sherry beasley was to sentence the gentleman that killed her brother. when ed lowery saw that sherry beasley was running and running on a hard on crime policy platform. he wanted to speak out and tell a story of who sherry beasley truly is. we put that front and center. those are her words not his. people need to know the record of the people they are supporting and they need to have that information before they go into the ballot box. we sat down, we interviewed him and let him tell his story about his brother and the direct role that sherry beasley had. if you are in north carolina, consider that in the context of everything she is saying. host: she did candidate guide and when asked to say what legislation would you support to make americans safer? i would fully fund the police to have the resources they need. have violence intervention programs and gun safety reforms by cracking down on universal background checks. guest: those are her words today versus her word 20 years ago. what are her real beliefs? host: let's hear from a viewer in georgia, on

that race is coming down to democratic canned sherry beasley and ted bud.eeply polarized congress, richard burn is calling tom till is, from time to time, voted with democrats on gun reform, infrastructure, and certifying the 2020 election. but representative ted budd is not that kind of lawmaker. he is one of the most conservative members in the house with a 98% lifetime score from heritage action and the club for growth. congressman budd voted against the infrastructure law. he voted against same sex marriage protections and against gun safety. those are some of the about ills that some of the republican colleagues have supported. instead, he co-sponsored a bill that would ban abortions nigs wide after 15 weeks of pregnancy and he voted to overturn the results of the 2020 election on january 6. at this point, the one person standing in ted budd's way, in the path to the senate, is sherry beasley. who will be the first black woman to ever represent north carolina in the upper chamber. she is a former district state judge and court of appeals judge and serv

sherry beasley, her and fetterman are the worst on crime in the country.bout the crime going on all across the country as a result of the democrats policies. >> laura: well, congressman budd, i think this is going to be exciting to watch. i think you're going to win this. and you've got a good man campaigning for there you in rick scott doing a great job for the country out there. thank you both >> now senator mitch mcconnell and the man who will likely be the next speaker kevin mccarthy are heading for a collision sending more money to ukraine in the new congress, a huge debate. mcconnell has support ped generous seemingly unending financial aid to ukraine while earlier this week mccarthy was more realistic about how long we can do this. >> i think ukraine is very important. i support making sure that we move forward to defeat russia in that program. but there should be no blank check on anything. we are $31 trillion in debt. >> laura: of course mccarthy's right. pretty mild comment if you ask me and the sooner the gop wakes up to the fact and starts focu

we're joined by sherry beasley.made history in 2019 as the first black woman to serve as chief justice of the state supreme court. welcome to "the beat." >> hi, ari. >>. hi. so many important issues, and i think knowing a little bit of your background and the law, there's so much we could talk about. but i want to ask you, what will be better day-to-day for people in your state if you're elected as opposed to your opponent? >> i'm for the people and ted bud is for himself. i've served as a judge for over two decade, and i know it's important to respect the rule of law and uphold the constitution. congressman bud has been in congress six years and has had every opportunity the show he would support us here in north carolina, and every opportunity he's gotten he's voted against us. vote in the favor of big pharma while lowering prescription drug costs. he's vote in the favor of big oil while voting against lowers gas costs. time after time after time and you just showed he supports a ban on abortion without exceptions

state supreme court, she's now running against congressman ted bud. >> left wing extremist named sherry beasleytch supports beasley and said she's hardly extreme but he acknowledged challenges in how some voters view their party. do you think that was a mistake to use those words, defund the police? >> i think defund the police, the phrase itself, did more damage to law enforcement and communities than anyone ever imagined. unfortunately, we're seeing that now. reforming the criminal justice system? absolutely. that's what we should be having. >> on november 8th, vote like your life depends on it. it just might. >> a message that will resonate in some places. >>> new developments in a story we've been following. authorities in texas have charged a former police officer in the shooting of an unarmed teen. police body camera footage shows then officer james cameron opening up the door and the visibly startled teen put the car in reverse and the officer opened fire. cantu has been in critical condition and is on life support. >> someone questioned our training, pour policies. my response was this

