wisconsin's use of drop boxes was completely violative of their law it was a complete violation of wisconsin law. there's no racism up for them to be used the way they were in wisconsin and across the state and there was a big difference in various jurisdictions. it's a goodns example is our courts are not equipped to quickly judge even criminal cases. even, every potential fraud vote and this is criminal and opposed to making mistakes which is more common in elections takes weeks and months to investigate. you don't have time for that especially in a presidential election when you have a meeting date for electors six weeks after electionte day. so it's a good example of the states own court system finding funding their officials have been violating the law and its bipartisan. it was bipartisan republicans and democrats both were involved in that in the violations of the law. so it's so important to get these things right on the front end so when that election and whether we win or lose and i've won and lost races and when i lost i didn't question the outcome. i may not like it but i didn't

of wisconsin law. there was no basis in law them to be used the way they were headed wisconsin across the state and there was a big difference in various jurisdictions and it's a good example because our courts are not equipped to quickly judge even criminal cases and even every potential fraud vote, know this is criminal as opposed to just making mistakes, which is much more common in elections, takes weeks and months to investigate and then to try it while you don't have time for that especially the presidential election when you have a meeting for the electors, six weeks after the election date and so is a good example of the states own court system finding that their officials have been violating the law that was bipartisan was bipartisan in the republicans and the democrats vote involving that. in the violations of the law but it takes 18 months to do that it is so important to get these things right in the front end and so that when that election intima whether we win or lose, and of one and lost

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in ohio, pennsylvania, wisconsin. 11 percentage point jump in ohio, 12 in pennsylvania, 15 in wisconsin north carolina. michael: a battleground group and a lot of this. judy: i don't know if we have time to show this graphic, control of congress, democrats holding their own, 48 democrats and 44 republicans, but want to ask you, when people are asked, voters are asked should donald trump run again in 2024, 67% of republicans said yes. when republicans were asked, what if he is charged with a crime, almost that many still think he should run, 61%. michael: i still want to be shocked by that. this is a case where nald trump has become more radical since he left office in many ways. we have seen from the hearings, there is plenty of evidence he has done illegal things or may have done illegal things. this is proof that the base of the reblican party is not going to be changed by external factors. the big question that more moderate republicans have is are there 3% to 5% republicans on the margin who will say this guy has too much bagge -- baggage? that's the people i talk to, the think that

wisconsin senator, ron johnson.thought fetterman was bad, the guy that never worked a day in his life. this guy is right up there. how much money has been spent in negative ads on you? 'cause this is happening all over country. >> it's well over $65 million now. it's pretty rich when he gets on that panel where he said he got to get money out of the politics. democrats hates money until it is spent to lie about their opponent. sean, you said he made his views well, knowing, that's in the past. he's not, you know, embracing those right now. he's in hiding. you know, what's interesting about the release of half the prison population, that was their goal. he's on camera releasing prisoners are sexy. they released 15% of wisconsin's prisoners, about 884 people. only 11% of those were nonviolent. around 100 people. that means 784 violent prisoners have been released, 44rapists, 270 criminals who mainly attempted murder . this is the radical plan, i guess, to reduce crime. it is insane but that is of course what is the le

switch to xfinity mobile today. >> all right, first to arizona, now wisconsin. are two states with ginni thomas, the wife of the radical conservative supreme court justice clarence thomas pressured state lawmakers to overturn the 2020 presidential election. the whole thing just stop there, by the way. the wife of a supreme court justice pressured people to overturn an election, in america in 2021. emails obtained by the washington post shows that ginni thomas urged to wisconsin lawmakers to choose the fake pro trump slate of electors in rejecting joe biden's victory, writing quote, please stand strong in the face of media and political pressure. please reflect on the awesome authority granted to you by our constitution. and then, please take action to ensure that a clean state of electors is chosen for our state. and quote. of course, by clean, you mean fake? but ginni thomas wasn't the only pro trump acolyte involved in the wisconsin fake electors scheme. their public and senator ron johnson admitted in june that he coordinated with staff and lawyer, to pass al

