what do you i make a beto o'rourke's chances? he's not auoin make a beto o'rourke's chances? of running? or do you have a platform? i don't believe he has a path to victory in this election cycle. let believe he has a path to victory in this election cycle.— this election cycle. let me bring ou in, this election cycle. let me bring you in, because _ this election cycle. let me bring you in, because we _ this election cycle. let me bring you in, because we have - this election cycle. let me bring you in, because we have seen i this election cycle. let me bring - you in, because we have seen macro really pulling in the celebrity endorsements with kc mass graves. he appeared on stage, we are talking about lin manuel miranda. to these kind of celebrity endorsements work in the uk in terms of politics, yes or no? ., ., , ., �* or no? oh, i mean, i really don't think so- — or no? oh, i mean, i really don't think so- l _ or no? oh, i mean, i really don't think so. i remember _ or no? oh, i mean, i really don't think so. i remember being - or no? oh, i mean, i really don't think so.

and in fact, in 2018, when beto o'rourke and abbott were both on the ballot, we saw beto o'rourke beathe senate race by 12 points in that county and we saw governor abbott narrowly win the governorship in that county by less than 500 votes. so you see there, sort of the transition that that county is going in. and i think it will be important for beto o'rourke to pick up voters in a lot of those suburban areas that are trending blue. it's why we have seen him and governor abbott both visiting that county in recent weeks. but at the same time, here in texas, we're seeing republicans picking up ground in south texas. former president trump was just there this weekend, holding a rally because of the congressional races that are going on there. and so just as democrats are picking up ground in some historically red areas, we're seeing the same thing with republicans here, and it really is going to be a countdown to election day. joy. >> yeah. indeed. just more proof that these elections and these communities are much more complicated than some of the media narratives make them out to be. p

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beto o'rourke is the path forward.applause] so let me present to you the next governor of the great state of texas beto o'rourke. [cheering] >> austin! thank you for being here. how's everybody feeling? it is so good to be here with you one of the most beautiful days ever created under this glorious sky with all these wonderful people who are around us. you know all of that chaos and cruelty and confusion that is the product of this current governor, that is not reflected in the faces that i see here right now. someone who wants us to hate each other or be scared of one another based on our differences instead of coming together to do the big things in texas today that's not us we are the ones who are going to do the big things that we have been waiting to do for far too long but have been divided and kept from doing so because we have people in power who are more interested in their power than the people that they are supposed to serve, am i right? i want to thank donna howard, all of these amazing vips and public ser

caller: i am for beto o'rourke of course. i was a democrats but i am more independent. i just like to vote for either party. sometimes the extremists are too much and that goes for democrats and republicans. that is why i have changed and became an independent. host: when it comes to beto o'rourke, what are you supportive of him on? caller: women's rights. the abortion issue is a big thing for me. there is just so -- my family and friends are dealing with this issue. the abortion. so, that is the main issue. the economy. people talk about the economy and that is important but it does that matter whether you have a democrat or republican running the office, the economy, people need to realize is a cycle. it goes up and down. that's is important and i know people are hurting. i certainly have giving members and grandchildren that are -- have family members and grandchildren that are hurting and are in college and have had to drop out because they have to help fight -- filling members financially. i know the last session you had was on character and character matters to me

is boarder, number two is the economy, and they trust abbott to handle those issues better than beto o'rourke look at beto as someone who will address that issue better to their liking. beto's policies are just not in line with the people of texas. when we're looking at issues that are critical and top of mind for voters, being strong on the border, securing the border, and the experience that greg abbott has done so far, that's i believe the issue along with the economy that's going to continue to sway voters and get them out to the polls more so than abortion. >> the issue -- >> i want to hear first on one other issue because it's hard to think about governor abbott and this discussion without thinking about his policies for immigration. let's hear from him because he was asked about texas, their state-funded program to bus migrants to democratic cities. listen to this, and i'll have your side, maria. >> they need relief, and thus began the process of bussing migrants to cities that self-identified as sanctuary cities. >> now, o'rourke called this a gimmick, but immigration is a pressing is

