john fetterman had a script. he was reading it. but he was still incapable of following that script. here, for example, is how fetterman responded to maybe the most obvious question of the night, one he knew was coming, and of course would are prepared for. here's his answer. >> you're saying tonight that you support fracking, that you've always supported fracking, but there's the 2018 interview that you said, quote, i don't support fracking at all. how do you square the two? >> >> i do support fracking. i don't -- i don't -- i support fracking. i stand -- and i do support fracking. >> so a lot of conclusions here, the most obvious, why is clifford chen still practicing medicine? if you're a physician, are you allowed to lie for partisan reasons? should doctors do that? he's clearly lying. that's not a man who can work with no restrictions in the u.s. senate. far from it. everyone watching, every honest person, would come to that conclusion. we could play you a lot of clips like that. probably seen them already today. not everyone i

they already locked in john fetterman. can't go back and that has major invocations not just for the senate race but for our country. >> carley: the fracking moment alone was really bad for john fetterman pray that should be an automatic answer no matter what. he said he didn't support fracking and now he says that he does. the major stumbled from him at a time when there is oil and gas issues, there are issues with the economy. i thought it was not a he was able to answer really tell questions on the gun-control bill that passed. he was asked if he would support it and he said, you know, there are parts of it i really do like, but i'd improve other parts on abortion. i'd never support a federal ban on anything and said if i'm senator i'm not going anywhere. fetterman try to dig him that he is wealthy and out of touch and doctor's really needed that bite saying, you know what, fetterman, so are you. you come from a very wealthy family. >> todd: you mentioned fracking fit let's bring in former keystone xl pipeline worker ne

john fetterman and dr.tage for one and only what could be deciding factor debate in pennsylvania last night. we'll have highlightings and low lights. also in empire state, governor kathy hochul and lee zeldin duke it out over crime in fiery exchange, how violence could sway the vote. kayleigh mcenany will join us live and michigan gubernatorial candidates sparring over school closure and tudor dixon on her debating performance, she'll join us after working last night on stage. douglas murray and clay travis, busy wednesday morning on the number one cable news show. put down that remote, carley and todd will be back, you are watching "fox and friends first." if you wanna go fast, go faster. and if you got the devil on your shoulder... take him for a ride. an unthinkable genocide took the lives of six million jews and thousands of jewish survivors are still suffering in poverty today. god calls on people who believe in him to act on his word. "comfort ye, comfort my people." when i come here and i sit with li

john fetterman is a bernie sanders democrat. i think dr. oz made those points last night. that was important. >> martha: senator casey, the other senator from pennsylvania said this about last night and about fetterman's candidacy. watch. >> this side that the speed of your response is somehow indicative of the way you would do the job is really faulty. i know this job well. john is prepared right now to be an effective senator. i think with even more months of recovery, he's going to be back to where he was. >> martha: so he's sticking by him. what is your response? >> well, where to begin. i mean, first of all, i know this job well. i've been doing this for 12 years. it's not about the speed of your response. john fetterman wasn't able to respond. he wasn't really able to give a good opening statement or closing statement which has nothing to do with response. look, a fundamental part of this job is engaging in dialogue. it's engaging on the senate floor. it's with constituents and advisers. it's picking up the phone when a regulator is treating one of your constituents u

>>sean: an important question, six months ago was john fetterman even able to fully consent to this campaign? naturally the fetterman campaign, they're now blaming the debate host next star for not doing enough to help mitigate fetterman's mentally disability. wright star flatly rejected this and went to extraordinary lengths to accommodate every one of fetterman's demands including the use of closed caption tell prompter and two prior rehearsals and this is where it gets even more interesting. many democrats around the country, they're mad. they're complaining that fetterman even dare to show up to the debate at all. they should have kept it hidden. according to a report in the hill, one pennsylvania democratic operative stated "fetterman's team never should have agreed to this debate". you see what's happening here. if we only hid him in the basement likes we did joe biden in 2020, we at least would still have a fighting chance. our odds would be better. they don't care that fetterman has disqualifying physical limitations here. they don't care that he will be unable to fulfill the most ba