he is a radical leftist and hiding from wisconsin, he does not want wisconsin to know who he truly is the police, he is supported by radical groups who want to defund the police effort. he will reallocate money away from police department, i guess he liked the abolish i.c.e. t-shirt and would like to get one, he has a smile on his face holding up the it shirts, he is lying to wisconsin about who he is, 50 million dollar spent lying about me, distorting my record. assassinating my character, and. we have a real tight race, in wisconsin. equally divide state. i am doing all i can to allow the truth to prevail. and try to preserve people's freedom. mark: if people in wisconsin if country want to help you, where do they go, ron johnson for senate.com, i will need the help, i have more than 50 million spend to smear me. i have mainstream media here in wisconsin trying to take me out for last two years. we don't have media any more. they advocates for the left, they carry the democrat as water, they write headlines used in nasty ads, that is priceless, if you press on your side, you have go

when does early voting start in wisconsin? have two weeks early votint so it's not till later in tru october. so wthe have time to get the truth out. that's why i neeportd your supp. ron johnson, centcom. i don't think that anybody should be able to cast a votele in any raccae until there hasa a been every debate becauscee people need to see the candidates together so makedandidates together so decision, an educated decision v before they go intotino the vot. booth. and this is going to be a verys going to important race. of mone i'm pretty confident you will do well, but the amount of money that they're spending to try and knock you out is staggering. anyway, senator johnson, thank you. >> all right. y se when we comenator back , we'll be joined by senator rand paul . he and dr. fauci , int they got he and dr. fauci , int they got on the hill today.towe're we're going to shogoinw yog tout the highlights and get reaction from senator paul straight ahead. r pastill d.let's fast in moneys in a can. >> it's not like you think it'

what's going on in wisconsin? have seen an unprecedented amount of dark money coming into this race. they're lying to this track of his failed record. he's a person who says all kinds of wacky things, but the reality is what he's doing in washington is no joke. he's seing out the people of wisconsin left and right. he's putting women's lives at risk with his dangerous positions on aborg. he's too extreme for wisconsin but there's a whole lot of money that wants to keep him in office to continue to take us backwards. we're running a real grassroots campaign despite the fact we're being mashively outsend. some of the most ridiculous ads you have ever seen. >> you're both state-wide elected officials. people have elected you both state-wide. it's not that it's not possible for a democrat to win here, but when ron johnson said i'm fully supportive of what the supreme court did, confirming the justices who handed down the decision, his definitiveness, it seems like it would be more helpful, because you have seen aborti

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>> wisconsin was a closer race in 2020, as omar said. president biden only won by about 20,000 votes there. it is a very tight state where we do see reflections of some of the different debates we see across the country. issues like abortion, issues like inflation, education are all going to be on the ballot there in wisconsin. it's going to be a tight race because you do have a republican incumbent who has been in favor of what we saw from the former president and has tried to moderate himself in some ways. but it's very clear that some of the things we're seeing nationwide are going to be on the ballot in wisconsin. you do have this question of whether or not president biden is popular enough in wisconsin to have the senate candidate show up with him when he campaigns there later today. >> good to see you both today. thank you. >>> a bit of a rough weekend for some holiday travelers. you may be one of them. since friday, more than 500 flights have been canceled across the country. more than 12,000 delayed. cnn's aviation correspondent

the wisconsin senate race, in a dead heat, right now.lican candidate, betting big money that he can take down the democrat on one quart issue. we will tell you what it is, next. oh, wow. but we got to sell our houses. well, almost perfect. don't worry. just sell directly to opendoor. close in a matter of days. get your free offer at opendoor.com we're carvana we created a brand new way for you to sell your car go to carvana answer a few questions and our techno wizardry calculates your car's value and gives you a real offer in seconds we'll come to you pay you on the spot then pick up your car that's it at carvana the wisconsin senate race, one of the most competitive heading into november. they show the two term incumbent, senator ron johnson, and republican, neck and neck with democratic challenger, lieutenant governor, mandela barnes. now, with a less than two months until election day, johnson, and his gop allies, focus on crime, which is a growing problem in wisconsin. and, they are painting lawrence is soft on the issue. but, he's

