so now would be a good time forn ron klain to leave.to this white housoe . philip, your thoughts?rt araie yonly u expecting some hih profile departures? there certainly couled be . high we're all watching ron klain. he's the most high profile person here. buheret the bloodletting will nt be as extreme as it would have been if democrats lost i think significantly in the midterms. i think that the message from the president now to pundits and pollsters is that they got twenty , twenty two wron g. he's not a drag on the party. and essentially his message right now to a lot of these potential challengers is i'm not going anywhere. all right. ncer youspencer, your thoughts?i yeah, i agree with what has been said. i think what's goingco to benvig interesting to see is whetherinh ron klain sticks it ouatt or no. but i think there may be more senior officials maybe withinuge the cabinet who might face a tough decision when it comescc to who the republicans in the house decide to conduct oversight on . >>s so much.feast not sluggish at all after

senate for the next two years. >> joining us now in the winners circle is white house chief of staff ron klain jen psaki said that win would put a skip in your step. so, thank you for skipping over to our microphone this evening for this discussion. >> and thank you for not showing me skipping. i appreciate that. >> we have that video for later. we'll show that later. ron, what was that moment like for all of you in the white house for waiting for it? >> well, obviously, enormously significant. historically, this is something no president has done since john f. kennedy, to hold senate seats and potentially even go up one senate seat, pending the outcome in georgia. took control of the senate, which will indeed allow the president to pass legislation in the senate, and of course, get people confirmed. and in some ways, it's perhaps -- historical purposes, the idea to get our judicial nominees confirmed by a democratic senate. and so, that's one of the most important legacies of any president. and a very important legacy to this president. and so, -- keeping control of the senate is just an unbe

white house chief of staff ron klain joins us. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> tell us about that decision to make that speech about democracy, what's on the line five days from now in your estimation, and when you chose to do it, the timing. >> the president's been talking about the threat to our democracy since he launched his campaign in 2019 and again on january 6th and again in september in philadelphia, independence hall. i think the president decided a few days ago it was important to issue one final warning on this issue, to make very clear to leave no doubt that we have people out there still peddling the big lie, people now raising the issue of election denial in this election, and of course the horrible incident involving speaker pelosi and her family, you know, showing the rising threat of political violence. and so i think all those things came together and led the president to make the strong remarks he made last night. >> ron, did the president reach out to mitch mcconnell or kevin mccarthy or

you don't get to say that, ron klain. don't get to say anything like that ever because this is a democracy. an american democracy. not a soviet democracy. in our system you don't get to issue orders to the rest of us on the eve of an election. no. you beg for our consent because our consent is the only legitimacy you have. this is our government, it is not yours. you are the servant, we are the boss. act like it. teddy vance is running in oh ohio. thanks for coming on. how is it in a system designed to serve desires and needs of the public that an election outcome the people don't like is the end of the system. isn't it in fact a heartwarming piece of evidence that the system works? >> yeah, tucker. when people say that our democracy is under threat, what they typically mean is that people who actually challenge the establishment might get an opportunity to govern which is exactly what i think will happen in our race and a number of other races in about five days, tucker. one of the crazy things and one of the really big

. >> tonight, white house chief of staff ron klain on defending democracy, plus election attorney marc elias on where the warning signs of brass flashing brightest and where the former presidents appealed to republicans to support democracy. >> if you've got election of deniers serving as your governor, as your attorney general, a new secretary of state, then democracy as we know it may not survive in arizona. >> today's big movement in the big mar-a-lago case where a key figure is now compelled to share what he knows about stolen documents. all in starts right now. >> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. the final stretch of the campaign before tuesday's midterm elections and democrats have made threats to our very democracy, their argument to voters. >> in our bones, we know democracy is at risk. we also know this. it's within our power, each and every one of us to preserve our democracy. and i believe we will. i think i know this country. i know we will. you have the power. >> the only way we can judge to kind of future we want is to elect democrats who care about democracy,

chief of staff ron klain riding that the list is supposed to be used as a talking point for "chatting republican congressman ralph norman torching the list, saying "using the white house talking points to try and gaslight your own family is the reality of this administration and seems like a miserable way to spend thanksgiving." lucas tomlinson's life from nantucket where he is spending the holiday in a $20 million estate. hey, lucas. >> that's right, president biden, it's becoming a presidential tradition for them to come here to nantucket. he's visiting a local firehouse where he posed for pictures with us firefighters. he spoke to the press about having guns on his mind after this spate of shootings. >> the idea that we still allow semiautomatic weapons to be purchased is sick. just sick. it has no social value. zero, none. not a single solitary -- >> thanking first responders is the theme of this year's thanksgiving. it seems like here on the island, president biden also calling coverage into the '96 thanksgiving day parade. >> i want to say thanks to the police officers, responde

