back with us now, john berman, charlie dent, maria cardona.cause i want you to show you, these are navy pilots, not me at home, with a telescope. these are navy pilots. i want to show you, this was navy pilots, not me at home with a telescope. these were navy pilots. >> we don't believe you. [laughs] >> i'm gonna prove it to now. watch this. [noise] >> there was another one that defied all of the rules of the aerodynamics. like it can go straight up at the speed of, you know, light, or sound, or something. it starts around, it was freaking them out. john, what is that? >> i mean, you never hear pilots swear like that. that never happens. i don't know what it was. i don't want to be a skeptic. i do feel roswell. you're making a mad face of me. i don't know what it was. >> why don't you just say it's an alien? when you say that? >> because neil de grasse tyson -- >> he wants to be an incredible journalist still. >> all respect, right? he points out that everyone on earth has got at least one of these things now. some of us have two of them. and

we're back with maria cardona, david urban, and david.nating was the three democrats said that democracy and human rights were what they were voting on. the three republicans said crime right away. turns out in the conversation that two of the democrats were in mass shootings. they were -- they were somehow involved in mass shootings. and so they're traumatized, but they didn't see crime as number one because basically they think crime is so complicated. is it about access to weapons, poverty, people feeling desperate, so they just labeled it differently. >> i love that conversation that you had because it shows another depth to the issue of crime that i don't think is being measured by all of these polls and the assumption that when people say crime, they mean the kind of crime that republicans are pushing that is bad bfor democrats. i talked to so many democrats who said the issue of crime is top of mind for me because there are so many guns on the street and republicans want to do nothing to try to curtail the number of guns on the str

joining us now, alice stewart and maria cardona.arkable moment that i mentioned a moment ago. the republican nominee for governor, kari lake on cnn earlier today, repeatedly refusing to say definitively that she would accept the results of the election if she lost when she was asked by dana bash. take a listen. >> my question is, will you accept the results of your election in november? >> i'm going to win the election and i will accept that result. >> if you lose, will you accept that? >> i'm going to win the election and i will accept that result. >> alice, kari lake's opponent says lake's comments are disqualifying. is she right? >> no, look, she's optimistic, she does expect to win. i think she will win and she will certainly accept those results. look, let's just give it to dana bash. she was very aggressive in interviewing both candidates and really we got a lot of substance out of them. but as she continued to press republican on this, she said ultimately when she's elected governor, she plans to make sure that elections are

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former republican congressman charlie dent and democratic strategist maria cardona. good to have you both here. maria, president biden and democrats, they were gaining some momentum. a new npr/marist poll has the president's approval at 44%. that's up from a low of 36% in this same poll back in july. but voters still say inflation and the economy that is their top concern, their biggest issue. so how damaging could this opec development end up being for democrats? >> i think it depends on what happens between now and the election, ana and what the white house is able to do about it. as kaitlan mentioned they are looking at every popgs they have on the table. but look, i think at this point voters absolutely they're concerned about indplags, they're concerned about the economy. and the administration has a lot to say about accomplishments on the economy. 11 million jobs. they have presided over the creation of all of those jobs as well as the growth of the economy itself. and on inflation they have passed the inflation reduction act that deals with the climate crisis,

let's bring in scott jennings, maria cardona is a democratic strat strategists. thank you both.ing at this and what is going to happen tonight, there is a lot of debate prep going on and i found it interesting part of that prep includes really making sure that herschel walker is knowledgeable and can drill down when it comes to actual issues and policy that he's knowledgeable she said and he can relate to people. how much of a concern is that? we have not heard a lot of focused issues from this candidate when it comes to policy. >> if you've never been on a debate stage in a high stakes situation like this, it's -- this is the top thing. and he's not a politician. he's never run for office. he does have something to prove to people about does he have command of the issues. as a tactical matter, it would be interesting to see how they prepare to pivot out of attacks or issues republicans want to deemphasize. somebody starts hitting him on recent allegations or a topic he doesn't like, had they adequately prepared him to pivot back to the things republicans are running on, inflati

