grabs, 14 days out. republicans making surprising gains in several key house races as warning signs grow for democrats in the reliably deep blue northeast. hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. i can t believe it, two weeks to the day, john. john: and first it was the west coast where the republicans were making gains, now it s the northeast. who knew. john roberts in washington. this is america reports. good to be with you, sandra. the chances of a majority of the house looking bleak for democrats as we now project republicans to take a 16-seat advantage. four races moving toward the gop since just last week. but the senate is another story. remaining a toss-up, voters in four states will determine which party takes control. and we are watching all of it, right here in new york. the race for governor is moving now from solid democrat to likely democrat. the republican candidate, lee zeldin, making crime his final pitch. to frame the race as an referendum o
this is not a majority prevailing view. most americans want to be safe and protected. want to get the boosters when they can. most americans are on the right side of this basic public health issue. but unfortunately, these platforms amplify the fringes and amplify the loudest sometimes least reality based voices. and that distorts the entire debate. brian stelter and former congressman barbara comestock. last word to you, congresswoman, really quick. yeah. i was going to say politically it makes no sense. as brian pointed out, even though there s not loud minority of people who are in the republican party who oppose this, the public at large supports the vaccines and getting vaccinated. so politically, particularly in swing states, in swing districts that republicans want to win, they should embrace the right public health message, do what governor justice and governor hogue season doing. these are people both in red and
giving in to the more moderate people. they re going to have to take a vote on the floor. my congressman, barbara comestock, one of the most have you any rabb vulnerable repub has not signed on. that s what people need to look at. how are they acting when the hard votes come up. what will activate this massive potential wave of latino voters across the country who voted almost half of their vote share at this point when you have the president building his tv show literally on the bodies of brown people, scaring his base and saying they re ms-13, they re animals. using this language and doing it so explicitly, something we haven t seen in american politics in a long time, is that what makes this a voting issue that gets young people to the
those mock ups of the wall, god knows what those are. he tells his crowds a lie, he says we re building the wall. we are not building a wall. the last budget prevented them from building a wall. this is not a dog whistle, it s a bull horn at this point. we ve actually gotten to the point where a few maybe more than at toewe seen as giving in to the more moderate people. they re going to have to take a vote on the floor. my congressman, barbara comestock, one of the most have you vulnerable republicans has not signed on. that s what people need to look at. how are they acting when the hard votes come up. what will activate this
these h these. and the last word tonight goes to chris matthews. i think we ll know if i m right and the others are wrong. women who run for office run as women. it s a break through, a glass ceiling issue. you ve got to justify. we need women and women run and make the case. how does a woman run for office, like barbara comestock or kelly ayotte hold on to her seat. i m looking at these women who are republicans and have to run as a republican woman. what is that, you re a woman and you re a republican and you expected to be loyal to the top of the ticket. but you re running as a republican and a woman. they re going to stand on those two legs of their stool and skip the other one. i really do believe this is what i felt when i first heard the story when it was breaking. my first reaction was oh my god, this is a private matter. this is going to kill somebody politically. why are we dragging out a