oz and john fetterman john fetterman go head-to-head. >> and the statements on fracking. >> i don't supportcking and i stand but i do support fracking. >> we have to get the truth out here. >> governor hochul and challenger lee zeldin traded jabs about the crime. >> we are talking about actually walk there locking up criminals. >> it has consequences but i don't know why that is so important. >> the subway tracks in new york city. >> eric adams to do more in the crime telling "the new york post" everybody is talking the talk but nobody is walking the walk. >> executive jennifer say a covid denier, the management gave her a choice to shut up or leave. >> that made me unemployable. >> what team is that? >> read. >> we are going to go see them. >> we are going to take you in the stadium. ♪ ♪ >> 13 days until the midterm elections. three big debates around the country last night, pennsylvania, new york, michigan >> steve: today, we are doing essentially the postgame show. >> that's right. >> steve: who won, who lost because so many people tuned in to watch those six people at different electors

she did ask a follow-up, how do we know your machine isn't going to break, john fetterman? we see a doctor's report on this? here's you how that exchange went. >> can you do this job on day one? >> of course. >> so you're say you're on the road to full recovery. but right now voters really have to take your word for it. we've asked for your medical records. we've asked to have a conversation with someone from your medical team to interview your physician. you've declined those requests. why? >> i feel we have been very transparent in a lot of different ways, when our doctor has already given a letter saying i'm able to serve, and to be running. >> i mean, respectfully that letter from your physician, that was six months ago. don't voters deserve to know your status now? >> being in front of thousands and thousands of people, having interviews and getting around all across pennsylvania, that gives everybody and the voters, they can decide if that's the issue. >> tucker: he's reading that off a screen. by the way, we're taking him at his word that there's not a staffer backst

anderson to be senator, john fetterman. -- and yours soon to be senator, john fetterman. we are with one of pennsylvania's proudest sons, president joe biden. everybody here knows joe. joe biden has always stood for what we stand for as democrat, working people, good jobs, fair wages, decency, democracy. i do believe that when you know what you stand for you know what to fight for. we have 11 days to get it done. 11 days, pennsylvania. 11 days until this november's election, and all of those issues that i just mentioned that we stand for are on the ballots. we are here to say we are committed to making each and every day count. we have done this before. we know had to do what we do. we've done it before. remember in november 2020, patriotic pennsylvanians of all ages, races, backgrounds, braved a local -- a global pandemic, stood in line and cast ballots and then you insured every single vote was counted. thank you, josh shapiro. you stood firm against election deniers in this very building. we watched and saw what you were doing. because of a one million -- because of mi

every day is hollowing for john fetterman. he's a trust fund brat and never had a job most of his life. he never worked. instead, he lived off is very wealthy mommy and daddy and they continue to fund his lifestyle until he was almost 50 including his first job, a part-time gig as the mayor of a small town in pennsylvania called braddock. his sister even chipped in selling fetterman his home for $1. i wish i got that deal. anyway, fetterman was an abject failure by every measure. during his time in office violent crime in that small town went up dramatically. the town's population went down 21%. the median income went down to less than $15000 and fetterman was best known for not showing up at any council meetings because he missed most of them. he also gained notoriety after a cctv footage captured him vandalizing a local african-american owned business. he did this in the middle of the night. even worse, and another bizarre incident, fetterman literally chased down an innocent, unarmed african-american jogger and held a shotg

the covering up and the lying about the status of john fetterman. >> jesse: like a typically liberal erman's campaign blamed somebody else for. fetterman is blaming closed captioning errors that they said were slow and riddled with misspellings. he can't process speech. they actually gave him closed captioning what the moderators were saying. >> the second screen will caption the questions. and responses from mehmet oz. we have live, experienced captioners in studio who ensure we are as accurate as possible. >> jesse: so the closed captioning company and the network put out a statement saying everything worked perfectly and if a fetterman was given the option to practice with it and chose not to. it became clear during the debate early on that fetterman wasn't well. and the moderator asked him, respectfully, when he would be releasing his medical records. >> you know, i believe if my doctor believes that i'm fit to serve and that's what i believe is appropriate, and i believe that, again, my doctors, the real doctors that i believe in, they all believe that i'm ready to be serve. >> f

democratic senate candidate, john fetterman and republican, dr. mehmet oz faced off for the first and only debates. still showing signs of his recent stroke, which fetterman called the elephant in the room, he tried to paint his opponent as out of touch. >> we need to fight about inflation. right now because it's a tax on working families. and doctor oz can't possibly understand what that is like. he has ten, gigantic mansion's. we must push back against corporate greed. we must make sure we're also pushing back against price gouging as well too. >> has repeatedly tried to attack adamant structured, but it was his response to a question about a federal ban on abortion that has gone absolutely viral tonight. >> i want women, doctors local political leaders leading the democracy that allowed our nation to thrive, to put the best ideas forward, so states can decide for themselves. >> here's a kicker. when pressed, all said he would support donald trump in 2024 if trump decides to run. as democrats are fighting to defend and expand their majorities in

