. >> with me now is ellison barber and charlie sykes. ellison, herschel walker and senator warnock have a debate two days from now. how are both campaigning ahead of this big matchup given everything that's happened? >> reporter: this is going to be a very big debate. it's the only debate right now that is on the schedule for the georgia senate race. it's set to take place in savannah, georgia, on friday. this morning, there's a new poll that shows warnock is ahead of herschel walker. still within the margin of error. neither candidate is above the necessary 50% threshold. herschel walker has continuously denied allegations he previously paid for an abortion for a publically unidentified woman, someone who nbc news has identified as the mother of one of herschel walker's children. he confirmed that to nbc news as well as abc news. in this interview with abc news, we saw probably what has been his clearest, most extensive denial of these allegations. he repeatedly said they are not true. he accused the woman repeatedly of lying. at the sa

charlie sykes is back with us, along with claire mccaskill.epens in terms of the sadistic nature of what republicans will do, claire. >> yeah. this is stunning. this is -- and by the way, this is little tiny-brained ron desantis sitting in florida going, oh, abbott's getting ahead of me in being anti-immigrant. i've got to figure out a way to get ahead of him. there was no concern about people's lives or committing fraud or even violating the florida law, because the law that was passed that gave him money to move migrants was for migrants in florida. he had to -- he had to recruit some counterintelligence operative to go to texas to draw up fake brochures to recruit unknowing people who had walked through countries for days and months on end, subjecting themselves to all kinds of horrors to get a chance at working in this country to help their families. lying to them and then taking them to martha's vineyard, thinking it was going to be some wonderful political win for him when, in reality, the people in martha's vineyard did nothing but just

. >>> joining me now, susan paige, charlie sykes, jason ferman and former virginia governor terry mcauliffe. jason, i want your reaction to the messaging on the move to tap reserves and this irs initiative on the standard deduction. >> yeah. i thought that was a terrific interview with my friend gene. the problem with gasoline prices is that they are largely outside the president's control. i think he has done the right things with the strategic petroleum reserve. but you can see that if opec plus wants something else to happen, something else can happen. much worse things could have happened with gas prices this year. but you can't change them a lot in a two-week period of time. you can't even change them a lot in a two-month or two-year period of time. there's just so many forces that go into them. >> yeah. it's really hard to take on the saudis as well. susan, the president is seeing the gas prices now and right now they are moving in the right direction. they were up five cents, now down seven cents. still high. the timing here makes sense. is it too little too late to change the minds

pittsburgh campaigning for john fetterman after unsuccessfully challenging him in the primary and charlie sykesg cracking down on so-call so-called junk fees. >> reporter: that's the buzzword the president uses. he attributes it to his father. if you have breathing room, you feel better about things. he can't change the price of groceries and he can't change the cost of rent. so he is trying to look at ways that his administration can try to give consumers some money back. he has done that with attempting to do the student debt relief. he worked on ways to reduce gas prices. today, he is coining this term of junk fees. you see it in a lot of different things that we spend money on. it might be a la cart costs in an airline. there might be a cost for your bags or for a different seat. it might be for your bank account or your credit cards. all those things that are often not spelled out clearly to consumers. he has asked his team to look at ways to negotiate with different kinds of companies and industry sectors to reduce some of the fees and to make them more transparent. it's the things that c

and charlie sykes, editor at large of the bull works and msnbc contributor.oing to outlaw sex and sex can lead to pregnancy, rape and incest can too. and sometimes the pregnancies endanger the lives of women as young as 10. and herschel walker doesn't give a damn. but he encouraged and in conversations with a woman he was allegedly in a relationship with had at least one abortion and sought two. and this is only one relationship. we're learning about because this woman this mother of one of his children thinks that the voters of georgia should know what kind of man he is. where are we? >> that's right. she has come forward and just one correction. we're talking about a nation, we're talking about states that are now condemning girls, not women, 9, 10 years old, to carry pregnancies to term that may threaten their lives. you know, u.s. is the most dangerous place in all of the industrialized world for a woman or a girl to be pregnant. we rank 65th in the world where in company and in lead with nations where women are still publicly stoned. that's where we are

