the electorate who say this is a human rights issue, men have no role in this, and certainly chuck grassley, a constitutional lawyer standing in the delivery room, this is ridiculous. this people can help me at defeat chuck dot com think that that message across. >> thank you very much for joining us tonight, and thank you for running to make this a real contest in iowa this year. really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> and coming up, our next guest, wisconsin lieutenant governor mandela barnes is trying to flip a wisconsin senate seat from republican to democrat in his campaign against of a republican senator ron johnson who's never stopped lying about the last presidential election, and many other things. mandela barnes is next. mandela barnes is next for people living with h-i-v, keep being you. and ask your doctor about biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete, one-pill, once-a-day treatment used for h-i-v in certain adults. it's not a cure, but with one small pill, biktarvy fights h-i-v to help you get to and stay undetectable. that's when the amount of virus is so low it cannot be measured by

the electorate who say this is a human rights issue, men have no role in this, and certainly chuck grassley, a constitutional lawyer standing in the delivery room, this is ridiculous. this people can help me at defeat chuck dot com think that that message across. >> thank you very much for joining us tonight, and thank you for running to make this a real contest in iowa this year. really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> and coming up, our next guest, wisconsin lieutenant governor mandela barnes is trying to flip a wisconsin senate seat from republican to democrat in his campaign against of a republican senator ron johnson who's never stopped lying about the last presidential election, and many other things. mandela barnes is next. ks. u put it all on the line. u do it all. so u bring ubrelvy. it can quickly stop migraine in its tracks within 2 hours... without worrying if it's too late or where you are. unlike older medicines, ubrelvy is a pill that directly blocks a protein believed to be a cause of migraine. do not take with strong cyp3a4 inhibitors. most common side effects were nausea an

latest des moines register poll shows the democrat could be in striking distance of defeating chuck grassley republican. garrett, i know that republicans are worried about this race, even senator grassley when he was here a week ago said he does not know why it's this close. >> yeah, john, by almost all accounts the race should not be as close as that poll suggests. iowa has been trending recently race, voters love their incumbents, and not only is chuck grassley an institution of iowa politics, he has not lost a race in 64 years. he is leading mike franken by just three points. state republicans argue the poll is likely an outlier but one of the concerns is grassley's age. at 89 years young, he is the second oldest sitting senator and would be 95 at the end of the next term, his eighth in the senate. last night at a rally here in sioux falls with president trump, grassley told us he is still going strong and does not plan to slow down. >> i heard the same thing six years ago and i'm still alive. i work hard, i go to bed at 9:00, get up at 4:00, do two miles, get to the office at 6:00, and y

to iowa for chuck grassley.grassley, we're competitive in iowa, north carolina, ohio, these are not places, in what should be a republican red wave election should even be thinking about competing and we are. and let all of those polls, everyone is saying, red momentum, democrats are still up or tied in the key senate races. >> i guess it's probably a good point, bad candidates matter, good candidates matter, too. >> that's exactly right. >> that's why north carolina, ohio, those races are competitive, perhaps in spite of the environment, because you have an candidate situation that is better than you would expect. >> especially ohio. >> guys, thank you for the discussion. appreciate it. >>> ahead, the new questions that a top democrat is asking today after the attack on speaker pelosi's husband. her questions just sent to the agency in charge of protecting lawmakers, next. from santa claus, indiana to snowfwflake, arizon. from garland, texas to north pole, new york and everywhere in between. we're holiday ready

if anything were to happen to the, the vice president and then the speaker of the house, chuck grassley would stepan, but he has one looks as if he's going to win his seat in iowa at the age of $89.00 for another 6 year term. 60 other 89 years old rather him than me. alan, thanks very much. indeed. let's go have a to washington. stay in washington. rather that's where patty calhane is going to bring in some will great chat with i guess. thanks so much laura. it is really getting to be a confusing night. so helping to break all this down. my excellent panel. nadia brown is the professor of government at georgetown university. that's here in washington. steve clemens familiar faced host of the al jazeera, the bottom line. fabulous. so you should watch his us as the executive editor of 74, because he doesn't have enough jobs. and james davis, he's a republican strategist. okay. grassley. we say we're just our senator grassley. that one i was watching, paying close attention to because iowa right now is in this place, we're abortion is being battled the courts and, and in kansas, we saw abo

against the democrat, and voters we talked to today, saying they like chuck grassley because of the experience he has and franken has no political experience and a retired navy admiral but they like the political experience that i find interesting because they like donald trump because he didn't have political experience, so we have been talking to voters about that. and also in sioux city, which is just miles from the nebraska and the south dakota area, and as you mentioned, with 2024, goes to donald trump, as donald trump holds the values and they are about the republican candidates here in the state of iowa, but they're also about donald trump and his hopes and ambitions as well. we talked to a bunch of voters about the state of our democracy, and really the inflation we're seeing in this country right now. here is what one voter told me. >> there is always going to be a certain amount of that. due agree. so it is what it is, right if you don't agree on certain things, you just don't agree. but at the same time, i think it's an understatement of why we don't agree. and why is it

