jerry: joining me to discuss the midterm results is pat toomey of pennsylvania, retiring at the end of this term. his seat was flipped from red to blue with a victory of democrat john fetterman over dr. oz. thanks for joining me. give your sense of what the meaning of these results, no red wave has many people forecast. and they do seem across the country, the margin could be 3 or 4 percentage points, and what would happen? >> there was a red wave in florida and this was a tragic lost opportunity we have been so many places especially my home state of pennsylvania. the data is clear, the more candidates associated with donald trump and the ultra amaga movement and the false notion the election was stolen in 2,020, the more that was the message the more they last and in many places it was a stark contrast to a more conventional republican who is winning in new hampshire. chris sununu sales to reelection, general don bolduc loses badly in the senate race. in ohio we won, jamie e vance pulled out a win by 6.5 points while the wind was running by 25 points. in georgia herschel walker made

pat toomey carried bucks county. if you come to the presidential race in 2016 and 2020 hillary clinton and joe biden carried bucks county. so if mahmet oz -- if bucks county is red tomorrow night and if mahmet oz is within 8, 10 points, 11 points, he's got a shot to win and that's why he's there tonight and why he's there without donald trump. >> what if the republicans take control of the house. >> the suburbs will decide the key senate races. let's come out to the map here and take a look at it from a different perspective. come out nationally, bring up the house campaigns for you, we're in 2022, and let's take a look at the competitive races. we have 82 competitive races. this is partnering with our partners at inside locations. 82 across the country. and they are from coast to coast, from the northern corner of maine all the way to southern california. could take a while to count in some of these races but of these 82 rays, 57 -- 57 have democratic incumbents, they're defending almost three times as many seats as

so when you -- i'll say that to pat toomey. pat toomey, this is the party you wrought.u don't stand up to donald trump when he stands in charlottesville and says there are good people on both sides, this is what you get. you get a party that went all in on extremism, you get leaders who are so afraid of their base, they're the everrified to push on a president when he says and does these outrageous things. >> the people who stood up disappeared. >> the people who stood up are sitting in seats like charlie dent is sitting in right now. there are two things. one thing i would add to this, certainly, the conservative universe and the republican ecosystem today and for the next several days will be blaming donald trump. and if you open up "the wall street journal" droireditorial it's all blaming donald trump. but no one has taken into consideration the role that abortion played. and let me just tell you, no one at the federalist society 40th anniversary last night mentioned that. >> and by the way, we'll talk more about that, because polls show abortion to be such a distant

trey: welcome back to "sunday night in america" senator pat toomey won twice stated wide as a republicanania, they were both tough, hard races, now the state from pat toom to pat toomey to john fetterman, senator toomey is joining us now. you won twice, if i recall both were tough, hard races. how did you succeed where dr. oz and others were not able to? >> well, thank you for having me. my races were close, they were tight, i won by 2% of first time, less than that the second. i think that story of this election cycle was flawed candidates. at the top of ticket in pennsylvania, we had a gubernatorial nominee, who lost by 15 points. that is worst beat down we've had in an open seat race in pennsylvania since 1950s. and you know i think that dr. oz was a good candidate, but he could not overcome that ahead wind, we got within 3 1/2. which is a heck of a lot closer than was to of the ticket. but it was too much h headwind, it cost us, i think 3 house seats we were very competitive. let's remember. you don't get an environment that sem that is more favorable than this, when a spectacular fa

mehmet oz to fill the senate seat held by republican pat toomey. fetterman's election victory came six months after suffering a stroke just before the democratic primary. he addressed supporters early this morning. >> i am proud of what we ran on, protecting a woman's right to choose, raising our minimum wage , fighting the union way of life , health care as a fundamental human right. it saved my life and it should all be there for you should you need it. amy: control of the senate now rests on four states -- wisconsin, georgia, arizona, and new mexico. in georgia, it appears increasingly likely the race between democratic senator rafael warnock and republican herschel walker race will go to a runoff. with 95% of the vote counted, warnock is leading with 49.4% of the vote, just shy of the 50% needed in georgia to win the election outright. walker has 48.5% of the vote. warnock spoke to supporters early this morning. >> well. good evening, georgia. or maybe i should say good morning. here is where we are. we are not sure if this journey is over toni

