his job approval rating is at about 43%, up from thirty seven from dismal. the poor. the problem with having a forty three percent job approval or is that is exactly what donald trump had in 2018. he was 44% when republicans lost the house and lost the senate. it s the same thing as barack obama had when his party lost the house. it is a poor number for a president to have. the last time you had a president gain seats in a midterm election was george w. bush. his job approval was around 70%. so it doesn t matter what this mini bounce is that joe biden has had, it s not going to rescue the democrats and or focus on abortion. now, i think that s helpful to democrats in some places. i do think it s going to create some more of an interest in the election by women who previously may have just thought there s no point in churning out. i m just sick of joe biden. even though i don t like republicans, but i don t like biden. it s going to create a little more of a turnout for the democrats.
credited with we ll see if there is a new trial on that. thank you. dana: early voting is underway in pennsylvania and the stakes could not be higher as the senate race between dr. oz and john fetterman gets tighter by the day. we re watching it closely. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill: i m bill hemmer. good morning. new hour begins now. a tale of two campaigns with seven weeks left before the election in a race that may decide the balance of the power in the senate. democrats looking to fetterman as republican dr. oz gains momentum. oz has taken aim at crime and inflation and fetterman putting a focus on abortion. there is no way anyone can look at what is happening in philadelphia and not feel like we are giving up the lives of hundreds of thousands of people without a little compassion and love. every abortion is a murder. he said that. he said that. so that means he thinks that