republicans are featuring host: --hokel.f this governors race disinfecting close she probably what a lot of those constraints even though she sort of would do well in new york city. and, so that's typically good enough that's why new york has become such a democratic state. the messaging you have seen in this race, you can see the sort of advertising across the country, democrats ted a response -- respond by issuing their own. here we have at the capitol sort of attacking lee for not being protective of capitol police. but you also see they are using law enforcement to sort of validate themselves to try to push back against crime messaging or republicans. host: you mentioned governor youngkin in virginia we saw it come close that surprise happen in new york? guest: i think the door has cracked open a little bit. . she still leads is just her lead is more in the single digits. pulling did mention to watch out for the pulse to underestimate democrats in a blue state. it has been more competitive. you do have the state holds co

for republicans. a couple reasons, the issue set favors them, they have been talking in response to will of the people through polls about inflation and education and border security, national security. financial security and physical security, fri freedom and crime and drugs over the border. odd lly democrats have not responding making it more about january 6 and trump and abortion and a little bit about climate change. and second reasons they are going well for republicans right now, because they recruited really good candidates for all handwringing and white knuckle monday morning quarterbacking, saying they nominated wrong people, it turns out, john fetterman and barnes and pennsylvania and wisconsin, respectively, they seem more unelect a able. so, i think that issues is a president's apersp approval rating, it is great to have president obama out there but he is not the miracle worker. bill: kevin, how does this feel to you? >> when you look at early vote numbers we're on pace to beat of 2018 in

it's not just all republicans. you have places in michigan, i think democrats are going to win there. but i would keep an i would keep an eye on arizona, nevada and wisconsin. >> i agree and jessica will be back in a minute. i think it's called the independent legislatures theory which is basically that if you read the constitution literally, it says state legislatures get to determine who are the electors in the electoral college, it does not mention one the majority of the vote. there has been a tradition of 100 years of that being the case. if you go to the u.s. constitution and read that sentence, it's pretty clear state legislatures can do whatever they want to do in terms of appointing electors and that will factor into the makeup of the legislature and mood of that state. i want you to be able to finish your thought. >> not sure where it cut out. arizona, nevada and wisconsin are places where we can see election deniers win. arizona is the most likely. you should feel good about wisconsin, pennsylvania and g

they push through a republican plan anyway -- and push through a republican plan anyway. they will still redo the districting the way they've done it, still gerrymander. i'd like the idea of frank's choice voting. -- ranked choice voting. >> maybe you should define that. >> you go into the polls with three or four candidates running and you rank them 1, 2, 3, 4. if somebody doesn't get 50%, they look at the choices and keep going until somebody hits. >> and divide up the lower number. >> we did it in the new york city mayors race. it was fascinating. it changes the way you campaign. as a practitioner, my first campaign i ran was 1976. every campaign, you do contrast advertising, but the way the most voters make decisions, differences between candidates. when you have ranked choice voting, people who do not like a single candidate may not give that candidate their second or third choice, and so it encourages campaigns to be more positive. the less negative you are in a more positive you are on a campaign, the less polarizing the campaign is, and the less polarizing voters

the republicans in the house will be a different set of republicans. if they win the majority, there will be a larger number of republicans who you might agree with, the kind that don't choose to certify elections. >> so rational republicans. >> and that's not great for democracy. but there will be some republicans hopefully returning to the senate who do believe in democracy, voted to hold donald trump accountable, like lisa murkowski in the senate. uh, so you're going to have a mixed bag. >> bonnie, what are you thinking in this moment? >> you know, milk is expensive. so of course we should vote in the party slow roasting the planet and keep that cheap milk flowing into our sticky children's faces. >> voters know that republicans get stuff done. just think about how we pulled off those several hundred thousand covid funerals. let's go back to that debate in pennsylvania between david mehmet oz and david fetterman. afterwards, there was a lot of speculation about whether fetterman has cognitive capacity to serve alongside mental super athletes like di