among those sounding the alarm are bob menendez, cindy lummis, and pat toomey who say it's been pushednto foreign situations this coming as blockfi weighs a bankruptcy of its own. and tesla revealing two crashes. this according to national highway traffic safety administration both crashes being reviewed by the agency involved the company's model 3 sedan. all automakers are to immediately report all crashes involving self-driving tech. very scary. >> thank you very much for the headlines. >>> to washington, dc, and former president donald trump making good on his promise for a special announcement as he looks to retake the white house in 2024 nbc's brie jackson joins us with the latest now brie. >> reporter: good morning, dom former president donald trump made it official, announcing a third bid for the white house. all of this came from an event at his mar-a-lago estate in florida. his 2024 white house bid comes just two years after he was ousted from the white house. and a week or more than a week after many of his hand-picked candidates were defeated in the midterm elections. now, i

people like pat toomey and republicans increasingly think yes.ment piece by piece. they will clearly go after asset managers. they're definitely going after the proxy advisors. they want to know what you're doing and how you control this whole debate. obviously, this is a fraught subject. you know a lot of, esg advisors saying we're only giving people what they want, investors. republicans are saying, do investors really care about esg that much. liz: who is for either side to tell companies what they can and cannot offer? the republicans always complain when democrats want to do taxes on certain companies like windfall taxes and here they're trying to insert themselves. >> if there is a political movement that invaded corporate america, pushed by democrats that controlled big pension funds, there is a lot of steam on esg and i will say, liz, that this story is not going away and you know, what is interesting about toomey, again he will hand this off to whoever, i guess dr. oz takes his place on the financial, on the banking committee, there will

and also the same takeaway as retiring republican senator pat toomey.democrat john fetterman just picked up his seat, now a democratic seat in pennsylvania. let's play what pat toomey said. >> i think my party needs to face the face the fact that if fealty to donald trump is the primary criteria for selecting candidates, we're probably not going to do really well. >> you just said that as well. and you have been saying that for some time, i will note, congressman. well, what impact do you think this midterm has then, on the movement away from trump, if that movement is real? >> well, we saw tim griffith come out a couple days ago, one of the largest republican donors, i've worked with him before, he said it's time to move on from trump. i think we're going to see a lot more people take that kind of position. what's going to be really interesting how many of these ps psychofan candidates continue to go to trump. >> do you think it diminishes -- that's the question, do you think it diminishes? what are you seeing in your crystal ball with that? >> well, i

. >> we just heard from republican senator pat toomey who put out in a tweet that the crypto sector has been operating far too much ambiguity. because regulators have refused to give well-meaning actors guidance, nb, refused act. why has this happened so slowly? like can you not regulate this industry more quickly? hester: we have been unwilling to work with people in the industry, and the people interested in participating in the industry to develop guidelines that made sense for the industry. instead, we have preferred to take an approach that is rooted in enforcement. often enforcement actions come very late. , after relatively small actors in the market. it is not a good way to do the hard work of thinking of what a framework would look like. >> do you need congress at some level to tell you which parts of this industry you ultimately should be responsible for? is it to you entirely? or, do you need assistance from others in washington dc? hester: that is a great point. it would be helpful to get congresses decisions around who they think should be regulating in this area. if the se

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this is a seat held by pat toomey so it's one of the democrats best opportunities to flip a seat. the democrat trying to do that is the current lieutenant, progressive john fetterman, who is running against the republican candidate, dr. oz. this is a race that is a tossup. the bowling average is 47% for each candidate so it is literally neck-and-neck. what is so interesting is that our men have been holding a steady lead for the duration of the campaign until just a few weeks ago so what has changed? broadly, there is what is happening on a national level with momentum building for the republicans as we have gone closer to the boat with the economy front and center but part of it has to do with what took place two weeks ago on october 25, the first and only televised debate. he is struggling from the effects of a stroke he suffered in may, days before winning the democratic primary. he had to use closed captioning technology to help with auditory processing issues, gave halting answers, and it raised a question of his fitness for office as well as transparency because his campaign

correspondent: sitting lawmakers have not been so spoken, but pat toomey who just retired as republican pennsylvania blamed donald trump for what he called the debacle that left that you be scrambling to capitalize on democratic weakness in pennsylvania and said this would diminish mr. trump's standing. larry hogan know not to be a trump fan says he used to feel like he was on the life boat and everyone else was on the trump titanic but this election showed it is the conservative common sense candidates that won. there is a discussion in the republican party about how electable the trump brent is. some of his ally saihe should put on hold to announce a presidential bid at least until we know who was one the senate -- won the senate. they do not want to presidential bid to muddy the waters. anchor: on the democratic side, certainly in some circles within the party they were queing in anticipation of a bloodbath to say president biden was too old to lead the party, but after this result, a historical best for president in recent times, it is his position. he said he will make an announcem