charlie sykes and molly jong-fast, we'll have to leave it there.u for your analysis. >> still to come, the continuing outrage and iran over the death of mahsa amini, and the oppression and prosecution, don't forget you can listen to the mehdi hasan anywhere free, wherever you get your podcasts. and you know you can hear the latest updates from all your favorite msnbc shows, anytime, anywhere on any device just tune in, scan the qr quoting here now, we'll be right back after a short break. r a short break. customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need! (limu squawks) he's a natural. only pay for what you need. ♪liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.♪ as someone with hearing loss i know what a confusing and frustrating experience getting hearing aids can be. that's why i founded lively. affordable, high-quality hearing aids with all of the features you need, and none of the hassle. i use lively hearing aids and it's been wonderful. it's so light and so small but it's a fraction of the cost of the other devices. they cost thousands less

and charlie sykes, editor at large atbulwark. yamiche, you got a chance to holler questions at herschel walker. it is really sort of stunning to say, i didn't do it, but if i did it, it wouldn't be a problem, because it's me. i didn't do it. it's sort of like, when you're a star, they let you do it kind of defense. when you talk to voters who hear him mumbling these defenses, do any of them say to you when they're justifying voting for him anyway, he's a murderer in my view, because i'm opposed to abortion, but i'm okay with him murdering, because i like his politics? >> joy, an important and critical question, but, no, i don't hear that from voters. what i do hear here in watley, georgia, which is a deeply red part of the state, herschel walker held an event here. and i got a chance to question him and press him on some of those things. i want to start off by saying, i questioned him about that statement, that if i had done this, nothing would be wrong. when i questioned him about that and say, how do you square that with your o

litmus test for republican house members as the big lie and gellman is joining me now as well as charlie sykesthe next two years if republicans take control of the house and possibly of the senate and then pursue impeachment and what is that going to do with regards to really they're standing on the political stage? let's talk through a couple of things because we heard from president barack obama, we don't know what they will impeach him for. you wrote it could be the withdrawal from afghanistan. it could be the border crisis as well. what do you think is going to whip up support on the republican side in order to pursue impeachment, if that is what they decide to do? >> well, you need to look at several levels of the republican side. at the very top, the house leadership, kevin mccarthy it is -- they are not interested in impeachment. they know there is too much probability of backlash by members who think it is purely political, but from the base of the party, you have more than two thirds of all republicans who think that joe biden should be impeached, and where the, not believe that he wi

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charlie sykes and reecie kolberg, thank you for being with us. coming up on symone, the midterm elections coming down to the wire. i will take a candidates and nebraska. take a good look at flipping that republican seat. hoping to help democrats keep control of the house. first, richard louis with today 's top news stories. hey, richard. good to see you. some of the stories we're watching, north korea firing missiles into its eastern waters again. this is the ninth launch in recent days according to intelligence. south korean officials warning this uptick could signal that their northern counter by its are closer than ever to resume nuclear testing. the u.s. says they're consulting closely with allies in the region. another hurricane, this one's name julia. it made landfall this morning in nicaragua. life-threatening flash floods and mudslides are expected there and throughout much of central america. the storm has since weakened to a tropical storm. it is still producing winds up to 70 miles an hour. meanwhile, residents in fort myers beach flor

for state representative charlie sykes, thank you very much. make sure to join me tomorrow night live from the flying saucer. that is a cool name. the flying saucer at fort worth texas for a special edition of the readout, among my guests, the democratic nominee for texas governor, o'rourke himself. he will be right here in texas with me. thank you all for tuning in tonight, chris a starts now. u all for tuning i tonight, chris a starts now. >> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. we start the show with my big, booming tonight all invoice. but tonight, i want to start by showing you some images from a voter drop box. it is a location in arizona, two people, to thugs addressed in tactical gear intimidating voters dropping off their early ballots. now, if you're trying to pull up these images, if you find these images, these individuals dressed in basically masks and bulletproof vests looking like they are out for a hunt or out to commit some crimes. if you finals him it is chilling or outrageous, or obviously an attempt at voter intimida

division and distinguished research fellow at the foreign policy research institute, along with charlie sykes, editor at large of the bulwark. i want to play you one more sound bite of brooke jenkins and here she is talking about the political violence we're facing now. >> we know that there have been tragedies in this very city of political leaders in the past. and so it's something that we have to take very seriously, and it's very sad to see that we are once again at a point in history where people believe that it's okay to express their political sentiments through violence. and so i think it really demonstrates that we have to calm things down. we have to decide that we're going to be more respectful as an american society. that it's okay to disagree. but it certainly is something that has unnerved us all. >> you know, one wishes that people would feel that way, clint, but that is not what we're seeing. what we're seeing on the right is they'll say violence is not appropriate, but none of them are willing to do anything to tamp down what is clearly a tendency toward increasingly violent

