is to vote in california. >> i'm katie porter and i represent orange county in congress.8th. let me show you how simple it is to vote here in california. all registered voters where sent a ballot through the mail. it is so important. we make our voices heard in this election. control of the house and senate are at stake and that means abortion rights, climate action, governance protection, and accountability are on the ballot. once you cast your vote, seal and sign the unveil up. i'm headed to my nearest dropbox which is about five minutes from my house to drop off my ballot. orange county voters can find drop box locations at aussie vote dot gov. you can also send your ballot back through the mail. no stamps needed. >> joining us now is democratic representative katie porter from california she's a member of the house oversight committee and the deputy chair from the house progressive congress. thank you very much for joining us tonight. i want to begin with the bigger question of what does it mean to the country on which party controls the house of representatives next

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katie porter is the deputy chair of the progressive caucus. it's the same call to defund the police. a couple of weeks ago, and article ran about her criticizing the police. she called the irvine police department a disgrace because they are doing their job. basically she wants to eliminate police and just arm and a bunch of 87,000 irs agents and that's her view of how the world should run. >> todd: the crum registered vos in your district, telling you, democrat specifically, about why they are not voting with their party and are voting for you, the republican. >> there are three things for inflation, overall inflation, the spending going on from the $22 trillion in spending. it's the gas prices, it's cutting off and water, the keystone pipeline's, and its crime. they care about crime. they care about losing their safety at home, their packages are constantly being stolen. people's homes are being broken into. we have fentanyl abuse and that's coming from our southern border because the border is not enforced. they are genuinely concerned abou

one other person who he is endangered to is katie porter. >> 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 ring 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 ye

near top of the list. >> katie porter, who is another freshman member of congress in what is already the brightest group of freshmen house members that i've ever seen. >> a rising star in the democratic party, congresswoman katie porter. >> laura: well, her profile rose, all right, but not in the way she wanted. texts exclusively obtained by fox news shows her berating irvine mayor and trashing police at one of her town halls last year. the man she lived with was arrested after he allegedly punched a pro trump protester giving the protester a bloody nose. she was upset he was arrested. orange county made a huge mistake by electing her she doesn't represent their values as well. she's gavin newsome in a curly black wig. no one takes her seriously. especially since when she dressed up like a superhero on the house floor for halloween, everyone just laughed. but not with her. at her. zero judgment. bat girl would never have voted the way katie did. >> let's talk about what's in that package. of course, there's the climate part, which is, you know, it's been hot lately. >> it's life or d

will you really beat katie porter?ill they cope. >> yes we are leading and the reason is because the democratic party may have lost all common sense they have gone so far left they left the taxpayer behind the $20 billion of new gas taxes and energy taxes and they left orange county families behind with record inflation and katie porter voted on $22 trillion and with the safe neighborhoods of orange county behind in a while ago you saw story where she called the local police a disgrace. and then wants to elect a republican majority and then to make crime ill legal again. steve: and we are decriminalizing crime. what about proposition 22? >> and with the proposition california voters it is one of the corrupted most damaging laws that have passed in the history of the country. a lot of high profile democrats are said that it have been and independent work to be her own boss wiping out hundreds of professions in california and then during the pandemic you will not allow them to do independent work because of the law. so c

and you mentioned katie porter. she's a very high-profile progressive.ht committee to a lot of people testifying. is she really in trouble for re-election? >> it's a very tight race. and, look, she's raised $21 million for re-election, which for a house race is astronomical. and, yet, she has not been able to move the needle in this climate in her -- in her favor for a comfortable margin over republican scott law in this coastal district. and part of the reason is some of the bad headlines she's gotten back home for calling the irvine police department a disgrace after a confrontation outside of one of her town halls earlier this year. and so this is a -- this is a very close seat. we still -- if i were forced, i would pick porter. but, wow, she was -- she has her eye on a senate seat, but she will have to spend a lot more money than she planned defending her own house seat this year. >> and let's shift to the senate. these toss-up races include pennsylvania right here and nevada. really close georgia and wisconsin. now maggie hassen in new hampshire. no