contentious race between fetterman and republican dr mehmet oz, this seat vacant after republican pat toomeyetired. it was a victory in pennsylvania in 2020 that gave joe biden the presidency. it's a huge victory for democrats tonight in the commonwealth as we take a look at the numbers that are still coming in here. here's what fetterman told his supporters a short time ago. i never expected that we were going to turn these red counties blue, but we did what we needed to do. i understand ation across every one of those counties and tonight that's why i'll be the next u. s senator from pennsylvania. now to the race that many believe the direction of the senate could hinge on the same place that gave democrats the majority in 2020, georgia. incumbent democrat raphael warnock, facing republican and former nfl star herschel walker . this race saw historic early turnout, and at this hour it continues to tighten. there is a libertarian in this race, and you can see both men warnock and walker under 50% if neither gets to 50 we will see a runoff in december now to the southwest arizona democrat, f

this was a republican seat, that of retiring senator pat toomey so the flip to the democrats could beuge. the conversation you were just having about 2020 four influence of president trump,oz was in -- endorsed by trump. clearly, the connection with trump did not help them and this will raise the question of acceptance of results and concession because neither of the republican candidates have conceded their races yet even though they were called ahead of time. tom: the day after the election, i found fascinating, the importance of early voting. what have you learned in pennsylvania about this speed with which we are getting to the importance of early voting? kailey: it definitely was huge here and election officials really downplayed the idea we could have resulted early because of a quantity of mail-in ballots which couldn't get counted until 7:00 a.m. election day. one point 2 million mail-in ballots were turned in. nearly one million were from registered democrats and only 300,000 were from registered republican so a huge democratic tilt when it comes to the mail-in voting. there

that same year trump won and republican senator pat toomey won bucks by more than 18,000 votes. dr. a round table right here next door to me and fetterman will be holding a rally in bucks county at 3:45 today arthel. arthel: it's important. that's why you are there. thank you. eric. eric: that is true. former presidents obama and trump are not the only former pchief executives hitting the campaign trail. rolling out the welcome mat for big names and less open to speaking to reporters who are following her campaign. alexandria hoff has more on that in las vegas. hi, alexandria. alex: former president clinton he joins a long list of party big names and celebrities that have brought in to assist perhaps the most vulnerable incumbent senate democrat and this is really a battle, voters are completely split right now with democratic incumbent cortez masto pulling tie. first latina elect today serve in the senate but leads by just ten minutes among hispanic voters according to the latest usa poll. crime and economy are what's most important for her. >> now you're like ready for something n

pat toomey is retiring. we are start to go hear the closing messages from the candidates, and this polling shows that republicans have the wind at their backs, if you are talk to republicans here and back in washington, they feel bullish headed into the last stretch. democrats of course hoping their closing message is what will resonate with voters as well. the closing ad we got from john fetterman, in which he really shaped this as a distinct choice between himself and mehmet oz. watch this. >> i only got into politics to make my town a safer place. oz only moved here to run for office, to use us. i've spend my career fighting for people. oz has spent his life taking advantage of people, making himself rich. >> reporter: now we know fetterman will be in the so-called collar counties. he'll be there the next couple days. i traveled out to an oz rally, not too far from here, in bucks county, last night. what was interesting and del is that the crowd was really a full republican base. if you looked around, peo

pat toomey winds bucks county six years ago.elected in a pretty competitive race in the united states senate. so, this is, this is very key. again, the mail in ballots. if you look at the moment, if you look at the moment, that is a 20-point lead in bucks county. if it is anywhere close to that at the end, anywhere close to that at the end, john fetterman is the next senator from the commonwealth of pennsylvania. but we're only -- >> he may win, but he's not gonna win bucks county. >> you're 61% statewide. it's just important. so, in the places, philadelphia, the suburbs, 61%, 30%, which means of a way to go. 32% here. this is 6%, six and a half percent of the state population. this is 5% of the state population. and you've got a lot of votes count. still so, this is democrat 4.4. that would be outstanding. so, we have ways, we have ways to go. we're still counting, we're still counting votes now. and brianna talks about mail in ballots that might not be counted tomorrow. remember, this was a state, again, there are not as many

