headquarters in new york city. it doesn t get much bigger than this. a presidential debate for the ages on thursday, just as millions of voters are only starting to tune in to the presidential campaign. kamala harris today laying the groundwork for the issue that democrats think is a winner, abortion. two years to the day after the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. at the same time donald trump s blatant lies about the fbi raid on mar-a-lago putting him at risk of getting slapped with a gag order days before the debate. the special counsel s plea to judge cannon, insisting trump s claims that he was the target of a plot is putting lives on the line. hostage family ak kuhning benjamin netanyahu of abandoning their loved ones after he dismisses the white house cease-fire deal. we ll show you the video they just released of the october 7th abductions. first, this the a week that could change everything, a potential turning point, even determinative in the race for presid
swing. there may be 25, 30, truly competitive house seats. that is it. there aren t that many. and republicans, well, they exceeded expectations to 2020. they got the low hanging fruit in the last election. so the picnic would be hard. they re not gonna have a big s wave is 2010. maybe if they win 2025 seats they will have 240, which is 37 states, maybe. that s a pretty big majority. if they perform at that level. if you look at the trends, this year, and the house specials. democrats have completely overperformed. if you look at new york 19, republican should ve won there. pat ride one, focus on abortion. i think there s underlying career that people are discounting that the dobbs energy is absolutely still. there special elections really have no impact on what s going to happen in the fall. we saw that in 2010. we lost a special election
80% of the economy is the top issue. and republicans over democrats to handle it by 14 points. instead of hitting up battleground states to take, the president will be in maryland to try to hold the focus on abortion. for democrats which has been their big push leading into the midterms, listen. or president joe biden will not let the filibuster get in the way of passing the women s health protection act, but we just need two more senators. literally, if we pick up two more senators. the president can sign it into law. so elections matter. don is the most extreme nominee for the u.s. senate that you d new hampshire seen in modern history, and his record makes it clear he would be a yes vote for nationwide abortion ban. if we don t want a ban on abortion and for doctors and health care providers to be sent to prison for offering an
at rival governor ron desantis, while declaring himself the front-runner. there it is, trump at 71, ron desanctimonious at 10. in the poll, republicans hold a sizable lead on the economy, inflation, and crime. democrats are trusted more when it comes to the issue of abortion. and on threats to democracy, democrats hold just a one-point lead over republicans. joining us now, national political correspondent for the new york times, lisa lehrer. her latest reporting is entitled at campaign s end, democrats see limits of focus on abortion. and of course, you know, reporters don t write the headlines. but i love this headline.
charlie crist, the republican turned democrat, former governor. you see desantis enjoying a comfortable lead. would he run? would he challenge trump? trump who backed him aggressively does not seem as enthusiastic about desantis. would he parlay a campaign into 2024? this might be teeing up a story line we ll be following after the election. from florida, we take a look at the next one. pennsylvania. we mentioned this. doug mastriano here who s leaned hard into donald trump and his claims about the 2020 election. pennsylvania very central to that. running against democrat, josh shapiro, the state attorney general. mastriano, not in a close race according to the polling. a senate race much closer. could shapiro do so well he pulls john fetterman over the top in that senate race? a possibility.