judy: scott thompson, an attorney in wisconsin, thank you for joining us.u for having me. ♪ judy: waves of sadness and remembrances of queen elizabeth are part of conversations everywhere, as americans and the rest of the world come to grips with her death. separately, results from a "pbs newshour"/npr/marist poll are painting a fresh picture of where the american electorate stands just two months ahead of the general election. for analysis of these and other developments this week, we turn to capehart and gerson. that's "washington post" associate editor jonathan capehart, and his "post" colleague, opinion columnist michael gerson. david brooks is away. hello to both of you on this friday night. let's start by talking about the woman, no one else like her that we know of, on the throne for 70 years at a time when not just great britain but the world is going through enormous change. what do think about her and what she stood for? jonathan: in my mind she stood for consistency and stability, and conservatism in that what she achieved for her people was some

wisconsin has one of the worst gerrymanders in the country.e this example, is the kind of state we're in a 50/50 election, you still have huge republican majorities because of where the districts are drawn. there is a new map now. is that better, that new map? >> we should have a better map, because we have a great democratic governor, tony evers, who ran on a pledge for fair maps. but republicans got through super manjered maps through legislator, and then the right-wing supreme court would then assist, and an side document from the u.s. supreme court, actually refused to follow their own guidelines and chose the state legislative maps going forward. >> the state legislator maps are in by republicans to gerrymander themselves into the position for republicans in this next one. my understanding is, if you take the 2020 election, right, so burundi numbers with the 2020 election, biden won the state, what would that look like in the state houses? >> i put them right on the brink of having to third super majority in both chambers of the state leg

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of wisconsin crowd.very tough state this year. >> sean: let me ask you, you really have a gift in terms of being able to see wave elections and all the years that i've been interviewing you usually turn out right. i know a lot of people are optimistic that believe that this will be a wave election year. would you see the house going, and when you look at all these senate races, florida, georgia, north, south carolina, pennsylvania, wisconsin, ohio, missouri, colorado, washington state, arizona, nevada, what you see the senate coming down in terms of at the end of the day who will be the winners in the selection? >> sean i do 3 newsletters a week. i did one on the long term structural analysis of the election, the two most successful models use historic data to partake the came in at about the same number they predict 44-46 gained seats for the house. i just did this last week analyzing the polling numbers. remember, the democrats get places like california by such huge margins if you see a ballot nationw

it includes public service sector workers in wisconsin as well. today's support for unions in this country is higher than it's been in nearly 60 years. think about this. you guys know the numbers. unions have more support today in america in public opinion than any time in 60 years. the key -- it's a key way to building the economy, grows from the bottom up and the middle out. i'm so sick and tired of trickle down economics. i come from a family where my dad worked hard. he worked like hell. we lived a decent middle-class life. we lived in a three-bedroom split level home in a development as the area was growing with four kids and a grand pop. and i sometimes wonder -- anyway, it was great for us but those walls are thin. but all kidding aside, we did fine. no complaints. we did fine. but here's the point. the biggest contrast from what maga republicans, the extreme right, the trumpies, they want to go to -- these maga republicans in congress are coming for your social security as well. now, by the way, as i said, you might think i'm making some o

so that is a huge political issue in wisconsin.the race to ron johnson in that big senate battleground. and john fetterman is also running against dr. oz, and most of the republican advertising is focusing on his very liberal positions on criminal justice and law and order. and the numbers are moving very fast in pennsylvania to the point where that race is now a toss-up, a statistical tie. crime could end up handing republicans the senate because of these two very important races where democrats nominated candidates well to the left of where the voters are. >> can i add something very quickly? james: sure. >> the republicans cannot be shy about this because this is a real issue. it's not hyperbole, it's not a partisan issue, it's not a race issue -- james: yeah. >> it is an american issue. they cannot be shy. and so far they're not being, but they must continue. and if this will remain an issue through the presidential race. james: okay. we'll leave it there. and when we come back, u.s./china tensions strained over the threat of a