the seat in question is that of retiring republican senator pat toomey.n pennsylvania, it seen as one of the democrats best opportunities to pick up a seat and time will tell which man comes out on top but oz is ahead of the polls and fetterman is suffering from the effects of a stroke he suffered just before he won the democratic primary and that was on display in a debate. that seems to be one of the factors contributing to the lost ground in this race. alix: thank you so much. another key battleground state is georgia but it could be the last two proclaim a winner. this will be quite contentious and could lead to a runoff election. >> absolutely, when you talk about uncertainty, this race will not only be decided by the most votes but could be decided whether or not anyone gets 50% or more. if not, we will have to wait until december 6. democratic incumbent rafaela warnock did a runoff in 2000 session 2021. he's in the race against herschel walker which has seen walker's baggage come to the forefront with domestic violence, women saying he urged them t

join meg now retiring republican pat toomey of pennsylvania who just saw democrats flip his seat, thatr toomey, thank you so much for being with me. as you watched this from a perspective of one, only you really could see this the way you did, it was your former seat, you know your seat so well. why do you think oz lost? >> well, it's actually still my seat for another couple of months. but i get the point. first of all, let me be very clear. i think dr. oz ran a very good campaign. i actually think he was a very good candidate in a lot of ways. so the question that i think arises is why did a good candidate running a good race in what should be a very good environment not prevail in a state like pennsylvania, which is very, very competitive, always close, or almost always close? and i think a big part of the reason was that at the top of the ticket in the gubernatorial race we had an ultra maga candidate who never appeared to even attempt to expand beyond a hardcore base that was very, very committed to him. but he ended up losing in an epic beatdown. >> yeah. >> and it's very, very h

the current seat is held by retiring gop senator pat toomey. so that's why you have an open seat with lieutenant governor john fetterman versus tv dr. mehmet oz on the republican side. and polls suggests fetterman is still a little ahead in this race, but of course the polls that matter are the ones on election day, so we'll see how it turns out in the end. and what turnout is like of course this is challenging environment here in the state of pennsylvania just like all across the country with voters disapproving -- more voters disapproving of president biden's job performance than approving of it. and also people concerned about the economy, concerned about rising prices but as i said turnout is what it's going to come down to. both campaigns have had big names like former president trump, former president barack obama, also president biden. oz campaigned in bethlehem and bucks county. fetterman was also in bucks county and harrisburg. here is some of what they had to say in their closing argument this weekend. take a listen. >> dr. oz wants t

fetterman and republican limit oz are locked in a tight contest to replace retiring gop senator pat toomeyess's in upper darby, pennsylvania, with the latest. just four days to go before election day. senate candidates democrat lieutenant governor john fetterman oh, my goodness. and republican dr mehmet oz are making their final pitches to voters in pennsylvania. i will be the 51st vote in d. c. and want to get all the good things that we want to accomplish. we've got to eliminate the filibuster. bring balance back into this equation . i want to make sure that the extreme ideas of john feddeman, aren't there. all indications are this race is a tacit what do you make of dr oz? well i'm not that crazy about him, but you know, i'm going to vote for him. you know, i like him better than the other guy. i'm probably going to vote for federman. even though i'm a lifelong republican , as both campaigns try to seize momentum tonight, fetterman is touting an endorsement from oprah winfrey. if i lived in pennsylvania, i would have already cast my vote for john fetterman. for many reasons, con i mean,

race in pennsylvania, which was a key seat fetterman is now going to replace retiring gop senator pat toomey some of the other big races we did see where republicans did pick up a win or maintain a race in the senate where jd advance was able to win in ohio, they did stave off that red wave that many people have predicted outperforming during the election psych wrl historically the party in favor does not typically do well. so with the votes still being counted, the republicans do believe they will secure enough seats to take over the house, but the senate still remains in the balance, particularly when you think about that race in georgia, which has been too close to call. >> bree, short term, we're certainly waiting for some of those key results, but a slightly longer lens as we look out to 2024. some of the key areas of the elec electorate, democrats taking heart from the fact that white college educated women seem to respond around this women's rights themes to women's abortion rights, also for the other side of the equation here, latinos moving toward the republican party give us a read

pat toomey, and others. it's a purple state. it's really tough. no matter who it is. >> i think fetterman is bluffing. he's beloved by democrats. and he's authentic, and. israel spain israel. let's start with fetterman will heal. some that's wrong with his brain that will heal. he's actually ahead of pace for most of victims. by this time next kobe. find what it was that he can't hear. there's something wrong with his heart. this guy was rip people off repeople of his entire life and most people made most baucum. i think, at the end of the day. there's a passion for him in the grassy levels. that is not contingent upon his health. they know his heart and they know he is. and in a fight with him to last breath. >> how influential are impacted you take it was to have oprah winfrey endorsed him in the wake? >> better tavern the not. >> but the timing of the endorsement is always so critical and the idea that when you have early voting that's already started why do you think there has been the delay in endorsing her she's going to do so for the many r