host of "the view" defending john fetterman's performance, watch. >> the republican party is running n things because of the stroke. what kind of doctor is behind that? aren't you supposed to do no harm? >> it takes bravery to allow people to see your weakness and we know fetterman's cognitive abilities have not been compromised. >> todd: your reaction to the daily dose of dumb from "the view"? >> joe: billion dollar bet if john fetterman was a republican, you would not be getting that reaction. disaster for fetterman, much worse than i expected, charlotte alter of time maggen zoo, a liberal. painful to watch, a very good reportser, new york magazine. painful to watch, msnbc joe scarborough. put it this way, everybody saw this train wreck and democrats are horrified at prospects in pennsylvania. leave it to "the view" to defend the indefensible. carley and todd. >> todd: thank you,ir is. >> carley: thanks, joe. >> joe: see you tomorrow in person. >> todd: in virginia, governor glenn youngkin took on the teacher unions and now unions are pouring millions into democrat campaigns to prev

>>kefo john fetterman stroker mn months. intterman remained in semi seclusion. ha that is , the campaign progressed and the polls tightened. he began to venture out. he had no choice. had n and video clips surfaced of fetterman speaking at rallies in what seemed to be a bizarre and highly disjointed way. some began to wonder if he'd really suffered, quote, no cognitive damage from his stroke. >> it was at this point that letterman's personal physician, a man called clifford chen, who also happened to be a campaign donor to him and other democrats, rushed forward toques bring science toti bear on this question in, clifford chen's considered opinion as a respected medical professional who works atessionals a major t university, john fetterman was absolutely fine. fetterman was, quote, recovering well from his stroke . he hadk , quote, no work restrictions and can work fullan duty in public office. in other words, john fettermanah was as sharp and as healthy mor as you or me as anyone in america. adin fact, more so ready for the senate veterans wif who presumably wo

john fetterman is not fit for office.ism would be a disaster in the senate for the great people of pennsylvania. the more people in pennsylvania learn about this guy, the less they like him. he is unelectable and would be a horrible senator. the doctor who cleared fetterman is said he is in good health is a campaign donor. he is not a doctor who treated him for a stroke. fetterman needs to be transparent and release the medical records. let's hear from the doctors that treated your stroke, john. a campaign donor doctor and joe biden saying you are capable doesn't cut it. speaking of joey, he thinks that fetterman's wife is running and not john. saying that in pittsburgh. >> john, thank you very much for running. i do appreciate it. you will be a great lady in the senate. >> sean: here with reaction the republican congressman from ohio jim jordan. it's 46-46 in pennsylvania. and blake masters is down by 1 in arizona. i like it for this reasonism hope it cretes urgency in terms of people knowing their vote will matter in 19

mehmet oz finds himself down double digits to john fetterman.ut lieutenant governor fetterman suffered a stroke. he had to take weeks off the trail. but the lead was so big they thought they could ride it out, stay in the basement and ride it out. but oz continued to campaign. >> telling you that you are not fit to be serve. send us back to new jersey. send me to dv. >> i always thought it was pretty empathetic. emphatic. i am sorry, empathetic. brian: the guy is weak on crime and admits it. >> i'm effective on crime. and i believe in second chances. and i have one on that record. brian: murder one and you murder two is that a time for second chances. he's also against the life blood of the state, fracking. >> the president's team used fracking as a wedge issue. no one cares about it with the pandemic going. i am not pro fracking. i signed the no fossil fuel pledge before the cool kids were doing it in 2015. brian: as usual on the left you are not to believe your eyes or ears. fetterman is fine, his beliefs are mainstream. but the problem is he'

we saw mehmet oz go to john fetterman pretty hard on that last night. each side, for lack of a better term, has their motivating issues. and each will vote accordingly. >> john and julia, it will come down to voters in pennsylvania. we certainly respect you for your per perspective this morning. >> thank you. >>> kathy hochul and lee zeldin faced off especially with crime which is the number one issue for new york voters. take a listen. >> there is no crime-fighting plan if it doesn't include guns, legal guns. we've lost another child and teacher yesterday in st. louis, because people will not support what i was able to get done here in new york. that is a ban on assault weapons for teenagers. you can't even do that. >> koth hochul believes that the only crimes that are being committed are crimes with guns and yet you have people afraid of being pushed in front of oncoming subway cars. they're being stabbed and hit with hammers. >> joining me intelligence analyst john miller. john, you're a former member of the nypd, so you know of what you speak when it