that brought sherry beasley too heavily republican yancy county, she has called but extreme on abortions ties to president trump. >> ported with his party 92% of the time and i have always vowed to be independent. >> the current momentum is with us, issues are on our side, people are talking about inflation, talking about education. >> another factor in this race changing demographics, population studies have put north carolina as a top destination for americans relocating during the pandemic. republicans say conservative retirees coming here gives them a boost. democrats say they have an edge with younger and latino voters registering. in belmont north carolina, rich edson fox news. >> bill: governor ron desantis has issued an executive order expanding building access for the midterm elections. he did that for three counties for hurricane ian destroyed polling places and displaced thousands. the move follows a request from the charlotte and sarasota counties along with voting rights groups extending the number of early voting days and approving additional early voting locations to be d

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 said her husband paul continues to improve after a man brock into their

sherry beasley would be a rubberstamp for those policies.ne >> of the other big issues in this campaign and nationally is abortion. north carolina currently has a ban in most cases after 20 weeks. the broad question. what parameters around abortion do support? you have signed on to a federal bill that would create a national ban in 15 weeks. your opponent has accused you of supporting an absolute ban even in cases of rape, incest or risks to a mother's life. rep. budd: i have always been pro-life. long before i was in congress. i have been consistently there. i have also been about protecting the life of the mother. i want to save as many unborn lines as possible. i hope you take time to dive into how extreme my opponent is when it comes to abortion. the democrats have signed onto the women's health protection act. the most extreme bill in i just laid of history. complete the out of standards with anywhere in the developed world. the things i support are saving unborn laughs and i think -- saving unborn lives. supporter of abortion at any ti

sherry beasley in north carolina, she's saying maybe i can get a little more support here.oman we profiled, said she did not want an endorsement from former president trump, she doesn't want to have anything to do with him. that's a tough place to be in the republican party where trump is the leader, and has that big grip on the party. so it's complicated politics when it comes to the republican party and black people. >> i'm glad you mentioned sherry beasley down in north carolina. that's a race i'm not convinced is getting the attention it deserves. we have to leave it there. thank you for sharing that reporting for us. and thank you for watching this hour of msnbc. i'm garrett haake. "deadline white house" starts after this quick break. "deadline white house" starts after this quick break the other day... and forgot where she was. [buzz] you can always spot a first timer. gain flings with oxi boost and febreze. moderate to severe eczema still disrupts my skin. despite treatment it disrupts my skin with itch. it disrupts my skin with rash. but now, i can disrupt eczema wi

i am joined now by democratic candidate for senate, in north carolina sherrie beasley.tive midterm race. thank you judge for being, here i'm going to ask you about the election in just a moment. first what is happening right now in north carolina. the north carolina institute for climate studies has said that over the next 80 years, the state can expect disruptive sea level rise, a substantial increase and the chance of flood from coastal storms. after this hurricane do you think that now is the time to talk about how and where north carolina rebuilds. this is an issue of climate change. >> well it is simone i think it's important to say first of that i'm really sorry and my prayers to the folks who have suffered devastation and loss of life. and north carolina, south carolina, florida and other states and we are certainly felt the impact of heavy rainfall here. the wind and flooding as you just saw. a lot of folks have lost electricity. we certainly want to make sure that these folks get back on their feet, and that they have the support that they need to be able to mo

sherry beasley was to sentence the gentleman that killed her brother.ed lowery saw that sherry beasley was running and running on a hard on crime policy platform. he wanted to speak out and tell a story of who sherry beasley truly is. we put that front and center. those are her words not his. people need to know the record of the people they are supporting and they need to have that information before they go into the ballot box. we sat down, we interviewed him and let him tell his story about his brother and the direct role that sherry beasley had. if you are in north carolina, consider that in the context of everything she is saying. host: she did candidate guide and when asked to say what legislation would you support to make americans safer? i would fully fund the police to have the resources they need. have violence intervention programs and gun safety reforms by cracking down on universal background checks. guest: those are her words today versus her word 20 years ago. what are her real beliefs? host: let's hear from a viewer in georgia, on the de