>> lets say he is not worried about chuck grassley at this time. i think he is worried about iowa. i remember in 2016, i lost iowa. he lost iowa to ted cruz and he accused of cruz of cheating. of faking the election. and that should have and been a hint of things to come. i remember that battle royal. and the question is whether cruz will do it again and try to beat him again in iowa. and what all of the other potential candidates, when they are going to get to iowa because if trump declares pretty quickly he will have been there already. >> that is a good reminder of what happened when trump lost. he does not let go of grievances easily. >> cruz did. >> he did. but there were reasons obviously. charlie, what do you think? >> what i think, look i agree with what has been said. they are trying to bring up the base. and trump is self serving in iowa. and i think it's crazy that trump is going to pennsylvania. oz is surging and trying to win over swing voters and is successful so far particularly in the aftermath of the catastrophic debate. and he does not need him in the commonwealth

in the short-term it is about chuck grassley. he's running for the eighth term and there is a sense among his advisers, this is a closer race than he was expecting. he has softness among the trump base. they've never been huge fans of senator grassley as he's run for re-election again and again. so there were conversations to get the former president here to rally up from the supporters for senator grassley. but there is no doubt it is about 2024. iowa is the hottest battleground of 2022. but when the former president arrives here in sioux city tonight, it is the first of the five rallies in the next four days. so clearly trying to reassert himself back into this midterm conversation and be part of what he and other republicans believe could be a red wave. >> and jeff, mj was just talking about joe biden's speech last fl night where he believed democracy is on the ballot come next week. you've been crisscrossing the midterm states and the polling they car as they're most import issue. the most important issue being time and again

so there is some fatigue here for chuck grassley. so the former president smoothed some of that., this rally here tonight is about donald trump. it's about his presidential ambitions. but as we talk to so many republicans, one thing becomes clear. even fans of the former president say they're open to a bigger field of contenders. the question, of course, is whether those contenders will jump in if trump does first. anderson? >> appreciate it. thanks, jeff. >>> perspective from now from alyssa farah griffin, former white house director of strategic communications for the former president. and cnn political commentator bakari seller, democratic former legislator from the state of south carolina. how much power, alyssa, do you think the former president has on the campaign trail for these candidates? >> there is no doubt that it will help bring out some turnout. but honestly, a lot of these candidates that are running at least in competitive races were generally shying away from appearing with him in the general election. he's somebody who he's the boost that you want in a primary.

if you look at the reports from chuck grassley, they found hundreds of transactions that were suspiciousously the department of justice didn't seem to have much interest under merrick garland who reports directly to the president so this is the job of the house judiciary committee and the republicans in congress to get to the bottom of this, to use their subpoena authority, to legitimately look at whether or not the president of the united states has been compromised by money from all over the world including china, russia, ukraine, and so this is i hope an area where they can pursue the truth. because ultimately that's all that matters in this situation is what is the truth and how much did joe biden benefit from hunter biden's business arrangements. maria: well, look, you were the former -- you're the fo -- you'e former act's u.s. attorney general. >> i think a special counsel for the hunter biden situation is appropriate because obviously merrick garland and the entire department of justice has a massive conflict in investigating their boss' son and so we have to make sure that someon

it's chuck grassley, f boy or nice guy? >> chuck, that's an f boy because he's going to ghost you.his guy is an ass hole tucker carlson, f boy or nice guy? >> for tucker, f boy and i really love for him to be on my show because he's only person that would be on f boy and f island. >> wow. we'll have legal take a look on that one. that's how you play f boy or nice guy. i got to go make a big show about knowing the janitor's name. let's pause it there. thank you to my analyst and esteemed guest, nikki glaser. thank you so much, nikki. >> thank you, guys. >> listen to the nikki glaser podcast. she will find replacement opener now that gallagher is unavailable. >>> when "tooning out the news" returns, highway to midterm election victory goes to "tooning out the news." if it's america, also probably a minority neighborhood. that's ahead. >> follow "tooning out the news" on facebook, twitter, instagram and tiktok for exclusive content. ♪ ♪ ♪ what if we- ♪ what is that? ♪ hey lexus, turn it up! ♪ there's no place like unknown. -unreal. the all-new lexus rx. never lose your edge. ♪ kelly h

