and did you know the population of florida then, 1.6 million. now over 22 million. what a storm and what a system that is moving through up into the state of georgia and the carolinas. sandra: quite a bit of damage, and thanks to lloyd for giving us the pictures and robert ray the reporting. thank you very much. for more coverage, download the fox weather app or stream it on your favorite connected tv device. john. john: thank you. republicans inching closer to a house majority, but certainly did not get the red wave that they were hoping for. many vulnerable democrats like michigan s elisa slotkin were able to hold on in tight races and now getting ready for another term in congress. thanks for being with us. why do you think the red wave turned into more of a red trickle? yeah, you know, i can t speak for everywhere in the country but i know in michigan i think it was a real passion, frankly, coming out of a lot of women,
different? no, i think honestly figuring out how we address inflation has got to be, has got to be the number one issue, and i ve talked about this with senior levels of the administration, some sort of inflation task force, some sort of process so we know at the beginning of every press conference, every briefing, every sort of convening moment or government is focused on that first. that s what i would do. i m not sure that straight nothing was the answer i would have given. but, if the midterms are a referendum on how the president is doing, or at least it s common wisdom, we certainly had a different result than we were expecting across the country. john: congresswoman slotkin heading to washington for another term, thank you. sandra: another setback for vladimir putin as his forces retreat from one of ukraine s largest cities. is it a turning point in this war, or is russia trying to lay a trap? we are live in kyiv. john: and once the biggest swing state in america.
about the economy enough. when barack obama went out there a week ago that s when things started to shift. we ll find out, though, whether or not it is too little too late. congresswoman slotkin is a truth teller in washington. somebody who speaks about the problems going on within her own party and messaging. she has said we re not getting it right or connecting with voters where they go. the reality for them is it s tough to put their budget together and make these decisions. she says we haven t been smart how to address it. instead of running from the topic we should have been engaging in the conversation and in the fight talking about the gdp looking better. job expectations more added than expected. be out there and talking about the fact we passed this legislation that could give us another chance. if you give us another round we can see the fruition of that.
go back at them when they criticize inflation and prices and all of the terrible things happening with the economy. he felt democrats should own it and say what will you do if you take back the house and senate? it is not a message that democrats spent a lot of time on and they banked an abortion voters getting them over the top. bill: washington post is sourcing on this. tv advertising by democratic campaigns and political action committees in five of the battleground states, 45% of the ads were on abortion. 10% education, 8% crime. you have this congresswoman in central michigan slotkin on the messaging. she says the truth is democrats have done a poor job of communicating our approach to the economy. i have no idea if i will win my election. it will be a nail biter. that s the most expensive house race this year. she ising up against a pretty good candidate in republican tom barrett saying we didn t talk
With the midterm elections one week away, political rhetoric reaching new levels and the coming release of the report by the January 6 committee, there is a lot of politics playing out across the country. One key player in all of this is Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming. Judy Woodruff sat down with Rep. Cheney and discussed the rising political violence and the attack on Paul Pelosi.