ron klain sent out a tweet before thanksgiving, white house chief of staff, for those progressive kidso go home for thanksgiving dinner and gave those kids talking points to talk to their conservative uncle. basically, the message is don't believe you're lying eyes in this economy. joe biden's fighting inflation, taking on big pharma. i found it interesting, you know, in tweet that ron klain sent out, he was talking about all the bipartisanship between republicans and democrats whether it was on infrastructure or other bills, but then the last portion was, meanwhile, republicans many congress -- in congress are extreme. does this kind of messaging from the white house work or do the american people get the reality of the grocery store and the gas station? >> no, completely, it's like a magic trish where they -- trick where they want you looking one place while they're doing something else. look, i am that conservative uncle but got a great family as well. it's amazing, people vote with their feet all over the world, and they want to come here to the united states. it's not a place of e

we'll speak with bryce house chief of staff ron klain. welcome back to you, expecting the votes are here. joining us now is white house chief of staff ron klain, thank you for making time. >> thanks for having me. >> first, let me start by apologizing for treating you like an interruption to steve kornacki, as white house chief of staff, i know that this is a conflict here and i apologize, but also -- >> it's an honor to go on before or after steve kornacki, as he counts votes, it's a rare honor, either way. >> we all feel the exact same way, but we don't work in the white house. i wanted to ask you what it has been like today at the white house? how the president views these results. obviously, we saw him speak on his own behalf today at today's press conference, but i wanted to ask how you are feeling, what the mood is in the white house, and whether this is as much as a surprise to you as it was to so many of us in the media world and the pundits beer? >> if we entered the election with confidence, we've got the president and vice pres

white house chief of staff ron klain apparently missedpoins my opening message today. he tweeted some talking points to give liberals political ammunition when chatting whe with uncles at the thanksgiving dinner. then, is this how we should be preparing for the holidays? >> so loading the cannons of people war over the dinner table, are not we tired of the conservative uncle routine? >> you know, first off, i think that one of the things that ron klain has to be disturbed about after this most recent >>ection is that it's not the conservative uncle cominglem after you at the table.inte it's actually , you know, the wise latina grandmother who's coming to you at the table. on her but but i think that one of the things that is going on here is that this white house once again is seeking to invade everything good about our culture with politics. they are trying to inject politics into the day that we ought to set aside away fromy tk that. everybods abouy talks about thed trope of saying, you know, no t religion and no politics at goo the thanksgiving table. guess what? sp

ron klain? illiterate villagers. >> we're americans. ameri weca are free people.t ge you don't t get to warn us ofh e anythingss, much less forrning. the last time. this is your final warning. yeah think so, don't think so. >> youkl don't get to say that,o ron klain. you don't get to say anything like that ever, because this is a democracy, an american democracy, not a soviet democracy in our syste systen'you get to issue ordersn rest of us on the eve of an election. nsen no, you beg for our consenten because our consent is the only legitimacy you have. this is outhr government. it's not the not you are the servant. are the boss. applicant geddy vance is running for senate from the state of ohio. we have been told repeatedlyis his election would be the end of democracy. we thought we checked that claim with him now. jd vance, thanks so much forw ii coming on . so how is it iin an a system sye designed to servrve the desires and needs of the public that ant election outcome, that the people in chargeco don't lie is the end o f the system

here is what ron klain says.said, "joe biden is tackling inflation lowering costs, and he took on big pharma." i don't think so. they paid another how many millions of dollars this summer on more covid vaccines that people aren't using. he claims the prescription drug and health care costs were brought down, and that they worked with republicans to rebuild infrastructure. he also claims that they worked with republicans to make more in america by passing the chips and science act, and that they brought republicans together to pass the first meaningful gun safety legislation in 30 years. they go on and on, talking about all of these things that many americans say don't really impact their lives the way inflation and gas prices do. >> lawrence: it's just so interesting, because you see the polling that says 75% of republicans, democrats, and independent playlist believe we are heading in the wrong direction, and they blame joe biden. is he talking about that 25% that are going to be objecting at the table? when i t