it is republican, but how republican? norm or steen knows a lot about what happens when he -- when you have changes when stuff goes on. now, he is going to give us the lay of the land. if things were to go as i think the four of us have concurred, that would, what is going to happen? >> first, let me say, this is the 40th year we have done this. i was president -- present at the creation. we have the creator here. >> here, here. >> [applause] >> they started election watch before anybody else was doing anything like it. also, sean mentioned research assistant. one of our own is sitting in the front row. andrew helped a lot with election watch when he was here. with that, a couple of comments as we move along. adam wax all, like josh mandel, has a characteristic. 18 members of his own family said they were going to vote for his opponent. so, you lose your own family but that doesn't necessarily mean that you are going to lose your state. i would keep and i on iowa, 89-year-old chuck grassley is the republican candidate. he

republican party. and for part of this, i sat down with joe scarborough. i talked to him about a race he was never expected to win. >> i remember on election night the race was supposed to be tight. i was 31 years old. i was inexperienced, running against a guy who's the member of the most powerful political family in the area and the returns started coming in. they had me early on in the night, i was like 65 to 35%. and the people i was watching returns with were going oh, my god, look how much you're winning. i'm like, i don't think that's right. i think they've got the numbers reversed. that went on. finally about an hour in, i called the news station, wear and i called the news desk. i said hey, this is joe scarborough, i keep looking at these returns. i think you've got the numbers mixed up. i remember the guy at the desk said, no we don't, congressman. you're on your way to a landslide victory. >> 1994 truly was a huge shock. i think the start of the nationalized red versus blue politics. i hope

republicans ahead, democrats ahead, republicans ahead, it will close with seeing one more shift. democrats ahead to close it. [applause] >> look, the last couple of weeks, i do not pay attention to anything have the do with the polls, i pay attention what -- what is happening on the phone and knocking on doors. this is what we need to do in the next 15 days to make it to reassured. -- assured. to make it clear that this election is a choice. everyone wants to make it a referendum it is a choice. between two vastly different visions of america significantly different. democrats are building a better one with an economy that grows from the bottom up in middle out, where everyone does well. republicans are doubling down on mega maga trickle-down economics. it benefits the very wealthy, has failed the country before and will fail again. democrats are lowering your costs. [applause] folks, republicans and made it clear, at least they are being honest this time they say they that's what they want to do if they win. they will increased everyday cost. democrats are making sure the bigges

>> you don't want the republican party of mitch republican and mitt romney. we want the trump republican party. we want the american first part republican party. >> tonight robert draper on his new book and new reporting. why he says the republican party lost its mind in pursuit of power. then, another desantis political stunt cottontail. >> i know you're caught off guard, i understand. it's voter fraud okay? >> and dystopian footage of florida's election security force. plus-- >> if care about the right to choose then you've got to vote. >> the new white house promised to legalize abortion if dense grunting control. and steve kornacki on exactly what the election landscape looks like weeks out. when all in starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes, we are three week away from the midterm elections. frankly, we have no idea which party will control the house or the senate. but what we do know is that there will be enormous consequences for the country either way. elections are run on rhetoric and issues personalities, adds vibes,

republicans with that advantage now.ou start to see here, if you take the trend line for the year, it really does start to look like republicans are creating some distance here. let's just remind you, go back to me, go back to the spring, republicans have been pretty solid advantage on the generic belt. remember in 2021, this off year elections, they won the governorship in virginia, they nearly pulled a big upset in new jersey, they came into 2022 with a head of steam and then, at the end of june, you've got that supreme court ruling overturning roe v. wade. you had donald trump front and center in the news, the mar-a-lago rate. lo and behold, by august, democrats actually caught republicans in the generic about. take a look at that blue line, it was a above the red line for much of august into december into the middle of september, and republicans did move back ahead, but here it is, it's the last week you're looking at here. it's the real divergence, we've seen it over the last week, republicans have opened up a lead,