. >> well, joining me now and of course my voice is leaving, cnn commentators maria cardona and alicert. you know what, let's go to a quick break, ladies -- oh, it's back. thank you, voice. i'm only on live television on friday night. alice, to you first, abbott doesn't want to raise the age to buy assault-style rifles, and he's against red flag laws, so i want to know how this is going to sit with voters. what do you think? >> well, first of all, bless your heart, and get your voice back in order. here's the key thing we saw on this debate tonight was that governor abbott was very strong on an issue which is of top concern for people in texas, and that is taking steps to reduce gun violence. he did so by continuing to support law enforcement and work on ways that we can curve gun violence, and he focused specifically on making sure we address the mental health component of this. but he also with his experience is a former attorney general, he understands the legal issues and the legal consequences of taking too strong measures with regards to access to guns. so he's taking that into

experts are saying, here's a healthy alternative, it's called excellence-ism, back again with maria cardonaeds a new word. >> alisyn, correct me. i'm -- >> so glad for getting this opportunity. that's true, you haven't been, perfect 66% of republicans do not believe that republicans -- >> you're embracing excellence -ism. >> let me tell you something, i've never been burdened by perfectionism at all. or excellence-ism, i go by my own credo, it's called good enough-ism. honestly, it works like a charm, he just had to be good enough. show enough, and be good enough. i'm sometimes invited to speak to women's groups about how to balance motherhood, and work life. and women talk about this thing called mommy guilt, they feel so bad if they aren't perfect for the kids, i'm like are you giving them three square meals a day? they have a roof over their head? do you love them? we are good. it's got enough. >> i didn't hear anything and hear about social media. because i think that drives a lot of this, a lot of insecurity, and teens. >> instagram -- >> especially for young people. >> but they see th

we're back now with john berman, charlie dent, and maria cardona.ut the dirty tricks. there's intimidation to be part of that is. well the idea of trying to force voters to question whether it is worth it to vote. that is at the core. >> absolutely. and people are saying -- there's no better what he's doing in terms of protecting everyone's right to vote. that both the dinos are joining him in these lawsuits because, it is arizona. a lot of what we are seeing is that these are happening in places where there could be voters that have mixed households, mix that is households. meaning there could be undocumented people living in that household. that is absolutely a definitive and out right diminishing tactic to keep latino voters from voting. because, they know that is going to be something that is going to really raise the fear of someone who's going to vote, who might have people in the household who aren't here. >> there's a fair they'll, right. their actual dirty tricks. listen, there is a care totally -- someone remembered to support ccaps. so le

joining us now to talk about this cnn political commentator, maria cardona, margaret tal lob, and doug heye. so, a lot to chew on there with what harry was offering. let me start with you, maria, because quite frankly i think the opec gas prices news is probably the most significant midterm election news we've had in kbquite a while. what's your take? >> it's certainly not welcome news. i will say we don't know yet how it's going to affect actual gas prices? is it going to be an impact impact? is it going to be an immediate rise in gas prices? or is it going to be slow? we know the administration is laserly focused on this. they're thinking of doing some r release of the strategic petroleum reserves to mitigate that. hopefully that will work. they're continuing to do everything they can also for the oil companies to keep down the margin of money they want to make, right? and i think that the american electorate understands where this is coming from. will it help mitigate blame? you know, who knows? again, this is not something that democrats want right now. but at the same time, they a

discuss, cnn political commentator and republican strategist allen stewart and democratic strategist maria cardona, co-host of the podcast "hot mics from left to right." new episode out on gas prices which is exactly where we're going to start. it's the perfect segue from maeve to you two. trying to win back the suburbs on crime and inflation. maria, what do you think about that framing of the race? >> well, what i see is certainly republicans doing it in a disingenuous way. shocker, right? look. there's nothing normal about this election, victor. if it were, we wouldn't even be talking about democrats being competitive in this election cycle because as you know, history and conventional wisdom, after a president's first term, the party in power normally loses seats and houses of congress if they're in control, but the reason we're not there right now and we're talking about how competitive these races are, victor is there's nothing normal about the candidates that are running. what i see is a democratic party that is focused on what voters want. yes, inflation is a critical issue. that's why you