stuart: it is a tight race for the senate in north carolina between gop candidate -- and sherry beasleyhas it that she is a soft on crime liberal. ashley: that's what her critics say. beasley says there are plenty of reasons to end the cash bail system for nonviolent offenders, benefits include less crowded jails, defendants keeping their jobs and families staying in their homes. watch this. >> counties big and small, urban and rural changing the way they handle, cases and beginning to see positive results, jails less crowded, defendants keeping their jobs and families staying in their homes. these communities are finding this process does not compromise their safety and keeps their taxes low. ashley: she says communities are not compromising their safety if it keeps taxes low but beasley says jailing individuals, costly to the public and doesn't allow people to be out working and supports completely dismantling the criminal justice system and restructuring it, face against -- to replace retiring gop senator richard but. crime is a big issue and i'm not sure what she is saying will reso

when they talk about sherry beasley, it's about crime.in to me why the majority of money being spent against white senate democrats is on the economy and the majority of money being spent bens black senate democratic candidates is on crime? >> riddle me that. i think i know the answer. race based strategy. also known as racism. guy cecil, thank you for your time and thoughts. >>> we have much more ahead this hour. the conviction of three michigan men for their role in a plot to kidnap a democratic governor is part of the backdrop for this consequential election in november. the attorney general whose office secured the convictions is fighting to retain her seat and retain the rule of law in michigan. she joins me to talk about that and more. but next, one story out of florida this week is drawing attention to the ties between members of the florida gop and some far right activists and white supremacists. stay with us. supremacists stay with us (woman) oh. oh! hi there. you're jonathan, right? the 995 plan! yes, from colonial penn. your 99

turn your attention to north carolina where you have two candidates who are remarkably good, sherry beasleyt on the republican. they sort of embody to me the opposite of the environment in georgia because when you have two good candidates, nobody is talking about them on a national basis, and there has been very little attention paid to north carolina for that reason. when personalities are not front and center. ted but is going to be able to probably hold on to the republican seat that is being vacated right now. probably via win of about 1.6 points. it is really sad for democrats because this used to be a state where they could perform and compete, but it has slipped away from them on everything but governors races. >>> another visual year. the toss-ups in yellow, north carolina in pink. in our power rankings, the blue is the lean democrat. are there surprises, mark, that you see on election night, just looking at the map right now? >> i do think that the senate map is a tough map for republicans. i think they have got problems here in georgia and pennsylvania. i think you've got a number

the democratic candidate there, sherry beasley, is performing unexpectedly well against her republican opponent. he is one of these guys currently refusing to say if he will accept this year's election if he loses. on the other side, just over the weekend, we saw republicans start to pull money out of what they thought would be a competitive senate race in new hampshire. republicans may now be giving up in new hampshire as democratic senator maggie hasan continues to pull ahead of her far right republican challenge, a trump guy and also an election denier. we're also seeing republicans attempt toer show up some particularly difficult candidates in races that they just cannot afford to lose. florida republican senator rick scott is in charge of republican campaigns in the senate this year. tomorrow he will lead a sort of desperate republican senate trip to georgia to try to rally all their forces around their candidate, herschel walker there. amid his family and personal and violent scandals that are just spiraling out of control in his campaign right now. that's in georgia. you know, 2

with republican senator from florida, rick scott, and north carolina's democratic senate nominee sherry beasley

weekend on "state of the union," republican senator rick scott of florida and democratic candidate sherry beasley of north carolina is sunday morning at 9:00 eastern and then again on cnn. you can follow me or tweet. if you ever miss an episode, you can see it wherever you get your podcasts. coverage continues with wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> happening now, breaking news, federal officials have just issued a new warning that violent extremists here in the united states are posing a heightened threat to the midterm elections, this just hours after the brutal attack on nancy pelosi's husband in their san francisco home. sources revealing the suspect was looking for the house speaker, shouting, where is nancy. and now we're learning that paul pelosi called 911 during the break-in and kept the line open. also tonight, big-named democrats are heading to the campaign trail right now. obama, biden, harris, stumping for candidates in critical races, as many democrats fear the momentum is with the republicans 11 days before election day. >>> welcome to our viewers here in the united states a