gary, you mentioned chuck grassley, the republican senator.hree-point race. how did it get so close? >> reporter: it seems like folks in this state just want something new. he's been there 40 years. people here think they' that he's done a good job and want him to continue, but folks across the state of iowa want something new and mike franken is a retired navy admiral, has no political experience, but we'll see what happens here in iowa. >>> let's bring in shaquille brewster on the ground in wisconsin today. shaq, first i have a, we know there's some breaking news about a military ballot in milwaukee in particular. bring us up to speed there. >> reporter: yeah, the deputy director of the city's election commission was fired today and is facing criminal charges, the d.a. saying he will likely be charged in the coming days for requesting fraudulently absentee ballots, military ballots, specifically, and sending them to a republican lawmaker's house. in wisconsin, members of the military can request absentee ballots without being registered to v

but the question is, yes, he's campaigning for senator chuck grassley, who is running for his eightherm, he's 89 years old, the oldest republican in the senate. he has some soft support among the conservative because here in iowa, so, this is a bit of an insurance policy for the former president to come and, you know, say his support out lout for chuck grassley. but there is no doubt that this is about donald trump and this is about his sort of reasserting himself on the stage as he decides if he's going to run. he's anticipating a strong republican showing next tuesday and he certainly wants to be front and center in all of that. >> yeah, maybe that is a wave that he will ride. we will see. jeff zeleny reporting live for us from iowa. thank you for that. >>> and to new york now, where vice president kamala harris and hillary clinton are stumping for the democratic governor, kathy hochul, who is locked in an unexpectedly tight race with her republican challenger. cnn's gloria pasmino is with us on this story. gloria, a less than enthusiastic democratic base this midterm cycle and cli

it's chuck grassley. fboy or nice guy? -oh, chuck.l way. -alright. and this guy's an asshole. tucker carlson. fboy or nice guy? -you know, i'm gonna say for tucker fboy, and i'd really love for him to be on my show because, um, he's the only person that would be on fboy and epstein island. -oh, wow! we're gonna have legal take a look at that one. and that's how you play "fboy or nice guy"! i gotta go make a big show about knowing the janitor's name, so let's pause it there. thank you to my analysts and esteemed guest, nikki glaser. thank you so much, nikki. -thank you, guys. -listen to "the nikki glaser podcast" and go see her on "the good girl tour." and don't worry -- she will find a replacement opener now that gallagher is unavailable. when "tooning out the news" returns, the highway to midterm election victory goes through "tooning out the news" and, if it's america, also probably a minority neighborhood. that's ahead. -follow "tooning out the news" on facebook, twitter, instagram, and tiktok for exclusive content. a mystery! jess

on the other hand, chuck grassley in iowa. kind of under the radar, i keep hearing from democrats and republicans who quietly are either overjoyed or concerned about the fact that chuck grassley might get beat in his race in iowa. those two races, i think, would shock a lot of people. longtime senators that people haven't paid much attention to. and then there's the utah race. where people know there's a three-way -- there's this race out there and mcmullen has become the de facto candidate for never-trump republicans and democrats, evan mcmullen now, right on the verge, potentially, of beating mike lee. is mike lee the favorite of that race now? he is, but it's not with -- if you look at all the numbers and what you're hearing out of utah, not inconceivable that mcmullen could pull that out. not inconceivable that mike lee could lose his seat. the last one i'll give you is gretchen whitmer, who ever since dobbs has been seen as a shoo-in in michigan and at times has lead by double digits. finally she finds herself in a very c

. >> the former president was there to campaign for senator chuck grassley where he criticized the policiess with your vote. >> you can reject left, waiting tyranny and proudly declared that america will always remain a free country. >> and this weekend and pennsylvania, you're going to have president biden and former presidents trump and obama campaigning for senate candidates there all right, richard, thank you for updating us. still to come on the kron 4 morning news. humans. very different by the year 3,022, ok, we're going to hear what the company that rendered this image suggest. we got to stop doing in order to wait. looking different from you right back. this is what voting yes on prop 31 means. yes on 31 ends the sale of candy flavored tobacco products. yes, stops big tobacco from targeting our kids. yes, protects kids from nicotine addiction. vote yes on 31. this is what voting yes on prop 31 means. yes on 31 ends the sale of candy flavored tobacco products. yes, stops big tobacco from targeting our kids. yes, protects kids from nicotine addiction. vote yes on 31. your health, pfi

