nevada, you have up and down the ballot some election deniers there, same goes for arizona. a lot at stake out west and across the country. nobody s going to sleep on the west coast tonight, back east, because, man, some of the most important races taking place. control of congress is up for grabs. republicans are favored to win the house, where they need a net gain of five seats. the smallest number of seats the out of power party has needed to flip the house since 1932. michael, let s put perspective on this again for our friends joining us on the west coast right now. in 2010, how many seats we picked up 63 house seats, which was the most the party picked up since 1928. and that was after barack obama had a massive landslide victory. right. bill clinton won in 92. 73 republicans get elected that year. and in 2018, you actually had, when donald trump was president, democrats didn t do quite as well, but they had 40 seats. so it s going to be really interest
thanks for joining us. i m fredricka whitfield. joe biden is on his way to the southern border ahead of the north american leader summit in mexico city. moments ago, he boarded air force one and departed for el paso, texas, where he will eventually assess the situation along the border for himself. this will be his first visit to the border during his presidency. his administration is under fire from republicans and some democrats over the migrant crisis along the southern border. el paso, texas, had seen a record level of migrants and asylum seekers arriving in recent weeks, hoping a trump era law blocking border crossings would be lifted. cnn s correspondent is at the white house for us. so this trip comes just days after biden unveiled a new immigration plan. what more can you tell us about the president s visit and his goals? reporter: joe biden will spend roughly three hours in el paso, texas, a city that s been at the center of the immigration debate for years now. it
headquarters in new york city. a failed candidate turned suspected gunman arrested in albuquerque, new mexico. and we just learned he will make his first appearance in court tomorrow afternoon. police say that when lawmakers wouldn t listen to his claims about election fraud, he put a plan in place to target their homes. epd essentially discovered what we had all feared. and what he suspected, these shootings were politically motivated. the latest details on the charges and how these attacks could serve as a warning for the rest of the country. plus a new call for doj and the sev so act now. and freeze george santos campaign funds so they can be returned to donors. that call kooming from another republican in his own state. and california as a cautionary tale for the country after unrelenting wild weather from coast to coast. the damage done by rain, snow, mud slides and why with all the precipitation in california does that state still have such a serious drought. w
which we ll zoom in on in just a moment. but i want to focus on this. we are learning over and over again this election cycle that nominating strong candidates does matter if a political party wants to quwin an election, it matters a lot. but the rules may have changed. with voters willing perhaps to tolerate things that they just wouldn t put up with in the past. herschel walker is about to test this hypothesis. he is locked in a tight race in georgia against democratic incumbent rafael warnock. walker has openly backed a national ban on abortions with no exceptions, that s rape, incest, the life of the mother, no exceptions, and he has campaigned on an anti-abortion platform. and now he is denying allegations that he paid for a woman he dated to have an abortion more than a decade ago. the claim was reported by the daily beast. we should underscore cnn has not independently verified the allegations. the daily beast report claims that walker paid a woman to terminate a p
he lies about it. his own son tells herschel walker to stop the lies after new allegations suggest serious hypocrisy on abortion and reveal the scam of the christian rights family values brand. trump called the three justices, he picked my justices, he asked the supreme court to intervene on his classified documents, and i have two very special guests tonight, former attorney general eric holder joins me as the supreme court hears a case with major implications for what s left of the voting rights act, and john fetterman on his race for united states senate in pennsylvania. it is getting tighter and could decide which party wins control. we begin tonight with family values. as exemplified by perhaps the most iconic family in american sitcom history. the adventures of ozzie and harriet starring the entire nelson family. here s ozzie. here s harriet. here s david. and here s ricky. here they are, america s favorite family, the nelsons. yes, that s right, ozzie and harri