. >> our chief political analyst gore gloria borgers is with us. what's going through your mind as we discuss this and we talk about the threatened -- the heightened threat environment we're in right now? >> absolutely. in a way, politics has always been a dangerous business, particularly at the top levels. we know that. at this point, i think it's become a very dangerous business. and i'd like to make note of the fact that nancy pelosi's house was attacked from the outside with graffiti after the stimulus bill was passed. and a pig's head with blood was left outside. this isn't the first time. that was in january of 2021, i believe. so, this isn't the first time that we've seen this happen to nancy pelosi. but given the rancor in our political debates and i've heard people like adam kinzinger talk about this, you know, people will say, yeah, what do you expect? this is terrible. as mitch mcconnell just tweeted, it's disgusting and we all wish paul pelosi well and we wish nancy pelosi well. and, you know, she's been reached out to by republicans an

cnn's senior legal analyst and former federal prosecutor elie honig and chief political analyst gloria borgerere are ten bullet points they lay out here, the president's action and as i said inaction in the subpoena summoning tens of thousands of supporters to washington, knowing they were angry and some armed, sending them to the capitol. they go on. your view of how they lay out the case as they send this subpoena? >> victor, this is an accusatory subpoena to be clear and reads quite like a prosecutorial closing argument. they used those bullet points to sum up the arguments they've been making over the past several months through the hearings. they basically get to the bottom line of this was all about you. people acted on your behalf. you lied to the american public. you lied to the courts. you spurred this on. one interesting detail i noted in this letter, the committee actually goes a bit further than they did even in the hearings. they say that while the january 6 attack was happening, when donald trump sent his infamous tweet at 2:24 p.m. attacking vice president mike pence verbally,

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i want to bring in cnn's chief political analyst gloria borger and our senior legal analyst, former u.storney, preet. let's get to the historic subpoena actually delivered today to trump's lawyers. does this almost read, and i've read all these pages, does it almost read like a criminal indictment of the former president? >> well, there's a lot in there. there's a lot of information in there that was unnecessary. there's a phrase that we use in federal practice called a speaking indictment. an indictment does not need to contain all the probable cause that you bring to bear through the grand jury to bring a case against someone. but sometimes prosecutors feel the need to speak in the indictment and to put down facts and to connect the dots. and you rarely see -- excuse me. you rarely see that with respect to a subpoena, but they did that here because they're not only playing to a potential court, ultimately if they have to enforce the subpoena, they're also playing to the court of public opinion. they want people to know from both sides of aisle that they're serious, the allegations are

gloria borger with more. >> reporter: new hampshire, home to the first presidential primaries and nownate race. attracting voters with fiercely held views. >> i mean, who doesn't want to make america great again. >> reporter: watching republicans trying to unify this election season is like watching a bunch of arranged marriages in new hampshire between a conventional and successful incumbent governor with a senate candidate calling for a new breed of party outsiders. >> what would you call yourselves? >> we're pays. a new ilk of the republican party. >> reporter: that's retired brigadier general don bolduc who served tours in afghanistan. once opposed by the republican establishment. >> the establishment has become the problem and people want a solution to that. >> reporter: so what exactly is the republican problem? >> they're not audacious enough, aggressive enough. >> trump was like a hand grenade thrown into the republican party. >> love him or hate him he changed things up. >> reporter: bolduc was not endorsed by trump and an underdog against former governor and one-term senator

gloria borger and john kasich and national correspondent kristin holmes. the pennsylvania senate race could very well decide which pa party has the majority in the u.s. senate. how highs are the stakes in tonight's debate? >> wolf, it could and this is why, this is to fill the seat of retiring republican senator pat toomey. so democrats from a very early on decided that this was one of the places that they could pick up a seat. but, boy, so much has changed as the seasons have transpired throughout this midterm election year. now democrats are very much on defense. defending some of their own seats as well. in nevada, in arizona, in georgia, so that makes this race all that much more important. but republicans believe if they can hold this seat and win this seat, that is in fact the key to their majority. that is one of the reasons that the top senate republican pac decided today to invest $6 million more into ads in the closing stretch here. now that is just a speck of all of the money that has been spent. more than $100 million in ads overall. but what t

i want to bring in our chief political analyst, gloria borger, and john kasich. heard warnock suggest walker is not a serious candidate. are we hearing warnock's closing message emerge and is it resognating with voters? >> it's hard to know whether it's resognating, wolf, but i think it's a good closing argument for him to make. after all that has transpired during this campaign, whether it's about questions about whether he paid for abortion, whether it's questions about the fact that he's had children that he hasn't acknowledged, whether it's about the fact that he pulled out a badge that a lot of people say just really isn't real. it's a toy badge. i think what warnock is saying to people is look, these are serious times. we're facing serious problems in this country. you need a serious senator from the state of georgia and by suggesting that he's unserious i think you raise all these questions without actually having to say it. and it's probably a pretty good closing argument for him. >> you're right. governor kasich, as walker continues to create headaches fo

