summary judgment of a massive ought yen of viewers, a past logical fear of a ratings defeat and witches ease brew against in a network s own working journalists and fact checkers. we should tell you at any moment we re expecting breaking news in the form of fresh filens from dominion and fox, to lay out any arguments in the case. while we wait, for years we have turned to phrases lie inside the bubble and the echo chamber to describe that relationship between fox news and its viewers. never before has it been so plain to see from the outside. the discovery filings show that fox hosts were telling their viewers what they knew they wanted to here even when the very same fox news host communicated the truth to one another in private, which was different from what they were broadcasting. dominion s case may very well wrest on their ability to get a jury to understand that distinction. today, though, the story goes even further in the form of something rare. a highly visible i
president biden makes a promise on abortion rights, as well as another widely supported issue, if democrats can keep control of congress after the midterms. plus, we ll have the big moments from a fiery senate debate down in florida. as marco rubio and val demings go after each other s legislative records. also ahead, the latest from ukraine. the russian forces are now more focused on civilians than soldiers on the battlefield. good morning, and welcome to way too early. on this wednesday, october 19th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. it was a fiery debate for the u.s. senate in florida last night. between republican incumbent marco rubio and democratic congresswoman val demings. they clashed over inflation, abortion rights, immigration and guns. demings who has consistently trailed in the polls was on the attack for much of the night. so a senator who has never run anything at all but his mouth. the senator has obviously resorted to ly
good evening. i m erin burnett. welcome to a special edition of outfront tonight in the closing stretch of this extremely consequential election with only two days to go and control of the u.s. congress literally hanging in the balance. the biggest names from both parties are out in full force with the candidates on this sunday in these final hours. in florida the former president trump headlining a rally for marco rubio who is facing of course the democrat val demings there. you re going to elect an incredible slate of true maga warriors to congress many of whom are here right now. in new york president biden is about to take the stage in new york governor kathy hochul s re-election effort. the race between hochul and republican lee zeldin is much tighter than expected as election day nears. across the nation here is how it boils down. 435 house races. 35 senate and 36 governor races all up for grabs. in the house, 56 seats are considered in play. this includes 12 stat
[ technical difficulties ] that helped mastermind the worst terrorist attack on u.s. soil. and many other attacks against americans. ayman al zawahiri has killed by a cia drone strike this last weekend while standing on a balcony in downtown kabul. he was osama bin laden s deputy during the september 11th attacks and rose to al qaeda s leader when the u.s. killed bin laden back in 2011. a senior administration official told nbc news that the strike was so precise, none of his family inside of the home were killed. and in a prime time address, president biden called the killing justice for his victims. and the mission, quote, a total success. people around the world no longer need to fear the vicious and determined killer. the united states continues to demonstrate our resolve and our capacity to defend the american people against those who seek to do us harm. you know, we make it clear again tonight that no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide. if you are a
the republican party for the united states of america? yes, senator. and you see there s panic because the voters are fleeing them. in every election in the midterms they lost from kari lake to dr. oz to herschel walker they lost. and that s why i think republicans, the responsible ones are recognizing that this is not a pathway to victory. but they continue as i said to allow it to persist. and kevin mccarthy does not have the integrity to say this is not who this body is going to be made up of. sure, there are embellishments from time to time in any organization, in any profession. but once you start lying about, you know, what your religion was, whether you even went to college, or, you know, what your prior professions were, that seems to be outside the bounds. and if you re not going to, pell those members, then you re just