he was busy whether the president was in wisconsin.uckabee joins us now to react. governor, good morning to you. the president's message has been for the last few weeks has been that maga republicans are terrible but at the same time people in his own party are staying away from him. >> yeah. you know, it's like joe biden has political cooties right now. nobody wants to get near him because they are afraid they will catch it. i think that that speech he gave at independence hall last week was such a disaster that people now are fearful that they are going to get tagged with something if they show up with joe biden. that's normally a very unusual situation because, tomi, if you have a sitting president, his presidency brings so much attention, so much focus on your race that you are thrilled to have a president show up and the imagery of air force one and all the transpor transportings frome president. when the candidates start running him like rats off a burning ship it says they are looking at their poll numbers and it's not pretty. >

you have the wisconsin senate race among four tossups.s now leaning democratic, but of course the health issue of john fetterman very much in play. do you think the democrats are going to be able to keep the majority and try to build on it? >> republicans had high hopes that they would be able to pick up an open seat in arizona. they thought they were going to beat raphael warnock in georgia with herschel walker. they had high hopes in pennsylvania. they thought they kind of had it. now each of those races are much more problematic for them. so that means that wisconsin becomes more important. north carolina becomes more important. frankly, i think that one of the biggest noneconomic events from now until the end of the election will be a week from tomorrow when new hampshire has its primary, because one of the two republican candidates would give a really good race. the other probably wouldn't be a very strong candidate. so the senate is far more up for grabs now than it was 30 or 60 days ago. >> in new hampshire, charlie, is that anothe

focus on wisconsin senate seat one point ron johnson democratic nominee barnes. ask. college poll mandela up one. last week marquette has the exact opposite in favor of johnson. some are staying clear of wisconsin. a wave of women voter might be the difference maker. wisconsin is one of several states where voter religion regn among women have surged since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade in june. >> we could hold both these houses w but we have to say the right things. and we have to note the republicans always close well. because they find some new way to scare the living daylights out of swing voters about something. that's what they did in 2021 where they made critical race theory sound worse than small pox. >> bret: former president bill clinton. let's get some analysis on that and where things stand tonight. joining me are two pollsters, kellyanne former counselor to president trump and former adviser to president clinton that man douglas shone. thank you both for being here. let me start with you, you heard former president clinton what do you thin

hugh, there are some new polls out today, ron johnson in wisconsin, in our latest for, up four, tight a republican, i am real happy, bret, not only with the fox poll's, ron johnson, beating russ feingold, three and a half points, a mainstream democrat, mandela barnes is way out there on the left and that is beginning to tell and ron johnsn is a heck of a retail politician so i think that one is in the bag. dr. oz is a surgeon, herschel s surgeon, adam laxalt in nevada has pretty much got it in the bag, masters is behind in closing, it's a good math for the republicans, if you offer the objective observer, which one do you want to, the republican chances in a 50/50 senate or the democratic chances, i think 4 out of 5 people would take the republican chances. >> bret: let me put up the wisconsin senate paul mack again, ron johnson 48%, mandella barnes 44, a guy you were just in wisconsin, shift has changed. >> the northwoods area talking to plugged in people in wisconsin politics and they told me they never felt more bullish and more confident about senator johnson, his position. a whol

the gentleman from wisconsin. ms. jackson lee: before i close -- yield to the gentleman for his close, i want to offer into the record, katy sex trafficking survivors works with white house to curb growing threat. 31 human trafficking victims rescued in kansas. texas authorities rescue seven missing childrenning afterred by sex trafficking and a report dated november 20, 2020, on human trafficking spikes in texas amid the pandemic. with that, i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized. mr. fitzgerald: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee, is recognized. ms. jackson lee: as we have heard, the idea of human trafficking is not going away. this legislation, i believe, will provide us with the important instruction to give to those victims where they may find some relief. human trafficking is a multibillion dollar criminal industry that denies freed