that said, democrat beto o'rourke in red texas made it, is trying to make it competitive here. n both abbott and o'rourke were on the ballot we saw beto o'rourke beat ted cruz by 12 points in fort ben county and governor job bot narrowly won by less than 500 votes. this is a different race than what we saw in 2018. i want to play some of the sound i've heard from voters, some supporting beto o'rourke, some supporting greg abbott. here's what's they had to say about beto o'rourke this time around. take a listen. >> he's very pro abortion, which i don't like, and it seems like whatever he runs for he loses. that's not a good history to me. >> i'm not impressed with his candidacy, but he's not the incumbent, but he's running for president, congressman, he's running for everything, senator, so he's just a lifetime politician. you know, between him and the incumbent i would pick the challenger. >> so beto o'rourke has different challenges this time around, but i will tell you, what i'm hearing from republican voters is in line with the polling that we've seen. they're concerned about

hobbs running for governor of arizona, governor kathy hochul of new york running in new york, beto o'rourke running for governor in texas. they all have one thing in common. one very important thing in common. every one of them is running against an election denier. the republican candidate for governor in new york voted to overturn the presidential election as a republican member of the house representatives. that is how pervasive this is on the republican party. you cannot escape it. >> greg abbott, kari lake, these are important names to remember as you talk to the candidates that he will have tonight. lawrence, that is a great group of people, and a very important time. >> thank you, alex. >> have a good show. >> thank you. >> the first time that i heard that this was the most important election of our lives, it was in 1968, when i was way too young to vote and the vietnam war was raging and there was a chance to stop that war. in the election of 1968. but republican richard nixon won the presidency, and the war raged on, and many times since then we have been told that we are facing th

as for what i'm hearing from the folks who are supporting beto o'rourke, we're hearing about abortion issues and access to abortion, lgbtq issues as being a priority, and something that i've heard from supporters on both sides is that they just want a candidate who aligns with their values and their beliefs and the direction that they feel like the state should be heading. and i want to play a little bit of some of the conversations that we've had with voters so far this morning. take a listen. >> i really wanted to show my support and vote against things like republicans overturning roe v. wade and trying to use inflation as some sort of scare tactic to scare voters away from democrats. >> i want to make sure that our freedoms stay secure and that we continue to do what's best for the people of america. >> reporter: and so far statewide polling has continuously shown abbott in the lead here, but both candidates are out today, beto o'rourke is up in the dallas-fort worth area, governor greg abbott out in the san antonio area continuing to make their pitch to voters in these crucial fi

punk rocker that rockstar who could turn it all in texas. >> is the third time really the time, beto o'rourke is. is the name or condition enough for texan to turn texas blue for beto? >> democrats want to lift texas from red to blue, they did candidates like beto o'rourke. >> laura: the only one feeling blue these days because a recent poll from the university of texas shows him down at the governor, great avid by 11 hours. but it was something inside the pope that really caught our eye, based in that reason we are here tonight. it is 2018 election win, governor abbott lost his -- hispanic vote by 11-point. in that university of texas poll, but he and beto are now tied at 48% among that slice of the electorate, joining us now texas governor greg abbott himself. great to be with you. [cheers and applause] now, that is a big shift. i think that is a double-digit shift for you. but what is happening? why are there hispanics coming to the republican party? >> governor abbott: we can't sleep reach out to the hispanic community. no governor has gone down to the rio grande valley more than i have.

came back to cast his ballot for beto o'rourke. he is focused on abortion and lbgtq issues. he feels beto owe returning will be the better candidate for him on those issues. at the same time, every other voter we have spine to have been a bit older and their issues are far bigger than that. they are talking about immigration, the economy, and what's happening in schools and finding a candidate that aligns with their values. take a listen >> i want to make sure our freedoms are secure and we continue to do what's best for the people of america. >> i wanted to vote to support things like abortion and scaring voters away from democrats when the democratic policies are better for the economy, immigrants, lbgt, anyone who really makes america america. >> reporter: and one of the reasons why it's so interesting to hear those viewpoints in a place like fort ben county, we talked about suburbs like this trending blue. mitt romney won by 16 points in 2012, beating obama easily. it has trended blue, going to hbg and joe biden. even in 2018 when he ran against ted cruz he beat ted cruz