this is the tweet that ron klain.g that we should be thankful for the president for tackling prescription drugs, g on big pharma that? >> rachel: what? >> rachel: basically saying look, we all know you are going to go to your family meal, your big thanksgiving dinner and there's goings to be that republican uncle at the table. cheat sheet of all the great things that joe biden did and the problem is, by the way, most people are blaming joe biden for all the things that are going wrong and so many of these talking points are full of mistakes. >> joe: what's great about this list we flashed it up there. tackling inflation, inflation all time high. they're tackling it. you are saying that his accomplishment is that he got inflation so high that anything he did that might effect it is now an accomplishment. todd piro earlier this morning had great line. he talks about how they created jobs. number one, government doesn't create jobs, right? we create jobs. number two, the jobs he is taking credit for are the ones that wer

we start with white house chief of staff ron klain. how are you feeling? take me inside.a stressful place to work, the west wing. >> yeah, thanks for having me. look, obviously, you've been through this, election days are very, very stressful days. i will say we went into it feeling much better than the punditry had predicted. the president delivered on covid, on infrastructure, on jobs, on protecting reproductive freedoms, on speaking out for democracy. we believed in what the president said and delivered. obviously, we're gratified by the results the election produced. as you say, votes are still being counted in arizona, nevada. we'll have a runoff in georgia. a lot of places in california aren't resolved. we know already that the president produced the strongest result for his party in a first midterm of any president -- a democratic president in 60 years. we know he's produced maybe the first president since fdr to get every one of his incumbents re-elected. we had a very, very good election and the president standing up for what he believes in, progress on the econo

we'll speak with bryce house chief of staff ron klain. e back to you, expecting the votes are here. joining us now is white house chief of staff ron mcclain, thank you for making time. >> thanks for having me. >> first, let me start by apologizing for treating you like an interruption to steve kornacki, as white house chief of staff, i know that this is a conflict here and i apologize, but also -- >> it's an honor to go on before or after steve kornacki , as he counts votes, it's a rare honor, either way. >> we all feel the exact same way, but we don't work in the white house. i wanted to ask you what it has been like today at the white house? how the president views these results. obviously, we saw him speak on his own behalf today at today's press conference, but i wanted to ask how you are feeling, what the mood is in the white house, and whether this is as much as a surprise to you as it was to so many of us in the media world and the pundits beer? >> if we entered the election with confidence, we've got the president and vice presiden

and here's ron klain's tweet from wednesday, never underestimate how much team biden is underestimatedg about the primary, they're talking about the presidential, ron klain is taking a victory lap and so is president biden. >> they should. nobody saw this coming, except, of course, some democrats who were -- we all dismissed as overly optimistic. but clearly, you know, their agenda has been resonating with people, and because of trump's, again, especially toxic political -- and they were able to capitalize on this. >> no doubt it is such a good night for biden, however it does seem when you look at the exit polls that democrats prevailed in spite of him, not because of him necessarily. cnn exit polls show 49% of voters said they somewhat disapprove of vbiden voted for democrats. you see biden, he sat off on the campaign trail in a lot of the key races, he wasn't making big campaign pushes, he wasn't front and center and that seemed to help democrats. >> it wasn't -- it perhaps wasn't biden personally, but there were some choices made about the message on the democratic side that people

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. >> jen psaki, talking about what's gonna happen in washington, we heard ron klain saying the washingtonything raphael warnock once. you heard him say that. we just have a few seconds here but in terms of what's happening in congress, are the things a democrats can do in washington that will set up raphael warnock better. >> in 2020 remember the democrats push to get these checks that they could go down to georgia and say look, we are giving you checks, we're giving you money georgia. that's what democrats can do. if you get these two through the senate. right now, there are corporate tax cuts that run out. the government funding runs out middle of december. there's an opportunity for democrats to get through medicaid expansion through georgia which is a huge issue for warnock as an option to help him in this runoff. >> our coverage of election 2022 continues tonight with our dear friend lawrence o'donnell who's up next. stay with us. stay with us

democrats including the president's chief of staff ron klain say no we're not. >> i want to be clear. we don't comment on monetary policy at the white house or what chairman powell said. we're not in a recession. i want to be really clear on that. >> karine jean-pierre the white house press secretary said this week the white house not holding meetings or anything of the sort preparing for a recession. the federal reserve just two days ago raised interest rates and pushed borrowing costs to the highest level since the great recession back in 2008. >> at this time next year president biden will not pretend that we can get past it. this is a challenge that congress needs to step up, the president needs to step away from some of his overreach over the last two years so that we can heal this nation and heal the economy. >> the president is in san diego, california today. he will address the chips act making more computer chips in the united states. tomorrow in philadelphia with his former boss the 44th president barack obama to try to rally the base in the final days before the mid-terms.

