seen since 1956. the houston astros shutting down the phillies what four pitchers did. when she said you haven t seen since 1956. she looked at me. i was not here in 1956. neither was poppy, so don t look this way, kaitlan collins. some people have not seen it since 1956. with five days left before the midterms, the president heads out west today. as keeping control of congress is the president s top priority but the white house is also laser focused on getting democratic governors across the finish line. we begin with mj lee live for us at the white house. good morning to you, and there goes that weed whacker again. sorry about that. i don t know what s going on. so president biden is focussed on defending democracy here. is that the right message at a time when most voters are saying
so not just gop advantage, but gop control. republicans gaining probably a number of seats to take them to 236. democrats probably ending up with 199 in the house. if republicans get that many seats, that s not the sort of margin the democrats have held for the last two years, that s a governing majority. decisive control. this is the last power ranking before the election. every one before this gave a slight chance of keeping control of the house. this one doesn t. that s gone, the best case scenario for democrats is to lose the house but have republicans win by a very, very small margin, like democrats have right now. if republicans, if there s a speaker, kevin mccarthy, if they have 235, 240 votes, that means you can lose some of your folks
enthusiasm. the washington post writes, democrats are holding out hope that the issue kind of abortion can raise turnout, overcoming a slight voting enthusiasm advantage that republicans have held in national polls all year. in december the dobbs decision seems to give but now the gop seems resurgent on the topic of crime and the economy. with all the negatives put out there by republicans about democrats on these issues. what positive signs, mister chairman, do you see for democrats and the chances of keeping control of congress? rev, people like pools but the best pull for me is being on the ground. i m right now in the midst of a we are going from florida to pennsylvania. but even prior to that. i ve been in arizona, nevada, i ve been in ohio, florida, georgia, kentucky.
that he s going to wind things up. apparently, his grand jury has now expired, so the next thing would be a report. and then he would file that. he may be far more free at that point to lay out his true feelings on the fbi and its role in this. that ll go to merrick garland, the attorney general. and then the big question, paul, is whether or not there are any attempts by the biden administration to squelch that report or not make it public. garland has suggested he d like to make it public, but we ll have to see. paul: all right, thanks very much, kim. still ahead, top democrats are touting hair chances of keeping control of their chances of keeping control of congress. we ll talk to karl rove about that optimistic outlook and why thinks the party might neer plany b. versus 16 grams in ensure high protein. boost® high protein also has key nutrients for immune support. boost® high protein. in a recent clinical study, patients using salonpas patch