a different republican mike doyle is. >> i am a very conservative republican. >> if that's what republicane doyle says about himself -- >> for his, part of the republican michael says he is not trying to intentionally confuse anyone, but as summer leads campaign manager told the guys that. he could identify as a republican on his website or his literature, he could use his full name michael doyle, he could use a middle initial. there are so many ways that he could clarify who he is and isn't if he was honest about his intentions. republican mike drought doesn't seem to be doing anything to help the issue, because as he obviously knows, the only way republican mike doyle could win is if people think he is a democrat. tony here from creditrepair.com, helping people see the true cost of bad credit. what are you doing to improve your credit? should i be doing something? absolutely, unless you like paying thousands extra in high interest rates. did you know repairing your credit could save you thousands of dollars in lower interest rates? wait, i can repair my credit? of course you can. even if

two areas that are basically run by republicans. republican mayor, republican governor. they do nothing to protect the people in this country, especially working class hispanics. all you have to do is see what the democrats and president biden who's a wonderful president have done to basically uplift everybody in this country. you want to see the continuation of attacks on hispanics, vote republican. unfortunately, many hispanics are unfamiliar with what's going on in this country. they vote blindly thinking that the republican party is actually helping them when in reality, they are basically doing their best to destroy them. host: so andy on that point, what do you think accounts for republican gains among the preferences of latino voters in this country? back in 2012, democrats had a 40-point advantage when asked before the election, a month before the election who's your preference to control congress in the upcoming elections? it was among latino voters, latino voters said democrats controlling congress would be the -- controlling the congress. and compare that to j

we are a republican state. we will continue to vote republican.t send this guide to the senate. please don't do it. host: are democratic leaders within the state expressing concerns after the debate? guest: they are worried. things were trending against federman for a few weeks. they are concerned, but they still think it is possible for him to win. they do not think that this is suddenly a lost cause. it truly seems like either candidate could win this race. the color brought up federman and why he has had -- caller brought up federman and why he has had this support. he established a brand as this unusual looking politician. he was featured in rolling stone and a levi's ad as this rough-and-tumble democrat. he has a lot of brand for lack of a better word that has been established in pennsylvania for a long time now. that has carried him even during times when he is off the campaign trail. even though he was not able to make his points very well in that bait, there is a certain amount of sympathy. most people know someone who has been through a h

pat toomey, republican, retiring, but it's a republican seat, this is the only republican seat whererman, currently leading the polling average. right now, republicans on the polling average, best position to get to the game you are looking for in nevada, democrats best position to offset it in pennsylvania, that's what raises the stakes, potentially, in georgia. if herschel walker were ever able to overcome warnock there, if it ever came down to a runoff, and potentially that could be decisive. that's what makes a state like ohio, we're north carolina such a potential wildcard. folks have been looking at ohio the entire campaign, wondering when will the polls break advances direction. this is a state that won comfortably for donald trump twice. yet, vance queens on average by less than one point right now. we will talk about this later in the show, the polls have been off in states like ohio, in most recent elections. is that a factor here as well? again, name of the game for republicans is to get a net gain of a seat for democrats, everyone they could get in this column, if they co

will republican raise your wage? they're complaining about gas prices, but they won't raise your wage. will they help to lower prescription drug prices? no. so will the republicans cut medicare and social security? i think democrats have a way to compete with republicans, although the electoral environment is going to get to tougher. >> i haven't seen a lot of democrats campaigning on what they've accomplished. frankly they've been trying to scare voters about donald trump and that's their primary message and that's whay as you just said on your issues set, immigration, crime, which is why i think in pennsylvania and inflation -- >> do you think control of senate will come down to a runoff in georgia again? >> i do. i think it will come down to runoff in senate. >> herschel walker, your majority or not majority will depend on herschel. >> i think he did well enough in his last debate to go to runoff. when the runoff happens in georgia -- >> donna disagrees with him doing very well. >> the bar was so low. >> does trum

