two dozen house contests, three gubernatorial elections are all within two points. that is called a statistical tie. now, as a reminder, three key swing states , if you go back to twenty sixteen , propelled donald trump to victory in 2016. the combined vote of those three swing states . seven thousand votes, 2020 forty three thousand votes in three states. that would be georgia, wisconsin and arizona decided the election. if you stay home, democrats. well, they re likely to win and you will get the government you deserve. we are warning we warned you. and this brings us to the most important question. every american this election needs to be asking themselves, are you better off? are you better off than you are ? twenty one months ago, are you happy we have a 40 year record high of inflation. we have backbreaking gas prices ,diesel prices and a diesel shortage. are you happy about that? is that is that the best we re capable of? are you happy that our borders are wide open?
reminded them of her mother or grandmother. talking about how she had these political questions, questioning insights into what was going on with china, russia, talked about their conversations they had the last time she saw the queen in person. max, in addition to your excellent reporting on the royals, you re also a subject. you personally paid your respect to the queen s casket earlier today. if you don t mind stepping outside of your role as a journalist, just telling was that experience was like, and what the mood was like inside westminster hall. i wanted to get a sense of what it would be like for president biden appearing there. i was there as a member of the media. i wanted to say that s correct because i didn t queue up. there were very long queues. i didn t jump the queue. it was a media opportunity. i didn t go up to the casket. i was at a distance looking at other people paying their respects. i just wanted to say, the atmosphere, tiffs extraordinary. it has
discourse day today. not all of this was nowadays, you better watch what you say. there s always someone in person or online who can tell you that you can t say that, it s problematic. there are so many words and phrases off-limits. it s hard to keep off track. some say peanut gallery is classist and racist. first world problems is also classist. tone-deaf is in ablest. mom and dad assumes traditional gender roles. there s always something that seems to be a new word. syndicated talk show host is with us now to explain good to be with you. good to talk to you. all of my career, never called for a host to be fired. i believe in something called freedom. we can t make people watch our shows or listen to my radio s show. i believe in freedom. but that s not the prevailing view. sadly, it s not. always thought we went to the universities to hear other people s ideas. not necessarily agree with them, but learned something about what i had to say. now, we see surv
job in his life, trust fund brat, john fetterman. it s gone from bad to worse and it s getting hard to watch. we will play the tape. also we have an exclusive interview with congressman matt gaetz as career prosecutors are reportedly recommending no charges in the investigation that has now consumed his life for almost two years. first with just 46 days until the critical, well, inflection point midterm elections, i want to take a step back and lay out exactly what is at stake. as i ve been trying to say, this might be the most important and consequent on midterm election of our lifetime and its critical republicans be very clear with you the american people what they believe in, why they believe it, how the conservative agenda is going to deliver results for americans especially those that most need it. our country is in turmoil. we have a broken border, all caused by joe biden, surging inflation caused by joe biden, a sinking stock market caused by joe biden and the climate
Speaker Kevin Mccarthy trying to appear unfazed by the latest failure in the house to avoid a Government Shutdown. Well go through the rebellion from the farright thats raising concerns about whether a deal can get done. Plus defense secretary lloyd austin confronts republican senator Tommy Tuberville over his blockade of Military Promotions a day after the senator claimed that his stunt is not causing any harm to National Security. And also ahead well have a recap of the Ukrainian President s return to washington where he pressed lawmakers for more military aid. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, september 22nd. We made it. Im jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. Well begin this morning with what appears to be a stunning rebuke to House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy. For the second time just this week alone, House Republicans defeated a procedural vote on a key Military Funding Bill preventing the legislation from moving forward in the house. Hard