let's talk about wisconsin. my favorite place, okay? midwest girl.ve got ron johnson, and he's trying to hold on for another term. recent polls do show that his opponent, lieutenant governor mandela barnes has a slight edge. in a recent town hall, ron johnson expressed support for a policy that would coax seniors out of retirement to earn a few extra dollars. marina, what is he doing? how do you think america's most reliable voting bloc is going to react to this? >> ron johnson seems to keep digging his grave. it seems kind of odd. but here's the thing about wisconsin. there's a lot of republicans there. i think back to simone, my time on capitol hill a decade ago, when ryan grievous -- my gosh, the new republican party is a wisconsin party. don't forget, people like paul ryan, like i said, the former chair of the rnc. shonda, feel a young congressman that went on to have a fox career. they had this young energy, the cool energy. ron johnson was ejected into their. these people have a lot of love, and the roots are deep in wisconsin. i am -- i'm very

real appeal in wisconsin, outside of milwaukee.ow, pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, three states that are really important to the democrats, but they are going to be a lot tougher in this midterm, aren't they? >> you can't take michigan for grant it. donald trump is obsessed with this state. my hair looks frizzy because i've been at eight different union picnics already and five more to go. and i have been with the ipw, the laborers, the pipe fitters, the paint fitters, and they are worried about the economy. they like what joe biden is doing. the younger workers feel like he's striving hard to give them an environment and is supporting them in their ability to unionize at starbucks and other local stores. some of the older established unions are worried. uaw is worried about what do electric vehicles mean? joe biden understands their insecurity, and he knows he's got to talk to them, and i know that's why we're going to win in november. [ inaudible ] >> robert gibbs, you had fetterman there today in pennsylvania with the preside

and you begin to see ibegin totn the polls in wisconsin once the --ot through the primary. and ron johnson began to pointil out how really radical, how proi criminal, how anti victimct amandola barnes was. barnes' fellow fell behind. sus and i suspect that race may endn up as a blow away by the timees it's done, because barne s positions are so radical. he is in a sense, so full of himself. that's the whole point of the way he made fun of steve police. i mean, these people verge on being sick. and in the case of fetterman, of course, he apparently had a tattoo that was either a reference to a song in favor of heroin use or was a tribute s to the crips, which is a los angeles based, very violent gang. gangwhich actually was in friedman's hometown and which worked with ferrymen in his election. so you look at tha lookt and you think, how much doesvanian the average pennsylvanian want to have a prograwant tm old pro murderer candidate who's also for much higher taxesn is against oil and gas as an industry in generally wouldhat x represent virtually no value that exists in penn

we visit willow creek, wisconsin where fishing is helping first responders and veterans with ptsd one cast at a time. >> it's exactly why we're doing this. so people don't have to feel so alone in their struggle. >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend news" from new york with jericka duncan. >>> good evening and thanks for joining us on this sunday. we begin tonight with weather extremes. from coast to coast. in georgia states of emergency have been declared in two counties. they were swamped by flash flooding, you see there, after more than a foot of rain fell in the last 24 hours. in indiana at least one person is dead tonight after rushing water caused widespread devastation. while in the west there are several cities enduring triple-digit temperatures and a severe september heat wave. cbs's jeff nguyen is in los angeles tonight and leads off our coverage. jeff, good evening. >> reporter: and good evening to you, jericka. extreme heat is punishing the west for the fifth straight day and californians are being asked to conserve and to brace for blackouts. packed beaches, strained po

he would like us to do something different in wisconsin. i explained it's not allowed under the constitution. he has a different opinion, and then he put the tweet out. >> voss is suing to block the committee's subpoena, but the committee's subpoena to him suggesting it's interested in ongoing activities trump may be undertaking right now to undermine elections. joining me now is former u.s. acting solicitor general neal katyal and "washington post" reporter jacqueline alamani. neal, your thoughts about a call placed from the white house to a january 6th rioter during the riot. neal, the phone call isn't mention in the any of his court documents or in his sentencing. could this nine second call end up being much ado about nothing? >> it could. i think one has to be really careful in any law enforcement investigation to rely on partial information, and seems like the source here was -- just had partial information. might turn out to be significant, but i think the person that we do know on that end of the call has said he doesn't remember wh

