable. and the republican jewish coalition came out and said all political leaders need to reject messages of hate and refuse to meet with kanye and fuentes. that's what all of those republican leaders, but not in congress, are saying. what do we need to hear from allies of the former president in congress? >> i think it would be nice, i think the jewish community would appreciate republicans and congress coming out and forthrightly condemning something like this. i think, also, words are only so much. at a certain point there has to be action inside the republican party to say here is where the lines are. frankly, i don't think we're going to see that. if you look at, say, the republican new house majority, you

host: let's go to teddy in arkansas. republican line.aller: i voted for president trump he ran the first time -- trump when he ran the first time. he did a lot of good and i figure if he runs again he will win the election. i think he should have a second chance at it. prices of gasoline were down during his presidency. i think it ought to be back like it was. i will support him when he runs again. host: men will is next -- manu el is next in houston, texas. caller: good morning. if trump ever steps in that white house again, i will tell you what will happen. he is going to do away with the constitution. is going to declare himself dictator, authoritarian. dictators cannot have free speech. dictators cannot have citizens owning guns. dictators cannot have free press. dictators cannot have the right of assembly. he will element our bill of rights. -- he will eliminate our bill of rights. he will never step on the white house again. people need to wake up to what is happening in this country. thank you for your time, you will have a blesse

i will move onto dean in arkansas, republican. your turn. caller: good morning. will use one word here -- prudent. what makes me wonder what person, regardless what party or with, can see what is happening? when we get information on media, social media, tv, the newspaper, it is somebody's opinion. the facts are, when trump was in office, things were a lot better. gas was lower. food prices are lower. all the nuclear people out there that wanted to blow us up were put at bay. yet you have the democrats winding and moment -- whining and moaning about maga like the last caller. people like the last caller don't want to admit the riots in chicago were started by the democrats, who wanted to defund the police. they wanted the open borders. they wanted all these illegals in here. what prudent person will look at this situation and say that is ok? the white supremacists are bringing in the fentanyl? what planet are you people from? host: jean, you will vote straight republican, is that right? caller: i am voting republican all the way. host: have you always voted repub

host: let's go to teddy in arkansas. republican line.aller: i voted for president trump he ran the first time -- trump when he ran the first time. he did a lot of good and i figure if he runs again he will win the election. i think he should have a second chance at it. prices of gasoline were down during his presidency. i think it ought to be back like it was. i will support him when he runs again. host: men will is next -- manu el is next in houston, texas. caller: good morning. if trump ever steps in that white house again, i will tell you what will happen. he is going to do away with the constitution. is going to declare himself dictator, authoritarian. dictators cannot have free speech. dictators cannot have citizens owning guns. dictators cannot have free press. dictators cannot have the right of assembly. he will element our bill of rights. -- he will eliminate our bill of rights. he will never step on the white house again. people need to wake up to what is happening in this country. thank you for your time, you will have a blesse

sarah huckabee sanders is the republican arkansas gubernatorial candidate, wow, what a crowd behind you, arkansas. >> jesse, you got a lot of fans here in arkansas. >> i.com down to arkansas some see us in real life. >> i'm going to come down to arkansas. it's a deal. so you have seen these stories cream, homeless in all three things are issues the democrats have completely failed on. do you think this is going to be enough to wake them up? >> this is one of the reaches that we have to elect strong conservatives across the board next week. we need to make sure we take back the house and the senate and that we need strong conservative governors who are going to step up because we can absolutely not count on the federal government to do their job. this was one of the reasons that president trump made securing our border such a huge priority and making sure our communities were safe. now, with democrats in control. we have an absolutely crime ravaging our cities, drugs that are everywhere. we need to make sure that we send a clear strong message on tuesday that we are looking for something

arkansas. first time there's a transition between a republican to democrat. e 4, i campaigned against it but it's going to be critical as to really help shape the direction of our country. >> senator, what do you think about the ballot initiatives? >> i don't think -- i'd be for marijuana when they prosecute people for marijuana it's racially biased. that's a very good reason to legalize it. if the republicans take over whether it's a small or large margin they are first of all we won't be able to pass anything, secondly there will be hearings, there will be investigations, they'll investigate hunter biden, it will be very toxic and marjorie taylor greene and those people will want to impeach biden. i worry about it just being very, very ugly, that's pretty sure that's predictable. >> a wider margin for republicans in his view less of that than a narrow margin which is some interesting food for thought. thank you both very much. >>> next, as florida voters cast their ballots state officials are picking a fight with the justice department. fingersticks can be a

