border. i think we re a very compassionate country and people but i m very concerned about the people that have come across that border and numbers of people. will: why is immigration so important? being from texas, i have four grandchildren that are here. i m very concerned about the fentanyl and the crime. rachel: your top issues. crime. crime. rachel: hearing that a lot. tell me what is worrying but it? the cashless bail. they need to get rid of that. i don t know one street cop, any line cop going for the democrats with this whole defund the police nonsense. good morning, all of you, you re hearing from americans today who are telling you what they care about, inflation, crime, the border, the school, everything is on the table and we re going to be going to diners all across the country on election day. good morning will. good morning. pete: pete good morning, rachel. rachel: more from everybody. pete: more from you out there. if you re in, how do you say tha
voting? reporter: well, fred, president biden has tried to hammer away at his message that he believes republicans would pose a greater risk if they take vol of the house and senate. all of this coming as democrats control could be in jeopardy over economic discontent among voters. the president was here in joliet, illinois campaigning alongside house democrat in a competitive district. and he really zeroed in on on plans to lower prescription drug costs and preserve social security and medicare, programs that the president has argued would be on the chopping block if republicans get control of congress. and the president, as he talked about social security and medicare, had choice words for protesters on the issue of those who say democrats are part of socialism. generations of americans have counted on it, and it works. you didn t have social security, the poverty rate for those over 65 would be four times what it is now. four times. i love those signs when i came in,
hello again, everyone. thanks for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin with a grim discovery in oklahoma. last night four bodies were pulled from a river in a town about 35 miles south of tulsa. this comes after four men, all close friends, went missing in that town sunday evening after reportedly going for a bike ride. police are not saying whether the bodies pulled from the river last night are these missing men. cnn s camilla bernal joins me. reporter: hey, fred. we are waiting for the medical examiner s office to identify the bodies. we are told by authorities it is a difficult process because these bodies were in the water for a long period of time. now we know the autopsies gone at 8:30 in the morning. it is unclear if they are going to get to all four bodies by the end of day because of how difficult this process is going to be. now, we do know that someone was near the river, saw something suspicious, and called police. when police officers went out there
good day to you. it is a debate that could be the decider, the final preparations happening now, in georgia, as we come on the air. that first and likely only debate between raphael warnock and herschel walker hours you a way. our team is standing by with what to watch for and why tonight could change this race. our team also live in pennsylvania, and nbc news exclusive, the republican senate candidate mehmet oz talking to us about the state of his campaign, and what he says about his strategy to blanket the air waves with ads about crime. also this hour, new details in the house investigate into the january 6th attack. why the committee, what the committee now has, from the secret service, and why the oath keepers are involved. plus, our new reporting on the newest flash point and culture wars across this country, why some republicans are now focused on, wait for it, kitty litter, as a political talking point. and why schools are at the heart of this. i m peter alexander.
not every republican is a maga republican. maga republicans, the extreme right and trumpys. if this is how they have to motivate their base, we are in for dark, dark days. [cheers] it s my time. why not me for the breakthrough at the u.s. open. i m back back in the n new new york nek groove. we hope you had a wonderful weekend. thanks for waking up with us. a little rainy out there. 57 degrees today. summer is not officially over until september 21st. brian: no, today. ainsley: everyone goes back to school up here in the northeast today usually. steve: they do. if you are sending your kids off to school today, good morning, we will start you for the new school season. it feels like back to school here on the set though because do you know who is back? ed is back. ed has been gone for a little while. carley: ed, i haven t seen him this morning he is back? where is ed back there, brian? steve: he is downstairs. carley: ever so glad you are back. he had hea