this may be the underdog race, ted bud, the republican is winning but sherry beasley the democrat is is ahead by three and a half in wisconsin. mark kelly has run a good race, well funded, running against blake masters we've talked about blake masters. up by six, but this margin is closing a little bit. you go with these three and these four, you got seven. that's where i think the majority is going to be decided. >> where else are you watching where things may or may not change? >> i call them the sleeper states. these are states both parties thought might happen, don't look like they're going to happen but 12 days out, i don't count anything out. maggie hassan, republicans didn't get chris sununu, the governor of the state. same thing with michael bennett, a swing state-ish, colorado, he's up 6. being up 6 is better than being up none. this is the one i'm most stunned by. if you told me at the start of the election we'd be talking about chuck grassley, who's been in the senate longer than i've been alive. if you told me he's only up three points on a guy named mike franken, the dem

he's running into someone named sherry beasley. ron johnson, this surprises me. up 3.4%. why? because he was behind the lieutenant governor this summer. johnson has run an effective campaign. if we started at the beginning of the election cycle and said who is the most endangered? kelly and warnock would be the two, but kelly has maintained a solid lead here, and there are questions as to whether republicans are fully committed to the republican nominee, blake masters. if we add that up, that's three races here, four races here, seven. i think that's where the senate majority is going to get decided. >> so we got those seven races there. at this point, what races seem less likely to flip? >> victor, i call them sleeper states. i don't want to say it's impossible because i've learned covering elections over time nothing is impossible. until all the votes get counted, i don't want to say this is a loss or this is a win, but these are unlikely to flip. new hampshire was a state -- maggie hassan had weak numbers and it was really targeted. governor chwas expected to run. he did no

one thing that's notable is the party is putting money into sherry beasley's race.here you could win? >> three races they're ignoring -- ohio, north carolina and florida. it's the mindset. the democratic party looks at some of these states and say we can go to 47. we don't know how to get to 50. so we walk away. the republican party looks at virginia or colorado, we can't get past 47. let's see if we could get a different candidate. >> mcauliffe agreed with me. >> i don't get it. when val demings is at 48 and she loses by a point, are they going to wonder if they spent a dollar or three dollars. in north carolina, they missed a two-month period where what they were able to do to dr. oz, which is why fetterman is surviving, they dug a deep hole for oz. they did it in pennsylvania. they didn't in north carolina and it may be too late. >> chuck todd, we'll watch all of this on "meet the press reports." you have so many titles. i try to keep them straight. the new episode of "meet the press reports" is available on demand. of course, you can always catch chuck todd at 4

there was a poll out that showed sherry beasley was died with her opponent so that's a race where youat next day potential finger-pointing. where did they put the money? back the right turnout operations. >> where the anxiety is in these final days. you pull money out of one race and put it in another. are you making the right call? >> a complicated puzzle. will they make the right decisions? >> 13 days, ahead trump, the path to victory begins and ends with a lie, he says. >> you'll lose if you go soft many you'll lose that base. yes, i need a trim. i just want to be able to cut the damage. we tried dove instead. so, still need that trim? oh my gosh! i am actually shocked i don't need a haircut. don't trim daily damage. stop it with dove. kids getting hooked on flavored tobacco, including e-cigarettes. big tobacco lures them in with flavors like lemon drop and bubble gum, candy flavors that get them addicted to tobacco products, and can lead to serious health consequences, even harming their brain development. that's why pediatricians urge you to vote yes on prop 31. it stops the sale

weekend on "state of the union," republican senator rick scott of florida and democratic candidate sherry beasleyagain on cnn. you can follow me or tweet. if you ever miss an episode, you can see it wherever you get your podcasts. coverage continues with wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> happening now, breaking news, federal officials have just issued a new warning that violent extremists here in the united states are posing a heightened threat to

sherry beasley, thank you very much. luck. >> and another reminder that early voting did begin today. it began today in north carolina. please get out there and vote. make sure you're registered and vote. for more information on voting in your state, scan the qr code that you see on your screen right now or go to nbcnews.com/planyourvote. this programming note, the battle over women's reproductive rights is the focus of shouting down midnight, from executive producer trevor noah, the film shines a light on former texas state senator wendy davis who stood up against her state's 2013 abortion bill. shouting down midnight airs on sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on this very station msnbc. >> up next, this week's democracy defender. day-in, day-out that's why dove men body wash has skin-strengthening nutrients and moisturizers that help rebuild your skin. dove men+care. smoother, healthier skin with every shower. super emma just about sleeps in her cape. but when we realized she was battling sensitive skin, we switched to tide

