. >> why is eric hovde in your words a flaming disaster ? >> will rogers, the famous comedian and songwriter had this phrase, i never met a man i did not like. eric hovde never met a wisconsinite he did like it he said some meetings, women pay too much attention to what is happening in hollywood, farmers sit on a tractor, don't work hard anymore. seniors in nursing homes do not have the mental capacity to vote, senior mothers lack morals and ethics, young people do not have the work ethic that one did. people struggling with their weight need to face consequences, add extra charges for health insurance. this is not something wisconsinites want and does not seem like he wants them either. eric donetsk to does not like you.com has all the citations on that . >> ben wikler, great to see you, thanks for joining me tonight. that is our show for this evening. time for the last word with ari melber. i went on vacation with my crazy children, i appreciate that and you in ways you cannot know. >> it is always a pleasure, your team is fantastic, that

eric hovde owns a 3 billion- dollar california bank. dollar ocean view mansion and he has actually been named one of orange county's most influential residents three years in a row. folks, we have a green county. we have a brown county. we do not have an orange county in wisconsin. and. >> the senator's campaign has as pointed to past remarks by her opponent that are not exactly sitting well with a key voting block in wisconsin. dairy farmers. >> they don't clock out at 5:00 or care if it is the weekend. that means we keep working too. >> so when eric hovde says farmers don't work off, that pieces me off. >> look at the physical toil that it would take on your body. now you are largely driving around a tractor. >> a california banker criticizing wisconsin farmers for not working hard? we know what that is. >> eric hovde, what the hell is wrong with this guy? >> i'm tammy baldwin and i approve this message. >> as for the presidential race in wisconsin, kamala harris has closed the polling gap with trump among wisconsin voters according t

. >> eric hovde thinks if you're a single mom you're going to be poor or be a drug addict. >> that's to a life of poverty, leads to higher drug rates. >> that shows that eric hovde is ignorant. >> they're using sound from 2012 of you there. i want to ask you, do you believe if a parent is single if with child is born out of wedlock that that leads to poverty, a higher rate of drug use, anything like that? >> well, first of all, it's rich with irony again, because i married a single mother. my wife. she had already had a little one and i have homes here in wisconsin to help single mothers and my hovde home in madison is for single mothers. as it pertains to your question, studies have shown without a question of the fact that the quickest path to poverty in america is being a single parent. it's a difficult position to be in as a parent, it's tough to raise children and it really is better done with two parents, but does that mean that i'm against single mothers? are you kidding me? i'm helping single mothers. does that mean that children that come from single mothers can't succeed? o

congressional primaries and the senate race where we have eric hovde who is a flaming disaster, willthe backdrop to all of this is a surge of enthusiasm, democrats feeling like they have a chance to fundamentally vote for their freedoms, fearlessly, opportunity for everyone to get ahead and vote against maga and the attacks and abortion ban undermining democracy and afflicting our state. ever since trump won in 2016 by .07 percentage points. young people are getting re- engaged in politics, people that never volunteered before putting on handsets and knocking on doors, knocked on tens of thousands of doors over the weekend, that surge of energy, our job as democrats, keep it going all the way for the next 83 days until the polls close on november 5th. >> do you think tonight would be different if it was still president biden at the top of the ticket? it's not like you're same for lack of a better term, trickle- down effects, halo effect from the choice of harris to be the presumptive democratic nominee here? >> wisconsinites saw the impact of president biden's policies, they could se

eric hovde never met a wisconsinite he did like. he said women pay too much attention to what's happening in hollywood. he said farmers are not attractive and don't work hard anymore. single mothers lack morals and ethics. young people don't have the work ethic they once did. he said people struggling with their weight need to face consequences and wanted to add extra charges for health insurance. this is not something wisconsinites want and doesn't seem like he really wants them either. >> ben wickler, it's great to see you. thanks for joining me tonight. >> thanks so much, alex. >> that is our show for this evening. "way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. >>> donald trump and j.d. vance, they see the world very differently than