we're also joined by our chief political analyst gloria borger, defense attorney shan wu, and cnn counterterrorismoria, what does the hiring of this conservative trial lawyer tell you about how seriously trump is taking this expected subpoena from the select committee? >> well, she's somebody well known to them, has worked with the trump team, has represented michael flynn, and it shows you that they feel, and i think rightly so, that no matter what happens in the end that they need to find a way to engage with the committee because they're going to have to engage with the committee. this is private citizen donald trump. he's going to be subpoenaed. and that could come very soon. and there has to be somebody who's the point person. there's another lawyer who will also be the point person for them, but they can't just leave it dangling out there. so they have to show their willingness to engage with the committee. >> the committee voted to serve trump with a subpoena but they haven't served it, at least not yet. >> right. >> shan, trump's new lawyer also represents other witnesses who have appeared

let's discuss with cnn chief political analyst gloria borger and ron brownstein who is the senior editorgoing to start with you and these polls on the -- the "new york times" poll on the most important problem facing the country today. 44%, the economy or inflation, nothing else breaks into double digits. what's this mean for democrats? >> it's not great news. i think this election was always going to be about who was defining the election. what the democrats were trying to do, particularly after the dobbs decision, was take a turn, particularly with women, and say, look, you know, look at what the supreme court did on abortion. this is really important. look at what we've done for you in terms of prescription drug benefits, look at how extreme the republican party is. and instead it's the old saw, it's the economy, stupid, credit to james carville. but it is. what we've seen is a stalled momentum for the democrats. there was a sense that they were making some headway on these other issues and they still might. there's a ways to go. but for now, it seems they're losing independent voters

. >>> joining me for more is gloria borger. let's start with the big debate tonight. most consequential states, the pennsylvania senate debate between fetterman and oz. what do you think each candidate needs to do with the limited amount of time they have left? >> well, first of all, fetterman needs to show that he's up to the job health wise. there will be big monitors and you may be able to see his auditory processing as there is transcriptions on these monitors. he has to prove let's get it out of the way and he used it to humanize himself because everybody has gone through health issues in their family or with themselves and i'm working through this because i had a stroke in may. and, you know, i think for oz, he has to appear more relatable to the voters. he has to show that he's not going to be mean to fetterman, which they've accused him of being about the stroke over the last months. and then i think, it is going to take a turn right to the issues. i mean, these people could not be more different. you've seen that oz has tried to back away from the maga label.

. >> let's bring in gloria borger and ron brownstein and senior political analyst senior editor also for the atlantic. and cnn national security analyst, former homeland security official. we've also kept with us hairly litman. whitney mentioned that after depape made that call this is according to the interview, on october 28th, the question is why he didn't leave after he knew that paul pelosi called the police. this is page six where he says he explained he did not leave after pelosi's call to 911 because much like the american founding fathers with the british, he was fighting against tyranny without the option of surrender. when we asked the question about the rhetoric that is happening, what some -- the conspiracies that are being made to supporters that are not mentally well this is where that goes. >> tyranny. it is directly connected to the fake election. and a lot of people believe like this gentlemen that this is evidence of tyranny. the former president and others tried too tie this to crime generally. yes, there is polarization in the country. we all understand that. but

. -- stay with us i want to bring in gloria borger -- david urban -- , former campaign manager to the former. president gloria, the new audio, obviously, it sheds light on trump's mindset during his presidency. i'm wondering what your biggest take away from what we just heard? >> let me echo something jamie just said. which this is total and absolute carelessness when it comes to matter of national security. talking cavalierly about how he built up our weapon systems. giving an exact number for russia for the number of nuclear warheads they have. which, by the way, could be classified and could also not be true. we don't know the answer to that. and also, talking about how tough he is compared to these other presidents. the one question that i had listening to it was, okay, you are so tough, then how come you could not handle losing an election? which is exactly what happened to him. and he wasn't so tough about it. >> david, as someone who knows the former president, does his bragging about weapon systems or trying to, ingratiate himself to bob woodward by giving numbers, and you kno

. >>> i want to bring in our chief political analysts, gloria borger, phil mattingly is back with us as well. we just reported that the cnn poll shows that the economy is the most important issue right now and shows that over 60% of voters in the critical battleground states of pennsylvania, wisconsin, say the economy is actually getting worse. this is not necessarily good news for president biden in the democrats. >> i would have to agree with you, wolf. it's not good news, it's actually bad news, and they're trying to develop a work-around, as phil was talking about. but if you combine that with a president whose popularity is at about 42% and you look at the polling, which shows that about half of the american public blames the democrats for the bad economy, then they really have a problem here. they've been trying to change the subject, as you see. abortion is now the number two issue, after the dobbs decision by the supreme court. but in the end, it's going to come down to how people feel they're doing and they don't feel they're doing well. and i think the real question here, a