former president trump's stumping for seven terms senate republican chuck grassley and teasing his own 2024 run. i will very, very, very probably do it again. the balance of power in the senate coming down to three dead heat races pennsylvania, nevada and georgia over in georgia. the closer we get to election day, the tighter this race gets democratic senator rafael warnock with 46% herschel walker with 46 as well. cross the country growing concerns about increased threats against election officials in arizona, startling images of armed poll watchers in tactical gear, colorado election officials received a ballot with a suspicious, powdery substance. we identified it through our process is secured the ballot and contacted law enforcement that county clerk of former marine now wears a bulletproof vest, philadelphia's district attorney with a stark warning of any type who are pondering interfering in any way. were they free? fair and final election. better be warned. we have handcuffs. we have jail cells, and we have philadelphia juries that will be here. in milwaukee. the mayor says an

nancy pelosi and diane feinstein, and chuck grassley. poll found three quarters of americans think there should be an age limit for people serving in congress. why do we keep electing so many octogenarians back into office? i'll start with jason. do you think there should be an age limit? >> i do not, i think it is cognitive and cognitive abilities than age related. now, there are people in their elder years that have more cognitive issues than younger, but people who won elections in last midterms like fetterman who does not have mental capacity to govern his state. when you have a commander in chief of the most powerful military in the world, military with over 4,000 nuclear warheads, and he is confounded to a teleprompter, he shakes hands with thin air and falls off stationary bikes and can't did any with without a cheat sheet, he has a cognitive problem. i don't believe there should be an age limit but you want to elect candidates that are cognitively able to govern. >> i do have handlers giving me cheat sheets. richard, this is demo

this was a chuck grassley rally.nt than chuck grassley unwilling to stands up to the maga extremist types on this thing. so i find it hard to believe they're going to stand up to the maga extremists on ukraine if they take over. that's a very important reason to vote next tuesday for sure. >> i remember, donna, the first time i said in terms of their numbers the republican party in this country is the largest authoritarian movement the world over. the right went nuts. nuts. in terms of numbers, the republican party in america is the largest authoritarian movement the world over because supporting putin puts you in line with what putin believes, how he sees the world. i think we make a mistake in the media when we cover those things but the scarier thing, this was a chuck grassley rally, two, the crowd clapped. applauded. same when kari lake mocked paul pelosi. the scarier piece wasn't kari lake, it was the fact that the crowd guffawed. to tim's point and the whole conversation around extremism and radicalization, wha

average age of us senators is 64.3 years. senator patrick j lee has been serving for 47 years. chuck grassley, 41 years, while dianne feinstein is now the oldest sitting you a senator at the age of $89.00. each. me being challenges, but it's also benefit when it comes to being in congress. i've seen changes and trans not only in california, but across the country, not to mention animal than senate. living through that has made me much more effective at my job. such administrations usually have the packing of the armed forces in the u. s. we can see the growing military influence. the pentagon, for example, already plays a leading role in manipulating social media in support of washington's national security priorities. we conduct those operations in support of national security priorities. what i would highlight is that they must be undertaken in compliance with u. s. law and beauty policy. and we have safeguards in place and are committed to observing those safeguards. these are not public affairs operations. these are military information support operations. many of those responsible for yo

has the cognitive capacity to serve alongside mental super athletes like dianne feinstein and chuck grassleyrespectfully purchased fetterman's brain from my cousin ricky. as you can see, fetterman's brain is wrinkly, lacking the silky smooth linoleum sheen of a healthy brain. i've told it to roll over multiple times, and it does not follow basic commands. margaret, back me up. senators need to be geniuses operating at the very top of their intelligence to cast the vote their staff tells them to. -yeah, well, we all know that that's not true. what we do know, i mean, the voters of pennsylvania deserve to know what the real mental and cognitive abilities are of the person they're about to vote for, and that's a pretty reasonable expectation. -it is cute, though. and daddy loves you. who's a good brain? -aww. i kind of want to vote for the brain now. -i'll talk you to the park later so you can play with the other dogs. moving on, our lord and savior, donald trump, is selflessly taking time away from stealing the 2024 election for himself to steal the 2022 election for the republicans who will r

there, the longest serving senator, chuck grassley, is facing the fight of his life to hold onto hisvid, we're all looking forward to watching that and the bbc will have special coverage of that course covering the midterm elections in five days. david, thank you very much forjoining us for now. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we'll be taking you to the nation of wakanda as the black panther sequel has its premiere in london. the israeli prime minister, yitzhak rabin, the architect of the middle east peace process, has been assassinated. a 27—year—old jewish man has been arrested and an extremist jewish organisation has claimed responsibility for the killing. at polling booths throughout the country, they voted on a historic day for australia. as the results came in, it was clear — the monarchy would survive. of the american hostages, there was no sign. - they are being held somewhere inside the compound _ and student leadersl have threatened that should the americans attempt rescue, - they will all die. this mission has surpassed all expectations. voyager one is now the mos

