good to be with you. i m chris jansing in for katy tur. president biden is making a big promise on abortion rights, a promise that he s betting will help lift democratic candidates who are on the midterm ballots. that s why these ecritical to elect more democrats to the united states senate and keep control of the house of representatives. folks, if we do that, here is the promise i make to you and to the american people, the first bill i send to congress will be could codify roe v. wade. and when congress passes it, i ll sign it in january. vote democratic and then i will send a message to codify roe but some folks are asking why wait until the next congress when the party has control now. i m going to talk to the director late they are hour on the timing of the president s speech and whether the issue can get democrats over the finish line. tim ryan and j.d. vance last night in a critical ohio senate race as well as in their last debate. the pair went toe to toe. temper
hey, everybody, i m yasmin vossoughian in for hallie jackson, with me now is nbc white house correspondent mike memoli, the washington post and msnbc political analyst, ashley parker, also with us new york times politics reporter, lisa lerer. mike, let me start with you on this one and talk about what we heard from the president around the 1:00 hour. essentially the message is get out there and vote, especially if you are for abortion rights because we can help codify it come january. talk us through that, three weeks out now from the midterms. yeah, that s right, yasmin. i think the political strategy here on the part of the white house is very clear. democrats saw a real boost in the polls in the late summer months after that june decision by supreme court came down, striking down the protections for abortion rights under roe versus wade. as one democratic strategist put it, maybe if that decision came down in august we d be feel better about where things stand now. w