arkansas. a republican. caller: good morning to both of you ladies.ou know, you are not reporting about what our military are doing? we have the first airborne division on the border of ukraine, and now we have troops in ukraine. and only 1% of this country makes up the military. so when the body bag start coming home before christmas, everybody is going to wonder why . the families are being told that have loved ones there not to talk about the deployment. i have a lady in church, her granddaughter just returned from over there. the news is spending -- is spending a lot of this stuff and it is terrible. i voted already. i voted early, i wanted my vote to count. and if you want the same things that you've had in the last two years, go ahead and vote democrat. us poor people who have very little money to live on, the border, the food prices, the gas prices, the increase in rent, the property tax, that is where they get the money to work with. host: listing off the reasons why he is voting republican. guest: he is representative of a lot of republicans

father daughter combination secondly first female, and first time a republican has succeeded a republican in arkansas in this state delighted with her victory love what they is going to focus on in terms of education set a good tone last night i congratulate her, in terms of all raves across the country still some to be determined, i am still looking at oregon, that is a close race, nobody thought two months ago would o be close, we have a chance of winning there. whenever you look at nevada obviously, the economy reflected the sheriff of clark county joe lombargo looks like he could win that, so these are exciting races that we didn't know wooefrp going to win every state turned out different it wasn't a wave election doesn't look at this point, really reflects the diversity of our country the division our country candidates make a difference you see that reflected in different states closeness of the elections. >> governor one clear message from this election, seems to be that governors matter in states with strong governors it worked down the ballot from national offices, what do republicans have

host: diane, arkansas, republican line. caller: thank you for taking my call. good morning. i'm heartbroken. i can't believe the american people believed the lie. host: what do you mean by that? caller: well, they stopped drilling. they put regulations on drilling. that made everything go up the democrats flooded the economy with money. they hiked inflation. with all that equipment. they showed us week to the world. they put on the ex-president, obama, saying that democracy was at stake. you had to show an id. democracy was not at stake. the right to choose was unconstitutional as decided by the supreme court. the supreme court by the constitution cannot decide laws. we had our president getting up saying that our constitutional rights were being taken away. whether they believe that or not , you -- they knew it was unconstitutional. host: what do you think about sarah huckabee sanders winning the governorship? caller: she's going to be wonderful. rutledge as lieutenant governor is going to be wonderful. we will have war dogs in arkansas and i wish we had it across the count

and republicans are extremist. >> t>> carley: arkansas mike huckabee to talk about this one but lawrencekey. in case this is your first time or running short on time, the thanksgiving first, joins us live on becoming children's tylenol. what to do. plus joining us to live on the southern border. plus, joe concha is here and fox sports, college football analyst brady quinn previews the game. top of the hour, don't go anywhere. happy holidays from lexus. ♪ encourages you to tackled inflation and lowered cost. to have a great start there. also provides some bullets on how to argue that republicans are extreme. here to react former arkansas governor and former presidential candidate mike huckabee. governor, happy thanksgiving to you what do you make of this list bringing white house talking points to the dinner table? >> happy thanksgiving to you and todd. you know, this is amazing. i would never have known what to sit and talk to my family about today as we are celebrating thanksgiving dinner. i'm so grateful to the white house. you have a lot to be thankful for. i'm thankful that joe biden

republican opponent dan we had one mission. and maryland. >> you show tonight that we stand divided. we cannot win. but if we stay united, we can not arkansaslected its first female governor, republican sarah huckabee sanders who served as press secretary to former president donald trump. her father was previously governor of that state. i like to say, i think my dad's the best governor arkansas's ever had. >> one of the best winners the country has ever seen. i'm hoping to take that title away from him. pretty republicans succeeded in electing more latinos to the u.s. house primarily from districts in florida, in vermont, democrat becca ballot became the first woman and openly person to represent that state in congress. i will carry your hopes and your wishes in your stories with me. >> i will stay rooted in our communities here in vermont and florida will send 25 year-old democrat maxwell frost to the house of representatives. the first time a member of generation z arise in congress, california also elected the first openly lgbtq immigrant to serve in the house. democrat robert garcia. republicans also elected other female governors and