gloria cezarez who lost her daughter jackie, tweeted about her vote for beto o'rourke.achers. go out and make your voices heard for the ones whose voices were silenced on may 24, 2022. the host of the reidout, my friend and colleague joy reid is here, live in fort worth, texas, ahead of her interview with beto o'rourke, and our dear friend fred guttenberg is here, you know him and love him. his daughter jamie was killed in the parkland school shooting, and fred, i called you when i wanted you to be part of this conversation because you're now the person i need to talk me through three things, when something is actually happening, i want to know if you can help us understand what the families are going through and you always say yes. when the country is contemplating policies that would prevent this from happening to one more family, and they don't go as far as we know they could go and should go and the public wants them to go, you have this extraordinary capacity for patience with the process, and three, when you look at republicans running on crime, the most deadly pl

in texas beto o'rourke in his third campaign trying to unseat hardline governor greg abbott.tale in fort pearce, florida, and priscilla thompson in katy, texas, a houston suburb. a lot of exposure, raising money, trying to help people. what do we expect from the debate tonight? >> look, that's one of the issues, andrea, that is going to come up. the only reason it is coming up tonight and not several weeks ago is because of hurricane ian. parts of the state still rebuilding from that. but the governor's approval rating strong, especially in the new poll you just mentioned from telemundo showing he has a pretty good approval rating going into this election cycle where the polling does show he has a sustained lead ahead of congressman charlie crist, who was at one time a republican governor in the state, now trying to unseat desantis. you look at the polling trends and the way desantis is running, he has a huge money advantage. when i talk to voters on the ground, it's unclear they are not tuned into this debate in particular, but they are very aware of the politics of the stat

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i heard beto o'rourke saying apples and oranges. a bus is a bus, and sending it out of texas, it's out of texas. it isn't apples and oranges, if you're going to criticize that. >> and those are his words, if there's any more follow-ups, i can do that. neil: i hear that. out of eagle pass, texas, the lieutenant chris, he tells it like it is, texas department of public safety. i caught that from beto o'rourke and i try not to play politics on this show. that's a numbers games here. if you have buses shipped out of el paso by a democratic mayor and angry about that kind of thing out of governor abbott. you should be angry no matter what the bus or who is commissioning them, shouldn't you? >> you're absolutely right, neil. we know for a fact el paso has seen a massive surge in immigrants that are coming across the border. averaging 1500 a day and never experienced that before. not only that, neil, we talk about cruel and humane treatment of the migrants, some of them are sleeping in the streets in tents. adults and kids and nothing, the

that's what my dear friend, beto o'rourke, has been doing all over texas. going to where voters are. that's the best way to win elections. it's the best way to make sure that we can govern with people's values and with their priorities. that's central to our agenda. ability no community, i will tell you, i mean, i have been watching with concern what's been going on in south texas in the rio grande valley with more latino voters shifting toward the republican party. we have seen that in el paso as well over the last few election cycles. one of the things that has been most alarming -- i will tell you, i haven't seen this and heard this firsthand -- the spread of qanon conspiracy theories. the way that extremism has taken hold across the country. the latino communities are not exempt. as i have been knocking on doors here in el paso, unfortunately, i have heard some former democratic voters echoing some of those same falsehoods about the 2020 election, about those really crazy qanon conspiracies that are not just nonsensical, but you've got to wonder, who in

this is incredibly dangerous in texas and not reflective of our values. >> democrat beto o'rourke deliveredn friday night in the first and likely only debate for the race in texas governor. o'rourke blasted greg abbott handling of the humanitary crisis at the texas border -- to be clear, it's a program that abbott is part of. texas has boast thousands of migrants to cities like new york and chicago all to score political points with the gop base. new york city is building ten shelters to house these migrants. an estimated 11,000 have ended up in homeless shelters. aid organizations in chicago also reported many arrived without any personal possessions at all. hundreds of miles away from their intended destinations. all of this serving as a powerful reminder before we talk about immigration, we are talking about human beings. so with the midterms weeks away, how can democrats become the right -- find the right message on immigration. >> with me now is greisa martinez, the director of united we dream and a doctorate recipient herself. thank you for joining me. let's start in our home state of