mehmet oz, the pug off against democrat john fetterman in that critical pennsylvania senate race. our dasha burns pressing dr. oz on crime and his campaign's attacks on fetterman's health. >> reporter: pennsylvania republican senate candidate and celebrity doctor, mehmet oz, has focused much of his campaign on crime and blasting democrat john fetterman on his votes as the head of the state's board of pardons. he says he believes in second chances. the former president, with his first step act, also was about giving second chances to prisoners who deserve it. why don't prisoners who prove good behavior, who are model prisoners, why don't they deserve second chances? >> first step act had nothing to do with convicted murderers being released from prison, especially after being sentenced to life in prison. it's a whole different game. so, when john fetterman is asked, if you could wave a magic wand, what's the one thing you would do, the one thing, and he says, well, i'd get rid of life in prison. >> well, i asked him that. he actually said it ay just described it in the past as well.

john fetterman and dr. mehmet oz in their first and only debate. the real clear politics average of polls show fetterman with a two-point advantage over the republican nominee but the democrats' team is already tempering expectations ahead of tonight's debate saying "he is going to be talking about his real ideas to help real people. but if we are all being honest, oz comes in with a huge built-in advantage." as is done in recent press interviews after suffering a stroke, determine will use closed captioning. dr. oz will see that his opponents' values do not match with those in pennsylvania. vehicle if he had a magic wand to do anything he wanted to see his goal would be to release metaverse from life in prison, releasing murderers without asking the families what they think and often times voting against the other members of the parole board given other democrats is not aligned with the values of pennsylvanians. that's the position he has ta taken. >> here in new york governor kathy hochul holds a six-point advantage over republican challenger lee

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again, going back to john fetterman, this is his chance. to show voters that he is more than capable of handling the job. host: you mentioned this being the only debate. there will not be any debates in the closely watched gubernatorial pennsylvania. why is that? guest: they simply have not been able to come to any agreements. doug mastro 90, the far right state senator, republican candidate, has made -- insisted on some changes in debates that have been offered. he is not happy with the moderators. he offered that he would choose one and the democratic candidate shapiro would choose another one but schapiro did not like that. the tradition is candidates do not get to choose their moderators. the host and to ever extremely debates tuesday moderators. they have not come to any agreement to do a debate. the polls consistently show that shapiro was considerably in the lead with 10 points or more. it is probably not in his interest to such a big league -- to get such a big lead because you give your opponent to name points against you. it is so

and john fetterman hitting on that he is not from pennsylvania. he is a reach -- rich elite hollywood doctor. so they attack each other hard. it is interesting as the last two colors noted that the attacks have never from john fetterman, he really tries to raise this question of turkish citizenship and his relationship to turkey. and i think the last caller is fair. would that have been the same the other way around? with the politics have been the same? with a have been targeted if he was a democratic candidate? i don't have an answer for that but it's an interesting question to look at. host: david on our line for those who live in pennsylvania. david is from pittsburgh. hello. caller: thank you for taking my call. first time caller. i think the turkish issue -- i have seen that issue raised to the media. not directly in the political ads. so that definitely is out there. following up with sharon from andover, the blue dot in the red sea, they had mentioned harrisburg. i think reducing some of the margins in those areas is another possibility pa

john, good morning to you. you say fetterman'sd fracking. what do you mean by that? >> well, those two items in my letter, one was for fracking and the other was crime. two serious problems in pennsylvania. fracking amounts to about 40,000 jobs within pennsylvania. and if we ban fracking, which in fact john fetterman wants to do, that would cost us 40,000 good, union jobs. secondly, it accounts for about $50 billion in pennsylvania's economy. we are the number two producing state. so we don't want to ban fracking. it is not going to be replaced by green jobs in any near time in the future. the second issue, which is so important, is crime. when you look at crime, john fetterman wants to reduce the prison population by reducing energy leasing 33% of the felons in the prisoners. that certainly is not going to help crime. look at philadelphia. historic height and murders, historic height and crime. pittsburgh isn't far behind. the metropolitan areas are scared, in fact, to go out and times because of the increase in crime. so i think