republicans agree with medicaid's expansion. our four neighboring states, louisiana, arkansas, oklahoma, new mexico, three with republican governorsr federal income tax dollars that you already paid up to d.c. to connect to people in your state with care. it creates hundreds of thousands of jobs annually, and the kicker for us in texas where we have seen our property taxes go up 20 billion dollars under greg abbott. it's to bring those property taxes down, because we're no longer on the hook for uncomplicated energy care at our county hospitals. and at a state when we are leading the nation in childhood diabetes deaths, the state's 51st behind every other and the district of columbia in mental health care access, to the point that our jails are the largest provider of mental health care services in the state today. this is going to help a lot of people. there's no good reason not to do it. in fact, the only person standing in the way right now is greg abbott. that's why we have to turn the page on him, vote for change, and move forward with great, big ideas and enjoy bipartisan support, like expanding medicaid. >> governor abbott

. >> this year's republican governor's conference is something of a reflection point for the party. we heard from arkansasovernor elect sarah huckabee sanders urging republicans to focus on the education issue. >> we have to take back the moral high ground when it comes to education. we have to take back the conversation and go on offense and start talking about how we are the party that is empowering parents to make the best decisions for their kids. >> i've heard from other governors who said they believe issues matter here, education, tax policy, what's going on with the price of diesel. one of the people who says the party needs to focus on those issues is brian kemp of georgia. i had to ask him about 2024. the news last night. here is what he had to say moments ago. >> i didn't get to see the announcement. i don't think anybody was shocked by that. there will be a big conversation of what 24 looks like. we have got to stay focused on the 22 cycle. >> the governor also saying he is focusing on the mid-term election in georgia, the senate runoff. a lot of focus on what governor kemp's future and desant

republican. bozeman from arkansas. >> sandra: so -- >> they shouldn't have to give it back. to take her position on this. >> sandra: you are something today, larry. >> why should they have to give it back? they took the money, and celebrities, now the politicians who will get fingered will be very embarrassed and think twice taking money from people like this. what law says they have to give it back. i don't like this, don't get me wrong, but i'm just saying what you don't want to do here is set weird precedence, you follow my logic. what you do want to do here is apply some reasonable regulation. now, the problem with giving it to the sec right now is gary gensler will apply climate change and new laws, securities and environmental commission, not the securities and exchange commission, i wanted to inject that. but takes your money, all there is to it. life goes on. >> sandra: i was going to try to ask you some economic news today, but this seems to be dominating the financial news right you know, because crypto is everything to so many people on no market implications. >>

(202) 748-8000, for democrats, (202) 748-8001 for republicans, independents it is (202) 748-8002. back to arkansas. this is kathy, republican. what message did voter sand? data what message did voter's send? caller: it is sad that they sent a message on abortion because abortion is murder. they will say how can a christian vote for a republican? it is the democrats that vote for abortion and that is murder. and then they are for gay marriage. god is not for that and he is not for transgender. a lot of people need to repent. this world is going to hell in a hand basket and it is sad. i thank you for letting me speak. you have a good day. host: jesse in michigan, democrat, good morning. caller: i've been listening a long time. i am 90 years old. i hear all of these republicans and the lies they tell, they can -- they tell lies all the time like the last woman from kentucky, you know she is a hillbilly. how do you feel about police killing young black men? is that murder? how do you feel about what is happening at the capital? is that murder? they talk about all of these lies, i do not know where the

