good evening. with two weeks to go until the 2020 midterms, the control of office in statewide offices around the country is changing day by day. there is no better example than the contest for pennsylvania s open senate seat between lieutenant governor john fetterman, and dr. mehmet oz, his first and only debate just got underway in harrisburg. if you hours ago, the independent challenger efforts turned pulled out of the race through his support behind lieutenant governor fetterman, quoting from his tweet, announcing the decision that i am pulling around 3%, which places democracy at risk. it s not clear what pennsylvania voters will make of that notion, but it certainly one thing that you have to consider, along with what they see from the two main candidates tonight, in a race that could decide the control of the senate and perhaps congress for the next two years. what is true as well as the voters nationwide have more factors to weigh than in most midterms. not just the
treasury secretary and served in both the clinton and obama administrations. he was warning about the aspects of inflation after biden assumed office. now he s making a new prediction as he told cnn it s quote, more likely than not we re gonna have a recession next year. joined now by larry summers who s also served as director of the white house economic council. secretary summers, thanks for joining us. we ve been talking a lot about the impact the economy has had on how voters cast their ballot. have you heard anything in policies proposed by republican to democrat that you think would help bring down inflation? i don t think anybody s gonna be able to do much.