is north of miami, national political correspondent steve kornacki is at the big morning, and charlie sykes, and adrienne elrod. priscilla, early voting the gets under way in texas. you're at a polling site right now just outside of houston. what are you hearing from folks you're talking to? >> yeah, lindsay, i'll set the scene for you here. there are a couple of congressional races in south texas that are really big for us here and then there's also the governor's race which everyone is talking about because you have governor greg abbott running against beto o'rourke and to give you some context, in 2018 when both of these men were on the ballot here in the county, beto o'rourke beat ted cruz by about 12 points here and governor greg abbott narrowly won the governorship by less than 500 votes in this country. so this is a county that was once red but has been trending blue over the past several years. but what is interesting here today as we've been talking to voters, it feels like a bit more of a toss-up. everyone here who has talked about the economy as their number one issue in this ele

issue charlie sykes, molly jong-fast, thank you so. much will leave it.ll to come, the continuing outrage in iran over the death of masai meaning. and, the oppression and persecution of women there. don't forget, you can listen to the mehdi hassan show anytime, free, wherever you get your podcasts and a quick programming note. did you know that you could hear those news and updates from all of your favorite msnbc host anytime, anywhere on any device with two. noon to scan the qr code to hear now. we will be right back after a short break. short break. it's nice to unwind after a long week of telling people how liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. showtime. whoo! i'm on fire tonight. (limu squawks) yes! limu, you're a natural. we're not counting that. only pay for what you need. ♪liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.♪ okay everyone, our mission is to provide complete balanced nutrition for strength and energy. woo hoo! ensure, complete balanced nutrition with 27 vitamins and minerals. and ensure complete with 30 gra

joining us, msnbc and nbc news contributor claire mccaskill and charlie sykes is with us. >> we're going-- let's do the herschel story, but before we do, charlie -- our party, man, our former party -- >> it -- >> i guess we can't be shocked. we can't be shocked, because you saw what happened with donald trump. all of these self-righteous people who spent their entire lives being holier than thou, how character mattered when they wanted bill clinton impeached. you couldn't be a leader without good character and then fall in line for donald trump. now we got herschel walker. i must say that herschel walker, obviously, this -- this situation has something that the -- the donald trump situation didn't have, and that is, you actually have a family member. you have his son coming out and talking about all of the horrible things their family has gone through. it's a tragedy. i don't see this political fodder. i think the real tragedy is that herschel walker is even running in this race because he has never -- by the way, we've all known this for years. he's never appeared at least publicly to b

joining claire for this conversation, charlie sykes, editor at large for the bullwork and msnbc contributoradd that the threats are not in the climate. they're not around contests. they're on one side of american politics and it's the right. do you see any effort on the right to police their own supporters? >> you know, this is an interesting point because we've had reports for the last year of the rising number of threats, intimidation against election workers and you know, again, you would think that perhaps this would lead to a little bit of sobriety. a little restraint on the part of politicians who have been raising questions about the integrity of the vote, but exactly the opposite has happened. even faced with the reality that there are threats of violence, there have been reports throughout the country of these attacks and conspiracy theories and misinformation against election workers who are many times volunteers. instead what you've seen across the country, election deniers actually ramping up the rhetoric and again, they're following the lead of the election liar in chief, donal

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. >> let me bring in democratic pollster cornell belcher and our friend charlie sykes, both are msnbc contributors. your reaction to the goings on of the commonwealth? >> well, you know, listening to that, i don't -- the choice is very stark and it's clear. and one of the things that i kept thinking of when i was listening to that really good interview you did is, you know, who -- the voters that are in the middle, who hear anti-semitism, who hear racism and think they have no skin in the game. and think, so, okay, i'm going to vote because i'm outraged at gas prices, i'm going to vote for the republican regardless of this anti-semitism or sexism or racism, because i don't have any skin in that game. and i think at some point, part of the closing argument has to be to these people, democracy is your skin in the game. >> yeah. >> and the idea that you can live in a world where your children will grow up and you're going to give power to people who are, you know, authoritarian and hate mongers. so, at some point, we have to pivot this conversation to those people in the middle who still