i m feeling much better. doctors told me i didn t suffer cognitive damage. okay. so the primary continued as planned with fetterman s name on the ballot and fetterman won. he became the democratic nominee. that was the last that most voters heard about john fetterman s stroke. for months, fetterman remained in semiseclusion. as the campaign progressed, the polls tightened, he had to venture. he had no choice. videos surfaced of fetterman speaking at rallies in what seemed a bizarre and highly disjointed way. some wondered if he d suffered, quote, no cognitive damage. they rushed forward to bring science to bear on this question. in clifford chen s considered opinion as a respected medical professional, who works at a major research university, john fetterman was absolutely fine. fetterman was, quote, recovering well from his stroke. he had, quote, no work restrictions and can work full duty in public office. in other words, john fetterman was as sharp and as healthy as you o
by republican gubernatorial candidate lee zeldin. he confrontee confhed the curret governor , kathy hochul, on the stage. violent crime wave, leavinger hochul to wonder, you know, mysteriously, wh y do you care so much about this issue of crime? governor , here s a hint. people are dying now.s st both tooter dixon and leeead zeldin will join us straight. had also georgia senated candidate herschel walker will be here. but we begin tonight in the great state of pennsylvania. the commonwealthe mmonweal, whe, he will join us in a momente mot with reaction to one ofry the most well, i guess you can. say, unusual debates in tonig american history.p is now, tonight, it s official. the cover up is over democrats, the media mob, the fetterman campaigncampai, they were all ln to all o if us .ly john fetterman is not mentally ,physically, cognitively fit to serve. he should no st be running for the senate. and in a word, what we saw last night was painful. i ll give hil hard to watch
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crucial race that could tip the balance of power in the senate. the pennsylvania face-off between john fetterman and dr. mehmet oz intensified worries about fetterman s health. he stumbled his way through the debate giving answers like this one. i support fracking. you have made conflicting statements regarding fracking. in a 2018 interview, you said, i don t support fracking at all, i never have. earlier this month you told an interviewer, i support fracking. i support fracking. i don t i don t i support fracking and i stand and i do support fracking. emily: last night welcome painting with musician dave matthews, fetterman made this stunning admission about his performance. doing that debate was not exactly easy. i knew it wasn t going to be easy after having a stroke after five months. i don t think that has ever been done before in american political history before actually. emily: there are growing calls for fetterman to release his medical records bu
and he went from homeless to shooting college hoops. the basketball star inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening just 13 days before the midterm elections, and a flood of political ads are saturating the airwaves on the heels of another marquee debate reminding just what is at stake in hard fought congressional races, power and control of congress in the house democrats trying to defend their majority with all 435 seats of the body up for election dems facing the same challenge in the u.s. senate with 35 seats up for election. the balance of power in the senate could be determined by a handful of tight races including pennsylvania where last night s debate pitted republican mehmet oz against democrat john fetterman sparring over abortion, fracking and immigration, but not before fetterman called out what he described as the elephant in the room, his health dasha burns starts us off tonight with the latest reporter: tonigh