watching. i am sam stein. katie fang will be back next week, do not worry, 7 am eastern. all will show online. though she is starting right now. ng right now. and good morning to you from beautiful detroit, michigan. it is sunday, october the 23rd. i m ali velshi, this is a very special edition of velshi across america. i am in belle isle state park in detroit, michigan, within 16 days until the most consequential midterm elections in recent memory. michigan is arguably the leading edge of a combustible trumpist, anti-democratic movement which includes fringe political figures, self styled militias and the potential for violence. i saw that with a group of michigan residents and voters from across the political spectrum to talk about this, plus women s reproductive rights, which is actually, literally on the ballot in michigan this year. and how they should think we can move forward as a country, full of people with different views, and the same set of facts. more of that c
did i want an apology? the more that he talked, i don t. i mean, it sounded like donald trump, i was very honest with him, i did not want the apology but, i called a couple of friends at the post inside, have you ever heard of this guy? and nobody had heard of him, we never saw anything reported. you talk about trade, about a piece of legislation that has happened, the chips act. this picture right here behind me, this is possibly one of the best pictures of trade in america, right? you have the choice, the general motors headquarters on the right, fort headquarters of course, in a region you represent, you have the ambassador bridge, you can see trucks going across it, one of the most, the busiest border crossing on the continent. a ship coming in towards us underneath the ambassador bridge, and to the left, you have windsor, ontario. this is sort of where free trade was born. yes. your unemployment rate in michigan is higher than the national average. people your care about tra
you know, congress, this is the kind of state where something will happen. we know one of the two parties we told seven seats in michigan, seven congressional seats, someone will lose a seat because of redistricting. tell me what you are thinking right now? so i don t think the election is broken yet. this time, in 2:16, i don t with donald trump win michigan, most of you did not believe me. i think that the two issues which are driving and help people feel, one s choice which, we are talking a lot about. clearly, it is almost a generational anger for women, young women cannot believe it is even there. but there is no question that economy, inflation, grocery store and gas prices are also impacting people. it s tighter than people think it is in michigan, i will say that none of these double digit polls are accurate. so anybody listening, you think your vote does not matter? every vote matters. and i think it will break in the next couple of weeks. things are getting tighter. let s
well, i predict that he would win, and i think elected me because of that. and you know, i believe that who ever is an office is the president, we have to work together. and so for the first couple of years, you know, we would talk, and we as democrats did a lot of the same jobs leading up to 2016. but remember, i voted for impeachment, and that is what he turned to me, he came to the state and was horrific. and i entered the donald trump hate tunnel. it was after that speech where he said some horrific things, a lot of people like mitch mcconnell, kevin mccarthy, lindsey graham said he should apologize. the day after, i did not want an apology. what i want is all of us to think about civility, treating each other with respect and dignity. i got a phone call from somebody saying that we are so and so from the washington post. i did not know the name, and then a lot of people at the post. he said he had worked with john in the old days. he wanted to see how i was, and
address the supply chain. we have a republican chair of the senate campaign committee, which wants to privatize medicare and social security, or eliminate them. social security and medicare are so critical to our seniors, you have to give them facts, but you must push back. you know, i am not someone who likes to be mean, per se, but i am not afraid to make the contrast, we have to make that contrast right now. the shadow of donald trump s long in this state. there are a number of candidates who are largely running because they get his endorsement, and the way to get that endorsement is to deny the last election. you know donald trump. your ex husband, who was in congress before you for a long time, whom i knew as well, new donald trump. you did not dislike the guy. i m sorry, you re late husband, obviously. you did not agree with him, but you did not know it was this guy. in fact, in a new book by maggie haberman, apparently he called you after your husband passed pretended to be a