know who was making this allegation. the woman, a registered democrat whose years long relationship continued after the abortion told the daily beast her concern with revealing her name is she is the mother of one of walker s children. she wanted to protect privacy while also coming forward with the truth. the article goes on. walker has acknowledged the child as his own, and the woman proved she is the child s mother and provided credible evidence of a long-term relationship with walker. walker responded to the new report providing nbc news with this statement. quote as i ve already said there s no truth to this or any other daily beast report. he denied the allegation he paid for an abortion. he s threatened a lawsuit against the daily beast, nbc news has not confirmed the daily beast reporting on this. so the question is how do republicans respond to this. his campaign has raised more than half a million dollars
walker. he didn t express any regret. he said relax and recover. the woman recalled. talking about the message on the get well card he sent her along with the abortion payment. he seemed pro-choice to me. he was pro-choice, obviously. he criticized walker for appearing to believe that an abortion is an okay thing to do when it s not the right time for you but a terrible thing for anyone else to do when you re running for senate. the daily beast says the walker campaign declined to comment for this story. i bet. it doesn t seem like this story is going anywhere any time soon. we ll be right back. anywhere a. we ll be right back.
yamiche alcindor is in georgia. also joining us, the daily beast reporter who broke the story and the host of simone on msnbc and former chief spokesperson for vice president harris. good morning to all of you and thanks for being with us. ahead of this scheduled walker campaign event, he did publicly speak out this morning. what can we expect to hear from him today? reporter: good morning. i m here in georgia about three hours outside of atlanta. a deeply red part of the state. and it s here that hershel walker is expected to come to hold a campaign event. he s been denying these claims that he paid a woman who was carrying his child to have an abortion. he s also been denying that even after the daily beast reported that this woman is a mother of his children. he s saying this is an attack by democrats and he s going to go on and win this election. take a listen to what hershel
saying quote there is no truth to this or any other daily beast report. and today at a campaign stop, he blamed the democrats, democrats for the allegations. just like what i just said, a democrat is desperate for the seat, and this seat is important. and they re very desperate for the seat. i love my family. i always love my family. i m going to win this race. joining me now from georgia is nbc news washington correspondent yamiche alcindor, she asked walker that question. all right, what is he saying? not just about this, but also about his son who has come out and called him a liar and said that he should not be running? i am here in georgia, a deep red part of the state, where herschel walker decided to come and have a campaign event at a saw mill. you heard it yourself. herschel walker is continuing to deny the allegations that he paid for an abortion for a woman who was carrying his child.
allegation but they also care about the domestic abuse allegations that he was facing before this and they weren t going to vote for him because of those allegations. so he already had a lot of baggage coming into this. he s saying, i have a lot of baggage, but i don t think i have this particular baggage. the daily beast has been doing important reporting here with this woman coming out. i m interested to see if hershel walker comes here, takes questions, because one of the questions i ll have is, tell me more about the this denial and are you sure that this woman who says she s a mother of your children, are you sure she s not right by these allegations, lindsay. we will be watching for that. thank you. thank you all for joining us. coming up, a shocking scene of violence today in thailand. more than 30 dead, most of them children, killed by a former police officer at a day care. we ll have the latest on the investigation. plus, new provocation from north korea, the regime flyi