but what are the chances tonight that democrats can hold the house and the senate? do democrats or republicans have the momentum? the latest numbers from our partners at fivethirtyeight and terry moran is here. >>> the war in ukraine and tonight, new russian missile and drone attacks taking out power plants across ukraine, just as they prepare for the cold and the winter ahead. tonight, president zelenskyy saying a third of the country's power stations now destroyed. and tonight here, the new images emerging of that underwater pipeline connecting russia to germany. destroyed by several powerful explosions, now we see it, and, of course, the question, was it russian sabotage? what nato has warned an brit c clean net here in ukraine. >>> two college students attacked by a grizzly bear. >>> the massive fire breaking out at a pumpkin patch. families picking pumpkins as more than 70 vehicles went up in flames. >>> and the honor for james bond tonight. actor daniel craig this evening and the message from the royal family right out of bond. >>> good evening and it's great t

and a couple of weeks the democrats are in a really tight race with republicans for control of the house, the senate, and also several states. and the number one issue for american voters by far is inflation with ukraine, way down that list of priorities. but here's the democratic house speaker, nancy pelosi running off to a foreign country instead of toward the finish line in the final stretch of the race to attend to conference about the occupying crimea when people there voted 8 years ago in favor of what the west keith qualify as occupation. meanwhile, the biden administration and the democratic house and senate majorities keep routinely shoveling billions of dollars in cash and weapons out the door to keep enabling a war that's completely deregulating the energy markets. and is a big contributing factors of the cost of living problem that american voters is so upset about right now. so, you know, talk about tone deaf if democrats lose these elections and current republican house minority leader kevin mccarthy takes below the place of house majority leader. he's already said that the

if democrats lose these elections and current republican house minority leader, kevin mccarthy takes polos the place as house majority leader. he's already said that there shouldn't be a quote blank check for ukraine, for which republican congresswoman liz cheney attacked him as the quote leader of the pro putin way of my party. because you know, if you're actively questioning america's military strategy and ukraine now, well then here with why am i guess that means that most of them is to then since a quincy institute poll last month, found that 57 percent of americans want washington to engage in diplomacy with russia immediately, even if it means making compromises with moscow. now romanian defense minister vacillate, dang, who also said that the way to peace for ukraine is through negotiations with russia . and now he has resigned over those remarks just a week later, citing quote, an inability to collaborate with romanian. president klaus, you'll harness who is commander in chief of the army. now here are these controversial remarks that he said the will continue. and the only c

>> ronna: we hold the power of the purse in the house and democrats have shown priority with voting, atrol and more teachers for kids with deficits, they got 87,000 i.r.s. agents, the house can stop that. joe biden talks about being unified and work across the aisle, this is his chance, this is repudiation of the democratic party. if know ares have big wins, they better recognize, they have to come to the center and work on behalf of the american people and that is what we're focused on, making lives better for voters in desperate need for leadership in washington instead of partisan disaster we're seeing with rising crime and inflation, open border and drugs coming across and kids struggling from the democratic party. >> shannon: one seat you need to pick up is pennsylvania, "washington post" reporting on your commentses saying head of republican party mocks speaking ability of fetterman and biden talking about a radio show you were on talking about them not being able to string together a full sentence. do you regret that appears insensitive? >> ronna: i want john fetterman to be ge

well, just today, president biden directed the democratic national committee to transfer another $18 million to help house senate democrats and their races. that includes a very high profile race in new york, featuring the head of the democratic congressional campaign committee, a member of house democratic leadership. the -- is apparently so worried about his own chairman that they are throwing another $600,000 into the race to defend him. that alone for democrats is alarming, but democrats are concerned about have seats in new england, that is a flashing red light. first lady jill biden heads to rhode island tomorrow to help with democratic house candidate there. vice president kamala harris visited connecticut earlier this month to help a house democratic candidate there. and republicans are reportedly now recommitting money in new hampshire, to try to unseat democratic senator maggie hassan. continuing our trip now through the political landscape, let's go visit my home commonwealth of pennsylvania. tonight, the two senate candidates in that race are in their first and only debate. democratic lieutena