eric hovde never met a wisconsinite he did like. he said women pay too much attention to what's happening in hollywood. he said farmers are not attractive and don't work hard anymore. single mothers lack morals and ethics. young people don't have the work ethic they once did. he said people struggling with their weight need to face consequences and wanted to add extra charges for health insurance. this is not something wisconsinites want and doesn't seem like he really wants them either. >> ben wickler, it's great to see you. thanks for joining me tonight. >> thanks so much, alex. >> that is our show for this evening. "way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. >>> donald trump and j.d. vance, they see the world very differently than we do. the only thing those two guys know about working people is how to work to take advantage of them. that's what they know about it. every single chance they've gotten, they've waged war on workers. and their ability to collectively bargain, to take that away from them. all we're asking

vance, and eric hovde. we are going to back law enforcement. you: anybody that doesn't, my wife has a great line: walk a day in their shoes. they go out every day to defend our communities, defend you, risk their own personal safety. walk a day in their shoes. i support law enforcement, president trump, j.d. vance will always have your back, and we will never incorporate such a

meanwhile, in wisconsin, a face-off is set between tammy baldwin, a democrat, and wealthy businessman, eric hovde, who has the endorsement of donald trump. this will be a very closely-watched race in that battleground state. and many voters will get to vote directly on abortion rights this november. initiatives on this issue have been added to the ballots in a growing number of states. as we get a clearer look at what impacts the overturning of roe versus wade is having. here' here's laura jarret. >> reporter: a constitutional amendment in missouri that would wipe out the state's near total ban on abortion now set to appear on the ballot this november, while abortion rights organizers in the swing state of arizona shattered records, with more than half a million signatures to get their proposed amendment added. >> this initiative has made the ballot. >> reporter: missouri and arizona joining a growing list of states all with similar ballot measures that would create a new right to abortion up to the point a fetus can survive, around 24 weeks. something opponents say goes too far. this ballot push

vance, and eric hovde. we are going to back law enforcement. let me tell you: anybody that doesn't, my wife has a great line: walk a day in their shoes. they go out every day to defend our communities, defend you, risk their own personal safety. walk a day in their shoes. i support law enforcement, president trump, j.d. vance will always have your back, and we will never incorporate such a crazy idea as defund the police. let's restore our safety. bring back this wonderful country. thank you, soon to be vice president vance. >> >> we are going to take questions from the press but let me bring this home. it is very easy and very fun to criticize the record of kamala harris. we don't have a bunch of promises on the trump campaign. we have four years of successful leadership that brought public safety to our streets and that is something to celebrate and look forward to. here is trump's promise to our community of law enforcement and those who benefit from their sacrifices and their public safety. we are going to end sanctuary cities in this count

we have seen from donald trump in my opponent, eric hovde, such chaos.g up everywhere, whether it is read, blue or for county, rural areas, suburban areas or urban. listening to people and respecting the people. i feel a fresh energy in wisconsin. >> you have had fun noting your opponent has roots outside. on policy he's going big on culture like trans athletes and echoing donald trump scaremongering. how to use respond. >> you highlighted something he said about farmers being lazy. he suggested earlier that seniors in nursing homes shouldn't have a right to vote and single moms had children destined for poverty and drug use. there is hardly a group he hasn't insulted. maybe it is no surprise for a guy that spends more time on his private beach then on a wisconsin factory floor or a dairy farm. it is not just the insults that he spread, it is sharp differences in issues that matter very much. he would repeal the affordable care act in its entirety, cut medicare, try to reverse the hard work we have done to lower prescription prices and also, he opposes a