. >> please welcome president of the united states joe biden accompanied by representative katie porternd susan meyer. ♪ >> i am thrilled to welcome joe biden to orange county. here and across the country, patients have been paying more and more to get medicines they need to live. prices have been skyrocketing and families have been hurting. that is no accident prices are going up because big pharma has been pushing them higher. corporate executives handcuffed americans with higher costs using their lobbyists to get a giveaway. that said medicare can't negotiate lower drug prices. the result is that all of us as patients and as taxpayers have been getting ripped off, no more. allowing medicare to negotiate. drug prices is good for patients, good for families and good for taxpayers. it is good for us as a country for americans who have long been suffering from skyrocketing drug prices. the inflation reduction act delivers solutions. we faced a fight in the 12 months before we pass this landmark bill. big pharma spent over $57 million on advertising campaigns. the industry has spent more

take a look at california. 3 our f 4 seats, katie porter is in fight of her life, despite having 20 millione bank in orange county scott baugh is putting her to the test, and julia brownley outside ofles los angeles is really in a fight with matt yacobs, we about rio grande valley in south texas, you have 3 hispanic women running monica delacruz. shy will win that seat, but henry cuellar in 28, i think kathy will pet beat him in 28. mira flores is leading never poll, it looks like she will beat she don les, and we have serious tune in new york, we have great candidates on the a the island, we could sweep the island. and you look at anthony they could win their races, then if you go to hudson valley, take a look at marcus, and collin schmidt. big surprise is the my counter part. currently trailing mike lawler, a n new york assemblyman by 8 points and joe morally in rochester district in trouble. there are opportunities abound but we have 9 days left, that is a long time. trey: we have a minute lift. switching gears, if you have a big night, i know you don't like to make assumptions, the chai

this wasn't a slip of the tongue, you have aoc, janet yellen made that case, katie porter, stacy abramsomic ideas and policies and i don't think, they can trial they want to tie it to that. they lost all credibility with the american people. you look at the numbers in pennsylvania it is obvious the trend is moving on the republican side. here in texas people are tired of this. you see hispanics moving to the republican side, they don't know where else to go, the democrat party has abandoned them and i don't think anyone thought it could get this bad this fast. they are in trouble. will: they are in trouble when president biden who doesn't know what day it is is campaigning for john fetterman who can't speak on topics voters don't care about for the final ten days. all signs are for a red wave. will it happen? only time will tell. we have more news this morning. a possible huge break in a 2017 murder case, two young girls in indiana. malta reports model reports say police took a man into custody, went to the delphi murders. ashley strohmeyer has details. >> reporter: it is an unsolved hi

also katie porter, she is a radical, very smart liberal. she's going to lose.itionally a republican area. she's raised $17 million and still can't win that seat, that's how bad her policies are. will: jackie? >> i'm looking at nevada, also pennsylvania neck and neck in both situations. dr. oz has made tremendous ground and, of course, fetterman hasn't gotten up to the plate, no interviews, no debating, no talking about the real issues like the economy which matters to voters. but also nevada where right now the economy is the top issue to 44% of voters. 26% of democrats say they care about the economy, 14% of them say it's all about abortion. but, of course, it's adam laxalt that's really focusing on crime, on the economy, focusing on the issues that matter to people right now in the here and now, the present, to that washington post article. we're not talking about the past. we're talking about now. will: quality of life issues. gianno? >> herschel walker, he was my first guest on my podcast, out loud with gianno caldwell. it's in the margin of error, and i'm