showing up today in wisconsin. i think we're going to see him on the campaign trail quite a bit more both to try to shore up his candidates in places like ohio and wisconsin and pennsylvania, but also to show i'm in charge of this party, i've got the energy, i can do this. let's have no further talk about whether or not i'm running for re-election. >> errol louis and ron brownstein, i appreciate it. >>> a teacher abducted during a morning run is still missing and we're learning the suspect served for a kidnapping charge. plus, you've heard about the impacts of long-term covid like brain fog, but coulda video game be a life-changing treatment? dr. sanjay gupta has that report. >>> plus a home renovation in portugal leads to an unbelievable discovery in one man's backyard. you might have heard of carvana and that we sell cars online. we believe buying a car should be something that gets you hyped up. and that your new car ought to come with newfound happiness and . and all of us will stop at nothing to drive you happ

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and along comes ron johnson of wisconsin.e years is too long to wait to salvage these programs people depend on and put medicare on the chopping block every year and treat it like every other appropriation. and let me remind you, you pay for your social security. taken out of your paycheck since you were 18 years old and the same guy who said coming after the affordable care act again. this guy never stops. but guess what. i ain't stopping, either. >> to this day, maga republicans in congress defend the mob that stormed the capitol, people died there. senator johnson said it was a, by and large, a peaceful protest. have you seen the videos what happened that day? listen to the stories of the members of both parties of congress and the jeopardy they were put in? cops attacked and assaulted. speared with flag poles. sprayed with mace. stomped on and dragged, brutalized. police lost their lives as a result of that day. and the maga republicans and the senior senators said it was a peaceful protest. >> senator johnson's democrati

and along comes senator ron johnson from wisconsin. [booing] as my mother would say, god love him. he wants to put the vote of social security, medicare on the chopping block every single

redistricting again in wisconsin. it was the same republicans who had gerrymandered it a decade ago. and that's what really concerns me moving forward that gerrymandering is not just going to be something that allows politicians to put their thumbs on the scale for a couple of elections. it's going to be something that a political party to essentially a one party state and use gerrymandering decade after decade to kind exclude their opponents from the political process entirely. it was not shocking at all. see in this book that redistricting like almost every other malevolent force the world today, is uniquely american. like we took something from from britain which knew correct me if i'm wrong, but i mean, the redistricting thing that was sort of the ancestor of what we have today was like more like mal apportionment, just kind of a passive, not changing boundaries as population has shifted over time to something that is like incredibly proactive. this regime of, of like data analysis that you're describing i mean, t

wisconsin. what he's saying is, hey, centrist voters or center-right voters or republican voters who don't want to be a part of the last six years you don't have to be. will it work? what's the right way to calibrate it? this speech, the third time in pennsylvania a week part, there's a handful, like three states, this message is super potentially going to matter and it will decide control of the senate and will decide -- >> the governor's race potentially. >> that and the abortion message will be joe biden and the democratic party's counter argument to inflation or the perception of economic woes. and this is him beginning to test that. >> the counter argument, also, folks looking at their pocketbooks, i may cross the aisle or i'm an independent and i may vote republican. biden is trying to say this is a lot bigger than where gas prices might be now versus where they were three months ago. this is about the future of democracy. trying to make this argument on a higher plane to draw them in, loo

julie. >> julie: president biden heading to wisconsin today. senator, great to see you. thank you for coming on on this labor day. all right, so it's a close one. your opponent mandela barnes a bit of an advantage according to the latest fox news poll. but there is still time, as you know. how do you plan to win over voters by november? >> good morning. i've always considered a dead even race down to the wire. but with president biden coming here today, certainly he hasn't helped wisconsin workers. his policies, his governance have been disastrous for wisconsin workers. record gas prices. i know they're down a little bit but 60% higher they were when biden took office. unsafe communities, rising crime. here we are in america the year 2022 and we don't have enough baby formula to feed infants. workers in wisconsin, people who either scrimped and saved to pay off college loans or never went to college are furious that president biden and this is all supported by mandela barnes. all these policies are supported by my opponent. they are furious he