eric hovde, thank you for your time -- >> oh, thank you. everybody have a wonderful day.e the strongest moustache in the -- [laughter] rachel: it's very tom selleck, i'm just saying. pete: looking good. i couldn't grow a moustache like that. rachel: no, it's impressive. pete: taylor swift surprising fans after three of her shows were canceled over a thwarted -- with a free tv premiere of her eras tour concert film. swift teaming up with an austrian cable network to make up for the canceled shows. she's scheduled to resume the last leg of the european portio- will: what happened? did you just down shift into first gear? [laughter] pete: what? will: i don't know -- rachel: he saw them putting their little, he saw them putting their -- will: okay, got it. not big on taylor. pro-britney. pete: no, i'm not. did i read it that slow? rachel: it triggered him. when he saw the bracelets. pete: all right, or check it out, this video showing three thieves stealing a large safe from a los angeles home in broad daylight, trying to drag and load the safe into a car with another suspect

eric hovde is trailing senator tammy baldwin by seven point wisconsin. that might narrow. are doing better than robinson and kari lake. they are very tight swing states where joe biden narrowly won. there is a deeper problem. you see it in state legislatures, in midterm elections. it is a problem for republican candidates other than donald trump not just this year, in the trump era. they have no real convincing argument for voters that they should want to be republicans and to vote for republicans not named trump. trump has sucked up all the value of the enterprise, leaving nothing for his fellow party members down ballot. i do think it could spell disaster for republican chances of taking state houses, taking was, holding the house, even wa taking back the senate. anti-johnson is a senior advisor in the 2020 biden campaign. also, we have chief of staff of jon freemon and deputy chief of staff to harry reid. adam, let me start with you as a senate rtveteran both of the institution, of senate campaigns. for your take on this, like, what is going on here? why is there this e

other states like nevada and arizona, dave mccormick in pennsylvania, eric hovde in wisconsin. some of these places we have candidates who haven't held office before and not career politicians like brown in ohio, so they are still introducing themselves to voters. totally normal to see them a little behind in the polls. one thing to look at is where the democratic incumbents are. if you look at brown in ohio campaigning this weekend or tester in montana where i will be. they can't get close to 50% because the people in those states know that brown and tester vote with joe biden and kamala harris almost 100% of the time. >> dana: we appreciate you. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> every day when we come home we have to do this. every time we go outside to take out the garbage and every time we try to go to bed at night we have to keep it like this so nobody can kick in the door. >> sandra: people in aurora, colorado they live in fear of migrant gangs ant ring doorbell footage that appears to show armed men roaming the halls of an apartment complex there. people who

general election showdown between democratic incumbent tammy baldwin and republican challenger eric hovde. wisconsin is a presidential battleground state. this is a potential opportunity, pick-up opportunity for republicans, but do need that baldwin has outperformed first president joe biden when he was on the democrat top of the ticket, and in the most recent polls with harris at the top of the democratic ticket. i would assume that this race would end up kind of conforming to what we'd probably see in the presidential contest. again, with baldwin maybe doing a point or two better than the democratic standard bearer. and then chris, we're looking in minnesota, the minnesota fifth congressional district. incumbent ilan omar -- ihlan omar is receiving a democratic challenger. she has the cash advantage which wasn't the case with the other squad members who went down in defeat. jamal bowman in new york and cori bush in missouri. so we're going to wait to see on that race. but those are the two that i'm watching. >> okay. so donna, out of 435 house seats, we just talked about one of them, th

david mccormick in pennsylvania, eric hovde. they are not great candidates.e tons of money, but they are not, like, total freak shows either. they are not mark robinson. they are not kari lake. they are pretty standard rich republicans, right, with standard rich republican positions. guys like that have been winning senate races as long as i have been alive. in recent polls mccormick is eight points behind casey. hovde is trailing baldwin by seven points in wisconsin. that might narrow. they are doing better than, like, robinson and kari lake. they are very tight swinging states where joe biden narrowly won in 2020. there is a deeper problem here. you see it in state legislatures, in midterm elections. it's a problem for republican candidates other than donald trump, not just this year, in the trump era. they have no real convincing argument for voters that they should want to be republicans and to vote for republicans not named trump. trump has sucked up all the value of the enterprise leaving nothing for his fellow party members down ballot. and i think it