some important bills that have been introduced or will be introduced before too long, congressman katie portercalifornia has introduced an important bill that would force the government and force these plans to be more forthcoming, more transparent to provide information and data that they are withholding from the government. he should not even be called medicare advantage. it is not medicare nor is it in advantage, so i think there should be legislation that should bar these companies from even using the name "medicare." there are some good members of congress -- congressman porter, pramila jayapal, jan schakowsky. they are all aware of this. unfortunately, they are among the minority, even among democrats. look at the things that advocates are beginning to do will wake them up and force them to get on the stick and do something. congresswoman scheible has been the lead sponsor of a medicare for all bill. she gets it. others get it, too. this is going to be an important step along the way. there is going to be a big, effort by industry to say we should have medicare advantage for all which wo

isn't that katie porter's district? >> yes. she is a star of the progressive left and took a republican seat when she first got elected. is in trouble this time around and could go down. maybe in california it helps, but if i were the president i would be finding things to do on the international stage as president that made me look like an effective chief executive. i wouldn't be campaigner in chief. >> bill: we'll give you another week and then we'll go predictions. >> dana: sparks flying last night when florida governor ron desantis squared off with charlie crist in their one and only debate. the incumbent's future political ambitions lighting the fuse for this fiery exchange. >> you talk about joe biden a lot. i understand you think you'll run against him. i can see how you might get confused but you are running for governor. >> listen, i know that khoorly is interested in talking about 2024 and joe biden. the only worn out old donkey i'm looking to put out to pasture is charlie crist. >> dana: >> dana: we'll talk to charli

stacy antibiotic wraps, katie porter, aoc, they have all been tying abortion to the economy.they're saying is, yeah, we destroyed the economy. the answer isn't to fix the economy, to unleash energy and be energy independent again, the answer is for you just to kill your baby. it's also a highly elitist argument and really reveals who these people really are. they're losing hispanics. and so i have a couple of tips for the democrats. one, stop reminding his fannics that you're -- hispanics that you're a pro-radical abortionist because they don't like it. and the other pro tip is stop listening to aoc when it comes to these issues whether it's the green new deal or aborg as your primary -- abortion as your primary closing argument as you end this election that you're clearly going to hughes. they keep listening to this very young, radical socialist, and she's really driving this party in a big way. and i think that they're, you know, at some point they're going to have to wake up and say we need to talk to real people like the lady at that door who said, excuse me, we tear abou

but republicans think that scott bell could unseat progressive katie porter. they're spending another $1.9 million on that race alone. look, republican money is being matched almost dollar for dollar by democrats, michael bloomberg giving the house majority pact of $10 million. it can be spent where democrats think they have a fighting chance, neil. >> neil: thanks, lauren. lauren simonetti following developments. bryan llenas in harrisburg. that debate showed a compromised democratic candidate. turns out didn't hurt him when it came to raising some dough. bryan? >> no doubt about that. $2 million the fetterman campaign since they raised since the end of the debate that everybody is talking about. in that debate, both candidates, fetterman and oz tried to cast each other as the extremist choice. at times, it mirrored just like their social media and political add attacks that have been playing the last few months. they both touched on a lot of topics including crime, abortion and the economy. here's a colorful exchange on inflation. >> dr. oz can't possibly un

it was aoc and representative katie porter out of california who said, you know, abortion is an economic issue as inflation goes up, we need more abortion. so, get the message that they are sending you. we are not going to change the underlying causes of inflation, which is this war on american energy and energy independence, which is spending money that we don't have and devaluing our currency, no, the answer for you poor people, you working class people is have less children. here's abortion. it's actually very elitist and very ghoul isish and there is another reason why there is going to be a massive, massive wave. i think the predictions for republicans, their best predictions, i think, will come true. >> brian: i would say the one thing, if it wasn't for the economy, we might be able to dance on the edges of what is passionate for the people, education, drops i think crime rises, the border rises. and abortion, if the election was in july, that might be something that was white hot at the time. but it is not in july the president to reach back to your point. i watched the pollster o

