john: pennsylvania is viewed by many democrats as the best chance of picking a senate seat. fetterman could beat mehmet oz, the most expensive senate race in american history. and the state facing a local challenge over certain ballots before the first votes have even been counted. national political reporter for the washington examiner on the ground in pittsburgh. let s deal with the race, first of all. this thing is really, really tight between mehmet oz and john fetterman. the democrats do lead in the early vote. i hear rana mcdaniel, the chair woman of the republican national committee say oz has to win 60% of the day of voting if he hopes to beat fetterman. are there indications he can do that? yeah, absolutely. i have seen it myself going out
voted sticker that went viral. ulster county are handing it out, a spider-like creature with a human head and bloodshot eyes, created by a 14-year-old from marble head, new york, who won an online contest. sandra: i m scared. congratulations to the 14-year-old. something about the stickers, right? how many friends and family members have sent you their i voted sticker. john: i like the sticker, it s very creative. and apologies to rana mcdaniel for calling ronald mcdonald, but my kids had a halloween candy drive, so the parlance of the white house it was top of mind. sandra: fantastic organization, we ll forgive you, i m sure she will, too. john, we are watching it and so many folks are out there getting their i voted stickers. new at 2:00, several states will come down to the wire as voters are casting their ballot state to state.
the ear piece didn t work there. so what she said is, nobody should be intimidating or breaking the law. no one should. but poll watching isn t intimidating. if you ve been at a polling place, they re simply observing. and it helps us at the end give assurance to the voters. listen, we were there, we watched it, it went well, i think there are other things that we should do, like voter i.d., get rid of plat ballot harvesting. is that thing that rana mcdaniel just said. is that something that you can support? if so, how do you square that with your admiration of voting rights icons like john lewis and martin luther king jr. who say that there should be avenues of greater access to voting as opposed to restrictions and certain measures that many voters would find intimidating? yeah, well, you know, i don t disagree with this idea that we have to expand voting and take a look at what s happening right
10,000 for those making 125,000 or less. 20,000 for pell grants. but at the same time, you have people on the right who are worried about with this will do for inflation. i think, and you are totally write in this article, people like kamala harris, the vice president, people like chuck schumer, pushing him to do this. the result was he tried to find somewhere in the middle. he said that in his remarks on the announcement. he said there s people who think it s not enough. those people who think it s too much. he thinks that being in the middle is the right way to be and that s the messaging ahead of the midterms. yeah, it is. we will have to see how this is actually going to play. i had students, young people on yesterday. they had a lot of ideas and thoughts, but at the end of the day it s important. i want to switch gears and talk about this recent report from politico which obtained a recording of a 36-minute conference call between republican national committee, rana mcdaniel and
republican donors. abc news, we have yet to independently verify this recording, but according to politico, this details some pressure from megadonor s, steve win, somebody say las vegas, or the republican messaging ahead of november, he reportedly told mcdaniel that the rnc needed to, quote, they need hard-hitting kind of spots with a man s voice, no soft pedal, they re coming after you if your waiter or bartender or if you re anybody in the cash business. they re coming after you. clay, this is a lie, okay? anyone making under $400,000 a year that s just a fact. how is this information combated? we heard the snow, we heard about the arias. what do they need to do? i have to quote a read to franklin, lies, lives, and more lives. that is the entire platform of the republican party right now. spinning out information and