it is republican, but how republican?orm knows a lot about what happens when he -- when you have changes when stuff goes on. now, he is going to give us the lay of the land. if things were to go as i think the four of us have concurred, that would, what is going to happen? >> first, let me say, this is the 40th year we have done this. i was president -- present at the creation. we have the creator here. >> here, here. >> [applause] >> they started election watch before anybody else was doing anything like it. also, sean mentioned research assistant. one of our own is sitting in the front row. andrew helped a lot with election watch when he was here. with that, a couple of comments as we move along. adam, like josh mandel, has a characteristic. 18 members of his own family said they were going to vote for his opponent. so, you lose your own family but that doesn't necessarily mean that you are going to lose your state. i would keep and i on iowa, 89-year-old chuck grassley is the republican candidate. he was campaigning ye

republicans refuse to do that. so i think what we have to do is contrast what a strong, pro worker democratic position is with the corporate agenda of the republicans. >> to play devil's advocate here, if i'm a swing voter out there, young voter, working class voter, and i hear your message i think, but you guys control everything. democrats control the house and the senate and the white house. and inflation is really high and i'm having a tough time making ends meet. why should i vote for you again? >> well, we have half the votes, exactly half the votes of the senate and a tiny majority in the house. and i think it's important that when we talk about inflation republicans will say well this is joe biden's fault. really? our inflation rate is much too high. it is 8%. it is 10% in the uk. 10% throughout europe. 7% in canada. inflation is a global problem caused, a, by the breaking of supply chains because of the pandemic, by the war in ukraine, and as i said, significant part of inflation has to do with corporate g

he says there are some republicans who are rattled. >> even the most staunch republicans i think arecontinued flow of information. the weight of that baggage is starting to feel a little closer to unbearable at this point. herschel walker won the primary because he scored a bunch of touchdowns back independent '80s and he was donald trump's friend. and now we've moved forward several months on the calendar and that's no longer a recipe to win. >> the question is is lieutenant governor duncan right? because even ia is exactly righ don't live in normal times. when the "access hollywood" tapes came out everybody said donald trump was done. trump went on to serve as president of the united states. people say just deny this, keep your head down, now forward, it's a good environment for republicans we'll be okay. but to lieutenant governor duncan's point it doesn't take much in a competitive race if a small percentage of people in the suburbs who maybe were going to vote for walker even if they disagree with him, he says he's anti-a anti-abortion, say i can't do it. or if a small percentag

i am a republican. i do realize they are more educated than us republicans because you would have to go to college to become that stupid. my point is i sit here -- host: you are still on. richard was mark are you there -- richard? are you there? richard hung up. let's hear from larry in minnesota. caller: i see kevin burns is making a documentary on the holocaust. you had him on there this week, right? host: not on this program. caller: he has been on new shows. he has been doing the documentary on the holocaust. there is a part of the holocaust he cannot do a documentary on. follow me very closely. there are no jewish-american combat units in world war ii. case closed. they would not go fight for their own families. obviously from burns's documentary they knew about everything adolph was doing and what lenin did in 1916 and 1917. these are the bad guys, not us. we should not have to pay a penny for the holocaust. we did not do it. does that make sense yet? host: that is larry. we will hear from linda i

he is now a florida republican. scott: and desantis could never pick trump as vice president because they are from the same state. it would be nice to see a new face. gerald: that is what i am trying to say subtly. i think there is a market for a new fresh face. but you see potential for a lot of fresh faces on the republican side. scott: including governors, that are fresh, politically skilled, but not hard-edged. gerald: well, scott, thank you. this has been a fascinating run across the map of the united states of america. scott: thank you for having me. gerald: i appreciate it very much. thank you for not only being here today, but for being a friend of the dole institute. we appreciate it. [applause] >> one last programming note, we will back here's -- we will be back here's same time, same place next week and switch to the other side of the aisle. and very smart democratic operative is going to be here to talk about how democrats can hold off the title wave that scott has been talking about today. i encourage y

