close. jesse: maybe the product he was selling just wasn t that great. here s a treat. this here is a treat. that s a little skimpy in the front. you just put it in the corner. haven t you got a big tree? jesse: for the last five years, this is what the democrats have been doing, trying to sell us phoney products that nobody wants. they pushed crt in our schools and parents said, yeah, not happening. they wanted us to drive electric and americans said thanks, but we ll pass. they even tried to sell us on the idea that wearing a mask will save your life. but, you see, this was just the beginning. the democrats know they can t convince us, so now they re just going to try to control us, and it s happening in every aspect of our lives. listen to this. doctors in california can t even give out medical advice without government approval. a new state law makes it illegal for a physician to give their independent opinion about covid to their own patients. if that opinion
welcome to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper. and tonight we re less than a month, 27 days, away from one of the weirdest and least predictable midterm elections in modern memory. what s happening now and ending on election day, november 8th, is not typical. it s not. as of now it s not shaping up to be a wave for one party or another. no. it s more like a sharknado. now, typically, republicans would and should be feeling pretty good about their chances to retake both the house and the senate by significant margins, feeling good because things are bad. with high inflation and fears of a recession, voters are inclined to hold the party in power right now, that s democrats responsible and accountable. because phrases are up almost everywhere you look. life is more expensive. by which of course i mean life cereal, wheat and processed wheat products up more than 20% year-to-year. and as humpty hump might say, straight butter baby, by which butter is up 30% august to august. an
politicsnation. tonight s lead, tipping point. strong winds are blowing in donald trump s world. and then appear this week, that at least one of the investigations are circling trump has reached a critical mass. that of course being new york attorney general tish james s probe of trump illustrate business. lodging at a minimal that trump s old evaluation of his properties constituted a massive decades-long fraud. not denied that defined his organization. of course, the revelations were met mostly with silence from congressional republicans. as a house gop was more concern this week for the unveiling of 2023 agenda ahead of midterm elections in just six weeks. that agenda on surprisingly focused on crime and the border. both issues providing a backdrop for the ongoing drama over the falls relocation of hispanic migrants to liberal cities by red state republicans. one of those cities being the one i am reporting to you from. new york city. and in a few moments, i will talk
on this call. why did this interaction have the committee so concerned? don, witness tampering is serious. it s a crime, and as ms. cheney stated during the hearing, we passed along this information to the department of justice to look into it further. we take very seriously. the safety of any witnesses, anyone who comes forward to the committee, and like wise their privacy. in this case any speculation who this person might have been and a lot of people trying to tie it together the committee may just say we want to protect this witness. but we also want to hold people accountable who have potentially broken the law. chairman thompson is telling cnn the doj has been asking for testimony from the committee related to trump s fake elector scheme. is there enough evidence on this one issue to lead to a criminal indictment of trump? well, the committee s not the one who s going to determine the criminal indictment. that would be the department of justice. so, you know, as
state. saying that those who disagree with him are threats to democracy! here s just a small sample of biden s rage filled rhetoric from last night. watch this. donald trump and the mega-republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republi. the republican party today is dominated, driven and intimidated by donald trump and the maga republicans. and that is a threat to this country. maga forces are determined today today to take this country backwards to an america where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception. no right to marry who you love. maga republicans look at america and see carnage and darkness and despair. they spread fear and lies, lies told for profit and power. tammy: wow, are you feeling the unity yet? last night s diatribe was dark and depressing and most of all delusional. all coming from the man who campaigned on just wanting everyone to get along. and what is not being exposed as one gia