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while beto o'rourke, meantime, is counting on younger, more liberal voters to bring home the win.e uvalde school shooting when he called for stricter gun laws and more transparency. the overturning of roe v. wade also gave him a boost of new supporters. right now there are more than 17.1 million registered voters in the lone star state. you compare that to 15.2 million just four years ago. cheryl? cheryl: all right. casey stegall, thank you for that live report, casey, appreciate it. >>> now to another candidate deep in campaign mode with just over a month until the midterms. new jersey republican congressman jeff van drew. congressman, it's always good to speak with you. what's to your biggest takeaway from casey's report? >> the biggest takeaway is that governor abbott's going to win. the biggest take is that governor abbott is right on point. in other words, you know, it's wonderful for these people in elitist areas, wealthy areas to say that these small towns just have to take in tons, thousands, millions of undocumented, illegal individuals, but that, boy, we sure won't have

>> that texas voters are considering doing the unthinkable, electing beto o'rourke.h. >> it's fine. he's hot. now on the campaign trail, when you weren't talking about your number one issue, what you put in your morning smoothie, you were talking about crime. bloomberg reports that misdemeanor arrests in new york city jumped 25% in the first six months of mayor eric adams' administration. these are small crimes like subway fare evasion and sleeping on a park bench. but these arrests do let concerned new yorkers know how mayor adams will not tolerate being poor in this city. can you promise that by the end of your term, every new yorker will be rich or in jail? >> every new yorker will feel safe. misdemeanor arrests, those are the quality of life issues. we lost almost $500 million on those jumping turnstiles. no enforcement. they start out as misdemeanor arrests. they enter the system, then they commit felonies. that's what history has shown us. >> now in one notable police incident, the nypd arrested a saxophone musician for allegedly violating subway rules and regu

when i bravely battled fellow women of color tulsi gabbard and beto o'rourke. americans deserve a puff on the pipe of peace. you don't need a reservation. i've got to go. i am to the optometrist for my vision quest. >> greg: mercedes, why is the left so obsessed with changing things? they've got to change columbus day. >> mercedes: is a very broad question. >> greg: i could've said that about the a block. what's your answer. >> mercedes: i believe dr. fauci is in charge of the halloween parade in philadelphia because he doesn't want it to happen. give me a break. these poor kids. they have suffered enough. they've had enough mental health issues. having issues in school. on top of that you're going to take away halloween. they've already taken away christmas and thanksgiving under the fauci rule. let the kids be kids. let's go back to the time when it was a joyful time to get together with your friends, dress however he wanted to dress and go get candy. they made everything into a political fight, political division and it's an outrage. elizabeth warren, i want

katie, is it true in texas where this happened, beto o'rourke is pulling behind the skeleton? ing one of beto's voters. >> the only guy. >> jeanine: very good. >> and finally, did you get rid of the prompter, i had something to say. every airplane traveler's arch nemesis, someone in your face. the bruising trend. can we stop smacking people with backpacks on planes. one frequent flyer says he is struck 80 to 90% of the time, so bad he is ready to be a window seat guy. jesse, you don't carry your own bags, does johnny hit anyone with luggage? >> jesse: it is not sophisticated to be a grown man and wear a backpack. >> i agree. that's the bigger offense. >> jeanine: can you hit them back? >> i'm into that, i don't know where everybody else stands. harold, my bigger pet peeve, people bring too many bags. you go to the overhead, by the time the third low is boarded, we have to bag check everything, bins are filled. is that the bigger offense? >> i am trying to remember, if i get hit, probably 50% of the time, why i can't remember. >> if you like being hit when you travel, allow me t

governor greg abbott democrat nominee beto o'rourke, robert francis o'rourke clashes on the border crisis and gun control. >> for confiscated ar w-15 style weapons are not. >> as governor of texas, i need to focus on what we can get done. >> zero dollars to operation lone star and that's what it would be if we had a president enforcing immigration laws of the united states. will: abbott says o'rourke is weak on border security and the governor repeatedly dodging questions on following up on 2019 pledge to "take your ar15". miami dolphin's quarterback tua tungaviola in concussion protocol and he was slammed on the ground and looked lost. he released a statement saying he's feeling better and focused on recovering and no timetable for his return. we're gearing up for the fox patriot awards. is this a good one? esteemed colleague, pete hegseth. pete: who wrote that? will: what does esteemed mean? pete: i don't know but it doesn't fit me. rachel: what's the right attitude? pete: energetic and enthuse i enthusiastic. will: head to foxnation.com/patriotaward to select your tickets and once you