first lady jill biden heads to rhode island tomorrow to help a democratic house candidate there. president kamala harris visited connecticut earlier this month to help a house democratic candidate there, and republicans are reportedly now recommitting money in new hampshire to try to unseat democratic senator maggie hassan. continuing our trip now through the political landscape, let's go visit my home commonwealth of pennsylvania. tonight the two senate candidates in that race spar in the their first and only debate. democratic lieutenant governor john fetterman versus republican candidate mehmet oz. >> i'm also having to talk about something called the oz rule, that if he's on tv, he's lying. >> john fetterman takes everything to an extreme, and those extreme positions hurt us all. >> now, this race looked like a slam dunk victory for fetterman earlier this summer and not just because at 6'8", he towers over dr. oz. >> people have been trying to label me my entire life. i do not look like a typical politician. i don't even look like a typical person. >> since then, the polls ha

a man has been charged with attempted murder following an attack on the husband of the us democratic houseing to an emergency call, burst into the pelosis' house where they found 82 year old paul pelosi with an intruder who'd been shouting "where is nancy? our washington correspondent nomia iqbal has more. this incident has shocked lawmakers on both side. including president biden who spoke to nancy pelosi on the phone and said he is praying for paul pelosi's quick recovery. we know that this attack happened in the early hours in the morning. the assailant broke into the pelosi's house in san francisco with a hammer. there have been lots of different things that have been reported. but the police chief of san francisco, william scott gave a press conference earlier today, let's listen to what he said. when the officers arrived on scene, they encountered an adult male and mr pelosi's husband, paul. our officers observe mr pelosi and the suspect holding a hammer. he pulled the hammer away from mr pelosi and violently assaulted him with it. our officers tackled the suspect and took him into c

house districts -- that's 75. three are new districts drawn up after the census. 53 seats, democrats on defense. 22, it is republicansht here in that same commonwealth of virginia. three house democrats back on their heels as we enter into the final week. republicans need a net gain of five. they could get three of those five right here in the commonwealth of virginia. look at this seat. this is 2020 election. jennifer wexton won comfortably in 2020. you come forward now, she is running against a military veteran running in this district in northern virginia. pull out the map a little bit, come down to the district beneath it. spanberger, the democratic incumbent running against vega. i want to show you in a presidential year, abigail spanberger won this seat but just barely. look how close it was. then the third district, come back to the house, come down on the map, here in the southeast corner. you have elaine laueria, the democratic incumbent. you might remember her, she's on the january 6th committee. this is now, if you go back two years ago, a comfortable five high point victory for lauria but all three democr

don't care if you're republican or democrat, house democrats continue to turn a blind eye, the leadere republican party pushed on this commitment, house republicans win back the majority, and if you get apprehended you get released. more people break the law. it is complete lawlessness along the border. of the one vice president harris going to austin, texas for democrat fundraiser. in texas. do you think she will go to the border? >> she better go to the border. 74 members of congress, republicans and democrats, i am urging the vice president, i will host you at the border, i will load the room up with nothing but democrats just so you hear what is happening at the border and they will tell you the same thing everyone else is telling, it is frustrating the vice president is coming to austin, texas to raise money. this is about politics. people along the border, we had enough with the politics, we need help, we need solutions, house democrats led by mccarthy, we are ready to do that but it starts in november. vote republican up and down the ballot and let's get some change going. stua

the biden white house, democrats are outraged about what happened.n to them threatening retail ages, sit tight, lies renn to this and watch. >> saudis planes could not fly literally without american technicians. their air force would be grounded to a halt. they can't rely on china and russia. it would take them almost a decade. they have been dependent on our military for decades. so it would force them to reconsider. >> right now they're calling for stopping of u.s. arms sales to saudi arabia. do you support that legislation? president biden: we'll react to saudi arabia. >> gas prices go down. >> with the saudis, that the saudis then backed away from? >> again, the trip was not about oil. that is not what we went to do there. elizabeth: unfortunately for the press secretary yes, it was about oil. so the president is threatening retaliation because the, because saudi arabia violated their secret deal? this is where we're at in geopolitics and our foreign policy congressman fallon? >> reminds me of what my mom used to say about what a tangled web we w

