this is katie darling, a democratic candidate in louisiana. the democratic candidate in louisiana running for congress against steve scalise. she is considered a longshot candidate but she had a viral campaign showing her giving birth and positioning motherhood at the forefront of her campaign while also criticizing the state strict abortion law. >> i am katie darling and i live on a farm in st. tammany parish. our family compost collects rainwater and grows our own food. my husband and daughter help take care of the chickens. and there someone else will be joining us in helping to pitch in with farm life very soon. but these days i worry about storms that are stronger and more frequent because of climate change. about our kids underperforming public schools comment about louisiana's new abortion band, one of the strictest and most severe in the country. we should be putting pregnant women at ease, not putting their lives at risk. i have not spent my career in washington. i have worked my way up from bartender to ceo. now i help diverse is org

i am katie darling. and i'm running for congress. because i want that better path. for you!and for him! >> and katy darling joins us now. she's a democratic candidate running for congress in louisiana. katie, that is the most remarkable campaign ad i've ever seen. how did you do that? well, it was a pretty natural process. thank you so much. i am really proud of it. >> but how did you get the idea. whose idea was it to say, you know what, you know what you should do, you should give birth in your campaign ad. did you say that? was it a campaign manager? how did that happen? >> well, my pregnancy is what ultimately got me into the race. so as we were deciding how to introduce me as a candidate and how to share my story, it was a natural evolution of what was happening in my life. and, so i did work with a couple of talented folks to put it together. but it was just really organic what was happening in my life at the time. and the purpose of my campaign was to share that story of being pregnant in louisiana right now. >> i mean, it's so well done. because it actually -- you kn

katie darling, thank you for the ad. thanks for being with us this morning. things were talking about it. thanks for taking time audio maternity leave to talk to my viewers. katie darlene is a candidate for louisiana congress and the first district. still ahead this hour, according to a recent reporting, the justice department suggests this infamous pilot documents seized mar-a-lago might not be all trump has. plus, a blockbuster new account for the new york times claims that trump may have had plans for the documents. i'll be joined later this hour by trump's former personal attorney and fixer, michael cohen. he's a man with no shortage of experience whelan in dealing with behalf of the failed ex president. plus, we've been honing in on crucial states to watch this midterm season. today we're taking a hard look at georgia. we have two controversial candidates in the spotlight. notable election denier, and qanon conspiracy theorist, congresswoman marjorie taylor greene. and then a candidate, herschel walker. el walker ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪i like to vÖost it, vÖost it♪ ♪my

katie darling, a democrat running for a house seat against the republican minority whip steve scaliseis kind of a long shot in the republican strong hold district and launched her campaign while seven months pregnant not long after roe v. wade was overturned this summer and in the ad calls louisiana's abortion ban one of the most strict and most severe in the country. here's a piece of it. >> we should be putting pregnant women at ease, not putting their lives at risk. i'm running for congress because i want that better path, for you, for her, and for him. >> i want to bring in the congressional candidate behind this now viral ad, katie darling, thank you very much for being on the show this afternoon. >> thanks for having me. >> for so many women, you know, the act of giving birth is vulnerable and it is for many deeply private and here you are, making it public. talk about why and why now. >> well, i was seven months pregnant when roe v. wade was overturned, with a high risk pregnancy. and louisiana had a trigger abortion ban that left me terrified to be pregnant in louisiana. havin

this is katie darling, a democratic candidate in louisiana.tic candidate in louisiana running for congress against steve scalise. she is considered a longshot candidate but she had a viral campaign showing her giving birth and positioning motherhood at the forefront of her campaign while also criticizing the state strict abortion law. >> i am katie darling and i live on a farm in st. tammany parish. our family compost collects rainwater and grows our own food. my husband and daughter help take care of the chickens. and there someone else will be joining us in helping to pitch in with farm life very soon. but these days i worry about storms that are stronger and more frequent because of climate change. about our kids underperforming public schools comment about louisiana's new abortion band, one of the strictest and most severe in the country. we should be putting pregnant women at ease, not putting their lives at risk. i have not spent my career in washington. i have worked my way up from bartender to ceo. now i help diverse is organize their

. >> katie porter who is a darling of the democrats. >> a huge fundraiser. >> but, she is in orange county democrats do not win orange county. it is amazing that she won. she will have to fight really hard to keep that. >> we have tendencies altogether in california that are really up in the air. this is where the speakership to the house could come down. the map for us here. how many seats did the republicans need to win? >> just five to get the iron throne. kevin mccarthy is pushing this a big time. that is where nancy pelosi was this week during this attack. she was out raising money. she is so successful at it for the democratic cause. >> let's turn to me to be that we had here at kqed two days ago. this is the only debate that happened between governor knew some and his challenger. during that debate one of the questions that was posed was hey, are you really going to be sticking around? will you be here for 4 years? his national profile is been so high. let's listen to that and chat about him. >> you are asking voters for 4 more years. you commit to serving all four? > yes. this is a