. >> laura: a couple years ago they said beto o'rourke will be at the forefront of flipping texas toe. i think we saw that headline so many times. >> they are still doing think pieces. now we have mandela barnes. >> laura: let's stay in south texas. g.o.p. congresswoman is battling a democrat congressman in the 34th district. she is running for her first full term after she won the special election. this really does seem like a hispanic wave in some sections of the country for republicans. >> the first mexican-american woman elected to congress for a special term. she's the first republican in history elected to her own congressional seat because of rewriting, these two incumbents are forced to face off against each other and i think she's got a real shot. democrats in texas kind of run to the right of the republicans in massachusetts. it's not a left-wing state at the local level but democrats are in trouble with right-wing challengers. oecd, the political report said it's leaning towards myra. the summer of joe biden with his aviators, that seems to be puttering out in real time. >

in for texas, beto o'rourke is campaigning with kerry styles.nd will ferrell. >> didn't realize that. >> and an stacey abrams. >> who is complaining? nobody. the fact that luke bryan was there to help not ron desantis, but hurricane victims. it doesn't show a lot of people are ridiculous and i would bet money that all three of those women would continue to listen to luke bryan because his songs are great. what do you think? >> my husband -- look forward to hurricane relief, looks likebomy destroyed commun lives destroyed, so i'm glad that he was doing this, and i think people on twitter who were complaining about hurricane relief, maybe they don't deserve to listen to this if they don't have -- if they will have this kind of attitude. >> he could banned them from listening to. >> i like where he said "i grew up in a country where you used to be able to do that." and you used to be able to. if it was 9/11, people would go to new york, or if it was chris day during hurricane sandy, and a natural disaster where it's not political, trying to get the

governor abbott is running against beto o'rourke. this came up. at we're doing is making sure we're keeping our community safe. this is completely different than the way things would be under beto because he said months ago there's no problem o the border. >> i mean the governor spent $4 billion of our tax dollars that turned out to be political theater for his career. he promised it would deter people from coming into the country. >> what matters most is five days from tomorrow. i suspect there will be an issue. democrats are arguing how about a solution? where's your compassion, republicans? this has favored republicans. i guess we find out in five weeks if it still does. >> i believe if you have coerced or migs led people, it's a violation of federal law. the other thing i think is it's an ongoing debate between state and the federal government about immigration. i point to cnn's ron brownstein who's written about this beautifully, the idea that if you keep pushing the envelope, you perhaps create a legal scenario of what you can judge the feder

beto o'rourke candidate for governor in texas. thank you very much for coming back to the sunday show. we should let you know that we reached out to the campaign of governor abbott and have not heard back. once again, thank you, congressman. >> thank you. >> coming up! the new term of the supreme court begins tomorrow with justice ketanji brown jackson joining the bench at its high court and it's conservative super majority takes on a hot button cases including affirmative action and voting rights. we will talk about it next! >> roster ever created. ♪♪ it's subway's biggest refresh yet! california, ♪♪ mountains, oceans, natural wonders, diverse and creative people. but when the out-of-state corporations behind prop 27 look at california, they see nothing but suckers. they wrote prop 27 to give themselves 90% of the profits from online sports betting in california. other states get much more. why is prop 27 such a suckers deal for california? because the corporations didn't write it for us. they wrote it for themselves. people from

ers beto o'rourke. what's the topic? lauren: immigration at number 4. ion is number 1 and they're preserving democracy number 2 and abortion 3. governor abbott is polling 4 points ahead of beto and he's made abortion the key issue. texas has a very restrictive issue and he's admitted democrats have not spent a dime or dollar at the boarder and that's a deficit for his party. people say he needs the younger, independent, urban and suburban voters on election day but 48% of the state plans to vote early on october 24th. stu: okay,ment to weigh in on this one? you want to weigh in on this one? inflation the top issue in texas. >> this is how things are playing out across the country and a push by democrats to focus on abortion, but you're getting a sense that even they see they're overplaying their hand a bit on that and doing to exclusion of immigration and the economic issues, and the news is just -- new news is coming on inflation. we got some today and it's getting worse and that plays into november. stu: home heating bills, that's a huge concern for ma