chuck grassley did win in iowa. he barely w ando you look at his age and trumpn after the horrific news of her family. these people are older. jonathan: i'm not in a position to discuss geriatric politics. tom: are you discussing it in the united kingdom? jonathan: our prime minister is in his 40's. tom: it's a bizarre american thing. jonathan: that was your phrase. equity futures on the s&p 500 are negative. waking up to the news i think many people in this market weren't looking for, moving on to cpi tomorrow. the yields are basically unchanged and the euro-dollar is around parity. back in the 80's on crude. lisa: we are focused on tomorrow's cpi prints and we get a bunch of fed speak ahead of that. at 1 p.m., we get the tenure auction from the u.s. treasury department, about 30 $5 billion in 10 year notes. how much do people price and a deceleration of fed funds rate after the hawkish rhetoric it's common the markets. the earnings continues. we get a bunch of them after the market but many are focused on the 11,0

.>> chuck grassley is having some problems.>> i do also want to show you this app, you all remember this risky gambit democrats made of investing millions of dollars into far right, but they considered extremist republican candidates. let's see if that has paid off. here are six races where democrats did that, rolled the dice on that, and the pews at the moment that it did pay off for them. none of these in the polls are matching the democrats. >> they narrow it in pennsylvania, in illinois, it was clearly a beneficial decision. whether it was a smart decision, i don't know if it was. because the race is so tight, that's $53 million the democrats spent that could have spent on turning out the voters for their own candidates. >> ethically dubious, politically effective. >> not in every case. they spent a lot of money for kerry lake. >> the arizona democratic party put in an effort to hide her, but they didn't put dollars behind it. >> you think they put money into her campaign? yes. they did that. >> they didn't put any money in that. >> the one on that list and most interested in is bald

i don't hear things about chuck grassley or richard shelby 86 and 87. what's with the ageism?u can do the job the numbers shouldn't matter especially when you look at the youth vote we had in the mid-terms for democrats who were supporting not just joe biden but joe biden's administration, his agenda and the democrats within his party in the latest mid-term election. >> the president will quickly realize his 82-year-old colleague nancy pelosi being gone is going to be a disaster for him. now there is no one to keep the progressives in line in the u.s. house. and you will see and chuck schumer has already given the agenda over to nancy pelosi's allies in alexandria ocasio-cortez and the squad and schumer has no problem with bernie sanders and elizabeth warren running the show in the senate. the president will have a far more progressive party to deal with as he gets ready for re-election. >> interesting perspective from both of you. appreciate you joining us on this monday ahead of the holiday. thanks so much. david and leslie, thank you. tune into "the five" tonight as we ligh

. >> in iowa, president trump stumping for senator chuck grassley and teasing his own run. >> i will very, very, very probably do it again. >> coming down to dead heat races in nevada and georgia as well. raphael warnock with 46%, his opponent with 46% as well. >> arizona, startling images of armed poll watchers in tactical gear. in colorado, election officials received a ballot with a suspicious powdery substance. >> we secured the ballot and contacted law enforcement. >> that former contacts, a marine, now wears a bullet-proof vest. a stark warning -- >> pondering interfering in any way with a free, fair, and final election better be warned -- we have handcuffs. we have jail cells and philadelphia juries that will be here. >> in the critical pennsylvania senate race, oprah says she supports democrat john fetterman, although she helped propel the tv career of republican challenger dr. mohammed -- mehmet oz. kumasi: we are tracking the return of ballots in california state wide, and less than 16% of ballots have been returned. you can check out the tracking tool on our website, abc7n

the new york post after the hearing was cut short, meeting -- missing have a questions, telling chuck grassley there was other business to attend to when he was going to his family vacation home, not the first time he did that, looking at fbi jets flight paths and he had been to the adirondacks, and since event since the story broke he hasn't gone to the adirondacks but goes very often on weekends to his family home in atlanta. ashley: these officials, someone like christopher ray should know that someone has the information and it will eventually come out but he boldfaced lies. >> he is shameless, he was caught out cutting the hearing short and going on vacation and he said i already organized that and i pay my own way. he was a little bit funny about offering receipts, didn't quite say he would do that. i'm interested not just in the receipts but reimbursement for those but the dates of them. where they contemporaneously did he pay the money back after the post reported on them. ashley: it speaks to character as well. great stuff as always, thank you so much. we've got to get back to hunter