pollster. >> yes, a republican pollster.urage caution in terms of who is up or down in early vote data. the last election we had was in the midal of a pandemic. i think republicans are feeling good and for good reason. when i do aal portion we ask who are you voting for, candidate a or b or undecided. undecided is not available at the ballot box. they're very concerned about inflation, an issue set that tends to favor republicans. >> you're the only one at the table on the ballot this year. unfortunately you lost your primary, but you just recently faced voters. what do you think about what kristen said? >> well, obviously, historically an off-year election right after we have a new president is tough for the president's party. that said, i think democrats in michigan certainly and around the country, in congress, house and senate and in the state races are getting the message that we have to talk about the cost of living. republicans have no plan to reduce -- >> were democrats slow on that? >> we were slow. we were slow on

republicans ahead. democrats ahead. republicans ahead. but it's going to close, i think, with seeing one more shift. democrats ahead in the closing days. so, look, the last couple weeks, i don't pay attention to anything having to do with the polls, i just pay attention to what's happening on the phone, and we're knocking on doors. i'm here to deliver what i believe is a closing argument about what we need to do in the next 15 days to make a victory assured and make it clear that this election is not a referendum, it's a choice. everybody wants to make it a referendum, but it's a choice between two vastly different visions for america, significantly different. democrats are building a better america for everyone with an economy that grows from the bottom up and the middle out, where everyone does well. republicans are doubling down on their mega maga trickle-down economics that benefits the very wealthy. it failed the country before and will fail it again if they win. democrats are lowering your everyday costs like prescription drugs, hea

this republican talking.into, black lives matter killed 25 matter -- they repeated it for two years. but several validity and some journalist don't push back and say it's absolutely ridiculous. they're just collectively coming up with a narrative. and not addressing the problem. the real problem is someone spoken to -- and attacked or has it with a hammer. the real issue is, black lives matter protesting in the summer of 20 tiny, with a much larger uprising about inequities that have existed in the nation. and this is about antifa one of the republican party talking points are to this moment. the fact that the far extreme, wing of the republican parties become so normalized, they go on sunday morning shows, evening shows, they spit out the rhetoric and talking points of the party without any real pushback. it's actually part of the larger problem as well. >> mike, why is it the same that so few republicans are willing to condemn this heinous act, just for what it is, and not try to equate it to anything else.

what can a republican controlled house and possible republican controlled senate accomplish with bidenay of whatever republicans say they want to do. one thing i suppose they could do is deal with spendings. call for number one. number of bills that have been passed just thrown huge amount of money into the economy and republicans have effectively tied these bills to the inflation increase. >> yes. it right, it say clear linkage. you have democratic economists from clinton and observatoobama administrations warning president, demand has been fueled by spending and same time biden regulatory agenda is discouraging supply. nothing is appealing when you look at what washington has done with our currency stop the spending, stop the interventions in the economy. i think that you know, call it "seinfeld" strategy, allega live lia legislative program about nothing would be a great respite. dana: they don't want to into any progress. they have ideas. but not the same. you have been through this before. when the republicans are in power, but the democrats have white house. >> right. i think you

bones to help republicans?everything is in play. if anybody tells you they're confident the way the united states senate will go, i wish i had that kind of confidence. i think inside the numbers in the poll is fascinating. in the race between fetterman and oz for instance, independent voters breaking pretty heavily for oz, so even though the top line number shows good result for fetterman, underneath the surface, whether it's that advantage among independents or advantage among voters who think the economy is most important, there are things going on suggesting republicans as you get to the finish line, if they're able to one, hang onto the voeters that might be on th fence, those folks that are late deciders, it seems like if those piece are in play, they would break for the republicans. >> i want to add that so independents always look at them obsessed. the narrow middle of the american politics but look at the partisans, i think it helps explain why fetterman is a little ahead. he has more consolidation amon