ron klain said good news. gas prices are falling sharply. one in ten points are below 2.89. several states are down from 2021. the most common price is $3.29. many republicans remain unconvinced. >> all of these prices are way up and it's because of the spending coming out of washington. in terms of the energy you're talking about, people want affordable energy. the thing that is most disdisturbancing to me is what is happening right now with regard to china and the u.s. china is eating our lunch. >> president biden is about to leave the white house for a friends giving celebration at marine corps air station cherry point in north carolina. and then tomorrow president is planning is head to nantucket for his family for thanksgiving for the rest of the week. charles? >> charles: there's a headline in the "new york post," thanksgiving feast inflation has shoppers choosing chicken over turkey. is that what it's coming to? is there any end in sight for the soaring prices? brian brenberg, fox news contributor. the numbers are staggering, brian. it's one of those odd things and th

. >> there is a bright spot for the chief of staff ron klain. he tweeted as you hit the road for thanksgiving some good news. gas prices are falling in most parts of the country sharply. one in ten pumps are below $2.89. several states are down. most common price is $3.29. republicans remain unconvinced. >> all of these prices are way up and it is because of the spending coming out of washington. in terms of the energy you are talking about, people want affordable energy. the thing that's most disturbing to me is what's happening right now with regard to china and the u.s. china is eating our lunch. >> the two turkeys from north carolina chocolate and chip set to be pardoned won't break the bank. they're getting ready to make a jail break. sandra. >> let us know when all that starts happening at the white house. we'll head back there for that live as it is going on. peter, thank you. jason chaffetz is joining us now. fox news contributor former republican congressman for utah. great to see you ahead of the thanksgiving holiday. we'll have a fest

today his brainless chief of staff, ron klain, referred to the speech as joe's final warning to the countryhope you were watching. >> the president decided a few days ago it was important to issue one final warning on this issue, to make very clear, to leave no doubt that we have people out there still pedalling the big lie, people now raising the issue of election denial in this election, and of course the horrible incident involving speaker pelosi and her family, you know, showing the rising threat of political violence, so i think all those things came together and led the president to make the strong remarks he made last night. >> sean: that stacey abrams needs to stop that. i agree. final warning, rise of political violence because of republicans? we have been consistent. we condemn all violence, condemned it real time on january 6th, condemned it all through the summer of 2020, 574 riots, dozens of dead americans, thousands of cops injured. we have another example of republican house candidate in north carolina, he just had his house shot up. look at that right there. bullets into his

and he said these results, if he were joe biden and ron klain interpreting these in the west wing today would be an affirmation of their policies and no change in policies. that would seem to include, perhaps, an energy policy. where do you think that goes, if anywhere? >> it's very speculative, okay? the house is going to be republican. the senate we will see. i don't think you can conclude from your own reporting, both of you last night we were all up not as late as you but we were up late last night. so i think what steve scalise said is very interesting. first of all it's very important to take the handcuffs off the oil and gas business, let's drill, let's permit, let's pipeline. we need to supply more barrels per day. we're still 3 million barrels per day short of where we should be. this translates into lower supplies. in fact, shortages of home heating oil, shortages of diesel, and in some cases shortages of natural gas. this is all to help heat america during the wintertime. so this is a problem. prices are way too high. high prices financed vladimir putin's war in ukraine, etc.

i did notice today white house chief of staff ron klain is on the record predicting it's going to be a 4-1 outcome. >> bold. >> chris is the expert on this, but that seems like a lot of goals. >> this is like my dream segment, coming on cnn talking about soccer. i was like wait, seriously? is this a prank? >> we even made the ted lasso biscuits for you. >> excellent. the other thing i think is important to mention here is the setting where the world cup is happening, qatar, right? and its rights record and christine touched on this, its views on homosexuality. i think anytime we can have that conversation when the eyes of the world are on it, it's impactful and important. i think we shouldn't lose that either, that the setting of this whole thing matters, too and the setting of this whole thing is political. people say oh, i want my sports, no politics. sorry. that's the how it works. >> the treatment of migrant workers who actually built the stadium as well and reports of loss of life and going on and i want tounder score the point raised here because it's not a light thing to think