of the biggest bills we are seeing is antitrust reform from senator amy klobuchar and senator chuck grassleystill not made it to the senate floor yet, lots of negotiations, but google would be captured i'm sure under that bill if it were to become law. are there other, what do you foresee on the regulatory front for the u.s., for youtube and google? >> guest: i mean, certainly anything that changes section 230 has implications for youtube. another big area that is much more youtube specific is copyright law. and so in europe, and i'm not an expert on this at all, but article 17 was the rule about copyright and this was, i talked to some of the youtube, this was initially being a thing proposed rent 2019 and they said you don't really appreciate how much of our time and leadership means dealing with this copyright law. it would have in a way as originally written at least according to people a youtube dramatically changed the way they do rights management and made them, made the platform liable for any youtube or that violated copyright laws. they not only did lobbying and google is a powerfu

between you, senator chuck grassley, senator ron johnson.are told as many as 20 to 30 fbi informant have come forward and they are telling stories of how the fbi is so politicized they felt compelled to do so. what are the american people going to learn based on what you don't know, with these whistleblowers will be saying? >> first on, it is not the question, if it is process, it is. we have had agents come talk to us. several agents from our office who have said that it is one agent said it is routed to the court at the top level. not to -- but the top levels at the washington field office. let's just use one name to show you how serious this problem is. timothy table, a whistleblower with senator grassley's office who said it was mr. table who is the special agent in charge of that washington field office here in dc. he is the guy who suppressed information about the hunter biden story just days before weeks before the most important election we have, the potential election. we had a difficult recent both -- and safe by the way, that same

. >>> let's go to iowa where former president trump is set to headline a rally today for chuck grassley and kim reynolds. his visit is fuelling speculation about what he's going to do in 2024. jeff zeleny joins us on the trail in sioux city, what's the president going to say there today? what's he trying to do? >> reporter: president trump of course has been holding rallies throughout the year but i'm told this is the start of something different. he'll do four rallies in five days beginning tonight in iowa, then traveling to pennsylvania, florida, and ohio before election day on tuesday. he's trying to rally republicans for the midterm elections next week but i'm told he's also trying to remind republicans that he, indeed, is the leader of the party. his advisers say the entire midterm elections are resting on his shoulders. that means he's trying to take credit for some republican optimism out here we're seeing in the minds of candidates and voters as well. so certainly inserting himself at the end of the race. >> he's not the only big name republican to go to iowa in recent days. who

former president trump, trex, in iowa at an event for republican senator chuck grassley today. why iowa? is that state in play for democrats? >> well, no, not really but iowa is always in the foremost in the mind of people running for president, republicans, iowa will certainly be the first state in 2024, look, i mean, part of the problem democrats have is that biden this year is more consistently and broadly facing disapproval than trump did in 2018. if you look at it on a national basis biden's national approval on election day might be very comparable to trump's 45% in 2018, but the key difference is that in 2018, there were still states where trump was at 50% or above. in fact, the four democratic incumbents that republicans beat in the senate in 2018 even though it was a good overall year for democrats were all in states where trump was at 50% or above. florida, north dakota, missouri and indiana. in contrast this year, biden's approval is pretty weak, 45% or below often 40% or below in pretty much every state that matters for the senate battle which is why you haven't see

including senators marco rubio, ron johnson and chuck grassley. trump also weighed in on the midterm results on the truth social website yesterday. he claimed new hampshire's republican senate nominee lost his race for not staying strong and true about the big lie. in another, he compared the number of votes he received in florida in 2020 to support this year for his possible 2024 opponent. and in yet another post, trump conceded the tuesday's election was somewhat disappointing. but added that from his personal standpoint, it was a big victory. particularly oz who lost to john fetterman. he tweets, he is, quote, blaming everyone who advised him to back off including his wife describing it as not her best decision. this is according to people close to the former president. some republicans are blaming trump for their lackluster election night including allies. "the new york times" quoted long time trump adviser as saying, quote, republicans followed donald trump off the side of a cliff. former trump white house press secretary said trump should no

let me tell you, i was in iowa, and i've been watching mike franklin closing the gap on chuck grassleyn oklahoma, watching kendra horn closing the gap on markwayne mullin. in north carolina, and i think sharon these lee can lend inspiration in north carolina. it's not just a blue state that gets a lot of attention. i'm telling you, and some of these red states, that are very competitive races, democrats are gonna do really well. that's why -- they'll do fine. i feel good about this race. >> michael steele and doug jones, from bipartisan patootie -- tonight. thank you both, a reminder that you can join msnbc for special coverage ahead of election day, at 7 pm eastern. ali velshi, jonathan cape, alicia menendez, and a man meridian, host a preview of the midterms. then at 9 pm eastern, all appear on a special addition of -- with joe, micah, and willie. and then at 10 pm -- examines the critical latino vote in this year's election and a brand-new episode of the report with paula ray mao. and of course, on election night, this twos and rachel maddow. joy raid -- [inaudible] 6 pm eastern on