the republican candidate is, republicans treat their ballots like mortgage payments, or car payments, or rent payments. they never missed them. and democrats will never miss their mortgage payments, or car payments, or tuition payments all too often miss voting. democrats are not as businesslike, and dedicated to the task of voting as republicans are, and because of that, because of that, we live on the verge tonight of losing democracy in america. if people who vote democratic turnout to vote and turnout reliably to vote, they will preserve democracy in america. you are not immune to this. if you live in a democratic stronghold like new york city, where an election in arizona can seem to have nothing to do with your life, if you are going to sleep in new york city tonight and you are not planning to vote with early voting starting on saturday, then you are doing your part to throw democracy away because the republican candidate for governor from the state of new york voted to overthrow the last presidential election and destroyed your vote for president. the republican candidate for

not one republican voted for it. they did not vote for any commonsense sense solutions to dealing with the challenges we are facing with inflation and all we are hearing is they want to have a national abortion law. they want to take away fundamental rights from women. they want to challenge elections. candidates are saying if they lose the election they are going to challenge it because it is stolen. they want to undermine the fundamental basis of our democracy. that is what they are offering up to the american people. democrats are dealing with tough issues and are offering commonsense solutions for those issues whereas republicans simply are not doing that. jonathan: two more questions before we get to specific races. this is from california, john sutter picking up on something you just mentioned in terms of abortion. he is wondering if democrats are considering new abortion legislation to take the place of roe v. wade, they are trying to get something off the ground. there was a move just after dobbs by the senat

but now we've got republicans. i'm not sure if it's a political party and more it's become more like a weird cult driven by all kinds of conspiracy theories and so forth. and i think it's damaging the country. we're turning toward autocracy, i think, this election is and is a choice between democracy and autocracy. and they refuse do anything about any important issues here. i think howard baker would have been concerned about warming and so would and maybe nixon as well. and but they won one of read the one major political party in this country that has or in this in the world that refuses to accept the reality. global warming is the republican party and they're the ones holding up progress, while meanwhile talking about all of these migrants that are coming in, they're coming in because of global warming. they can't plant crops anymore. i'm just wondering what your thoughts are about the future of your party and what they should be doing. by the way, baker to and joe evans used to, although they were different pa

now in 2022 with a positive at least a good if not great republican environment, and republicans arenk more -- maybe even more worried about north carolina than they are senator johnson even though at a basic level senator johnson's unfavorable numbers are higher than what they should be for an incumbent. >> appreciate you helping us set the table. we'll continue the conversation, thank you, sir. if you want to dig deeper at home here's one way go to cnn.com forward slash tldr for the breakdown of the six states that will have the most impact. we go deeper, the pennsylvania senate race. new comments from the republican candidate dr. oz about abortion and about his harsh attacks on democrat john fetterman's health. before.. & bath fitter. if you have a "before" bath, now's the time to call batath fitter to get a beautiful "after." with our unique tub over tub process, there's no mess or stress. spend smart on a beautiful new bath done right, backed by a lifetime warranty. join over 2 million happy customers who know: it just fits. bath fitter visit bathfitter.com to book your free con

this will be a great year for republicans and american-first republicans. we don't need this.up away from private life and service in the military because we care and want to serve our country. i am seeing that across the country. as bad as things are now in our nation, i am excited to be part of this new political realignment. >> tucker: man, i hope you are right. joe kent, thanks for joining us. this person worked in the last white house. he had an investigation that found 100 counties across 14 swing states failed to preserve voter data from the 20election. -- 2020 election. that's a violation of federal law. there were discrepancy between the number of voters and the number of ballots cast. there was a difference of 15,000 votes in one county. how bad the record keeping is. one of our producers just received a voter card to vote in miami dade county in the mid-terms even though he hasn't lived there for 15 years. he joins us now. hogan, what did you find? >> in the law they are violating is the civil rights act of 1960 which requires states to preserve and maintain these l

face for the republican party.couple examples here about how things could change. this is down in florida. this is florida district 13. just west of tampa. the republican is anna luna, her mother is of mexican descent and running against eric lynn the democrat. if she were to win, first time office holder different face for the republican party. up in michigan remember john james? he ran for the senate in michigan four years ago and lost but back to try to get into congress this year running in michigan ten right here just a little district here north and east of detroit, michigan here. african-american. we'll see whether or not james can -- he is favored to win. we'll see whether or not he can. a different face for the republican party. another key race northern virginia now, this is virginia district ten. the republican candidate has been on our program before, his name is hung cao born in saigon. his family fled vietnam and took up residency in the u.s. a tough race against democrat againfer weekston. we'll see

