September 22nd, im Lisa Menendez with Michael Steele and symone sanders tounsened. Harris anticipates a Debate Round two but trump is running scared. Putting the courts Immunity Ruling under the microscope. And breaking overnight, new escalations between Israel And Hezbollah as iran says the region is on the brink of war. A lot to get to this sunday morning. Grab your coffee, settle en, and welcome to the weekend. Just 44 days until the Election And Donald trump is making up new excuses to avoid a second debate. Heres what he said after harris accepted a debate proposed for october 23rd. The problem with another debate is that it is just too late. Voting has already started. Now she wants to do a debate right before the election with cnn because she is losing badly. She has done one debate, i have done two. Its too late to do another. I would love to in many ways but it is too late, the voters are out there. Well, it was not too late for Donald Trump to debate in late october in 2016 a
this election cycle the house is said to be in play. best case scenario for democrats they would have to win all 30 toss-up races. a big challenge. that would give them a razor thin majority at 219 seats. dana: top concern driving voters to the polls is still inflation. the issue favors the g.o.p. the future of democracy and abortion not far behind. democrats hope those issues give them an edge come november. dana: we have reaction from axios senior political correspondent josh. good morning to you. we re sfwerg the homestretch of the mid-term elections. latest data shows there are a lot of toss-up races worth watching nationwide. democrats and republicans trying to make these races about two very different issues. of course prompts the question which party will have the winning strategy when they go for control of the house and senate? for the house republicans are slated to take control but team projects 30 house races considered toss-ups. there are a few notable on
chen is joining us. natasha, i understand we re learning more about the shooting and the suspect, the suspected gunman, what s the latest? reporter: yes, wolf, in the last few hours, authorities have charged the suspect with four counts of murder in cherokee county, along with one count of aggravated assault, and then here in fulton county, also four counts of murder, and that is because, as you say, a total of eight people died, one person injured, across three spas. at the same time, cnn has spoken with former roommates of his, who describe that he went to rehab for sexual addiction, that he was deeply religious, and felt distraught and tortured by his sexual addiction. do you have a description of him, ma am? that quiet plea came from a woman hiding in one of three spas in the atlanta area where by the end of tuesday night eight people were dead and one injured. the killing spree in which most of the victims were asian american women happened in the span of just a fe
saturday and it was on that shopping trip bind briefly responded to reporters questions about donald trump s recent dinner with a white nationalist nick fuentes. take a listen to what trump had to say. mr. trump, what do you have to say about having dinner with a white nationalist? you don t want to hear what i think. reporter: while president biden didn t elaborate on his comment, the white house has offered a more elaborate response. white house spokesperson andrew bates telling cnn, quote, bigotry, hating and anti-semitism have absolutely no place in america including mar-a-lago. it s repugnant and dangerous and must be forcefully condemned. this is how the white house would be responding. president biden based so much of his 2020 campaign on the former
america including mar-a-lago. adding, quote holocaust and i ll must be forcefully condemned. one unnamed trump aide called the gendron effing nightmare. mainly, because according to the new york times, fuentes phoned over trump and trump fond right back. reclaiming at the dinner that fuentes quote, gets me. again, trump claims he does not know fuentes. and if that was true, before the dinner, trump certainly knows who he is now. but trump has yet to denounce fuentes who is a well-known holocaust near, unabashed antisemite, who attended the white supremacist unite the white rally in charlottesville. as we begin to barrel towards 2024, is this what republicans want to align with? is this what republicans still indoors? the dismal republican mid term results were not enough, a trump aide tells nbc news that this danger dinner with fuentes and ye could push voters