president on campaign trail in swing states of wisconsin and pennsylvania as he tries to motivate turnout for the november mid terms. white house correspondent peter doocy is traveling with the president in west miff flynn patonight. >> good evening, bret. it is labor day so we are officially in the homestretch of the midterm campaign and president biden is seeing today in some swing states democrats want to be with him. in some swing states they don't. he is also testing out a new line. >> the, the, the trumpians. >> the maga republicans are coming from your social security as well. >> trumpy's the week long blitz trump supporters in the house and senate. >> republicans and congress have chosen to go backwards full of anger, violence, hate and division but together we can and must choose a different path. >> maga is bad, former president trump says maga is good. >> he thinks making america great again is a threat to our country. no, making america great again is great for our country. >> that was in pennsylvania. sandwiched between biden visits to the keystone state. democratic senate ca

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after he finishes in wisconsin, the president will fly over to pittsburgh, where he will champion unions during a speech at the union hall. he will also be campaigning with pennsylvania democratic senate nominee john fetterman. with control of the house and senate at stake, democrats and republicans will be working over the next couple of weeks to get an advantage ahead of the november election. joining us now to talk about this, nbc news white house correspondent mike nunnally in pittsburgh, alexi mckennan, actio's political reporter and juliet rizzo, political reporter why did the president decide to visit wisconsin and pennsylvania on this labor day? >> reporter: the president is spending a lot of time in pennsylvania, stopping in pittsburgh later this afternoon, that is his third stop in the state in less than a week. you can see the labor day parade here, one of the biggest in the country, weaving its way downtown in pittsburgh. this is a spot the president has seized on over the years, as a kickoff for the fall campaign. he will be here later today speaking at union headquarters ju

michigan, nevada, and in wisconsin.d a 15-point edge over trump in michigan, 19 in nevada and wisconsin. you can thank the electrical workers in wisconsin. can democrats really rely on that in the midterms? can they rely on that in this year's elections? >> they're going to hope so. in the weeks leading up to november, you're going to see the white house and vice president harris having more events as well. they're already planning on traveling throughout the country, meeting with these org -- organized groups. this was a fee focus in previous elections. they're going to hope going into the midterms they'll have that support. the white house also brought in system of these groups when it comes to policy decisions, as well. a good example is student debt relief. one oh it have reasons for the delay on that decision was conversations with some of those organized groups. they're going to hope they can return the favor and get some support during the election. >> trump made some inroads with working class voters and unions.

president biden going to wisconsin to rally labor union members, of course, milwaukee, wisconsin, has strong labor tradition. so trying to reach into working class voters and doing the same here tonight in pittsburgh. pennsylvania, of course, ground zero for all midterm races, the governor's race, the senate race, there is an open senate seat. john fetterman running against mehmet oz to fill this seat of retiring senator pat toomey that is held by a republican. so democrats believe that this seat here in pennsylvania is a chance to pick up a seat. for all of that, brianna, it's more location than anything else. yes of course biden will be talking about the importance of working class americans, working class values, trying to get some some of those voters who have gone toward the republican side in recent years but more than anything it's location, location, location two months before the midterm elections. >> all right. jeff zeleny live for us in pittsburgh, thank you so much. >>> one thing you need if you are running for office, money. new reporting from "the new york times" on a hi

by wisconsin governor tony evers.ot clear if barnes will be joining them as well. in pittsburgh he is expected to be joined by john fetterman in that state. biden advisers say that in recent weeks they have felt the wind at their backs as it relates to this midterm push. they believe that the president has secured a number of key legislative accomplishments, that the president will certainly be eager to tout today and they're also looking to try to turn this into a choice election rather than a referendum on the president himself and certainly president trump over the weekend making that a bit easier for president biden by -- with some of the words we heard from him in the state of pennsylvania over the weekend, calling the president an enemy of the state, calling the fbi vicious monsters and continuing of course to propagate his lies about the 2020 election. certainly president biden has been trying to draw that contrast over the last week and i expect he will continue to do that as we now hit this two-month stretch