. >> we can project in iowa, chuck grassley has a solid lead. if he wins re-election, he would be the longest serving sitting senator. >> chuck schumer will win his fifth term in office. >> we're projecting jerry moran will win his third term. >> north dakota, we can project that john jovan has the lead. we don't have enough data to make that call. >> republican senator john thune has won re-election in south dakota. we take a look at the balance of power in the senate. democrats with 39, republicans with 34. the majority 51. republicans again, holding those seats in florida and we're looking at ohio, pennsylvania and north carolina. they're looking to pick up seats a number of places throughout the country. >> we'll see numbers fill in and white that sits there for a long time in the middle of the senate. let's take a look at new york. this has become a really closely watched race because of the crime issue in new york. the incumbent, kathy hochul has a lead against lee zeldin. there was a time not long ago where nobody thought this was close. h

. >> we can predict in iowa chuck grassley has solid lead. he would become the longest serving city senator. >> in new york chuck schumer will win fifth term in office. no surprise there. north carolina, republican don hoban has the lead but we do not have enough data to make the call. >> john thune won in south dakota. democrats with 39. the majority, 51 republicans again holding those seats in florida and we are looking at ohio, pennsylvania, north carolina, but they are looking to pick up seats in places throughout the country. >> we will see the numbers fill in and white that sits there for a long time in the middle to have senate. in new york this has become a really closely watched race because of the crime issue, incumbent kathy hochul has lead to lee zeldin. there was a time where nobody thought it was even close. he has given her a run for her money. that's where it stands at this point. >> in arizona another high-profile contest, secretary of state katie hobbk and kerry lake. in wisconsin the race between evers and tim michael, too e

campaigning for 80 nine-year-old senator chuck grassley. who was running for a storm. tonight, trump told a crowd he will, quote very very very probably run again. he might be the work the new york attorney general to steam had a huge win against trump and his business in court today. there's also news but not to pelosi's husband, ball. who suffered a fractured skull after being attacked with the averages six days ago. he was really from the hospital this afternoon and is now recovering at home in san francisco. tonight, the speaker said in the statement this. paul remains under doctor's care as he continues to progress in a long recovery process. with that, let's all get smarter tonight with the help of our lead off panel. nbc news correspondent, my dear friend currently, is here. barbara mcquade, veteran federal prosecutor and former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan. and belize and toward director just fusion she spent two years as a lead election reporter for propublica. okay, kara. walk me through this, people are getting harassed. voters are gett

senator chuck grassley is running for an eighth term in the senate and has softness among the conservative base. no question. it's an insurance policy for him to have the former president come, put his arm around him and give him some support. reality is this rally and visit is about donald trump. make no mistake about that. surely, if history is any guide he will spend majority of his time at his rally here in sioux city tonight talking about himself, talking about former grievances from the previous elections, but there's no doubt that the former president also has played a heavy hand in this midterm election campaign. several of his preferred candidates won their primary campaigns and now are in locked -- in very close races to potentially win next week. so he's certainly, he wants to step into that glow, if you will. the sense of optimism seeing across the country from republicans. the former president wants to reinsert himself in that conversation and he'll be here in iowa. he's going to pennsylvania, florida and ohio all before election day, and, yes, there are some close races in so

the oldest sitting senators are dianne feinstein and chuck grassley at 89 years old. grassley just won re election and will be well into his nineties before the end of his next six year term. on the other side. it just 25 years old, the minimum age. the constitution allows the first member of gen z florida congressman elect maxwell frost will be sworn in in january. younger lawmakers historically have fewer positions of power and a harder time staying in office, especially hard to take on an incumbent when you're first termer that's when you're most vulnerable, and it's not just congress when it comes to the oval office. president biden just celebrated his 80th birthday and currently the only declared 2024 candidate, former president trump would be 78 years old at the next inauguration imposed do show that most people do not want a rematch of biden versus trump in 2024. so that's one to watch. i do think that there is some yearning for younger leadership . president biden has said he will assess his 2024 plan. ends over the holidays, calling it a family decision in was

he was appearing here in iowa to support chuck grassley running for his eighth term. but the biggest headline out of that speech last night was about president trump's own plans. he said, yes, next tuesday is the most important thing but then he pivoted toward to a potential presidential run. he's been talking about this for a long time. this, of course, is not going to come as a surprise to anyone at this point, it would be a bigger surprise if he did not decide to make another bid for the presidency. but that entire speech last night was filled with similar grievances, it was backward looking as opposed to forward looking. that is the question here, what is the message if he runs again and are republican voters open to a third run. the ones i've been talking to here, they are still open to considering a wider field. so that, of course, is his challenge but made very clear that he is looking forward to this and he said get ready. so the timing probably is the end of this month. >> jeff zeleny on the campaign trail for us. eat your wheaties, thank you. >>> now to cnn

