it. by the way, that is where we begin. starting us off today in blayne alexander, kristen welker who sat down exclusively with herschel walker with us as well, patricia murphy and david jolly, former republican congressman from florida and an msnbc political analyst. kristen, i got to start with you on this one. i want you to walk us through this interview. you confronted him about the allegations against him when it comes to him alleging paying for this abortion of an ex-girlfriend. you talked to him about that check, and then that moment, of course, on friday night at the debate when he pulled out a police badge. talk us through it all. he talked to us about all of it. this was a wide-ranging interview. he sat down with us after his first and only debate with his opponent senator raphael warnock. we decided the economy where he touted the need for energy independence, and i did ask him about the largest controversy
22 days until the midterm elections. early voting is under way in the were critical swing state of georgia. according to data collected by targetsmart, roughly 2,700 absentee ballots have been received so far. the georgia senate race between rafael warnock and republican herschel walker, will help determine which party controls the u.s. senate. over the weekend, walker sat down for an exclusive interview with nbc s kristen welker. kristen welker joins us. great seeing you. what did walker tell you about the many controversies he is facing? reporter: he sat down with us after his first and only debate. he touted the need for energy independence to trump and obama. and i asked about the largest controversy swirling around his campaign. of course the allegations that the staunch anti-abortion candidate paid for a former
that did really happen. there was a lot of controversy swirling around about the statement on twitter. and by many people. but really, yasmin, what it did was, it caused people to think about what else may be on the supreme court s agenda? of course you have the potential for game marriage, access to contraceptives. those are things that are really on peoples minds. here in texas, of course, as you, know there been protest to the supreme court s decision all weekend long. people are very upset. they are very sad. they are very angry. we talked to people yesterday who were marching through the streets of austin, about how they felt about everything going on. let s take a listen to some of their comments. in 2017, my partner and i ended up having unhealthy pregnancy. and i had to go out of my way to find abortion care. and it ended up at the time we went through every antichoice law. and i m just out here to remind
freely during the game after chinese officials said they could be subjected to punishment. here with me now is nbc news senior international correspondent keir simmons. what s been happening? there is increasing controversy, i ve got to say, surrounding the interview the chinese tennis player peng shuai gave to a french newspaper organization. you will remember she made the accusation of sexual assault last year and that accusation she then deleted from her social media account. she has said that people have misunderstood her, but there are pictures of chinese officials standing in the background of this interview. so there s controversy swirling and swirling too over the uighur athlete who lit the olympic cauldron, appears to have left her event without having answers questions from journalists,
make them rich. ashley: and controversy swirling at the beijing winter olympics. five are disqualified over their out fits from germany, norway, austria and japan. they do not apply to the ski federation rules, suits are said to fit too loosely giving the skewers advantage on jumps. outrage with athletes and coaches. germany disqualified silver medallist says she has no words and the decision is damaging the sport. todd: will not lie, arn, does not seem like it is going well. ashley: no, it is not positive. todd: a major victory for the freedom convoy, despite repeated attacks by justin trudea and this one along the protest route. what are you doing?