. >> joe biden on the ballot on november 8thment he goes by the name this year of sherry beasley. >>s. what makes us think he's going to do something in the next six? >> candidates in key senate races there oopsz, was con an and north carolina focusing on the economy in many instances in their debates as a critical race in georgia got a major surprise this week. that's where i want to start with our panel. obviously, allegations have surfaced the republican senate nominee in georgia, herschel walker, paid for his ex-girlfriend to get an abortion in 2009 and asked her to get another one and did not. she had his child. he's denied the allegation. i read something with "wall street journal"ist peggy noonan about this. kweet, i think republican strategists miss the scandal or the heart of it. it isn't about abortionnd it's about children born and the father says you can raise it by yourself or you can abort it. but i won't help you raise it and act as a father. less likely to get a pass on that. on four children left alone by their father, the rich, handsome former football star and cand

democrat sherry beasley is hoping to become the state's first african american senator and is facing off against republican and trump backed congressman ted budd. officials say this election could be unlike any other. many election workers are dealing with mounting threats, some are installing panic buttons and bulletproof glass in their offices. now let's go to arizona. already grappling with allegations of voter intimidation there. state officials are now referring a report about the issue to the department of justice. and a state attorney general's office. our kyung lah is following the story. tell us about this one. >> victor, what i can tell you is this is something we're hearing from the arizona secretary of state's office. they got a complaint that a voter says, and the voter is unidentified, here she was trying to drop off a ballot at a ballot drop box in mesa, arizona, when that voter was approached and then followed by a group while trying to vote. now, this complaint has now been referred to the department of justice, as you said, the department of justice confirms to cnn

val demings, sherry beasley, natalie james and crystal matthews are all running for united states senateorida, north carolina, arkansas, south carolina. in georgia, iowa, and alabama, stacey abrams, deirdre dejear, and flowers running for governor. democrats could not win without black women. black women turn out at 96% for democrats and vote at the highest percentage rate of any group of americans. >> yep. >> but i wonder if the presence of a black woman candidate for state-wide office is impacting black womens' enthusiasm and is that just marginal because it's already high? >> it's a great question. i think in some ways it's marginal because black women are already really hitting the top numbers when it comes to voter turnout, when it comes to enthusiasm, and also, black women when i talk to them, they're used to showing up for a party at times like the democrats at times that don't have them on the ballot. when i talk to these women and voters they say we love this movement of black women showing up and running for office, but they're also saying at the end of the day, is it going to

time to address americans' top issues, the economy, inflation, some, including north carolina's sherry beasley and ohio's tim ryan, are trying to take these issues directly to voters. >> folks are feeling everything from pain at the pump to the cost of prescription drugs and congress can address these important issues and shouldn't run away from them. >> i want to talk about jobs. i want to talk about wages. i want to talk about pensions, making sure people have dignity. >> but sometimes they can seem like outliers. the message from national democrats has often been to focus on other issues including abortion. and now this new poll shows voters overwhelmingly trust republicans to deal with the economy and crime. it may be participately the function of ads like this. >> 2020 -- murder in cincinnati at an all-time high. >> homicides up. >> and the response, defund the police. >> mandela barnes, dangerously liberal on crime. >> catherine cortez masto is dangerous for police and dangerous for nevada. >> there may be lessons from the deposed liz truss in the uk, and here is what it is. if people fe