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here at the conference, kristen gillibrand said she is working on a new stable coin bill with pat toomey that in the next several weeks and hopes to get a hearing before the end of the year they are co-sponsors of an existing bill that would establish a new framework for assets more broadly. she wants to update there with potentially tougher capital requirements all of this is coming as crypto's reputation has taken a hit. this afternoon, janet yellen warned that more effective oversight of the industry might be needed because of what happened with ftx. she called on congress to fill in the regulatory gaps more quickly and said further interconnections of the crypto system and financial markets could raise broader stability concerns now, committees in the house and senate are planning hearings to find out what happened at ftx. industry folks here say they want to make sure any new rules are tailored for different players in the space >> thank you we will discuss the outlook for crypto regulation tomorrow when we are joined by maxine waters on this show >>> when we come back, semiconducto

. >> reporter: here in the commonwealth of pennsylvania, pat toomey is retiring.ocrats hoping to flip this seat. republicans hoping to keep it in their column. to that we are seeing the highest profile surrogates traveling to see which party can capture pennsylvania and its open senate seat. jessica dean, cnn, philadelphia. >> let's bring in jackie kucinich. people are feeling economic pain says stacey abrams. traditionally you punish the party in power when you don't feel good in your pocketbook. that's what democrats are facing. >> reporter: right. the inflation issue, gas prices, things like that. they're breaking for republicans. you have the social issues which are important to a lot of voters. if that's the case, they're breaking for democrats. that's what you have. that's one of the reasons you have biden going down to florida in part seniors won't be happy about. will that move the needle? probably not. one way for the democrats to talk about the economic issue in a way that could be persuasive to some voters. >> yeah. joe biden saying that republicans wou

. >> i wanted to get your sponse to this clip from senator pat toomey.s you know, he is a retiring senator from pennsylvania, and his seat just flipped blue. here's what he had to say. >> candidates that were seen as ultra all about the previous president and relitigating the last election, they went down in flames, even in many caseshere conventional republicans, including conservative republicans, were winningig. >> what is your response, and do you thinkhe republican base is still with the former president? >> yeah, i think the rublican base is still very much with donald trump. as far as senator toomey's remarks are concerned, it seems this is an election where you have incumbents of all ideological strikes, including very populist ones, including conventional republicans, as wells democrats who all won reelection. it was a tough year for challengers, and the fact that some trump-like challengers like j.d. vance in ohio succeeded and the fact that others did very well for candidates who have no experience and are first-time contenders for office, i t

republican pat toomey is retiring. democrats hoping to pick this up.epublicans honing to defend it. remember, republicans just need to pick up one seat in order to do that. so you can imagine all the attention that is here. so the closing arguments that we are hearing, fetterman pitching himself as a man of the people here in pennsylvania, someone that they can count on to be authentic, who he says he is. he is really incorporated his stroke recovery into his final pitch to voters saying he got knocked down and he is going to get back up and they can count on him to do that. for his arepart. mehmet oz pitching himself as a moderate. we were with him last night. he talked to the crowd about reaching out to their conservative democratic and independent friends saying that he wants to get rid of extremism in washington and work in a bipartisan way. which message will resonate the most, we will have to wait until tuesday, of course, until voters make their voices known. but this today is all about riling up the base. this is about the two biggest stars, th

. >> senator pat toomey is laying the blame squarely on former president trump. >> the more candidates were associated with donald trump and the ultra maga movement and, you know, the false notion that the election was stolen from him in 2020, the more that was the message, the more they lost. >> charles, you can expect all of this to be hashed out at tomorrow's gop conference policy lunch. charles? >> charles: thanks. as we await the results of the remaining house races, are democrats about to throw in the towel? this headline in politco today, i don't think we're going to make it. democrats hope for house majority dim. with me now, real clear politics phil wegmann and samantha joe roth. phil, even president biden seems to be coming to grips with this. still most folks saying this is a resounding victory for the democrats. >> it certainly seems to be. they beat history. this was not the red wave that was expected and the losses have been kept down to a minimum. i think at this point, if the white house and democrats were hope against hope to keep the house was greedy. the cherry on to

