i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. three weeks from election day, and today president biden is putting abortion rights front and center for voters. this afternoon he promised to make roe v wade the law of the land. promising to send a bill to congress to codify the law. they re hoping this could galvanize voters. if you care about the right to choose, then you ve got to vote. that s why in these midterm elections, it s so critical to elect more democrats to keep control of the house of representatives. folks, if we do that, here s the promise i make to you and the american people the first bill i will send to the congress will be to codify roe v. wade. when congress passes it, i ll sign it in january 50 years after roe was first decided as the law of the land. cnn s phil mattingly is at the white house this afternoon. what s behind the strategy here of making abortion a focus of the mid terms. polling is showing that it s not the boost it was a few weeks ago
welcome to the show, i m mehdi hasan. we hire less than five weeks away from the midterms. where democrats are not only looking to hang on to the majority, they re trying to hang on to control of the senate. and back in the spotlight is the quote, unquote, latino vote. which could be crucial for dams in especially in tight rates furch both states with large latino populations that went for biden in 2020. but for democrats, a worrying trend is playing out. she feels very upset with the current leadership of democrats because she feels that taxes are higher and the money is just not enough to get by. so she s voted democrat her whole life, she says. and now she s not happy with the economy. and that s why she thinking about since the 2020 election, especially, we have been inundated with think pieces about the latino vote and how it shifting to the right. becoming more republican. becoming even more trumpy. and yes, kind of astonishingly, trump did gro
capital insurrection. they stand trial for suggestions conspiracy. they are all complaining that they were simply awaiting orders from donald trump. she was once republican royalty but now, this woman, liz cheney, she says she is prepared to break a 40 year republican voting street to keep election denying, big lying members of her own party out of power. what is behind her choice to keep such a lonely world? who is backing her on that journey. you are not going to believe this week s selection for that banned book club. it has never even been banned. girls who code is a series written for middle schoolers. it is a babysitters club but with computer science. there is not a single thing that is remotely controversial about these books but the book banners came for them. we will talk about why the book banners are threatened by girls getting into science and more. velshi begins now. good morning to you, i am ali velshi. into saturday october the 8th. it is day 227 of russia s w
233 seats total. bill: on the senate side a toss-up expected to come down to four big races we ve been watching all year. pennsylvania, georgia, nevada, arizona. dana: democrats appear to be stumbling in the homestretch. they have failed to put forward a coherent message on inflation and the economy, two issues where the president is seen as a liability. president biden: we the democrats are the ones fiscally responsible. let s get that straight now, okay? we re investing in all of america, reducing everyday costs while lowering the deficit at the same time. republicans are fiscally reckless. i m here to deliver what i believe is a closingment what we need to do in the next 15 days to assure a victory. dana: team fox coverage. karl rove is on deck with analysis. we begin in washington with alexandria hoff. we ll start by taking a look at shifts in two races for governor. interesting dynamics are at play. let s go to oklahoma. you have a democrat who used to be a rep
midterms. placing blame on mega-maga republicans. inflation has one cause and one because only. senator ted cruz had protesters shout him down. the ladies of the view even came to his defense. touchdown! you are a shining star no matter who you are shining bright to see what you could truly be foul brian: got behind ted budd and they are looking to hold that seat. steve: i like that, shining star and they did a star why been to midtown manhattan as we look at the studio. welcome to fox & friends on a tuesday. ainsley: good morning to you. thank you so much for waking up. we have one more hour. brian: we are assuming they woke up. if you are up in the person sleeping with you, who i assume you know, is asleep, wake them up. steve: don t you think if they are watching the tv that the tv volume would wake them up? ainsley: not necessarily. i can sleep through a tv. can you? steve: nope. ainsley: i know you re used to getting