. >> sandra: obviously a labor secretary, but ron klain, too, we played that out last hour, but whatthe story, bob, happy to have you on today. >> thanks so much, sandra. we have been talking about this for months and i think unfortunately a lot of my projections have come true. let's start at the top when you talked about the jobs number, the 261,000. you know, i always like to dig down one more level. 247,000 of those, sandra, were in transportation, 84,000, hospitality, 210,000. but, where was the reduction? information down 17,000. financial, down 10,000. professional services, down 14,000. education, health and service, down 5,000. so what we are seeing here is, you know, retail is picking up, transportation post covid, you are going to see an increase there. but not manufacturing jobs the core of our business, core of our gdp were not there. that's number one. nu number two. job jumpers, they have gotten 15.2% increase, but if you look at where the jobs were created, the midwest and the southeast have really suffered relative to job replacement. again, the core of manufacturing

you've got ron klain, chief of staff for the president and the press secretary saying this. listen. >> look, we are in -- we are not in a recession. i want to be really, really clear on that. >> so i want to be clear is -- we are -- there are no meetings or anything happening like that in preparing for a recession. >> sandra: heading into a midterm election as you well know, most polls show a majority of americans don't like the direction that we are going as a country right now. you've got more and more people taking on two, sometimes three jobs just to cover the cost of inflation. you've got more americans than ever living paycheck to paycheck. why this insistence that things are going great? >> i don't think they're going great. i think that -- so i was knocking on doors this morning in a solidly middle class neighborhood of my district. i met a lot of constituents, met a lot of their dogs, sandra, and the constituents told me look, the inflation is really bad and we got to do more to tackle that. at the same time, for instance, the small business people, i was a former s

ron klain directed the presidential personnel office to look into job openings they have. might be a good fit for some of these people that are on their way out. this isn't entirely unusual and there are a number of high ranking white house staffers who came from the hill. it's the circle of life around here. >> indeed. thank you for the reporting. next, president biden's attempt as poking fun at a republican red wave or lack thereof. new projects means new project managers. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. when you sponsor a job, you immediately get your shortlist of quality candidates, whose resumes on indeed match your job criteria. visit indeed.com/hire and get started today. you spend the holidays making everyone else smile, but what about your smile? it needs care too, and when it does, aspen dental is here for you. this season, and every season, we offer the custom dental treatments you need, all under one roof, right nearby. so, we can bring more life to your smile, and more smile to your life, affordably. new patients without insurance can get a fre

cecelia rouse, ron klain, reportedly may leave next year. yellen by 2024. is advising the president telling him all these things? >> well, that is an interesting question, liz. i don't know that question. elizabeth: i love putting you on the spot. >> the people, the people you mentioned for the different councils i used to run one of those councils, they're not telling him the truth. i actually don't know what he was trying to say but go steal a pumpkin, liz macdonald, go ahead. go steal a pumpkin. no cash, no bail. look it, inflation is the cruelest tax of all. food price inflation is off the wall and don't forget, here, the linkage between fossil fuels, fertilizers and food prices, okay? this is another example of why it is so crucial to open the spigots for oil and gas and bidens don't make that connection. they don't make any connection and they're too busy giving reparations to poorer countries so they won't use oil and gas which is still the most efficient form of energy. this is a crazy story. every question you asked me, i should just sit here and s

the chief of staff at the white house, ron klain. he immediately tweets and says it is not a secret plan or ambitious or alleged plan, it is all here. the republicans plan to take away social security. so this is their closing argument. what do you say? >> they're desperate. the president was desperate going to union station. i'm going to five states. he goss down the block. to me what you find. here is a commitment to america. what does it say in there? to save and strengthen social security and medicare. it simply means we aren't touching it and this is the president deflecting. why didn't he bring up inflation? the number one issue, or crime that you are finding a race for governor in new york, the number one issue. fentanyl that will kill 300 americans a day. he couldn't mention it one time yesterday. it is desperation. they're deflecting from the problems they created and "new york times" following it just like they would stop and not run the hunter biden story. >> bill: there is not a single republican quoted in this piece. >>

here's ron klain answering a question about what jerome powell just said.atch. >> i want to be clear. we don't comment on monetary policy here at the white house and i don't want to comment on what chairman powell said. we're in -- we're not in a recession. i want to be clear on that. >> jeez. >> martha: so shut up. i mean, you know, if you think you're in a recession and everything cost more and even some jobs are being cut now, sandra? >> sandra: i don't know if -- i don't know anybody for that matter and we just had an independent voter join us on the program an hour ago. i don't know that anybody is waking up in this particular woman, 77 years old a retiree, wakes up and says, okay, i'm on a fixed income. inflation, the price of about everything continues to go up. it's costing into my cost of living. my buying power goes down every day. that's vladimir putin's fault? that's covid's fault. don't worry, it's a global problem. those are the excuses this white house continues to lay out for voters. they're just not buying it, martha. >> martha: and this in

