next, this is laura -- i think to laura barrÓn-lÓpez. >> oh, it's to me. >> there we go. >> we are consideredals -- >> oh, you like that better than gen x. >> -- you are melding. i like that. >> at laura coates and alisyn camerota, everyone is like, no, you are gen x it's fine, i'm accepting it. >> our coverage continue, see you tomorrow. good evening, we begin tonight with a second exclusive audio recording by an investigative reporter and reporter bob winner of the former president. some of us played on cnn earlier, today about what you'll hear tonight has never. aired from 2016 through 2000, 20 woodward taped his conversations with the former, president some of which went into his second best seller on the subject, rage. he'll be releasing all 20 of these conversations on the

white house correspondent laura barron-lopez. thank you so much. . ♪ amna: election night is less than a month away and we're digging into some key races that could determine the balance of power in congress. lisa desjardins has more. lisa: let's talk about control of the house of representatives. to take over the house, republicans need to gain just five total seats next month. net. their party may have a slight advantage from redistricting. but there are dozens of competitive races, including more than 30 rated as toss-ups. to take a good look at the map, i'm joined by three public media reporters, karen kasler of ohio public radio and television, scott shafer with kqed in california, and zoe clark with michigan radio. so happy to have all of you together to talk about this. each of your states has lost a congressional district because of redistricting but you also each have a clutch of competitive races that could determine control of the house. i wonder if you could set the mood for us. what is on voters minds question marc everything from the w

want back with us, laura barron-lopez, actually anderson, and kristen. powers, or i'm confused by.this confuses. me she took the job as a model, a briefcase model, that carries a briefcase a fake money on a game show. and she thought it was about brains, and she had no lines. so yes, she was objectified, the rule called for being objectified, that be honest. but she also was a star on a different show, called suits, where she had a substantial role. that was a different characters. playing so, are we supposed to be outraged that she was a objectified on deal or no deal? >>, looking, right she did take this job. she presumably knew what she was entering when she took the job. that does not mean that she should have to deal with someone who is telling her to suck it in. i think that it is refreshing that meghan markle talks about these things, even though that was part of that jobs mo, and that job description. and i think her talking about potentially raises a question to whether or not that we need models next these suitcases? do we need women standing next to all these suitcases?

white house correspondent laura barron-lopez has been following it all. and she joins me now as part of our series, rethinking college. laura, good to see you. laura: good to see you. amna: so let's talk about this case that was heard today in missouri. what exactly are the states arguing? laura: so there are six republican states, including nebraska, missouri, arkansas, and they're arguing that the administration's debt relief program is illegal on three fronts. those three fronts are that the administration lacks authority, that they did not follow administrative procedure, and that it harms state revenue. so, today, we spoke to arkansas attorney general leslie rutledge, and she really focused on whether or not the president has authority to do this and took direct aim at him. leslie: the president did not have the authority to make this decision. he made this decision and based it on the heroes act, which essentially was put in place during the iraq war in order to give relief to our brave men and women in uniform. and it was also, as part of it, it cou

joining me here in studio, laura barron-lopez. abha battarai, economics corporate for "the washington post." and nikole killion from cbs news. we've got to start with you, abha. you're covering the economy. what does your reporting say about whether or not there could be a recession, how bad the state of the economy or maybe this is being overblown? abha: by many measures the economy is good right now. unemployment is at historic low. people are getting raises. people are continuing to spend. businesses are continuing to hire. but the dark cloud over all of this is inflation. and that's really weighing on consumer sentiment. it's weighing on businesses and that's sort of what's driving all of this doom and gloom that we're seeing here in washington and around the country. people now for over a year have been seeing higher prices at the grocery store at the gas pump. they're depleting their savings that they piled up during the pandemic. they're racking up more credit card debt. and they're feeling the sense that the bomb is slip o

laura barron-lopez has more. n asked by the new york times, six republican candidates for governor and the u.s. senate said they would not commit to accepting the results of their races. other gop candidates simply haven't responded. those non-committals have been tential for violence.es and joining me now to discuss is cynthia miller-idriss, the director of research at american university's polarization and extremism research innovation lab. cynthia, thanks for joining. i want to get to two examples of this pattern. there are two statewide gop candidates in arizona. kari lake and blake masters, and they have not committed to accepting the election result or they have either flirted with or embraced election lies. karl: why it is that you have not said, or maybe you'll do it now, you have not said that you will accept the certified results of this election even if you lose this election? >> i will accept the results of this election if we have a fair, honest and transparent election, absolutely, 100%. karl: so if