. >> tonight we see fetterman and oz crisscrossing the commonwealth, and pat toomey is retiring so that means republicans certainly want to hang on to that, and democrats would love to flip it. that's why it's the most expensive senate race we have seen and why there are so many eyes on the commonwealth. we saw presidents obama and biden rallying for democrats yesterday, really trying to turn out the bases in the democratic strongholds of pittsburgh and philadelphia, and we saw trump in a rural part of the state trying to rally the republican base, and the candidates hitting the trail again today trying to get every last voter they possibly can in the final sprint to election day. we have been hearing from oz. he really wants to cast himself as an independent voice, and to that end, anderson, we did not hear him name president trump or the republican gubernatorial candidate, mastriano. fetterman, for his part, of course, he's overcoming and recovering from a stroke back in may. he has also been on the trail all week leading up to the final stretch, and he's really trying to cast oz as a

with the senate here where the democrats of course now have control of the senate and senator patted toomey laying the blame squarely on the former president. >> the more candidates associated with donald trump and ultramaga movement and this false notion that the election was stolen from him in 2020, the more that was the message the more they lost. reporter: but nrsc chairman rick scott who was in charge of winning republican senate majority, jacqui, he was on "sunday morning futures" pointing the finger back at senate leadership. >> because we didn't have a plan. i have mean because, you know, because leadership said no, we're not going to have a plan. we have to start combing together as a caucus. not vote with the democrats. reporter: a handful of senate republicans are calling for that leadership election to be delayed this week. of course we were hearing those calls from the house republicans too where again 19 house seats are still up for grabs. there are reports, jacqui, from republicans that kevin mccarthy does not have the votes to become speaker. members of the house freedom cau

retiring senator pat toomey is a republican, so they hope they can pick up this seat as lieutenant governor john fetterman and dr. mehmet oz square off. this is, of course, a challenging environment for democrats, not just in pennsylvania but all across the country with voters so concerned about the economy and inflation and with the president's approval numbers upside down. so more people disapproving of the job he's doing than approving of it. polls here suggest that fetterman is ahead in this close race. but as you mentioned, it's considered a toss-up. of course, turnout is going to be key. that is what we've seen the candidates and their surrogates, big names in each party, focusing on in the last several days. dr. oz campaigning in bethlehem and in bucks county today. fetterman was also in bucks county and in harrisburg. and fetterman himself making a point early today by bringing up a mayoral race he won by just one point. he said it's going to be a jump ball. on tuesday, it's going to come down to every single vote. meanwhile oz today in bethlehem in northampton county, one of only t

republican pat toomey retiring, democrats hoping to flip the seat, republicans honing to hold on to it. it could very well determine who controls the u.s. senate. there is a lot at stake. that is why you see former president obama behind me on this saturday before the election. this is really the last day that they could really put him out on the trail. it's really close to election day. that is no accident we are seeing him both in pittsburgh and philadelphia, again, two strong democratic -- two very big democratic strongholds. we're also going to see former president donald trump hitting the trail here in pennsylvania today as well. he'll be about an hour outside of pittsburgh. we're anticipating a big crowd for that as well. mehmet oz, the republican candidate, will be appearing with him at that rally. an interesting line for oz to walk because he's rally been pitching himself as a moderate, fredricka, in these final days of this campaign, and trump of course, moderates turned away from him in 2020. it's a fine line to fire up that republican base here in pennsylvania and also swing

here is outgoing senator pat toomey about pennsylvania.ver attempted to expand beyond a hard core base that was very, very committed to him. president trump had to insert himself and that changed the nature of the race that created too much of an obstacle. >> "new york times" donald trump under fire g.o.p. he faced unusual attacks from the republican party on wednesday after a string of midterm losses by candidates he had hand picked and supported. a display of weakness as he prepared to announce a third presidential campaign as soon as next week. republicans have followed donald trump off the side of a cliff. david urban a long time trump adviser with ties to pennsylvania said. i mean, it is growing. you clearly have made your feelings clear, mark. about all of this analyze it from a republican party point of view. and analyze it from a race still not finished. >> just for perspective i say this out of sadness and not anger. i spilled more ink in the "the washington post" defending donald trump's policies as president than any human being

senator pat toomey laying the blame on donald trump. >> the more candidates associated with donald trumpltra maga movement and the false knowing the election was stolen from him in 2020, the more that was the message, the more they lost. >> but nrsc chairman rick scott, in charge of winning a republican senate majority was on sunday morning futures this weekend pointing the finger back at senate leadership. >> we didn't have a plan. i mean, because you know, because leadership said no, we are not going to have a plan. we have to come together as a caucus, not vote with the democrats. >> gop conference chairman barrasso says they will talk about all of this tomorrow at a luncheon, a policy lunch and will hold the elections on a senate side on wednesday. but a lot is, again, still up in the air on the house side. sandra. >> sandra: ok, thank you. john. >> john: sandra, bring in charlie hurt, fox news contributor, senator josh hawley said the old party is dead, bury it, find something new, and did not attract independent voters, saying you cannot expect them to vote republican unless you gi