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>> well, there's been very little good news, katy, for house democrats, as the house field continues to expand. i spent much of last week, with the house minority leader kevin mccarthy who kind of opened up his playbook, so to speak, on what the majority might look like, if he's speaker. that includes what he would consider holding the debt limit up for unrelated priorities, to cut spending, investigations into the biden administration, and very little ukraine funding, he said that there's not going to be any more blank checks, his words, not mine, to ukraine. and so it is going to be a huge sea change. and i'm not entirely sure to be honest you with, based on my reporting, that the biden administration has completely wrapped its head around what it will look like if republicans do take the majority in the house. it's going to be incredibly difficult to get anything through, and katy, i think that spills over to just a month from now, when the lame duck session begins, the lame duck session of congress begin, when the biden administration, if they're smart and if they see, if republi

leaders of the entire persian gulf region. >> so, let me ask you about ukraine, because there were house democratsdemocrats, who drafted a letter to president biden, asking him to pair with military and economic aid, negotiations with russia, a lot of backlash, they got on that. they clarified. they then reversed this letter. but there's clearly some discord in your party when it comes to this aid. to ukraine, or exactly the open-ended nature of it. at this point. in time, the story before wa re saying there's not going to be a blank check. well, now, democrats are part of the story. what are your concerns as american allies are watching this story line? >> well, brianna, look, there are members of both parties, kevin mccarthy, the leader of the house republicans, and this group of 30 house democrats who have withdrawn that letter. but there are voices in both parties who have said that they will not continue indefinitely to support ukraine. but let's be clear. leaders in both parties, mitch mcconnell in the senate and nancy pelosi in the house, republican and democrat, are reasserting more strong

i'll be in rhode island and alan function has a chance to pick up a democratic house seat who is a more republican. >> like looking for a blue dog democrat. there's one. >> if he wins that i'd like to be an eye on the wall the first time he goes into the conference to see how that goes. >>> a major escalation in ukraine. new strikes hitting critical infrastructure in cities already badly damaged by russian attacks. style chicken is sublime and the roasted garlic aioli adds a lovely y pecan flavor. man, thehe second retirement really changed you. the new susubway series. what''s your pick? before... & bath fitter. before.. & bath fitter. if you have a "before" bath, now's the time to call bath fitter to get a beautiful "after." with our unique tub over tub process, there's no mess or stress. spend smart on a beautiful new bath done right, backed by a lifetime warranty. join over 2 million happy customers who know: it just fits. bath fitter visit bathfitter.com to book your free consultation. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (snorting) if you struggle with cpap... (groan) (growling) (chuckle) ...you shoul

the appropriations committee and house democrats work to clear all 12 government funding bills out of committee and pass six on the floor of this -- of the house this summer. these are transformational bills needed to meet the moment, tackle our nation's biggest challenges. the legislation before us allows additional time for bipartisan, bicameral negotiations to enact final 2023 funding bills. the bill also includes $12.35 billion in necessary emergency funding to support the ukrainian people and global democracy in the face of russia's grievous invasion of ukraine. this body came together twice earlier this year to deliver on our commitment to the courageous people of ukraine. but most of those resources have already been disbursed or committed. for that reason this bill includes necessary security assistance for ukraine, including $3 billion for the ukraine security assistance initiative to keep weapons and ammunition flowing without interruption. and $1.5 billion to replenish u.s. stocks of equipment sent through drawdown authority. we also help ukraine protect its democracy by su