republican senators tom cotton of arkansas and ted cruz of texas both have new books out about the politicaltles facing america today. senator cotton's book, which focuses on national defense and foreign policy, is titled only the strong reversing the left's plot to sabotage american power. and senator cruz's newest book is aimed at the judiciary and us legal system. it's titled justice corrupted how the left weaponized our legal system. meanwhile, the wall street journal senior writer john hilsenrath is out with a new book. it's a biography of treasury secretary janet yellen. it's titled yellen, the trailblazing economist who navigated an era of upheaval. also each week, national publications review newly released books. here's a couple daily based in usa today columnist david rothkopf. new book america and resistance earned a kirkus review. kirkus calls it a revealing book about how government professionals, the so-called deep state, kept the trump administration from wreaking even more havoc than it did. rothkopf kirkus writes rescues the reputations of some officials, such as kirsten nie

he'll be speaking with republican senator tom cotton of arkansas. arizona's democratic candidate for governor katie hobbs. and democratic congressman pat ryan, who is trying to hold a swing district that a republican is favored to win. that is tonight at 9:00 eastern here on cnn. and our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> happening now, five days until the midterms. democrats are playing defense and deploying more famous faces to try to bolster their chances in key races. president biden has a rally out west this hour, building on his newest warning to voters that democracy is on the ballot. also ahead for you tonight, a new revelation about the man charged in the attack on the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi. immigration officials disclosing he was in the u.s. illegally and may face deportation. >>> and ukrainian officials fear russia is playing a dangerous trick in kherson as moscow signals a withdrawal from the embattled city. so is it a retreat or a trap? welcome to our viewers in the united states and aro

arkansas. a republican. caller: good morning to both of you ladies. know, you are not reporting about what our military are doing? we have the first airborne division on the border of ukraine, and now we have troops in ukraine. and only 1% of this country makes up the military. so when the body bag start coming home before christmas, everybody is going to wonder why . the families are being told that have loved ones there not to talk about the deployment. i have a lady in church, her granddaughter just returned from over there. the news is spending -- is spending a lot of this stuff and it is terrible. i voted already. i voted early, i wanted my vote to count. and if you want the same things that you've had in the last two years, go ahead and vote democrat. us poor people who have very little money to live on, the border, the food prices, the gas prices, the increase in rent, the property tax, that is where they get the money to work with. host: listing off the reasons why he is voting republican. guest: he is representative of a lot of republicans or

louisiana, kentucky, alabama, missouri, south carolina, new mexico, georgia, arkansas, and tennessee, almost all republicanial candidates every election! here's another stat for -- you the murder rate for 40% higher in states of who voted for donald trump and stacey voted for joe biden. so yes, crime is up! but the central lie box is peddling and the republican party is that it's just the libs in the big cities? and those other people, the ones on the security footage, we keep showing you, they are responsible. but it's not just happening there! despite with republicans across the country and that network would like you to believe. listen to this: homicide rates increase 25% in rural areas in 2020. do you think that was because they quote unquote, defunded the police? or because the liberal prosecutors got in power in rubble america? do you think that's what happens? -- that is almost as much a spike in urban areas, which is 30%. so if republicans really care about this, if they want to make sure that people feel secure in their homes on the streets, they should be talking about the uptick in crime all ove

arkansas. and david jolly, a former republican, former member of the u.s. house.t. thank you both for joining me. victoria, in new york times poll came out today showing neck and neck raise this for the senate in nevada, in georgia, with john fetterman clinging to a small lead in pennsylvania against mehmet oz. barack obama's announced he's rallying in philly with president biden this saturday for john fetterman. what do you think the obama visit means four candidates in swing states? >> it's that closing the enthusiasm gap. so, we've got so many polls recently, but if we think back to earlier this month, we saw a very interesting final, that enthusiasm among republicans was extremely high, it was high among democrats as well, but not to this great extent. so, this mobilization effort, this last-minute mobilization effort is not to convince folks who are necessarily on the bench. sure, there may be some of those people. it's about getting folks who are feeling empathetic, who are saying, you know what? i'm a democrat, but maybe, you know, the economy is not going

he'll be speaking with republican senator tom cotton of arkansas. idate for governor katie hobbs. and democratic congressman pat ryan, who is trying to hold a swing district that a republican is favored to win. that is tonight at 9:00 eastern here on cnn. and our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> happening now, five days until the midterms. democrats are playing defense and deploying more famous faces to try to bolster their chances in key races. president biden has

