weeks, it s not packing as much of a punch as an issue for democrats as it had been right after the dobbs decision. and, daniel, on that front, you know, we heard yesterday that the president said that he would promise and do everything he could to codify roe if democrats continued to hold the house, but today his focus turns to the economy. are these two issues that he can keep balanced as we are just three weeks away? i mean, it s clear from the president s remarks that he and democrats in general want to make sure that abortion rights don t fade away from the national discourse, even as voters in polling seem to focus more and more on inflation and the economy right now. what we ve seen right after the dobbs decision is that a focus on abortion rights can shift voters and can move elections in democrats favor, but right now most recent polling shows that that the top priorities among the swing voters, the
rally in wallingford. in the high stakes u.s. senate race in georgia, herschel walker was back on the campaign trail yesterday after his debate with senator raphael warnock. georgia is one of the key races that could determine who gets control of congress. democrats are bringing out the heavy hitters as they try to hang on to control. former president barack obama plans to campaign in georgia and michigan in the final weeks before election day. first on cnn, president joe biden plans to keep the focus on abortion rights in a speech just three weeks before election day. the president set to speak at a democratic national committee event on tuesday. he s hoping the abortion issue will galvanize voters ahead of the midterms. let s take you to wilmington, delaware, where president biden is spending the day and jasmine wright joins us live. the president focusing on the issue of abortion rights, but poll after poll indicates that
hang on to control. former president barack obama plans to campaign in georgia and m michigan in the final weeks before election day. also first on cnn, president joe biden plans to keep the focus on abortion rights. in a speech just before three weeks before election day. the president speaks at a democratic national committee event on tuesday, and he s hoping the abortion rights issue will galvanize voters ahead of the midterm elections. jasmine wright joins us live. the president focusing on abortion rights, but in poll after poll, voters out there say that the economy remains the most important issue to them. reporter: yeah. boris, the economy is something the president is going to have to confront when he heads into his busy week and focus a large part on campaigning for the midterm elections, trying to make the case for democrats. we know he finished a four-day
meet and talk to countries in the region around countries like cuba and venezuela to try and address some of those new migrant issues. as for the republican governors sending migrants into liberal enclaves, white house officials expect that to continue. they don t know of any new transports, but they say they are ready, they ve been working with government agencies in those cities. they recognize it s likely not going to end any time soon, wolf. excellent reporting. thank you very much. let s bring in our political commentators, charlie dent and van jones. the president is clearly trying to keep the focus on abortion rights and election security. is that going to be a winning message for democrats this midterm season? i think it s starting to work. there used to be this complaint, these two parties are just alike, who cares. you can t say that anymore, when you re talking about issues like abortion, when you talk about the president s record now on gun safety, when you re talking
the government tries to control women s bodies? that s not the country i fought to defend. well, he s here. democratic congressman elect pat ryan joins me. thank you very much. how are you doing? how do you feel? exhausted and exhilarated and really, really proud. really proud of the community. yeah. congratulations. do you think that your campaign s focus on abortion rights played into last night s victory? we centered this campaign on choice and freedom and standing up at a moment in our democracy and we saw the results and it s just like what we saw or very similar to what we saw in kansas when these sort of guard rails of democracy are hit and fundamental rights are ripped away from people. folks stand up and fight and they rally to this cause and that is powerful. if you listen to the critics, they ll say this doesn t affect that many people. it s not a priority for people. but you say that on the campaign trail, you saw people crying the