be talking about, north carolina, the senate leadership fund is in an ad, attacking democrat sherry beasleystudent loan forgiveness ad. why is that significant? >> it's the first time we have seen a national republican group run a major television ad focused on that issue specifically, and i think it shows to the extent that the white house or president biden or democrats generally felt that this was going to be a political winner, coming as it did very shortly before the midterm elections, i think this sort of turns that on its head and republican strategists are telling us they feel the messaging tests well for them, which is a class war, us versus them type of message. it's simply a fact of political life that older americans are more likely to vote than younger americans. to the extent this is winning democrat support among that younger contingent, you know, it's just not going to materialize into as much support at the ballot box because young people are less likely to vote. >> lachlan markay, good stuff as always. thanks for joining us this morning. and thanks to all of you for gettin

on saturday, i saw sherry beasley the democratic nominee for senate run ad after ad about abortion. ted budd ran ad and ad about inflation and crime. we're seeing that the polling is showing the economy is even more of an issue than three, four weeks ago. with gas prices and opec, that looks to be more and more the case. georgia is a special case in this circumstance. >> jonathan, i did show that poll before. it shows inflation is the top priority for voters. but preserving democracy is number two. we saw liz cheney out in arizona yesterday campaigning against republican candidates. >> in arizona today, you have a candidate for governor in kerry lake, a candidate for secretary of state in mark finchem, both of whom have said this isn't a prize, it's not a secret, they both said that they will only honor the results of an election if they agree with it. if you care about democracy, and you care about the survival of our republic, then you need to understand we all have to understand that we cannot give people power who have told us that they will not honor elections. >> she told us s

sherry beasley lost the supreme court race in 2020 by 401 votes.s, if black voters across the board maximize our numbers, we could actually change the south, the midwest, the southwest, and the east. that's what i'm also arguing, not just black men. >> yeah, that makes sense. barack obama now is out here in some ways playing a role that joe biden maybe can't play, particularly because joe biden as we've discussed is balancing empathy, awareness of what the country is going through -- can't just sort of write that off -- while also campaigning. obama is hitting the republicans for democracy while also saying, hey, the be worse. here's what he said in what's his first media appearance in quite some time. >> given how at last republican officials have behaved, they increasingly are willing to subvert basic democratic procedures. and it's a reminder that democracy is fragile, that you have to tend to it, fight for it, and this midterm election i think is going to be a moment in which that battle has to be joined, and that means people have to turn out.

running fro and sherry beasley is running away from her record . she's defended cop killer. rowno she's thrown out indictmentsutr for sex offenders. she's against gpses tracking foo child molesters. the more we dig into her record , the worse it gets. and they know that i'm for fixing inflation and for making crime less, not worse. and i'm for giving parents a say in their education. the more we talk about that, ex the more we win. but we can't let up in the nexts 11 days. that's why i hope everybody goes to ted budd .com and figures out that we don't have the tech billionaires on our side like she does, butbe we do have you and your viewersn on our side.help. >> and so we need help. yeah. you know, lindsay used to be democrats would hide their radicalism , try and runding i as moderates. >> they're not hiding itt anymore. i meanyou , the issues come dowc radical policies on energy, wide open borders, defund,s. dismantle, nobel laws. e it comes down to woke education versus traditional curriculum in schools. and they're saying i nt openly and no restrictions at b all on abor

democrats have thought it might be the sleeper race for them, ted budd, the republican, against sherry beasleythe democrat. it is an open seat. there is no incumbent running. is this a chance for democrats or not? scott: i thought over the summer it could have been. he is a trump guy, but not a crazy trump guy, but he has not raised any money. here you have one of the key states like north carolina, on labor day, the budd campaign was not even on the air. unheard of. every candidate goes on the air on labor day in every state, even in kansas. this surprised me because i thought it would become a race. beasley has not come out of the blocks very well, the democrat running, and i think budd is a winner. just the flow of -- gerald: does the flow of money into the state suggest other people are drawing that conclusion as well? scott: mcconnell has put $30 million or $35 million into this race. gerald: he recognizes they are not going to run a competent campaign, so if anybody owes a debt to him after election day, it is ted budd. scott: they have raised half a billion dollars, and they have come i