their ballots with the vision for the country very much up for grabs. welcome to america reports on this election day. i m sandra smith in new york. john: good to be with you on this important day, i m john roberts in washington. democrats hope to remain in control of congress to further advance president biden s agenda. republicans believe voters frustrations with how things have gone the past two years will send them back into the majority. sandra: a seat the democrats will likely need to win in order to keep the senate is arizona. there is also a crucial governor s race taking place there. john: a busy show ahead. all-star analysts will preview, and all of the closest races. start with senior correspondent at a polling site in the phoenix suburb of paradise valley. wh john and sandra. the maricopa county elections division says 20% of the tabulation machines in and around the county are malfunctioning, means the ballots are not being counted at the election site w
live there actually think and it is shocking. and charlie. big saturday flop of them all. involves a john fetterman, american flags, and the winds. they all come together to make the biggest feel of the week. first of the midterms. president biden is taking up his campaign schedule in the final stretch. he stopped in the chicago area earlier today and tonight he is in philadelphia campaigning for john fetterman with former president obama. earlier today he gave this ominous warning. we ve got to make sure we protect the american people. basic fundamental rights. they are in jeopardy. and right now we have three more days? three more days. biden democrats, they made are all pushing is not necessarily issues that matter most of the american people. but democracy itself that s on the ballot. make no mistake, democracy is on the ballot for quick summaries got to tell voters what they need to hear his democracy is on the ballot. democracy is on the ballot. democrac
have been satisfied with, frankly, just talking about the thing that they are concerned about. even if it was to say these are the ways that the inflation reduction act will end up benefitting the economy down the line. it s not something that changes overnight. talking about cutting child poverty in half, something the biden administration did. talking about getting us through covid. the point is the refusal to address it alienated a lot of people who would side with democrats and i worry that s what will happen tonight. sandra: final thought from you, sound later from a democrat saying it s time to eat chef boyardee when times are tough. they created the current economic environment. joe biden has said not a single republican voted for the inflation exacerbation act as they call it, well, yeah, and voters believe that these policies have been bad for the country, a majority of them, and therefore democrats have don t have an opportunity to run on it, voters think it s why they ar
and they keep persisting with it. another interesting strategy here. there is pulling out that shows 54% of the country believes in biden s policies have been detrimental to their personal economic situation. and yet they continue at the white house and on the campaign trail to say not a single republican voted for the inflation reduction act which i called the inflation exacerbation act. it s like yes that s a good thing and that s republicans are winning and close the gap in the senate because they did not vote for the very legislation that americans see as harming their bottom line and making their lives more difficult in terms of being able to afford basic things like groceries and gas. but to charlie s earlier point on how they talk to the american people about this. they are far too many phd s in president biden s economic council. on the advisory board. there s not a single business person there. and they talk to people as if they are just data points rather than experiencing