objecting to electors, and by the way, and two of those times, 1969 and 2005, it wasn't just a democrat house member that objected, a democrat sinner -- senator joined and objected to that boat. we also know the hypocrisy that the democratic rage in trump has produced, where we have a kangaroo circus of a january 6 committee literally chaired by a house democrats who made one of those objections, insisting that it is now utterly unimaginable to object to a presidential election and to the outcomes thereof. we also know that the democrats are hell-bent on federal icing elections, and this bill takes a significant step down that road. of putting the federal government in charge of elections, that has been a top democrat priority for some time. but the biggest reason this bill is problematic is that it is intended to decrease the ability of the united states congress to address the very real problem of voter fraud. voter fraud has been a persistent challenge in our elections from the dawn of time. democrats use to acknowledge that. there didn't used to be a controversial statement, until suddenl

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rising net worth of house speaker pelosi as house democrats delay a bipartisan ban on stock trading inongress. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪ elizabeth: welcome to the show. get right to it with the breaking news. darrell issa from house judiciary with "new york post" columnist jon levine. thanks for joining us tonight. first congressman, your take the justice department reportedly has enough evidence to charge hunter biden with a tax crime and gun purchase crime? >> it is the tip of the iceberg. what i've seem on his laptop and other places show there is a lot more than that the real question is, you know, since the big guy and the brother of the president are also implicated are they going to be put under the same scrutiny. elizabeth: what more evidence do you have, congressman, before i get to you, jon? what else have you seen on the laptop? >> what we've seen, in one case a draft that includes jim biden back and forth planning what would, i would call foreign activity and foreign lobbying. as a matter of fact, the amazing thing is, he says i'm not a

trey: seems that democrats, house democrats in particular wanted to use the threat to democracy argumentwithstand history and hold on to the house, that does not appear to be working? what do you think? >> i doubt that very much. i think we are probably in agreement. that the january 6, threats to democracy and abortion combination, that democrats sought to galvonized, round over summer may have helped a little bit, but when things cost what they are costing for american people and border is what it is and crime is rampant, they can only ride these issues so far. and if talk about polling, you look at where american people are in their priorities it is inflation, economy and crime, those bread and but butter issues heading to november, most americans believe democrat priority are january 6, climate and abortion, divorced from where most voters, if that pans out democrats will have a very painful night. trey: o w i don't think we can survive in a country, where the media is not respected. help come with a solution, come back on and we'll discuss it. >> thank you for joining us on a sunday

if she does well enough you can see the democrats when the house and senate. ursday we had a piece about competitive state legislative chambers. so kind of the overlap in key swing states. host: 40% for republicans and 45% for democrats the gallup to pull of party affiliation 43% of those say they are independent. where did they fall? guest: all independents are sort of closet partisans. this a yearly more democratic relay more for republicans. you leave the number it will be reduced significantly. however, independents are still important there are people who swing between the two parties. democrats have been holding up ok with independents in senate races the question is what continues to the finish line? host: that's hear from ted. ted in boston. independent line go ahead. caller: i was just sitting here remarking, you know, after i see this guy on tv i'm saying while we have to deal with this. like i used to call into c-span and it used to be higher-quality because we were presented with higher quality topics of discussion and candidates. i'm sitting here w

election political report says this about you, he is now pretty much alone as a conservative democrat in the housery people who hold your positions are being squeezed out of the democratic party is there place for you? >> you know, i am a democrat, i am ace conservative democrat work in a bipartisan way i work with senator cornyn the party has the extreme but we have the extreme left. we have the extreme rights. some of us are not standing up to washington to make political statements. we sent to washington to do the hard job. that is governed pretty got to work with democrats and republicans like my friend tony gonzalez. we sit on appropriations and we work together. michael mccaul is another person, we work together. our ways of working together. i think there is definitely room for a conservative moderate democrat like myself. shannon: congress and you are in a close race were watching house districts along the border. your opponent cassie garcia we mention she brought up the fbi raid in your home back in january. is there anything you can clarify or explain that investigation of what's going o

