democrat, particularly, in pennsylvania running for senate. well, the president always touts his scranton routes, so he s hoping that it can persuade people to pull the lever for fetterman. remember, it s a close race, within the margin of error, but fetterman has a slight lead in all the polls. again, in the margin of error. so there s not many places that president biden can go to where he would be help, you know, neighboring ohio, tim ryan does not want him there, even though tim ryan is basically running as joe biden, a guy that says i m a moderate but i embrace the democratic left wing agenda in congress. sandra: so we are keeping track of the campaign travel and certainly the comparisons are something, we can put it up on the screen. one state for the current president, three states for his predecessor, donald trump, three
d.c. he said he s going to vote for kevin mccarthy, even though he said he is going to put a national abortion ban into play in the house of representatives. surprising tightness of the race, it s gaining a lot of attention. a lot of outside money pouring in. nancy pelosi painting fung as a trump loyalist. and the other side of the aisle, kevin mccarthy, bashing magaziner. sandra: we are watching it, mollie line from rhode island. john: mercedes and kevin, he is a former biden campaign surrogate. republicans are doing exceedingly well and thought to be democratic strong holds. back to allan fung in rhode island, leading in a district
john: begin america reports this thursday afternoon with 19 days to go now until the midterms. president biden out on the campaign trail today as the pennsylvania senate race comes down to the wire. hello, i m john roberts in washington. sandra: 19 days out, hard to believe. here we go. sandra smith in new york. the president travelling today for his only campaign stop of the week. he ll talk infrastructure before heading to philadelphia to stump for john fetterman. john: happening as polls show republican dr. oz closing the gap against john fetterman, and republicans also gaining ground in contests thought to be democratic strongholds. sandra: our panel standing by. mollie line is standing by in deep blue rhode island. so first to bryan llenas on the
topics. john: independent women were trending toward democrats at the end of the summer, democrats were saying independent women will decide the election. are you in trouble? talking about the economy as the number one issue, you saw the president talking about bringing down gas prices yesterday from the white house, releasing more from our reserves to tackle those rising gas prices, and seen the prices tick down. good to see you wearing purple today. sandra: just happened. john: what just happened? sandra: sorry about that. liz mcdonald coming up. conversation on set. meanwhile, a lot of parents are worried about this as we head towards halloween. a passenger was caught trying to sneak thousands of fentanyl pills through airport security and the way he tried to do it has law enforcement issuing a warning to parents, obviously just ahead of halloween. john: president biden doubling down on accusations
forward. princeton university is taking steps to protect other students. increased law enforcement presence on and around campus as the search continues. sandra: the brother reporting the cell phone ping changed everything with the search in the case to have some sort of clue where she could have been or might currently still be. correct, four days ago so they need to get going on it. sandra: time is everything. nate, thank you. john. john: most critical senate race of the midterm season coming down to the wire. how dr. mehmet oz is narrowing the lead against john fetterman. national political reporter for the washington examiner is here on that. sandra: president biden marking his only midterm campaign trip of the week in a state he won back in 2020 as former boss is taking action, and jumping into campaign mode. bill magern is here, he will join us in a few moments.