i'll speak to the republican rick scott next. democratic senate candidate sherry beasley is ahead and gop outreach. democrats have always counted on latino support, but is that changing? our trip to two key states to track the gop effort to win over hispanic voters. >> it's right there for the taking. >>> hello. i'm dana bash in washington where the state of our union is counting the hours until the votes are counted. we are nine days out from the midterm elections, and all the close races keep getting closer as republicans grow more confident about their position and democrats worry even about races they have not lost in years. this weekend the man democrats believe is their best messenger, former president barack obama, rallied voters in key battleground states trying to jolt turnout and counter republican attacks over the economy as poll after poll shows voters' chief concern is inflation. hanging over the political world this weekend is the shocking attack of the husband of the house speaker nancy pelosi. last night pelosi sa

we spoke to the republican candidate there joe o'dea, he's called himself the republican joe manchin former president trump. are you concerned that he'll buck the party if he wins. >> well, i support joe o'dea. i support people who believe if in the republican principles. he cares about reducing inflation, cares about getting crime down, he wants a secure border. i'm going to continue to support joe o'dea. the election's going to be about inflation and the border and crime. he's on the right side of that. michael bennet is on the wrong side of that. i think joe o'dea has every opportunity to win this election in colorado. >> if republicans take control of both the house and the senate, what will the next two years look like? investigations, undoing what joe biden has done. what do you see? >> well, what you'd hope we figure out how to get inflation down, that means we have to live within our means, we get a secure border we can get some immigration reform down, you hope that we start supporting our law enforcement. republicans do. i hope democrats start doing this. i think democrats

it is not about democrats and republicans. it is about the people who work for him describing what they saw. that is an important record to have. host: how is the media different from january 2017 through 2021? guest: i would say donald trump unprecedented assault on media was purposeful and cap related in order to discredit potential opponents feared that is why you are seeing this attack on the media. the reason for that is to discredit the institution that could be a rival to undercut the authority of a political leader like donald trump. to me we have really gone back to first principle in the way. because trump represents a unique challenge to constitutions, including the institution of our free press. it has been a reverberating reminder of -- reinvigorating reminder of responsibility. i think it has been a very important moment of getting back the first rentable's and understanding it is our job to take this kind of -- first -- understanding it is our job to take this kind of responsibility. if you did not have a journa

republicans are campaigning on. are part and parcel of the populists demagoguery that is donald trump. >> robert draper, thank you for an important can take you for taking time to talk to us about it this morning. what robert, draper the author of weapons of mass delusions, when the republican party lost his mind. he's also a writer at large for the new york times magazine. don't go anywhere, there's still plenty more to come on the special michigan edition of velshi across america. straight ahead, we will discuss what is at stake in the upcoming midterms with the attorney kearny general. i will give you, hunt it is democracy itself. plus, much more for my illuminating panel with a group of six michiganders. another hour of velshi, live, in detroit michigan, begins now. >>

he was a longtime republican senator. he was chief of staff.is own people provided this testimony. that is what the book itself overall found. these are all trump owned appointees. nonpartisan officials appeared many of them very strongly right wing conservatives who choose to work for donald trump. not so striking when you look at the four-year story, you see that playbook of trump repeating himself over and over again. donald trump likes to kind of aides, those who will work for him and those who used to work for him. he wanted to hire people who he thought would do anything that he told them to do. he had no loyalty for those he hired. this is an extremely consequential question. i think that his marketing skills, repeating something untruthful over and over again in the hopes that it will solidify people's impressions has obscured the fact that his campaign and presidency were so filled with remarkably unusual behavior towards one of american cheap adversaries. it is not normal for a american presidential campaign to have any contact with r