[laughter] who during she's during adu concert inri austin introduced beto o'rourke for texas governor.oressed 13-year-old gid in the crowd who prove they being by there already love crap. it was the worst boy band endorsement when new kids on the block in 1988 and don't even get me started when bay city rollers endorse for comptroller general. i couldn't sleep for weeks. [laughter]leep although that was probably the meth. anyway, sorry niki. anyway styles blast beto for stx sticker on his guitar that appear in the big screen and then cameras show beto in the crowd clapping perhaps he remembered that unlike rest of the parents there he doesn't have to go to work in the t morning.he morning.he especially when you consider governor greg abbott hottingan lead over beto looks like alamo part 2. speaking of dems helping dems nancy pelosi postpone nightly bath in blood -- to appear on colbert with this hopeful midterm prediction monday night. w [laughter] >> with the will hold the house- [applause] by winning more seats. we won the 40 seats then we lost some when trump was on the ballot. t he'

tony-winning musical savant campaigned tonight for texas democratic party gubernatorial candidate beto o'rourke to rally young latino voters to head to the polls and support democratic candidates next month. lin-manuel miranda and his father, luis miranda, joins now. thank you so much for joining us, invegentlemen, appreciate i >> thanks for having us. >> lin-manuel, you've been talking at the university houston. what do young people think in this election. >> it's hard not to feel hopeful after talking to these incredible young students at the university of houston, and really, they see it as the most important election of their lifetimes. their bodies are on the ballot, gun violence is on the ballot, immigration is on the ballot. they are facing the most restrictive voter laws in the country and they're really taking it in their own hands to make sure they turn out the vote among their generation. so i felt very hopeful talking to them today. >> luis, you and lin-manuel have been focused on helping to get out the vote, especially in latino communities. polls show that since 2016 democrats hav

senate campaign beto o'rourke appearances are designed to make rock star pandemonium. >> beto is a rock star since he ran in texas, so man comparisons to obama. >> he is a rock star, among democrat politics, can he national lies this race. >> laura: apparently losing to ted cruz is not a sign he'll have better luck running for governor because governor greg abbott leads him by 8.5% in the rpc average. let's skip to virginia though where and gal spam burger was running in the seventh congressional district and then the party sold her as a moderate. lot of conservatives. of course reporters went along with the charade. >> the district in suburban richmond has not been held by a democrat for almost 50 years. spam burger will also be the first woman to represent the district. you say democrats shouldn't appear to be too partisan. >> i doesn't need to be us versus them, left versus right or republicans versus democrats. it should be manner values that we all stand up for. >> laura: she says nothing and means nothing. the truth is, spam burger is just another nancy pelosi liberal voting with

. >> laura: tonight on msnbc beto o'rourke sees a different issue as the most important one dan.>> majority of texans including a majority of republicans disagree with abbott's extreme abortion ban the epicenter of a ma material mortality crisis three times more deadly for black women. when you have foreclosed opportunities to seek reproductive healthcare you have condemned women to suffering and unnecessary death. >> laura: i guess texas with all these people moving in, you're condemning women to suffering dan. >> we're not condemning women to suffering. look, it's the democrats who have the radical policy on life. they want to abort a child up until birth and beyond if they need to. and the hispanic voters in the valley understand that, that's why they're losing hispanic voters in the valley and all over texas and america. texas will not turn blue now or ever. they used to say it would turn blue because hispanic voters would become democrats. >> laura: what happened to that argument. >> hispanic voters will be republicans. >> laura: dan we're watching this race, get back on the

where the tony winning a musical savant campaign for a texas democrat gubernatorial candidate beto o'rourke to rally young latino voters to head to the polls in support of democratic candidates next month. lin-manuel miranda and his father through luis miranda join us. i appreciate it. thank you so, lin-manuel, you're currently at the university of houston we've been talking to new voters all day. what are they talking about four issues for this election, and will they turn out to vote? >> it's hard not to feel hopeful after talking to these incredibly young students at the university of houston, and really they see it as the most important election of their lifetimes. their bodies are on the ballot, gun violence is on the ballot, immigration is on the ballot. they are facing the most restrictive voter laws in the country, and they are really taking it in their own hands to make sure they turn out and the vote among their generation. i felt very hopeful talking to them today. >> ruiz you and then we'll have been focused on getting out the vote especially in latino communities. polls show th

