the key battleground state. in a moment we will hear from dr mehmet oz, the republican candidate for the senate. the warm up act at the moment. he is taking on his opponent the democratjohn fetterman. an interesting personal dynamic, dr mehmet oz the slick celebrity tv doctor. john fetterman the candidate who suffered a health setback earlier this year, suffering a stroke. his struggle articulating on the campaign trail may raise questions, some suggest, in some voters are part of the mind is, nonetheless the issues are front and centre. the economy being key among them of course, but also some of those off line issues. abortion, key differences between the candidates on back. and the question of course of election denialism. dr mehmet oz raising
putting a pack candidate in doug master gado, so extreme, so steve didn t do election to lionel that is by even some republicans. but even the senate race here, john federman who suffered a stroke and made his recovery and of course standing against him the republican the doctor oz, a sleek celebrity tv doctor. the polls are so close, that s why we see the democrats sending injoe biden, former president obama why we had a drop in the state, all of them trying to appeal to those undecided voters in appeal to those undecided voters in a race that could swing the senate either way and could determine the future direction for the rest ofjoe biden s first term in office. republicans are expecting a blow out night. take for example where i am in miami dade county, the states
that nearly killed him five months ago. i had a stroke. he s never let me forget that. and i might miss some words during this debate, mush two words together, but it knocked me down, but i m going to keep coming back up. fetterman using closed captioning to assist with auditory processing says he s fit to serve, citing a letter from his doctor, but would not commit to releasing his full medical records. will you pledge tonight to release those records in the interest of transparency. transparency is about showing up. i m here today to have a debate. i believe if my doctor believes that i m fit to serve, and that s what i believe is appropriate. reporter: the celebrity tv doctor never directly addressing fetterman s health, but saying this during an exchange on educations. i ve visited vocational schools, but i have an answer john, obviously, i wasn t clear enough for you to understand this. reporter: one point where oz hasn t been clear, how we would vote on a 15-week
it wasn t wills bar, stumping for republican candidates including mastriano, the right-wing candidate for governor. and mehmet oz, the celebrity tv doctor turned senate candidate. but instead of pushing their plans, trump did what he always does, turning a rally for others in to a testy this of personal ranting. lashing out a authorities. he said the fbi and justice department have become, quote, vicious monsters, and describe last month lawful search of his florida home as a break in. it was not. by the doj s count, trump took more than 11,000 document home from the white house. 100 of those were marked classified. the washington post now reports that many of the files were stored in mar-a-lago s basement next to theirs or sex or tables chairs and umbrellas. the post writing quote staffers think of the room or like the former presidents personal closet. it is here, in this windowless know where some of the nation s most sensitive secrets
for food, well, it backfired spectacularly on the celebrity tv doctor. fedderman s camp says it shows that oz is out of touch. watch. i m going to do some grocery shopping. i m at wegeners. my wife wants some vegetables for crudites. in p.a., we call this a veggie tray, and if this looks like anything other than a veggie tray to you, i am not your candidate. let s bring in alexi mccanon, an msnbc political contributor. so, julia, it wasn t just that, it was the fact that he mispronounced wegman s, he said wegener s. how is this turning out to be a gaffe for oz? i think this just sort of represents a lot of the attacks that he s faced throughout the campaign. that he can t relate to everyday pennsylvanians as this celebrity doctor who is also a multimillionaire.