democrats seem concerned about this. according to the "washington post," 30 house democrats sent a letter to biden urging him to shift his strategy with ukraine and pursue direct negotiations with russia. well, yeah. but liz cheney, who loves wars, because they make her feel powerful, remains completely unfazed about the prospect of, well, destruction the world. here she was yesterday. >> the idea that somehow the party is now no longer going to support the ukrainian people -- you know, for somebody who has a picture of ronald reagan on the awesome his office in the capitol, the notion that now kevin mccarthy is going to make his herd of the pro-putin wing of my party is a stunning thing. it's dangerous. he knows better. the fact that he's willing to go down the path that america will no longer stand for freedom tells you he's willing to sacrifice everything for his own political gain. >> tucker: oh, yeah. the ukrainian people, not some corrupt oligarch in a tracksuit. we're helping the ukrainian people, making sure the war goes on as long as possible, until we get to nuclear war. it's anyone more loathsome than liz chen

the current house, democrats have a narrow majority, 220-212. republicans increasingly confident they will not only take the house but take it with decent news. one of the ways we see the democrats on defense, if you look at the 78 races that cnn and our partner inside elections define as competitive seats, look at all the blue, 78 of them, 53 and 22, 75. three of these districts are new districts drowning up after redistricting but democrats on defense defending more than twice as many seats as republicans and if you look at these democratic seats look at the blue on this map. they're in new england, in maine, new hampshire, rhode island. a bunch in new york, you come to virginia, some out here in the midwest and even out on the west coast, you have democrats defending in blue state, two seats, in oregon democrats are defending back on their heels. look in california. it's among -- it's the largest most populous blue state of the nine competitive districts out there. eight held by democrats there so in the house race democrats back on their heel

joining us now is mandy steele, democratic candidate for pennsylvania house of representatives in thed district. thank you very much for joining us tonight. this is one of those districts that, if the democrats are going to control pennsylvania, they have got to win districts like this. what, for you, is at stake in this election? >> i will tell you that we are very, very close to losing abortion access in pennsylvania. i personally have knocked 10,000 doors in this district since the primary. and it is very clear to me that this is the work of a vocal group of extremists, minority extremists, who are trying to force this issue on us. when i knock on doors, when i meet people in this district, pennsylvanians want to see abortion protection in pennsylvania. we believe that is a right. we want to see women participating as full citizens in our state. and we know that we need to have autonomy over our own bodies in order for that to happen. over ourso own, there is a lot e for some pennsylvania this year. for the first time, because of redistricting, we have a chance to potentially flip

rallied for zell din beyond state wide office, sean pat cipollone, responsible for keeping key democratic house seats locked in a tight contest himself. >> don't punish the people who are fixing your problems and don't reward the people who are trying to exploit the problems for their own political power. >> reporter: democrats also under pressure to maintain governors mansions in two traditionally blue states. oregon where president biden campaigned earlier this month and new mexico where he'll go this week. joined on the trail by his one-time running mate, former president obama. >> democracy mass a state in this election. >> reporter: working battleground states like michigan where democratic governors are trying to hold on. and with days to go, democrats eyeing ruby-red oklahoma as a possible pickup as that gubernatorial race becomes newly competitive with issues on abortion on the line in the home stretch. >> i'm going to spend the rest of the time making case this is not a. >>referee: rehn dum referendum this is a choice, a fundamental choice. >>> democracy itself is on the ballot this ye