. >>> a top senate republican, chuck grassley is asking elon musk to review twitter's security vulnerabilitieschief told congress about possible threats from the inside, including an fbi warning that a chinese agent was on twitter's payroll. grassley is calling on musk to complete now a full-threat assessment. cnn's alison kosik joining us. alison, what do we know about the status? is this an ongoing threat at twitter? >> that's a good question. something that's been widely reported, thousands of employees at twitter have been laid off, but not only that, some top executives who used to work on teams that involved security and privilege see, they've handed in their resignations. this includes the chief information security officer and the head of integrity and safety. these are critical roles at twitter that remain unfilled. it begs the question, who is minding the store, keeping an eye on digital security, protecting twitter against the possible threat of a cyber security incident. it begs all those questions. former twitter head of security peter zach co-already already testifying that twitt

. >> one of the questions people have when we look at lawmakers, chuck grassley just won re-election,ne people focused on. a question is biden is the way he is now, he says watch me. the question is what does that look like by the end of the second term. that was the question for reagan, we played that sound bite from 1984. but what can people expect in the next decade if it's biden, trump, someone of this age. >> remember at the end of reagan, not so much. >> it's a legitimate question. we don't have anything to predict how someone will be two years, five years, ten years from now. but the good news is that those people who are active and vibrant now in their 80s tend to continue that way for a little bit longer. so someone like your mother has a very good chance of continuing in that pathway and that trajectory and still kind of how they are now predicts how they're going to be the next five to ten years. >> very interesting. thank you very much. >> she keeps it young, your mom. >> i know she does. when i turn 80 in two years i hope i'm as spry as my mom. >> doctor, thank you. that

but then you have chuck grassley all over their running, and like, hang up here running shoes. replying this thing where we need to talk about who is leading our country. if you can't operate your own smartphone, if you don't know what cybersecurity is, or to factor identification, you should probably not be making our. loss >> snl wanted to weigh in on. this they had this to say, this was a viral moment happening on saturday. listen to this. >> sometimes, a familiar face can be the most terrifying. >> in political news, president biden has said he intends to run for reelection in 2024. >> you trusted him once. >> i knew he was a little old, but he could still win, right? he beat trump. >> but can he be desantis? >> i don't know. i don't know! >> can we trust him again? >> 79 now, elections in two years, so that means -- [laughs] >> when it feels like nothing is going right -- [noise] >> gas prices are still kind of high. >> even though it kind of is -- >> are we so worried? -- the infrastructure bill. >> but he fell off his bike once! [noise] >> ageism or funny? >> funny, and

. >> the iowa senate race, chuck grassley will maintain his seat beating mike franken. now the longest-serving senator in the senate. >> 89. >> if you see his instagram page -- >> he is on it. >> yeah. >> he will take a photo of his 50-year-old vacuum cleaner, and it has a name. also, up and down with his tractor on the far. it is good stuff. >> on that race, they said that race was within three. i thought it's grassley really in trouble. the iowa poll is almost always accurate. >> foxnews decision desk also predicts that louisiana senator john kennedy will win a majority in this race -- i don't know we had that one if we can get it up on the screen -- but it is a huge win. john kennedy. >> without a runoff. probably the senator with the best one-liners. >> absolutely. >> no doubt. >> running away with it. >> exactly. >> riskier than sushi at a gas station. [laughter] republicans and also breathe a sigh of relief in oklahoma. kevin will hold on for another term beating his rival julie hofmeister. bring in harold ford. there was some thought that hofmeister may actually

. >> and jim jordan and chuck grassley sent a new letter to mayorkas highlighting concerns about a newhs program aimed to admit venezuelan nationals asking how many venezuelan nationals the administration plans to have in the new program. as for why the president personally has not been to the border, the white house has said multiple times, multiple different answers. vice president harris, though, sandra and john, went to a processing facility in texas, that was in june 2021, about a year and a half ago. she has not been back to the border since. sandra. >> sandra: a lot of people find that hard to believe they would not see it as a necessary step here to fix the problem. david punt spunt from the white house, thank you. >> john: tom homan, former acting ice director, and tom, in order to identify and solve a problem, do you have to look at it firsthand or can you look at it from afar? >> look, i think -- i think mccarthy said the right thing, you need to have hearings. what i did not hear is the word impeachment, that needs to happen for mayorkas. if they have oversight hearings and