something unforeseen happens, he has been working with a small group of advisers, including jill biden, ron klainita dunn, they reached out to former obama and clinton campaign re-election people to get them on board. at the same time, yesterday, gavin newsom, who we told you a couple weeks ago was going to run, he says now is not the moment to run. so, joe biden sounds like he is in and it sounds like gavin newsom is out for now. >> ainsley: do you think gavin means not this week. >> brian: change his mind in a second. >> ainsley: maybe in a year. >> steve: talking about running for president. >> ainsley: i think when it comes to the polls in new york though so many new yorkers would never want to admit out loud that they are going to vote for a republican. this town is so blue. but, maybe people are going to go to the polls and vote and pull that lever for lee zeldin because they know that crime is such a major issue. >> brian: to back you were your point you don't get glenn youngkin yesterday and antioxidant on saturday and appearing if he wasn't close. even though they are friendly with him.

you have ron klain that chief of staff saying that recession is really low he says.on. he said i want to be really, really clear on that. let me quote him executive. there have been no meetings going on in the white house about this. the word that the president uses is there's a very slight downturn. be very slight. it sounds like that new inflation is transitory. so i think maybe the elites, a few look at the base houses of the world, the president of the restoration, they are at real risk if bloomberg is correct in saying that. they say 100% risk of recession next year. other models are so differently. but nevertheless, very risky with that kind of language. >> particular station to that point that sean patrick maloney, who says, let them eat jeff lasky to deal with inflation. taylor swift fans are resting ticketmaster over prices when they tried to buy her concert tickets. that is next. ♪ ♪ kevin, where are you?! kevin?!?!?.... hey, what's going on? i'm right here! i was busy cashbacking for the holidays with chase freedom unlimited. you know i can't believe you l

if you're in ron klain's shoes over there at the white house, what are you thinking looking out at pennsylvanianue right now? >> well, the most important question to answer is whether or not the republicans are interested in governing. or are they interested in raising hell? i think the message coming out of these midterms is that the american people are tired of extremism, they're tired of undermining our democracy. they really do want both parties to work together in order to govern. and so i think it's very important for the white house to try to reach out to the republicans, obviously to the democratic leadership, and see whether or not there is a willingness to work together on major issues facing the country. that will be the test, not only for congress but for the white house. >> and if not, i mean, could this be -- could this be a god send to joe biden if he's thinking about running for re-election? >> well, you know, i was chief of staff when the congress went republican after the first two years of the clinton administration. and although the president obviously was disuponpupon dent

you see it here the president's chief of staff ron klain tweeting out a list of his boss's top accomplishmentwhen chatting up the family specifically they include tackling inflation and lowering costs. he also says the president took on big pharma and won lowering prescription drug and healthcare costs and he ends with warning that republicans in congress are extreme, gop congressman james comer with this. watch. >> i don't think they're going to find many uncles in america who are very pleased with the policies of the biden white house and their talking points aren't going to go very far unfortunately. we have high energy prices because of the bad policies of the biden administration. this is something that they can take credit for because of their green new deal policies they've tried to implement through executive order. now we have record high energy prices and unfortunately they're probably going to only get higher. >> griff: now ashley i respectfully disagree with the part that congressman comer says that these talking points aren't going to go very far. i printed out my copy ready to g

he's talking about in this big speech today, ron klain has been on tv talking about how we're not goingnto a recession. they're leaning into this and they're making it clear that, yes, we have policies in place that are going to help you, but we truly believe based on some of these economic statistics that you're seeing that we are not going into a recession. >> it's interesting, stephanie, because adrian wasn't actually 100% correct when she said republicans haven't put forward any plan. what we've heard as of late is that one way that they potentially will tackle inflation and cut spending was to tap into popular entitlement programs like social security and medicare. and we haven't seen them walk away from that message given how popular that is with millions of americans, both republican, democrats, independents, is that a winning message? >> yeah, i think it is. i think that, you know, their message right now is resonating in terms of people just understanding. i think the democrats have been horrible at messaging, so that's where i'll disagree with -- they have been leaning into it