>> beto o'rourke. >> barack obama. >> who would make a bad boss?ou came to the wrong town. >> trump would be a bad boss. >> how can donald trump be bad. he's the president. >> who is our president? >> donald trump still? >> not donald trump. >> joe biden. >> the vice-president. bernie sanders. >> a man or woman? >> meghan markle. >> michelle obama. >> not michelle obama. >> kama-. >> joe biden is the boss of america. >> no, he's not. god is. >> the economy is bad. things are getting more expensive. >> he is doing fine. if he can just stay up for a while. >> ♪ ♪ >> if jesse watters was your boss how would you feel? >> hello, jesse, i like you. >> hi, jesse watters. do you like water? >> god bless fox news. i pray for you every day and all of the people in the world. in jesus name i pray. love you. >> ♪ ♪ >> jesse: jesse jr. brushed his teeth for the first time today. >> good boy! keep going. get those top teeth. yeah! good job. >> tomorrow he will be flossing. this is how i got to work today. massive traffic in manhattan. i got out of a taxi. i was

. >>> texas governor greg abbott and his democratic challenger beto o'rourke met face-to-face at their one and only debate on friday. the nominees clashed on guns, abortion, and immigration. >> look, i don't think that greg abbott wakes up wanting to see children shot in their schools or the grid to fail. but it's clear he's incapable or unwilling to make the changes nose prioritize the lives of our fellow texans. that's why it's on us to make sure we have change at the ballot box. >> i want to keep texas number one to cut the property taxes, secure the border, keep dangerous criminals behind bars and deadly guns off our streets. >> a poll released last week gave governor abbott a seven point lead over his challenger. the debate was o'rourke's likely last chance to turn things around. a growing trend, the races only having one debate. and then in brazil, significant international politics here. the highly polarized election headed for a recount. they found that the incumbent far behind his challenger, a former leftist president. yesterday it was much closer than expected. this is argua

a prime example here -- greg abbott will not debate against beto o'rourke here. why is that?s he have a lot to hide? is he afraid that he will be called out on all the mistakes he made and how much he let texas down? you know, does matter. because he is not coming out and speaking out and he is spreading these commercial lies. people are smarter than that. and yes, it does matter. because it helps us, like the woman said earlier -- their character. it tells us a lot about their character. host: to that question, do you are member a debate that changed your mind about a candidate? you are going to vote one way, watched a debate, and changed your vote, has that happened to you? caller: no, it hasn't. but i do pay attention to other debates in other cities. i often wonder why katie hobbs does not come out and debate against her opponent, because her opponent is basically a lack job. it is like, come on, katie, come on. i just do not know where she is at. if i were living in that state, it would be like what is wrong? why won't you come out and debate? host: john out of texas. (2

"hamilton" creator lin manuel miranda was rallying for beto o'rourke. >> i'm here because i'm just like would rather be writing little mermaid songs, but that's not where we are right now. >> miranda has also been very active in trying to get young voters engaged in the election. take a listen. joining us now, emmy, tony and grammy award winning composer, lir ri cyst, playwrighter and actor and luis who is an accomplished philanthropist and strategist, great to see you this morning. i know you're both in houston to engage with young voters to engage, what are you hearing about young voters, lin manuel, about why they are really concerned about the future? >> listen, whatever you're concerned about watching this show, they're concerned about, and particularly in texas which has some of the most restrictive voting -- barriers to voting in the country. it was really inspiring to hear from these young people. their bodies are on the ballot. gun violence is on the ballot. immigration is on the ballot. they spoke so eloquently about turning out, not the most politically engaged of these young