john fetterman takes everything to an extreme.nd those extreme positions hurt us all. >> all eyes on pennsylvania on a debate in that race that could determine the balance of power in the senate. i'm brianna keilar with alex marquardt this morning. it's great to have you. >> thank you for having me. >> john berman is off today. and democrat john fetterman and republican mehmet oz who you saw there, arguing the issues, also attacking each other in their first and only debate. fetterman addressed his recovery from a recent strokes. he used a closed captioning device for help. the candidates went toe to toe on key issues, like inflation and the economy. >> i can make the difficult decisions as you do in the operating room as a surgeon. i'll do them cutting our budget as well. >> he has never met an oil company that he doesn't swipe right about. he has never been able to stand up for working families across pennsylvania. we must push back. inflation has hurt americans and pennsylvania's families. and it has given the oil companies rec

john fetterman even able to fully consent to this campaign?n naturally, the fetterman campaign, they're now blaming t the debate host nexstar for not doing enough to help mitigate veterans mental disability. now, nexstar rightly, flatlyly rejected this accusation in writing that they went to extraordinary lengths to accommodate every one of veterans demands, including the us fette ince of a closed ct teleprompter and to prioress herzl's. . now, this is where it gets even more interesting. many democrats around the country, they are mad .are s they're complaining thatho d fettermaebn even dare to show up to the debate at all.ac they should have kept it hidden . according to a report in the hill, one pennsylvania democratic operative stated, quote, peterman's team never t should have agreed to this debate. s a second democratic operative concurred. >> you see what's happening hereif. if we only hit him ine the basement like we did, joe biden, 2020, we at leastoulb would still have a fighting chance. our odds would be better. they don't care that

bless john fetterman. ef got up there and i know the talk in d.c., he shouldn't have done it. i was proud of him. he has gone through a tough health challenge. he was out there fighting last night for pennsylvania voters and i think they appreciate that he stood up under very tough circumstances and laid his plans out. and i think for pennsylvania families, as i say, a lot of folks with health issues, they saw him and they were proud of what he did last night. >> but, i mean look, if he was a republican candidate you would not be saying that same message. i mean, clearly you have no concerns about hisable to do the job and even, frankly, the stress and difficulty of the job on his health? >> anderson, i disagree. if that had been a republican who had a stroke and got on stage, i don't care if you are a democrat or republican, you saw a human who last night. they could have said we are not going to done and done paid advertising. he decided not to do it. he stood above politics last night and is the right t

in harrisburg, pennsylvania, john fetterman and mehmet oz faced off tuesday in their only debate in the race for u.s. senate. the men sparred over abortion, the economy, and fracking. fetterman also addressed his health, as he recovers from a strokeast during a heated may. exchange over reproductive rights, republican candidate mehmet oz offered this response on who should be involved in abortion decisions. >> i went women, doctors, political leaders putting the democracy that has a letter nation to try to put the best ideas forward's of states can decide for themselves. amy: here in new york, governor kathy hochul squared off with republic congressmember lee zeldin in their only gubernatorial debate. governor hochul called out zeldin's positions on abortion rights, gun control, and his suppt of donaltrump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. >> said he would vote once again to overtn a psidential election. i think that is something everyone should know. the fact he sent text messages the chief of staff to the wt has to lay outhe strategy on how to subvert public opinio

john fetterman directly address the elephant in the room. he directly addressed his challenges at the debate last night in harrisburg. and he bluntly said he is still recovering from his stroke. listen to what he said. >> and honestly, of course, to be honest, doing that debate wasn't exactly easy, you know? >> [inaudible]. >> i knew it wasn't going to be easy after having a stroke, after five months, in fact -- >> we love you! >> in fact, in fact, i don't think it has ever been done before in american political history before, actually. you know, after that stroke i got knocked down, but i got back up. >> then he went on to go directly after his rival, mehmet oz. in fact, and a much sharper manner than we saw the debate stage last night. particularly going after him on the question of abortion rights. that has become a central issue here that fetterman campaign released a new ad today focusing on those words about abortion. doctor oz said on the stage last night that local political leader should also have a role in making the decisions for