arkansas. this was a big one for republicans. district 17, waller unseated maloney, the president of the democrat congressional committee. trace: i want to take a look at some of the key senate races undecided at this hour. in georgia this could be the change. this could be the critical race that changes control of the senate. you can see rafael warnock and herschel walker. if warnock does not get to 50% or over this will go for a runoff election in december. moving on to arizona where senator mark kelly lead blake masters 53% of the vote. and it means a large part of maricopa county which is the largest county in arizona, it's also where blake masters would find a great number of his votes. you can see in the early running that mark kelly has a substantial lead. we are being told by arizona officials that we may not get a call from this one until the morning. mass co-leads laxalt in nevada. you have got 60% of the vote in clarke county. nevada's largest county. the 40% left is more than the rest of the counties put together. som

tom cotton from great state of arkansas thank you. >> thank you, trey. trey: joining us now a republican a blue seat in new york, congratulations mike lawler, i'm not sure everyone runs for office to get boxed down. the vote for speaker will be first floor vote you take, how do you think that will play out. >> listen, i am fully supporting mcinmccarthy he has done a great job over the last 4 years, and supportive in my race to defeat sean patrick malone. and i'm a big believer, you 76 with the one who bright you the dance, loyalty has to matter for something in this business. i could that congress conference will unify defind kevin, and i think on january three he will have requisite number of votes to lead the house and set are for the asending that that membership of us ran on. obvious on focusing in making united states more affordable, giving parents a say in their charge's -- children's education, securing our borders, -- 6sce-- and our values. >> congressman-elect, you beat the democrat. you beat the democrat who was in charge of getting democrats elected. so tell us how you flippe

leadership in the senate, it was yesterday on cbs's face the nation that senator tom cotton the republican of arkansas with his support for the republican leadership team, a tom cotton from yesterday. >> the former president is very popular with voters but we also have important other leaders as well. some of those that i mentioned earlier like brian kemp in georgia, a ron desantis in florida. last year you had glenn youngkin have a great victory in virginia. i hope to remain a leader in the united states senate as well in addition to some of those i just mentioned. so when you're in opposition, you don't have a single leader. that won't be the case until were through the 24 nominating season and we have a new nominee. >> you said you won't run for president in 2024. the former president says he intends to announce he's running on tuesday. should he be the automatic nominee or should he face a primary? >> well margaret i opted against being a candidate in 2024, i don't plan to be a pungent or strategist. >> you just threw out a whole bunch of names or might be running for president senator. are you en

position of governor of the state, and the governor of arkansas, the elected former press secretary, more precisely , president donald trump, republican sarah sanders, you could see her before. often, her father is also mikekabi previously held the position of governor for 10 years. well, in many states, simultaneously with elections, referenda are held on various issues , including those related to sports marijuana rates, for example, in maryland, voters decided to legalize cannabis, although in some other states, similar initiatives seem to be defeated so far. well, we will talk in detail about what to expect in ukraine from these elections. of the eurasian center of the pan -atlantic council hello. in the midterm elections, i'm talking about him, then he said that if we lose the house of representatives and the senate, it will be two terrible years, uh, and he says that the good news is that he has a pen to sign the veto, well, according to everything, uh, the democrats lost the house representatives. and we still don’t know about the senate. tell me, what is the whole horror for biden, which he said that what awaits in the next tw

host: let's go to lee, calling from arkansas on the republican line. good morning.aller: good morning. how are you this morning? host: i am doing great. go ahead. caller: to be honest, i've never really been into politics all my life, never really cared. but when i see biden, the president of the united states, stand up for people and say he took over one of the worst that he has ever had -- before he took over president, i was paying $1.89 for gas, and milk and groceries and everything has gone up sky high. and the way the border is right now, i am just afraid that somebody will come over here with a dirty bomb and blow up new york or someplace, and biden will stand up to the public and say that was one of president trump's getaways, and blame it on somebody else. last thing to say is the world, through my life, kind of looks up to the united states. the most powerful, the most independent -- we have done very well. but since biden has taken over, to me, it seems like the whole world right now is in chaos. to me, it looks like biden is doing a bad job. he needs to