abigail in virginia, even katie porter in california, they are at genuine risk with several days to goum in the race for control. they also have an edge in a voter enthusiasm. but there is some democrats in these red and purple states to remain in strong contention despite president biden somewhat lackluster approval ratings. meanwhile, democrats running in blue states like new york, oregon, can it get, they are scrambling to hold on to their seats. can you help me make sense of what is going on here? >> you know what? in those blue states, democrats are double incumbents. they control both federal and state government. republicans have been very effective in taking the abortion issue off the table in those states. after all, roe v. wade is virtually certain to remain the wall -- instead, they will focus voters on crime and inflation, channeling their dissatisfaction against democrats. that has hurt them there, even in oregon where democrats are at risk of losing three house seats. republicans have only held one house seat there since 1996. you go to the red states and democrats have b

where the money is going in california among a couple of other states in the state, katie porter has $14 million in the bank, which shows how difficult this political environment is for democrats. now, 1.9 million in california is not that much money. because the l.a. media market as you know is i guess quite expensive. it costs a lot of money to reach a lost voters in california, so i wouldn't read a ton into that. but what i would make note of is that the house republican super-pac, the congressional leadership fund, is able to spend gobs of money this late in the day because they have raised a lot more than democrats, this is a big problem for the house democrats, kind of in a more global sense, looking forward, is that the republicans have, for example, last quarter, raised $75 million compared to the democrats 50-something million, so they have more money to play with. and they're trying to take advantage of what they consider to be a good environment. so they're pouring money into these seats late in the game in states like pennsylvania and in oregon, and outside of dc, in rich

and some leading names, katie porter in california. and even sean patrick maloney, not out of the woods. they've got very close races. because voters are so focused on inflation. and i think the most damaging side for democrats in the new "new york times" sienna poll is that 44% of voters rated inflation and the economy the top issue and 5% abortion. >> and for those who are deeply concerned about the future of democracy, it's how can you hold those two things in two hands. how can you hold the concern about democracy and concern about economy and how could you place the economy above the concern for democracy, there are a lot of voters out there who don't see the concern for democracy, as strongly as maybe people in some of the bluer cities do, so susan, when you're looking at these numbers and looking at the way things are swaying, what do you think is going to be, who do you think is going to prevail in again this not normal election cycle? >> if you look at history, the economy is almost always issue number one. on voters' minds. a

that was democratic congresswoman katie porter you saw there with that graph, who recognizes that inrepublicans understand this. why can't democrats, as a whole, why can't they call for windfall attacks on the john hours profits of big oil or big pharma? even conservatives in the uk, in between swapping out prime ministers every month, say they are open to a windfall tax on utility companies. so why not hear? going forward, it should be considered political malpractice for democrats to allow any conversation about inflation that's not centered on the role of corporate profiteering. one, it has the advantage of being a vote winner. and number two, it has the advantage of being true. coming up at the top of the hour with a midway i.d., evan mcmullin on his independent bid to take down election denier trump darling likely. that is tonight at nine eastern on msnbc. after the break, came in and i will discuss the curious f differences between u.s. and uk politics at the moment. stay tuned. ed by asking your healthcare provider if an oral treatment is right for you. oral treatments can be

and today he will speak with congresswoman katie porter, facing a tough bid, talking about efforts tond specifically allowing medicare to negotiate the cost of prescription drugs. the other biden-ism, he tries to make the midterms not necessarily a referendum on his own presidency so far, but a choice between the democratic agenda and the republican agenda, and we heard this directly from the president yesterday, saying listen, republicans are promising if they get into power, they will repeal the inflation reduction act. as he put it yesterday, in much more pointed language than we've heard of late, if republicans take over the house, inflation will get worse, not better. it is a tough argument. and you know the head winds the president is facing. but that is the latest spin to try to boost democrats in the tough races. >> with so many days left, they are trying to use the president the best they can to get the boost in those places. >> and shaq, the incumbent republican senator ron johnson who a lot of democrats view as a very vulnerable candidate, right now he is actually leading m