john fetter? otherwise -- fetterman?se you just say nothing about the situation where, obviously, the man is struggling, and our sympathies are with him and his family to deal with the after effects of a stroke. >> again, it is perception versus reality. and when you have a race this tight, the perception is -- and republicans have run with it, which means the perception was accurate -- that it looked like this reporter was trying to throw this individual she interviewed as running for senate mt. state of pennsylvania, very close race, john fetterman, under the bus. look, we've had two senators in the past, one a democrat, one a republican. you alluded to it earlier, one from new mexico, one from illinois. mark kirk was not expected, he had a much more severe stroke than john fetterman, and he made a mying rack louse recovery. and the senator from new mexico, he is still in the senate, he suffered a stroke and, of course, the questions are larger than that, howie. are we saying if somebody's in - >> no, that's not a comp

and covered criticism of john fetterman's health. focus on the first one from the times. to be a senator and yes, some jobs you can do while following a stroke, nfl qb and ascertain, where you can't. is the media that desperate to put this in the win column for the democrats? >> joe: can i answer your question with a question, todd? what do people do on the senate floor? debate without a teleprompter and what this is doing is taking away from looking at fetterman's positions, everybody focused on health aspect. he wants to let one-third of the prison population back out on the street and crime is an issue on this race. activism, here it is, you have did shea burns doing her job, reporting saying we sat in the room with fetterman, first reporting crew to do so and this is what i observed as a reporter. she should be commended for not bowing to the mob, which mainly exists on twitter and we saw headlines does seem to answer your question in a long way, the press is doing this to try to protect john fetterman, who is a massive stroke and clearly has not recovered in a way th

at least 10 convicted first degreestreet murderers are now back out on the street, thanks to john fetterman. and we're just getting started. fetterman once promisest get d to empty the prison population he see pennsylvania. he seems to idealize violent t offenders, even proudlyen proud displaying gang memorabilia in his home. lyand during clinton's term as lieutenant governor , the murder rate in pennsylvaniae is biggest city. philadelphia went up a whoppingcity, ph 40%. the murder rate has now reached an all time high in 2020021. and it's even higher in 2020 one . and while armed robbers went up by , what, 30%, general theft that has a whopping 50%. but now in the midst of a closet election, he's actually pretending that he wants murderers and other violent criminals behind bars. he als ao nolso isw is walking n his promise to free all of them. >> that's right.ted seco >> also, convicted second degree murderers, fetterman is once again lying.s in so mark my words in p pennsylvania, if he gets elected, this country will becue less safe and secure as a result. sultand it's not just his desir

he'll talk infrastructure before heading to philadelphia to stump for john fetterman. >> john: happening as polls show republican dr. oz closing the gap against john fetterman, and republicans also gaining ground in contests thought to be democratic strongholds. >> sandra: our panel standing by. mollie line is standing by in deep blue rhode island. so first to bryan llenas on the ground in philadelphia, expecting to see the president a short time from now. hi, bryan. >> hi, sandra. $167 million have been spent in the pennsylvania senate race. it's the second most expensive race in the nation behind georgia's campaign down there. but ultimately that does not seem to be enough. the president is in pennsylvania in part to fund raise with john fetterman here in philadelphia tonight. he's about to speak in pittsburgh in about an hour. so far john fetterman has raced $48 million, the oz campaign raised 34 million, but 21 million of that is dr. oz's own personal money. there is a final push for money here in what is a toss-up race. a new aarp poll finds fetterman's lead has dwindled to just two

the questions about dr. -- about john fetterman that republicans are asking, i think a lots of voters as they see the footage of fetterman is whether or not he can serve. these are legitimate questions about whether or not he's able to do so. and fetterman could put some of this to rest by being on "meet the press" this sunday and used the closed captioning system. but my bet is, you're not going to see john fetterman in a sit-down interview situation. >> i would argue for him to come on "meet the press" for sure or any of our other programs to do that kind of interview where he has time to frame an answer and has time for the closed captioning to work for him, technically. dr. oz was so much more polished, but if you drill down on his answers, his answers on the economy, on a lot of other questions, his avoidance of answers which caused him some big problems in the last couple of years, and other of those remedies that he had pushed on tv where the -- the columbia university faculty called him a quack and tried to get him out and took a vote against him. there's a lot there that didn