tonight we'll take you to milwaukee, wisconsin, a community trying to help its kids navigate a mentalis. as we first reported in may, wisconsin has the fifth highest increase of adolescent self-harm and attempted suicide in the country with rates nearly doubling since before the pandemic. in the emergency room at children's hospital in milwaukee doctors like michelle pickett are seeing more kids desperate for mental health help. >> we unfortunately see a lot of kids who have attempted suicide. that is something that we see i'd say at least once a shift. >> once a shift? >> oh, yes. unfortunately. >> reporter: dr. pickett has worked in the e.r. for nine years. is there any group that's not being impacted? >> no. we're seeing it all. kids, you know, who come from very well-off families, kids who don't, kids who are suburban, kids who are urban, kids who are rural. we're seeing it all. >> reporter: the surge of families needing help for their kids has revealed a deficit of people and places to treat them. across the country the average wait time to get an appointment with a therapist is

i showed up in wisconsin last week. he was very impressive. i don't know who was going to run yet. host: shirley from new castle, pennsylvania. a republican. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. what is going on right now with our inflation. the border, completely out of control. russia, china. i want to say that trump was the very best president we had since reagan. what they are doing in new york to president trump, i would like to say he endorsed our candidate dr.oz. mr. trump, you are more than welcome to move to pennsylvania. we will be proud to have you. you will be thanks for doing a good job. guest: i will agree that president trump has been treated horribly. it is the type of thing you would expect from a banana republic where after the election they do all they can to try and harass not just the former president people who associated with president trump in the past. i think this is something all fair-minded people would be very disappointed. he was not afraid to stand up to the left wing types that are trying to take over our country. one thing we can a

for example in wisconsin mandela barnes wants to release half oturu prisoners across the state of wisconsinhe wants to give illegal immigrants dri driver's licensed in state tuition and abolish the filibuster and let prisoners vote. down in georgia, rafael warnock has a history of extreme radicalism and attacking the police as thugs and even worse and comparing to thugs and gangsters and crt in schools and kind words of the like of fidel castro and praises anti-seek stority seminis and -- anti-race and he wants to pack the courts and the great state of pennsylvania, well, phony, spoiled, never had a job, trust fund brat in a hoody and tattoos. john fetterman never had a job in his life and wants to legalize drug dens, supports amnesty and reduce pennsylvania's prison population by at least a third and wants to eliminate and put a moratorium on fracking and faze it out and doesn't support american independence and continues to suffer following a stroke back in may and won't answer a question about his single health and dr. oz is making it clear debates need to take place before any votes are

a lot of that money coming from outside of wisconsin. one of the big lies they are telling us that you want to cut back on social security benefits and medicare benefits. it's not true. i want to give you a chance to respond and what do you know about your opponent, barns, that america would need to know whether the people of wisconsin need to know? >> first of all, that's probably the biggest of many lives. think of it for a moment. what elected official would ever propose cutting or ending social security. it's absurd on its face. i want to save social security. what wisconsinites needs to know about mandela barnes is he's a radical leftist. he's a guy who thinks the founding of america was awful. he thinks national parks are racist. what's racist about old faithful? he supports all of the radical policies of the biden administration and is causing so much pain for wisconsinites. 40 year high inflation, rising gas prices, crime, the open border flooding our states with deadly drugs and killing our substance. he supports all those thing

but you have a democrat competitive against a republican incumbent in wisconsin.ll competitive in ohio. there are a lot of republicans thinking if the race in north carolina is somewhat competitive. there are a lot of republicans who believe that's okay. these states have republican dna, but they are competitive in what was supposed to be a big red wave year tells you something. >> and remember where we were november of last year when republicans won in virginia, a state that biden won easily. republicans came closer than expected in new jersey where biden won easily. so the idea that democrats were going to carry states like pennsylvania or wisconsin in 2022 was absurd, and now we're talking about a different landscape, republicans having to spend money in ohio. so the landscape has shifted. what i'm watching is at the house district level, we haven't seen that polling catch up to the national narrative. democrats are on the insurgent again. maybe those are lagging indicators, but so far in the house, it has not been as broad a shift. >> you mentioned that. so le