republicans will crash the economy.bling down on their mega maga trickle down economics that benefits the very wealthy, failed the country before and will fail it again if they would. >> harris: those comments are not going over well. some of the critics pushing backlash now are economists who say all the spin in the world will not change the fact that president biden's policies are making things considerably worse. a "new york post" op-ed says democrats are scrambling to escape the political consequences of their disastrous policies because they're yolked to him like gum on your shoe. economist larry kudlow agrees. >> what joe biden is doing is spooning out malarkey. his radical progressive economics with inflationary spending, regulatory overkill. turning off oil and gas spigiots and rolling back successful tax cuts. this economy is contracting just 12 to 18 months later. >> harris: what i always find interesting at this point is what voters are paying attention to with millions of them already engaged in early voting

these protections are gone as well if republicans get their way, if kevin gets his way in a republicangress, tax credits to lower energy bills, gone, corporate minimum tax, gone under the republican plan, some big corporations are going to go back to paying zero again, that's the plan, i'd argue it's reckless and irresponsible and make inflation worse if they succeed and then they're coming after social security. this is the one thing they've said out loud. they've written it down. senator rick scott the senator from florida, has a plan that's laid out, look it up, you can google it. the plan the congress will give congress a chance to cut social security medicare every five years, every five years it can be up on the ballot. every five years. no longer -- no such thing as a permanent plan, every five years you've been paying social security since you were 16 years old and your first paycheck. senator ron johnson he wants it done every year, every year social security and medicare on the chopping block every single year, they put forward a real ticking time bomb, republican leadership

if republicans really thought this was a problem, the republican controlled pennsylvania legislaturesug mask rihanna which include doug mastriano as a member, could change that. >> take a let the states start counting those early votes as they come in, but i want to do that. because they want to sow doubts in the results by seeing the influx of early votes, which are expected to favor the democrats, are somehow illegitimate. the exact same playbook trump set up in front of all of us and ran in front of us, leading to january 6th back in 20 and 2021. and trump has made his voters so paranoid and delusional about the vote tallies, they are going to extreme measures to stop the fake threat of voter fraud. as the associated press reports in a truly remarkable better of reporting. there is one county in rural nevada which is now hand counting ballots, because they do not trust the voting machines. after market world spread possibly defamatory conspiracy theories about the machines, switching votes to biden in 2020, which, of course, were false. but as the residents of nine county or learni

the head cases hindering republicans, what republican senate leader mitch mcconnell referred to as candidatelity issues. that's republican candidates with limited appeal or various scandals, creating challenges in races that theoretically they should be running away with. but those head wind, they teem seem to be achanging and getting stronger and the politicos who whom i spoke to today agree now a modest red wave at the very least seems to be building. best estimates put republicans at picking up 25 seats. they only need to win five to flip the house for congressman kevin mccarthy to come house speaker kevin mccarthy. how worried are democrats? just today biden directed the democratic committee to transfer another $18 million to help house and senate democrats in their races. that include a high profile race in new york featuring the head of the democratic congressional campaign committee, a member of house lip. the dccc is so worried about it own chairman, sean patrick maloney, that the dccc is throwing another $600,000 in the race to defend him. that alone for at democrats is alarming. bu

if you have won trump republican and one normal regular republican, the regular republican typicallyach of these races, the u.s. senate government, secretary of state, there was more than one candidate there or more than two candidates since the trouble. but look, joy, you have to have faith. and i will tell you this. the reason that they are doing what they are doing this because they want us divided. they want us scared. they are telling us to be afraid and worried. we cannot surrender to that. we cannot succumb to that. and we here in arizona are on the front lines, we need your support, we need your help. joy, bring it down a notch, we're gonna be okay, we're gonna win this thing with everyone's help. and thank you so much. >> well if you don't mind, i will pray anyway, because i am a praying person. i will pray anyway. >> you're welcome. >> thank you very much, we'll be back. thank you very much, we'l be back. so it's really a special moment to know that i had a family member who over a hundred years prior have walk these grounds. i was always the competitive one in our family..