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oz and john fetterman getting set to face off in there one and only debate tonight. crime just one major issue on the table. leslie holts a pennsylvania mother who lost her daughter to a fentanyl overdose and she joins me now. goes without saying we are so sorry for your loss. why are you speaking out against john fetterman? >> good morning, todd. thank you so much for having me. this is really not a message je just for john fetterman. what i'm speaking to are the moms, the families who have lost their kids to fentanyl poisoning. and anyone regardless of whether it's john fetterman or any other politician who is running, they have to realize that victims' rights, my rights as a parent, my daughter's right to be alive is something that you can just likely push away and say we are going to change... any kind of laws and just make it so that more criminals get out of jail easier! the time, the energy, the resources that go into prosecuting this type of crime is considerable. just for john fetterman to say, well, we are going to let everyone -- okay, that's an exaggeration. we are going to make it easier for people who tak

as part of the interview in talking to lester holt, she made a comment which was in small talk before the interview without captioning, it wasn't clear, johnour conversation. and with that lots of other journalists who had interviewed fetterman unleashed on her and essentially made it seem like she was making -- >> and every single one of them interviewed them as she did, with closed captioning. she just said what he has explained which is he has problems with auditory processing as a result of the stroke it improves proving but it's nowhere needs to be, that's why uses this closed captioning which he said was totally appropriate. >> she wasn't making an argument about whether he was fifth mentally for office. -- >> but it was understanding that people are taking away from. >> let's have his own words, because he said something about that, he talks about why he used captioning. here has his own words. >> i use captioning, so, that's that's the major challenge. and every now and then, i miss a word. every now and then. sometimes on maybe much to work together. but as long as i have captioning, i'm able to understand exactly what's being ask

as part of the interview talking to lester holt, she made a comment which was in small talk before the interview without captioning, it was not clear he, johnconversation. and with that, lots of other journalists who have interviewed fetterman unleashed on her and essentially made it seem like -- >> every single one interviewed him like she did with close captioning. she just said what he had explained, which is that he has problems with auditory processing as a result of the stroke. it's improving but not where it needs to be and that is why he uses this close captioning, which he said was totally appropriate. >> she was not making an argument about whether he was fit for office, it was turned into that. >> but it was the understanding that people are taking it at. he says something about the. he talks about why he used captioning. here in his own words. >> i use captioning, that's the major challenge. every now and then, i will miss a word, every now and then. sometimes, i will mush two words together, but as long as i have captioning, i am able to understand exactly what is being asked. >> you have a problem with this, scott, because you