laura barron lopez has more. isiting puerto rico today, president biden plans to travel more hurricane-damaged communities in florida later this week. meanwhile, lawmakers have left the capitol and are launching their final midterm messages in new campaign ads. to talk about the political implications of all this, i'm joined by our politics monday duo, amy walter of the cook political report with amy walter and tamara keith of npr. thank you,adies, for joining us. president biden was in puerto rico today and is going to florida later this week and florida is poised to receive biions of dollars of disaster relief and that has led to some accusations against ron desantis d senator arco rubio, -- marco rubio, because they voted against disaster relief. is this impacting voters at all in terms of their perceptions of the republicans of florida? amy: that's right. at this moment of time, in the immediate aftermath of this hurricane and the cleanup that is going to be needed after, voters in the state are looking to gov

laura barron lopez breaks down what we know and what we don't know about the investigation. t's right, amna. "the washington post," among others, has reported that federal investigators believe they have enough evidence to charge the president's son, hunter biden, with tax crimes and making a false statement related to a gun purchase. investigators sent their findings to the u.s. attorney's office in delaware, where a prosecutor will decide whether to pursue criminal charges. "washington post" reporter devlin barrett broke the story yesterday. he joins us now. hunter biden has been the subject of scrutiny on the right for a long time. bring us up to speed on why agents are looking into him and what got us to this moment. devlin: this investigation began about four years ago and it stayed under wraps for a long time, but it first into public view in a very unusual way just before the 2020 election, when republican advocates started talking about a found laptop and hunter biden emails that were on it. ever since then, it has been an intense political debate as to whether hunter

laura barrÓn-lÓpez is back with this conversation as part of our arts and culture series, canvas. d tops of freight trains in mexico to quiet moments of rest. mexican-british photojournalist pablo alison has documented the journeys of migrants from central america to the u.s. southe border for the last five years. his latest project, the detainee handbook, explores what it's like for migrants detained by u.s. immigration and customs enforcement from inside the detention center where he found himself in 2019. how did you start photographing migrants making their way to the u.s.? pablo: i was driven to wanting to investigate the landscape of mexico, traveling on trains through the southern border of mexico up to new york. that was the intended journey. i could not avoid but to photograph the situation that i was surrounded by. that one journey ended up in about four years of on and off documentation of migrant caravans, individual journeys following small groups of people , migrating to the united states. laura: what are some of the forces that drive people to flee and ma this diffic

here with me is margaret talev, astead herndon of "the new york times," laura barron-lopez of the cbsews hour and cnn's own david y'all chalian. this is more than just family drama. it seems like the walker strategy here is basically to take the trump mode and hope that no one cares. >> yeah. this is pretty clearly what's come from that campaign since these allegations have come out. they deflect, deny, but not even done so with real veracity. they haven't provided any receipts to disprove, haven't provided any reason why someone shouldn't believe what's coming because they think the republican base will just double down. this has been a strategy we've seen from republican candidates all across the country since trump took that playbook nationally. the belief is that the grassroots base of republicans simply dislikes democrats more and will accept any and almost everything. georgia is going to come down to a few percentage points, and we are seeing senator warnock go ahead of where we see the gubernatorial candidate, stacey abrams be. there seems to be an emerging kemp/warnock voter.

laura barron-lopez explains. >> voters and 36 states will decide on ballot measures this election. abortion access, health care, and voting itself is on the ballot. reid wilson is the founder and editor of a digital news outlet that launched this month to cover public policy in the states. when abortion was on the ballot in kansas, voters rejected a constitutional amendment that would have allowed for a ban. therere five more states that have a ballot measure on abortion in november, california, kentucky, michigan, montana, and vermont. >> i'm watching two of those five states that are very likely to pass in california and vermont. but michigan is a swing state. michigan will be instructive about what is coming down the line next year and five years down the road. if putting an abortion measure of the ballot in michigan drives turnout for democrats, you will see that, on the balt in every state where the initiative process is a part of the political process. kentucky, like kansas, a very conservative state, if an abortion ban were to fail, that would be a serious red flag for repub