hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. just nine days to go until the midterm elections. and the political heavyweights for both parties are hitting the trail, as the campaign hits the homestretch. president joe biden, former presidents barack obama and donald trump all fanning out across the country. this weekend, obama perhaps the democrats best messenger, rallied voters in key battleground states, trying to boost turnout. we have team covercoverage, cnna mckin is covering the final debate in georgia. let s catch up with kevin traveling with the president in delaware. what is biden s primary message this week? well, we should start by noting where the president is not this campaign weekend. and that s on the campaign trail. he is here in wilmington. he did join the 19 million americans who have cast early ballots yesterday. and we will start to see him campaigning more next week when he travels to florida on tuesday. and this is a tri
Elections. Even after top u. S. Security Officials Say this our adversaries are trying to undermine our country on a persistent and regular basis. Our democracy itself is in the cross hairs. President trump says this. Now, were being hindered by the russian hoax. So hoax or threat, what does the Trump Administration want us to believe . My guests this morning, republican senator roy blunt of missouri. Democratic senator Amy Klobuchar of minnesota and Nbc News National Security analyst clint watts. Also, the trump loyalty test. Hugging President Trump has become the republican goto strategy. Then mr. Trump said youre fired. I love that part. It works great in the primaries, but will candidates pay a price in november . Ill ask long time republican adman mike murphy. Joining me for insight and analysis are robert costa, moderator of Washington Week on pbs. Helene cooper, pentagon correspondent for the new york
a seriously low iq person. The fake news media. Democrats are obstructionists.
that is different is the fact that it is all electronic. there are no backup paper ballots. that gives some people a huge vote of confidence. other people believe that it does not allow for a recount to happen. that is just one of the issues, fred, in what have been a very contentious campaign. i want you to listen now, though, to people we spoke to at the polls this morning, and fred, you ll be able to relate. this has been such a tension-filled campaign. so toxic, that so many we talked to just wanted to vote, wanted the campaign to be over. translator: i m actually not excited at all about the election, but unfortunately, we need to. we must have a president. how did you feel about the tension in this campaign, all the ugliness, the toxicity? i don t like it. you separate people. division. division, yeah. division of people. so i think you have to bring
talk about are private discussions and what is going on there but i will simply make the case that a lot of us like to work across the aisle. i do, you know that lawrence. i pass a lot of bills with republicans. it s important to me to bring people together. but in this case, in the case of voting rights, mitch mcconnell has blocked time and time again, even my bipartisan bill to require backup paper ballots because of russian interference in our elections that i had with senator elaine. it was supported by senator burr and lindsey graham. or the simple bill that said you have to put disclaimers and disclosures on a political ad that is on social media. again, those things have been shut down. he will not budge. there is a red line when it comes to voting. and i believe that no matter if you are democrat or republican watching the show right now, that there is something larger than our differences. and that is our democracy
you would not be open to changing the rule without republican buy-in. he said it is a preference. were you encouraged about the possibility of getting senator manchin s vote? again, i am not going to talk about our private discussions and what is going on there. i will simply make the case that a lot of us like to work across the aisle. in this case mitch mcconnell blocked time and time again even my bipartisan bill to require backup paper ballots because of russian interference in our interceptions.