, oz wanted more time and john fetterman has been cautious on that. issue of crime, his priorities when president biden went to pennsylvania, he used the opportunity to ask the president to legalize marijuana. that is his one thing. crime, 186 kids shot this year in philadelphia alone. and he's lieutenant governor, in office right now. >> todd: i wonder if the democrats plan is to get john fetterman elected and under -- get to point john fetterman successor if he were to step down early in his reign, we'll see, it's a six-year term. if he gets in by january, and by february can't do the job, that is disingenuous. >> carley: we wish him the best when it comes to the health issues, like dr. mehmet oz said, i feel for him so much as a man, as a patient. oz is a doctor, he says it boils down to if he can serve the people of pennsylvania. >> todd: great point, strokes are no joke, we wish him the best. over to georgia, raphael warnock reportedly evicted disadvantaged tenants in an apartment building owned by his ch church. many of those are veterans and pe

that's why john fetterman is here. his campaign knows that the ability to win in november will come through a suburban county like this outside of philadelphia. fred? >> every moment counts, doesn't it. dan merica, thank you so much. >>> in georgia, voters continue to set records for early midterm voting. today marks the first saturday voters can cast their ballots. for more on this, nadia romero is at a polling station in atlanta. so, what is the turnout like today, on this saturday? >> reporter: yeah. well, the turnout has been steady at this location here and fulton county. and that's something that you would expect to see. this is our first saturday to early vote here in the state of georgia, so you come behind me, you can see that people are lining up, just coming out. did you vote? how did it go? >> great. >> reporter: let me see that sticker. >> proud sticker. >> proud sticker. >> reporter: this is the sticker you get after you vote in georgia. ma'am, we're live on air right now. why did you want to vote and be

he is throwing his support behind john fetterman. that could help fetterman. the raemtd is his name is already on the ballot. that could create some confusion. people could still vote for him if they are turned off by both of these candidates. important to point out, a half-million pennsylvania voters, more than that, have already cast ballots and more will do so every single day here. so the strategists i have been speaking with do not think this has much of an effect. in a tight race, which pennsylvania always has, of course, anything can make a difference. >> thank you. perspective now from abby phillips. also pennsylvania republican congressman charlie dent and david urban with us as well as dr. tara narula. the fetterman campaign has been trying to lower expectations saying fetterman is recovering from a stroke. last night senator klobuchar told me he was never the best debater to begin with. it's not uncommon for campaigns to do this. do you think voters will hold fetterman to a different standard given his medical condition? >> i think that remains to b

fetterm tonight, john fetterman is at trust fund kid. he took money from his parents deep into middle age when he h decided finally what he would like to do with the rest of his life. with thjust to be the us senath pennsylvania. the problem is fade u.s.e inter, and he can now no longer speak. he had a bad stroke and we feel bad about that. everyone does. but because of that stroke,e oft fetterman now needs electronic assistance in order toha communicate with other people. can't talk on his own.. it's not a right wing conspiracy theorist and on its w real effect, it's so real.in hipis campaignra concedecys thas real. that true, fetterman uses a software program to understand the words of those around him and to formulate his responses to those words. >> in other words, to talk. alk. now, to be perfectly clear , this software is not a hearing aid. dea fetterman doesn't need a hearing aid because he isn't deaf, he's not hearing impaired. instead, hearing this program tt words and then rearranges themhe into language that john fetterman can

look at the state, oz will try to make him more likable, and maybe john fetterman less likable. >> i think that's right. oz will try and sort of connect fetterman to biden. that i think is something else. >> favorability numbers gish a gu give a guide how to watch tonight. highest favorability in america. >> the only senior data reporter here. i don't know. >> even so, even so, would have highest favorability. >>> so republican senator lindsey graham will not be testifying before an atlanta area grand jury as planned, at least not yet anyway. supreme court justice clarence thomas temporarily blocked a lower court ordering requiring graham's testimony as part of a special grand jury investigation into those efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state. joining us now to explain all of this is cnn's senior supreme court analyst joan bisciupik. >> emphasis on temporary is right. administration action pausing everything for right now while the supreme court actually considers what's before it in this request from senator graham. this goes back to an effort by a fulton c