you got missouri democrat emmanuel cleaver supporting the house band, he's upset with pelosi what she'ss what democrats are now saying. that nvidia move, paul pelosi had to sell shares after mounting public criticism but there are a lot of other trades the pelosi family made that's made them one of the richest and congress. they are soundly in the 1%, net worth with $15 million. is she going to get away with this pushing off ban bill? >> i think her time is limited, i certainly hope it is but i think it's interesting, 70% of voters want the band to be enacted. i am reminded of the contract with america, the number one thing was make members of congress abide by laws that apply to all americans. there was wisdom in that and that's what we need to see here. elizabeth: we to have you on, thank you for joining us. terrific columnist, thank you so much. we got a surprising list of top democrats former president obama blamed for hillary losing to trump based on newly revealed government documents. mollie hemingway takes that on next on "the evening edit".nt ♪al ...a "chow down" day... a "take

house. that is nothing but good news for democrats running in '24. bad news for america in '22. >> yeah. >> bad news for what comes out of the house. but it's something that actually some republican candidates i suspect in '24 are already figuring out. >>> coming up, a new warning from the ceo of one of the biggest banks might have you thinking twice before clicking that buy now button while shopping. >>> andrew ross sorkin will be here to explain that. >>> and later, we are 3 1/2 hours away from first pitch in the divisional series, but the world series is not the marquee event in sports that it once was. a new book explores the rise and stagnation of the grandest stage. >>> but up next, we have the latest out of ukraine as vladimir putin continues his shelling of civilians. former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul and retired general barry mccaffrey join us when "morning joe" returns. my asthma felt anything but normal. ♪ ♪ it was time for a nunormal with nucala. nucala is a once-monthly add-on treatment for severe eosinophilic asthma that ca

democrat house seats. democrat controlled states.ats are in play because of precisely the issues. >> right. >> republicans are trying to get the last word so their timing could be right on in terms of these issues becoming so urgent and they are the ones with the last message in with voters. >> again, three weeks left, although early voting starting in some states as well. crunch time in the midterms. >>> up next, a brand-new vote sheds light in a dramatic video of congressional leadership january 6. and details how the republican leader kevin mccarthy went from donald trump calling fob censored to racing to mar-a-lago to get back in his good graces. if you have a "before" bath, now's the time t to call bath fitter to get a beautiful "afteter." with our unique tub over tub process, there's no mess or strtress. spend smart on a beautiful new bath done right, backed by a lifetime warranty. join over 2 million happy customers who know: it just fits. bath fitter visit bathfitter.com to book your free consultation. ♪ ♪ the first time your

beyond state-wide office, sean patrick maloney responsible for keeping key democratic house seats locked in a tight >> don't punish the people who are fixing your problems, and don't reward the people who are trying to exploit the problems for their own political power. >> reporter: democrats also under power to maintain governors' mansions in two traditionally blue states. >> hello oregon. >> reporter: oregon, where president biden campaigned earlier this month, and new mexico, where he'll go this week. joined on the trail by his one-time running mate, president obama. working to boost enthusiasm in critical battlegrounds like michigan and wisconsin this weekend, where incumbent democratic governors are trying to hold on. and with just days to go, democrats eyeing ruby red oklahoma as a possible pickup, as that gubernatorial race becoming competitive. abortion on the line, all part of the president's closing pitch in this home stretch. >> i'm going to be spending the rest of the time making the case that this is not a referendum. it's a choice. it's fundamental choice, a choice between

not just among, it is not just in the white house, but you see it by democrats everywhere, but startingt the white house, a denial that it's out there as strong as it really is. let me play a little montage of what some democrats have been saying recently. roll tape. president biden: look at what i have inherited and what i have done. >> people talk about inflation as we heard there, we have to change that subject. inflation is a global phenomenon. it's not the, the fight is not about inflation. it's about the cost of living. >> i will remind people too of a history lesson that there in the 1930s germany there was a candidate, there was a party that said they were going to do something about inflation and they did do something about inflation. inflation went away but so did the democracy in germany in the 1930s up until 1945. david: so liz, people who complain about inflation are really nazis, that is what we're hearing from democrats? >> i'm trying to figure out the difference between the cost of living and inflation. of course they want to change the subject, david. look voters are no