before i let you answer i want to play a couple of sound bites, one from joe biden and one from ron klain this is with her going on saying about the economy. >> when i took office this economy was it ruined pre-today were in a much better place, people are still hurting, the economy is up apply enterprise inflation is down, real inflation is up, gas prices need to come down more. the america people are seeing the benefit of the economy that works for them. >> we are not in a recession. >> the economy is growing, it is strong, creating jobs. >> congress woman your reaction to that. >> it seems that they think if they say it enough it'll be true but i tell you what i'm hearing for bio wins the pelosi pay cut is very real, i went there feeling it, americans are feeling it i just talked with iowans at a gas station town hall yesterday. there are many people have it pick up extra shifts to make ends meet for the families. the president and speaker pelosi continue to double down on those failures the out-of-control spending that we know trigger the inflation that we are experiencing now, presid

there's been reports about ron klain, janet yellen.now and the holidays. >> and number six, what do you think comes next for biden and the democrats? >> that's the big one, isn't it? i think there will be a cry from a lot of democrats that he should not run again. i think despite his assertion that he will run again, i think lots of things especially his age will combine to force the president to announce that he's only going to serve one term. >> usually after a midterm election you have kind of this sort of collective pause into the holidays traditionally. that's not going to happen, is it? >> no. the old days are gone. literally within 24 hours of the election we'll start a new cycle with all sorts of new stories. >> greg valliere you will wager what it means for all of us. nice to see you. thanks, greg. >> yep. >>> a source telling cnn twitter is delaying the rollout of its $8 subscription plan for the blue verified check mark until after the midterms. the new feature was expected to be part of the app's latest update. new owner el

people they have sent letters to, potential witnesses to take part in transcribed interviews are ron klaine white house chief of staff, dhs secretary mayorkas, merrick garland, secretary of education miguel cardona. they didn't waste any time. >> it's quite a list. i think you have to understand from the republican perspective, they see what democrats in oversight of donald trump as extremely aggressive and in their mind they held nothing back. and so they have no reason to hold back here. i think some people will say that's not a fair comparison. but you have to get in the mind-set of conservative media, what they hear. they think the democrats were breaking all kinds of norm and is they feel like they have the permission to do the same. i think you're going to get a lot of brawling from these committee chairman without little regard for norms. >> and apparently you don't have to win to do some of the brawling, josh. losing isn't going to stop kari lake who has made a point of not conceding the arizona governor's race. she went to mar-a-lago the other day. what's going on here? >> yeah, s

ron klain saying last night on msnbc that the white house would do anything raphael warnock wants. they'll deploy any kind of resources to the state to help him and it was notable and we should remember that in 2020 and 2021 during that runoff election we saw then, president-elect joe biden made two trips to georgia on campaign of those candidates. a lot of questions. we haven't seen president biden in georgia since january of this year. he stayed away during warnock's campaign. will he come down the stretch run here as he faces that runoff in a couple of weeks? >> thank you so much. stay with us. >>> senate control still up for grabs. did you know that? with two key races in arizona and nevada still undecided, the major updates we could get by the end of today. >>> strong winds and coastal flooding in florida as tropical storm nicole makes landfall. that's ahead. storm nicole makes landfall. that's ahead fasenra is an add-on treatment for asthma driven by eosinophils. it helps prevent asthma attacks, improve breathing, and lower use of oral steroids. fasenra is not a rescue medica

indication of the concern that democrats have for gas prices, look at the white house twitter account, ron klain'sresident biden have been tracking so closely, you were mentioning some of the action that is they took for this. that is reflective of the concern that those in the party have and an awareness that this is an issue. we talked about other issues that are obviously important as well but this is an issue that does tend to sway voters because they feel it day to day. >> and see it day to day. not a day you're filling up you're driving by one, two, three, maybe gas stations, out west where you drive longer distances and districts along the west coast, everywhere in america but especially in california and oregon, they hit the suburbs, that's been the tug-of-war, revolted against president trump. came to the democrats but inflation and crime, issues driving -- look at this poll in "wall street journal." which plan makes life easier, back in august the democrats had the advantage. as we get close to election day right now 50-35, 15-point edge for republicans is a lot of house districts if tha

across the world, i can personally say it is top of mind of president biden, secretary granholm, ron klainteam. this is something to all of us on a regular basis, sometimes an hourly basis, affordability. we got to keep our eye on the ball and use all tools in our toolbelt to keep ford ability on gas prices. other energy prices but more broadly than that. we have seen cost reductions over the last several months, a very good news story and a lot of emphasis has gone into that including what we did with the strategic petroleum reserve endeavor efforts but we have seen prices at the pump pick up in recent weeks and the opec plus decision which was disappointing from this administration's perspective, disappointing to consumers not just in the us. one thing that is lost, we were talking in africa last week, low and middle income countries are bearing the brunt. all of us are bearing the brunt of this misguided decision by opec plus, those countries who are least able to withstand these price increases. we are going to do what we can with the tools we have to keep the downward pressure overall

