divide from two american presidents on the campaign trail. so much is changing. so much. this is not a referendum, this is a choice. a choice. between two vastly different visions of america. this tuesday you must vote republican in a giant red wave. giant red wave. this hour i will be speaking to wisconsin democratic senate candidate mandella barnes on his chances of defeating incumbent republican senator ron johnson. and the head of the democrats senate campaign committee on the tough political climate for his party. in d.c. s federal court today oath keepers founder stuart rhodes taking the stand today. north korea launching nearly 200 fighter jets prompting an immediate response from seoul. and we will have a live report on the breaking news from san francisco, massive layoffs at twitter. and new changes that could impact the platform leading up to tuesday s elections. good day, everyone, i m andrea mitchell in washington as the battle for control of th
thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber and this is the final friday until the elections. we head into the weekend campaigning, four days out from election day and the campaigns are bringing out some of the big guns. i said it was up to the citizens of pennsylvania, and of course, but i will tell you all this. if i lived in pennsylvania, i would already have cast my vote for john fetterman for many reasons. there it is. that s oprah pushing democrats in the key battleground state of pennsylvania. we can report that tomorrow, there will be rallies there with biden, trump, and obama. so if you think about it, if there s one thing both parties do seem to agree on right now on this final friday heading into the midterms weekend, it is that pennsylvania is clearly important. important because it s close and it could decide control of
we must vote knowing what at stake and not just the policy of the moment. but institutions that have held us together as we saw a more perfect union are at stake. we must vote knowing who we have been, what we re risk of becoming. president biden laid ous the threats to democracy. ahead of an election that he says will be a defining moment for our country. we ll have much more on his speech straight ahead. meanwhile, there are new details in the plot by donald trump s attorneys to overturn the 2020 election. his lawyers had a specific judge in mind. we ll tell who you that is. and also ahead, the latest from a major meeting in germany. the united states and allies are outlining the next steps in support of ukraine. good morning. welcome to way too early. thank you for starting your day us with. we ll begin with president joe biden s speech on the midterm elections and the future of our nation s democracy. the president delivered the remarks last night from washington s
please, call now, or you can go to lovesshriners.org. thank you so much for lets us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. the beat starts right now. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. you know what time it is. we re inside one week to the mid terms. the record-breaking turnout is happens. the latest numbers show more than 29 million americans have already voted, competing those trump mid terms of 2018. we re in full gear, and it s a tense backdrop for the races. there are active federal warnings about threats and attacks on poll workers and the voting process itself. we have seen records of these self-appointed poll watchers showing up in tactical gear, like that shot out of arizona. and election deniers are running for office, it s not normal. threats to lawmakers have increased tenfold over the several years over the trump era. more campaigns will turn on the question of whether candidates will honor democracy itself. these are truly unusual stak
just eight days remain for democrats to convince voters that they want to take control of the congress for the next two years. the heavy hitters have come out, a former president than trump, biden, and trump a 20 million ballots have been cast. how many minds still can be changed and what does all of this mean for the 2024 presidential race? those are the questions for the return of our dueling panels this evening. laura, just to let everyone, know this is where we each get four minutes and our panels make their best case. and we decide who wins at the end. we re gonna win, so let s just not so fast. not so fast. cnn political analyst tanya kim, and political commentator ashley allison. look at the, clock is going right. now first of all,, guys there s a lot of anxiety for democrats over the next few days. but all even more so for the next, i don t, know two years because they are wondering whether baden is the person they still want in office. what do you think