like, pat toomey, he was a republican congressman before.st got elected in alabama. it worked in alabama politics, i believe she was a preacher and shelby staffer in alabama. right? so, you know, if you or have a certain logic there. it's like, why is this person gonna be the senator for this place. there is literally no reason other than name recognition and donald trump likes. and that is it, the sum total of the argument for why this individual should represent this state in the u.s. senate. >> i mean, i think they can make a slightly stronger case if in fact he had any other reasons to be a senator, which he does not. i think they could probably make a slightly stronger case because he's a person georgia, right. he was born here, raced here. he goes to college, he goes to high performance college here. so it's not like he is completely disconnected from the state of georgia, he is just disconnected from reality. like, he is disconnected from intellect. he is disconnected from qualifications. that is the bigger problem. >> there is also,

senator pat toomey is retiring. that is why the seat is open. it is now one of the most expensive races in the country. pennsylvania has also been one of the few states where we've seen a lot of president biden. he was born in scranton. he has visited the state some 20 times as of saturday. and this is a state that he flipped from president trump back in 2020. it was a close race then. and this is always a close state where you see a lot of activity and campaigning toward the end of each race. there is a challenging climate, of course, for democrats given all of the concerns of voters about the economy and inflation. and voters who disapprove of president biden's performance. but the polls suggest the race is close, that fetterman is a bit ahead. here some of the message we heard from john fetterman and from dr. mehmet oz on the campaign trail the last couple of days. take a listen. >> dr. oz wants to try to portray himself now a moderate after, you know, going very right, right, right, far right during the primary. now he is trying to pretend.

generally speaking, even pat toomey is a gentile type of guy.'t a history of people making fun of somebody's stroke. >> and i think that's another kind of example of when the candidates don't have their own platform, they don't have the experience, they don't have the knowledge about the states who actually talk about the issues, talk about what they want to do. that wasn't the type of candidate oz was. he wasn't a visionary candidate, he wasn't a politically minded candidate, so he felt one of the things that could give him support was attacking fetterman's health. >> being trumpy. >> and i'm sure there were trumpy people in his ear telling him that's how you win. >> a really important point is mitch mcconnell actually didn't give his candidates messages. rick scott kind of tried. voters were most concerned about the economy. that's what people said. that's what the exit polls showed. but the republicans didn't really have a plan. >> and, by the way, mitch mcconnell expressly said when rick scott came out with his plan, we don't need a plan. >>

the incumbent pat toomey decided to retire, john fetterman against mehmet oz.z was well down in this race but he has been closing, closing, and right now this race is dead even just before election day. >> you saw president biden, president obama, and president trump all in pennsylvania this weekend. what about georgia because of course we know we have a close race there between herschel walker and raphael warnock. >> a candidate needs a majority of the vote on election day to win the race. if you're leading but don't have a majority, you get to a runoff in december which could ultimately determine senate control and right now the forecast is for that runoff. both herschel walker and raphael warnock 49%. we normally don't talk about libertarian candidates but because he could keep the winner from reaching the 50% mark chase oliver's name is important. what is the chance each side has, it's basically break even at this point. republicans perhaps have a slight chance of winning control of the senate. a slight edge. 55% to 45%. democrats probably need to win three

retiring senator from the gop, pat toomey, has left an open seat. you have oz vs. fetterman. this has become one of the most important and expensive senate races in the country and is also a seat where we've seen a lot of president joe biden. he was born in scranton. this is one of the states he was able to flip in 2020. he is one of the big names out on the campaign trail in the final days really trying to drive turnout. that is what it's going to come down to both sides stressing turnout. oz bringing out former president donald trump. president biden and obama hitting the trail for fetterman and the democrats. yes, polls do suggest this is close. that is why there is so much emphasis on turnout. fetterman making a reference to an early win in a mayoral race saying this is going to be a nail biter and come down to maybe a single vote. he won the mayoral race by a single vote. urging his supporters to get out and hit the polls if they haven't voted already. on the oz side we saw him ask his supporters to not just focus on republicans arguing they are already in our column. no