>> john fetterman stalled. he obfuscated.uge onslaught of media pressure on him agreed to saying gel debate as late as possible. early voting already started, absentee ballots. only one hour one debate. even though asked by multiple outlets several debates or give me more time than an hour. because he needs closed captioning. which means when i speak because he is unable to understand or process the words i'm saying apparently, he needs to have it on closed caption. read the questions and ultimately answer them. i think for the voters of pennsylvania, this is an issue of transparency. we are trying to figure out is he able do the job of the u.s. senator. and pat toomey he has been on several events with me has over and over again said you guys are going for my job. i know what it takes to be a u.s. senator. you have to be able to debate to answer questions and closed captioning doesn't exist on the senate floor. we have also asked him to release his medical records, which again, he has refused over and over again, despite mul

i think that will be john fetterman. i do think casually in talking to voters, i think there's a lot of empathy for what john has gone through. he had a serious stroke five to six months ago. he is recovering. he has made a pretty solid recovery now versus where he was right after the stroke. don't discount the ability of the electorate and voters to empathize with someone going through a health struggle. the fact of the matter is, we have all experienced that ourselves or through a loved one. >> mayor nutter, to that point, people do have a lot of empathy for anyone who is going through a health issue. one of the things offsetting his campaign though, as rich fitzgerald, the executive was telling me, he was sidelined. he was not out there campaigning, going to halls, to the union halls. he wasn't showing up the way pennsylvanians expect you to campaign. >> well, i think as congressman boyle said, if someone has a significant stroke, there's no legitimate doctor in america that would encourage someone to get back out on a

both of them going after the other one. >> john fetterman wants to release convicted murderers from prisonnted a staffer who wants to eliminate mandatory life sentences for first and second degree murderers. we all know fetterman loves free stuff, but we can't let him free murderers. >> i have sat with women who have had to make the difficult choice to get an abortion. it can be traumatic and life altering. but dr. oz calls it murder. judy: dr. oz entered this campaign. he was seen as an outsider, not having spent a lot of time in pennsylvania, also someone presiding over a very divided republican party. but as the months has gone have gone by he's consolidated the party, he has consolidated his support. republicans have put a lot of money into his campaign running these negative ads against john fetterman, accusing him of being soft on crime. now, for his part, john fetterman says that his record as mayor and as lieutenant governor shows that he has demonstrated compassion on his part and common sense. geoff: so john fetterman, we know he's recovering from a stroke that he suffered back i

also, we have john fetterman joining us tonight, senate candidate, john fetterman and alex -- i'm going to ask him about the health issue, but i have to tell, you i don't get it. i really don't get it -- we have two current democratic senators, one a little older than him, one a little younger than him, both of whom have strokes this year in office! and no one said, you gotta quit, you can't be a senator if you have a health issue like. bernie sanders had a heart attack when he was running for president! what did he take? two days off or something? he took like a week or so off, a little bit more. and no one said you have to get out! i -- i, i don't quite get what, if any controversy there really is about john fetterman's health. but he'll join us, we will discuss it. >> john fetterman is fighting every inch of his race, he's not giving anything up! he is tenacious in a way that few in public life are. i can't wait to see that interview, and lawrence, as far as frank foer's reporting, he's the guy who talked to merrick garland. so i kind of listen to what frank foer says. because not a

senate, john fetterman. i want to thank you, sir, for joining me. thank you for being here today. >> so great to be here. thank you for having me. >> of course. of course. in this debate, this week, you did call out your stroke. you called it the elephant in the room. and you're using closed captioning for this interview, for other interviews you have done as part of the recovery process, and you have been very open about missing words here and there. let's address it. in your view, just logistically, you're running for the united states senate. and actually doing the job of senator, how would continuing to recover from your stroke impact doing that job if you were to win next week? >> all of our doctors believe we're absolutely ready to be fit to be serving. and one of the things we always remind everybody is that by january, i would be much better. but oz will still be a fraud. and you know, i rely on the judgment, on real doctors, not a fake doctor like dr. oz who spent his entire campaign ridiculing and counting how many words i might miss, and

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with less than two weeks before the midterms, democratic lieutenant governor john fetterman faced republican tv personality dr. mehmet oz last night in their own debate. it was a chance for voters to see fetterman and assess whether he's up for the job as he recovers from a stroke that he had in may. astrid martinez is in new york with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. last night's first and only senate debate in pennsylvania was a pivotal moment in the final stretch before the midterm elections. lieutenant governor john fetterman continues to face serious questions about his health. meanwhile, his opponent, republican dr. mehmet oz, is fighting to take a seat currently held by republicans. >> let's get started. >> reporter: last night, democrat john fetterman and republican mehmet oz faced off in a high-stakes hour-long debate. >> i had a stroke. he's never let me forget that. >> reporter: immediately fetterman addressed what he called the elephant in the room -- his recovery from a recent stroke. he used the closed caption device during the debate. at times speaking hal