i also want to bring in chief political analyst gloria borger.ker doubling down on denials of these allegations. this comes as republicans are urging walker to mount a more so-called trumpian response. how is this playing out? >> i think he has mounted a trumpian response all along because he is deny, deny, deny. that's what he is continuing to do. my question is, as you see the voters that eva interviewed, the question is, is this already baked? these republicans are coming down because the senate seat is so important to them. this is something i think that donald trump would like them to do. the two republicans, potential presidential candidates, and it's all winning control of the senate. in a way, for them it's probably less about herschel walker himself than about the fact that they want to remain in control of the senate. and so the answer is, wolf, we just don't know. we really don't know. but a lot of people have already made up their minds on presuming in the state of georgia. >> yeah, we will see how that unfolds. we saw prominent reaso

let's discuss with this gloria borger and abby phillip and cnn political commentator bakari sellers.o you think fetterman's performance last night at the pennsylvania senate debate is going to have a significant impact on voters' confidence in them? >> well, you know, i think as jessica just said, we have to just see what the voters decide. the factor in this race that i think is a little more unusual than you might typically expect is that john fetterman has always been a bit of an unconventional candidate. i think voters have always known they are going to get something a little bit different. he's not a guy who is particularly comfortable in a suit. he's not a guy according to most people that know him is particularly comfortable on a debate stage and so i don't know that we know whether or not voters have already factored that in and/or maybe they haven't. maybe they feel like they didn't know what they were getting in a john fetterman as the democratic nominee and that they don't like what they see. so far, though, just given the fact that he is recovering from this stroke for m

joining us our chief political analyst gloria borger, cnn national correspondent athena jones and cnnr david chalian. david, how telling is it that the president is making his economic pitch to voters in a blue state, new york state, not necessarily traditionally a battleground state? >> yeah, it's telling that the blue turf is becoming the battleground turf. that does not bode well for the democrats. as arlette mentioned, you've got this closer than anticipated gubernatorial race between incumbent democrat kathy hochul and republican congressman lee zeldin. crime, the economy, inflation all central to that. but it's also noteworthy. he he went to this district, wolf, today, the president did in syracuse. it currently is held by the republicans. john catkatko, moderate republi retiring. and in the redistricting version of this district it's a district that joe biden beat donald trump p in by like 7 1/2 percentage points. and yet that is where the president goes because his numbers are upside down nationally. he is more unpopular than popular. so going to a blue district in a blue stat

i want to bring in our chief political analyst, gloria borger.ing do you think these latest revelations might be to his campaign? >> i think the new thing that this woman is charging is that he had asked her to have a second abortion. and i think it's going to be very important, but i also believe that it's kind of baked at a certain point. and i was talking to a republican strategist yesterday about warnock, and he said, look, he has the benefit of celebrity, and don't ever underestimate that. donald trump had the benefit of celebrity, and that helps him. i think the question is, what he does next. what his campaign does next. we know his campaign is in disarray. we know that his political director has been fired. and how do they respond to these charges and how does he get off of this subject, and he's facing a debate with warnock. so, the question is, what does he do now? people who were supporting him, evangelicals are behind him, and what difference in kind does this make when this woman is saying, not once, but twice. >> good point indeed.

cnn's chief political analyst gloria borger has a closer look at attempts to unify the republican partynew hampshire, home to the first presidential primaries and now. >> get me in the senate. >> home to a crucial senate race. atrabltracting voters with fier held views. >> who doesn't want to make america great? >> that's the goal of course. watching republicans try to unify this election season is like watching a bunch of arranged marriages. in new hampshire, between a more conventional and successful inckcumbent governor with a sene condition date calling for a new breed of party outsiders. what would you call yourselves? >> we're patriots, right? we're a new ilk of the republican party. >> that's retired general don who served ten tours in afghanistan and narrowly won a packed primary as a border protecting and election denying conservative, one supposed by the republican establishment. >> the accomplishment has become the problem and people want a solution to that. >> so what exactly is the republican problem? >> they're not audicious enough. >> he was not endorsed by trump. he's an

gloria borger and our crime and justice reporter. elie, how much danger could trump be in as a result of this? >> well, wolf, any way you look at this, this is really bad news for donald trump. here we have a federal judge making a finding that these e-mails are evidence that donald trump and john eastman together were part of a likely criminal conspiracy. and if you look at the ruling here, what's really important to me is the judge is very careful. he doesn't just make a blanket ruling. he goes through all of those e-mails and sffinds a lot are privilege, but the eight key e-mails show two things. one, that trump's real intent was not to file a lawsuit but to delay the january 6 count and two, that donald trump new the information was false. that in itself is potentially a crime. that's crucial evidence of his intent. the january 6 committee will have these e-mails and if they don't have it yet, prosecutors may well get them as well. >> good point. gloria, just how important could this evidence be to the january 6th committee? >> f