republican senator pat toomey retiring.rats, of course, want to pick up the seat hoping to retain control of the senate and republicans hoping to keep this seat. don, you had that in your interview with john fetterman earlier in the show running against mehmet oz. to underscore how important pennsylvania is, in coming days the president, joe biden come back here with former president obama. obama going to pittsburgh, we'll see former president donald trump coming to pennsylvania. all going to be here in this final weekend before the election. >> great interview. >> a couple minutes away. >> thanks again. appreciate it. >>> not just former presidents, president biden also on the campaign trail today ramping up appearances and going to be in florida today. mj lee joins us from the white house. mj, what are we expecting from president biden today? >> reporter: hey good to see you, kaitlan and congrats to you and the whole team on the launch this morning. look, florida is a state where democrats and president biden and his team

republican senator pat toomey is retiring.etterman had a sizable lead this summer, it's now tightened. republicans are hoping former president trump can excite9 the base here, democrats are hoping the former president can ail general nate some independent voters -- alienate. it's been back and forth for the former president. he won in this state by about three-quarters of a percentage point in 2016 over hillary clinton, lost it to now-president joe biden. everything, back to you. eric: there's another former president who we're going to to show you right now out campaigning, former president bill clinton is holding a rally for missouri governor kathy hochul in brooklyn, new york, in a tight race with republican congressman lee zeldin. presidents out stumping like they used to on saturday. arthel? arthel: all right, eric. with georgia voting for governor and a senate seat during this midterm cycle, turnout is breaking records. over 30% of active voters have already cast their ballots. jonathan serrie is live in atlanta with the

congressman hakeem jeffries who received an ftx donation, congresswoman max see waters, senator pat toomeyoes seem congress will put some bipartisan muscle behind preventing future collapses like this and protecting the very people you're talking about, all those people who have invested in cryptocurrency. i mean, can we see -- do you have faith in congress, and i hear what you're telling me that the democrats are on blast because it seems that they received the the bulk of those donations. but now that this has happened, do you think that they, i mean, it's hair duty to act many good -- their to act in good faith to oversee and have proper oversight of this industry? if do you think they are capable of doing that? can congress do it as a collective? >> i think politically democrats now need to champion some sort of regulation on the cryptocurrency industry just because it's such a bad look for them right now that they did take so much money from sam bankman-fried and not only did they take all that money and didn't propose regulations that could have limited his ability to rake in the cas

laura: i wanted to get your response to this clip from senator pat toomey, he is a retiring senator froma and his seat just flipped blue. sen. toomey: candidates that were seen as ultra and all about the previous president and re-litigating the last election -- they went down in flames even in many cases where conventional republicans, including conservative republicans, were winning big. [17] laura: what is your response to senator toomey into do you think the republican base is still with former president trump? daniel: i think the republican base is still very much with donald trump, although he's never been tasted by -- been tested by someone like ron desantis. as far as those remarks are concerned, you had incumbents of all ideological stripes, including populist ones like ron desantis, including conventional republicans, as well as a great many democrats. they all won reelection. it was a tough year for challengers. the fact that some trump challengers like j.d. vance succeeded, and others like kari lake did very well for candidates with no experience and are first-time contenders

in 2020 republican pat toomey, you had bipartisan opposition. even from someone who supported trump and supported trump's policies. oz will replace him or federman will replace him. if there is another attempt to overthrow the results, how will pennsylvania senators vote? federman has made it clear he will not vote to throughout the results of the election. oz has raised questions about the 2020 election during the primary. he has also said he would have voted to certify the votes anyway. he has been endorsed by donald trump. one of them could very well have a say if there is a repeat of 2020. one of them will have a say in 2024. host: a long look at battleground states, starting with pennsylvania. our guest, jonathan tamari is a national reporter for the philadelphia inquirer. thank you. ♪ >> we are in philadelphia as we wait for today's event to begin. president biden and former president barack obama were originally scheduled to start speaking at 4:30. they are running behind. we will have live coverage when the event begins starting here on

hats off to pat toomey for getting elected there. that is a tough state for any republican.sed -- >> neil: mehmet oz was that bad of a candidate by someone that performed miserably and didn't matter. >> and the president making comments that we're going to close the coal pants. pennsylvania is the second largest producer of natural gas and he still won. a lot of the votes winterly before the debate. that's something to look at for future elections when legislatures get -- make those decisions. >> neil: you and your fellow senator dos regroup, senator, is it too early to start talking about what should be your leader? mitch mcconnell's name comes up that he would be a good senate majority leader. donald trump made it clear rick scott, anyone but mitch mcconnell. where are you on this? >> i'm in mitch mcconnell's camp and always have been. his book the called "the long game." leader mcconnell can look so much further down the road to strategy, to figuring out the best way on a very narrow 50/50 split. that is tough stuff. the other thing i think that senator mcconnell has done