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 ground in philadelphia, expecting to see the president a short time from now. hi, bryan. hi, sandra. $167 million have been spent in the pennsylvania senate race. it s the second most expensive race in the nation beh
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.
that would qualify. sandra: we should start that. president biden is in pennsylvania to stump for john fetterman. he was greeted by john fetterman wearing a suit and tie, we are turning that picture for you. but it is his only campaign stop this week as biden appears to be limiting his time spent on the trail. his former boss, barack obama, is keeping a busier schedule. 19 days to go for election day. bill, first up, i m so happy to see you. welcome back. thank you. sandra: first off, characterize this particular race for us, i can show live pictures right now, president biden is there, but this is his only campaign stop of the entire week. he s on the ground there in pittsburgh. he just greeted john fetterman, he s going to be campaigning for him, but characterize this moment for democrats and for the
xfinity gives you more to stream to more screens. paul: the supreme court wrapped up its term this week with a big win for religious liberty in a closely watched case the justices ruled 7-2. missouri acted improperly when it denied public funds to a lutheran church seeking assistance from a state program providing grants for playground improvements. we re back with dan henninger and bill magern and james torrent also join us. bill, how big a victory was this for religious freedom. i think it s a big victory. i said before in mid evil times they debated angels on pinheads. today we debate whether a playground that s lutheran can
this. again, no information. under the terrorism act of 2000 suspects can be held for up to 14 days without arrest. they were at the selefield nuclear plant, five hours north of here. it s fully a nuclear waste reprocessing plant. they were picked up in a police who saw them in a car taking pictures of the plant and that aroused suspicion. we will bring you more information as soon as we have it, jenna. jenna: amy kellogg on a developing story. thank you. jon: taking outlawed laud wasn t just a challenge for president obama it could be a challenge to any republican who wants to replace him in the white house. our next guest says hrep contenders better have a coherent foreign policy can. joining us now bill magern. you wrote an interesting piece saying the republican candidates have been looking at the deficit and fiscal matters and thinking that was going to propel them into the white house.