. >> reporter: but california congresswoman katie porter is not persuaded. >> streamline technology solutions, find efficiencies, operationalize. these are all mumbo jumbo to hide the fact that mckinsey was making money off opioids at the same time they were helping the government figure out how to regulate them. if your work for fda was so important, didn't it have some influence on what they actually did in the world with regard to drug manufacturers? >> no, it didn't, congresswoman. >> reporter: mckinsey declined our request for an on camera interview, but in a statement to cbs news, says there are strict policies in place to prevent the sharing of sensitive client information. the firm isn't currently working with the fda. >> and i think most americans when they hear that a consulting company is working for a drug company at the same time it's working for their regulator, i think it's just common sense that there's a problem here. >> reporter: in their book, the authors also focus on mckinsey's past work with enron, immigration and customs enforcement, as well as chinese state run compani

where you start to realize where people are worried about these outliers, sean patrick maloney or katie porter. people like that or districts where our less democratic, but 12 or 13 points biden districts -- we move back a little bit, maybe not fully to where the worst of the worst case scenario for, democrats, but i think we have moved back towards the fundamentals. i am more bullish for republicans than some forecasters. i think a 15 seat loss for democrats would be a good data set, i think they should be happy if they only lose 15 and therefore, lose the house. i think republicans are more likely to be in the 20's and a great republican night might start to flirt with 30, in the 30's. i think generally speaking, we are going to see something more of the fundamentals that we saw back over the summer where we were thinking the fundamentals were looking one way, but these other factors were looking the other. a few things about where the seats are and what the house might look like in terms of the range of outcomes, first, where states republicans could gain more than one seat, there are quite

where you start to realize where people are worried about these outliers, sean patrick maloney or katie porter. people like that or districts where our less democratic, but 12 or 13 points biden districts -- we move back a little bit, maybe not fully to where the worst of the worst case scenario for, democrats, but i think we have moved back towards the fundamentals. i am more bullish for republicans than some forecasters. i think a 15 seat loss for democrats would be a good data set, i think they should be happy if they only lose 15 and therefore, lose the house. i think republicans are more likely to be in the 20's and a great republican night might start to flirt with 30, in the 30's. i think generally speaking, we are going to see something more of the fundamentals that we saw back over the summer where we were thinking the fundamentals were looking one way, but these other factors were looking the other. a few things about where the seats are and what the house might look like in terms of the range of outcomes, first, where states republicans could gain more than one seat, there are quite

katie porter in california. these are big, craddick names who are not out of the woods.hey are at in human risk. -- they are at genuine risk. with 33 tossup's on our chart there are a lot of ways this could go. host: give us the state of play right now in the house. what is the majority right now? it is thin. guest: part of the reason we are not looking at a massive 63-c gain like -- 63-seat gain, there are 213 seats to 222. a sneeze could tip over the house. they only need five seats to regain control. there are structural advantages in the house they don't have in the senate. the first is redistricting. this is the first cycle where every state had to redraw the boundaries except for six days and only had one district and are spared the madness of this process. republicans are able to gerrymander more states than democrats. a lot of big blue states like california, new jersey, virginia, washington, they passed anti-gerrymandering reforms. they had independent or bipartisan commissions that drew foundries in fairly neutral ways. republicans were able to manipulate the b

we're in irvine, the home district of congresswoman katie porter, she's seeking a third term here. it's a swing district. tough race for congresswoman porter. she lael fought hard for some of these provisions in the i.r.a. you're going to see the president really showering her with praise for getting this done. >> i can understand that about california, but we know the president will also be making stops california, colorado, oregon. all of these are largely blue states, mike. why do they need the president there campaigning. >> these are blue states, but in a tough midterm election year with all the headwinds that democrats are facing, they're not safe bets for democrats. so michael bennet, who the president appeared with on thursday, facing a tough re-election bid for another term there, the president also heading to oregon tomorrow. they haven't elected a republican governor for generations, but the democratic candidate there, tina co-tech, she's facing a tough race. it's a three-way race with a strong independent candidate who's pulling support from the democrats. the president