hey, just quickly, what beto o'rourke is putting out there in response to these kids, these is greg abbott'state on his watch but no action to prevent the. next we will not allow this to be our future. we will keep our kids safe. any response from the governor, daniel? >> no, i reached out to greg abbott, i also reached out to the state senator who cosponsored the legislation that passed last year, another one of them gave any comment to today, or to nbc. >> daniel campbell more, thank you. coming up at the top of the hour everybody, president biden's it's not going -- down with nbc for an exclusive interview his plea with americans heading into the midterms. >> they don't have a platform other than tearing down what i've been able to do, what we've been able to do. and i don't know what they are for. what will you change? ♪ will you make something better? ♪ will you create something entirely new? ♪ our dell technologies advisors provide you with the tools and expertise you need to do incredible things. because we believe there's an innovator in all of us. if you still have symptoms of moder

democrat beto o'rourke hoping the state's increasingly changing demographics might turn this red statergets of suppression and intimidation and make them the margin of victory when we win on election night. >> reporter: he'll face off against governor greg abbott who showed up last night at the texas a&m/ole miss game. abbott laser focussed on issues like the economy and immigration, including sparking national outrage for busing migrants from u.s./mexico border to other major states. he's pledging to expand the crackdown if he's re-elected. >> that's what we're trying to do to help our local communities and make sure we're going to lighten the load. >> reporter: in small town voters are behind abbott's handling of the border. >> we can't right now support more and more people coming in every single day. >> reporter: down the state as fans prepare to watch texas a&m take on ole miss, carlos is split. leaning to beto on immigration and abbott on the economy. >> i have mixed feelings between both of them. both of them have good things and both of them have not very good things. >> report

he was undeterred by criticism of his performative saytism from his democratic opponent, beto o'rourke debate was held with no audience at governor abbott's request. >> this hateful rhetoric, treating human beings as political pawns, talking about invasions and texas defending themselves, that's how people get killed at the walmart in el paso. the gentleman that we learned about yesterday. this is incredibly dangerous of texas and not reflective of our values. >> in the height of irony after ron desantis tapped into $12 million from florida's budget to fly several dozen venezuela migrants from texas to martha's vineyard, according to the conservative tabloid the "new york post," venezuela migrants in new york, they were being recruited to head to florida with hurricane katrina clean up. irony is dead. much is unknown about the state sponsored human trafficking, "the new york times" unmasked a critical alleged player. little has been known whom the woman said migrants identified herself as pearla, when she solicited them to get on the flights. a person briefed into the matter told "the

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the democratic hopeful beto o'rourke is hoping that all of that early enthusiasm is for him, it is ana, governor desantis will debate krarty crist for the first and only time after hurricane ian ended up canceling their other debate. desantis as of right now has a clear lead. >>> joining me now from fort pearce, is ali vitali down there in florida. what are we expecting tonight, ali? >> reporter: well, look, for charlie crist, this is an opportunity to show florida voters why they should make a change. and for ron desantis, the role is to stay the course. because of the reasons that you mentioned, katy, in polling, desantis has a clear and consistent commanding lead but also in terms of the size of his war chest, he is out-raising and out-spending the democrat in this case by very big margins. and it is fascinating for me, someone who covered his 2018 race and now covering this re-election bat until 2022, the differences in the way ron desantis is running. he rose to power in 2018 as someone fully in the trump mold, riding the coat tails of the former president, and if you look at the

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. >> beto supports groups that want defund the police -- which is why beto o'rourke never be governorit easier to be a criminal than a cop. she's released criminals from prison earlier and appointed soft on crime judges. >> streets are exploding with drugs and violence, while liberals liked ryan attack and fund -- tim, but to criminals, not the cops. >> joining us now is kyle kondik, the managing editor of the crystal ball newsletter at the virginia center for politics. he is watched over 330 campaign that's the season. congratulations on that, kyle, my condolences. i'm not sure which one applies, but were given folks a taste of these republican ads putting up crime. since you have watched all these, what's your sense that the economy and inflation versus crime, in terms of the emphasis republicans are placing on indoor ads? which one outweighs the other? >> look, i think you saw a representative cross section that we are seeing from republicans on crime. you know, it's all more vivid, i guess, you get more of a visceral reaction, which is probably what ad makers are going for. compar