ron klain has been stressing gas prices the whole time. i get it, and then of this important. that's also somewhat outdated. this election just proved that. yes, gas prices matter. especially for those who are struggling to fill their tanks. but you know it's a bigger problem, for millions of younger people? limited access to birth control. the idea that young woman could be forced to carry unwanted pregnancies to term, that is a lifetime problem. not a short term gas price problem. >> all right, thrown, stick around. if you watch a certain other news adjacent ten on the last few weeks. might heard a lot about a red clay. we're gonna get into that, next. next we all have a purpose in life - a “why.” maybe it's perfecting that special place that you want to keep in the family... ...or passing down the family business... ...or giving back to the places that inspire you. no matter your purpose, at pnc private bank, we will work with you every step of the way to help you achieve it. so let us focus on the how. just tell us - what's your why? ♪♪ movies are dreams that you never for

addition, how should i share committee republicans have sent letters to white house chief of staff ron klaink garland, fbi director christopher wray, and, education secretary miguel cardona. naming potential witnesses to take part in interviews and hearings for probes into the fbi, doj, on the southern border. joining me now is adrian elrod. democratic strategist and former senior aide on the biden harris campaign. and, kurt bardella, democratic strategist and four other gop spokesperson for the house oversight committee. as always, good to see you both. adrian, i had a question that characterize these moves by republicans for the potential reasons for them. but, i just want to ask you. tell me what you think is behind this promise of endless investigations. what is the motivation? >> yeah, alex, looking at that video it almost reminds me of an snl episode because it just feels so contrived. it is so over the top, especially when you contrast that with speaker pelosi going on the floor on friday and giving her -- saying she is not going to run again and she would pass the torch to the next g

. >> jen psaki, talking about what's gonna happen in washington, we heard ron klain saying the washingtonphael warnock once. you heard him say that. we just have a few seconds here but in terms of what's happening in congress, are the things a democrats can do in washington that will set up raphael warnock better. >> in 2020 remember the democrats push to get these checks that they could go down to georgia and say look, we are giving you checks, we're giving you money georgia. that's what democrats can do. if you get these two through the senate. right now, there are corporate tax cuts that run out. the government funding runs out middle of december. there's an opportunity for democrats to get through medicaid expansion through georgia which is a huge issue for warnock as an option to help him in this runoff. >> our coverage of election 2022 continues tonight with our dear friend lawrence o'donnell who's up next. stay with us. as night two of our election coverage continues, we still do not know the winner of three senate elections. in georgia, arizona, and nevada, democratic senator raph

you heard ron klain saying, we're talking about all of these issues, but i wonder for voters who are focused on the economy, right, that when you address issues about the democracy five days out, it drowns out iue right now. the same day, obviously, that we had yet another fed rate hike. >> you know, i'm a little amused by all this because it's -- the economy is always the number one issue. every election i've been in the economy is the number one issue. i want to step back. it's like so many of us in the pundit class, if you only talk about two issues, you completely lose them. it's a far more complicated issue than that. the economy is always at the top. if you only talked about the economy, you would be doing campaign malpractice. voters have other issue concerns. you think moms aren't worried about education? you think moms aren't worried about gun control. there's a lot of issues and every campaign has to sort of cover a swath of issues and explain to voters where i am on this issue versus where my opponent is on this issue. to say it's the economy and if you're not talking abou

today jim jordan sending all letters trying to get mayorkas to testify, sending out a letter to ron klainell saying they want to talk to a bunch of officials. >> they have subpoena power but they have 218 seats now, there are five races uncalled, the highest they will get is 223, it's more likely they get to 220 or 221. hakeem jeffries says we want to take back the majority. the next election is a presidential election. if republicans want to protect the majority, again, legitimate oversight is needed in this town but is that what they want to do or can anybody convince them not to? >> i think the point you made earlier is the one that applies here is that in a world where kevin mccarthy only has that many votes he has to let all of these various elements of his conference to a certain extent do what they want to do because otherwise they can hold a lot over his head and that is going to potentially -- if these investigations go a certain way and there is a sense of overreach which is often hard to avoid in these kinds of situations that could very much endanger his majority from an elect