independent candidate evan mcmullin as he faces off against incumbent republican mike lee. and tesla is under criminal investigation over claims the company s electric vehicles can drive themselves. we ll get to that. willie? let s begin this hour in georgia, where this morning there is a new allegation against herschel walker. another woman has come forward accusing the candidate of pressuring her into having an abortion. the women appeared anonymously yesterday with her attorney, gloria allred. she claims she became involved with the former football player in 1987 while he was married and became pregnant with his child in 1993. she said walker encouraged her several times to have an abortion and she eventually went to a clinic in dallas to have the procedure but she did not go through with it, which she alleges made walker upset. she claims he then drove her to the clinic and waited outside in the parking lot for hours until she came outside. here s what she said about
trying to expand their territory, but they ve got their own problems to deal with. starting with new allegations against herschel walker. we ll go to georgia live in just a minute where a walker event just wrapped up. plus, president biden trying to sell pessimistic americans on his economic message, pointing to new gdp numbers that are stronger than forecast, as proof of things getting better. with food and gas prices up 10% in a year, does anyone care about the gdp? i ll ask white house deputy chief of staff jen o malley dillon when she joins me later in the show. the mass exodus of health care workers just ahead of what s expected to be a brutal covid and flu season, the alarming statistics and what they mean for you coming up. we start with the midterms and a deep sense of late campaign uncertainty gripping some of the closest races in the country. in pennsylvania some top democrats are second-guessing john fetterman s decision to debate, appearing in pittsburgh yes
absurd claims. since the fbi searched donald trump s private residence and members club back in august. the ex-president declassified all the documents that he could declassify them if he wanted to, quote, even by thinking about it. it is a claim that has been repeated over and over and over again by trump and his allies. the disgraced ex-president mentioned it in public and the media appearances so many times. not one single time has that claim been made in a court of law. now new reporting suggests that the question of whether there is an a proof that he declassified the documents is a major interest to prosecutors at doj. new york times is reporting that federal prosecutors and former president trump s handling of national security documents, what a question one of his confident ants about a claim that trup declassified the documents. that confidante is cash patel, one of trump s biggest defenders in the documents investigation. he is a trump loyalist who made a career o
i ve been in the room when difficult decisions are being made. i don t want the federal government involved in that at all. i want to put the best ideas forward to states can decide for themselves. yes, ladies, you your doctor and maybe your town council person can all come to a consensus on your uterus. just an example how republicans are struggling to avoid saying what they really plan to do about abortion. and extreme voices in the republican party. chief of staff mark meadows is ordered to testify as legal pressure mounts on trump s inner circle to tell what they know about the plot to overturn the 2020 election. we begin the reidout. you thrive as a presidential candidate despite bragging about violating woman and being credibly accused of acting on it. you thrive as an ohio senate candidate despite telling women they should stay in violent marriages. you thrive as an ohio house candidate despite facing allegations of hitting a former girlfriend. in today s repub
change chang changing day by day. john fetterman and mehmet oz, their first and only debate just got underway. everett sturm pulled out of the race. quoting from his tweet announcing the decision, i am polling 3% which places democracy at risk. it s not clear what pennsylvania voters will make that have notion but it s one more thing for them to consider along with what they see from the two main candidates in race that could decide rcontrol of the senate ad perhaps congress the next two years. it s true that voters nationwide have more factors to weigh than most midterms, not just the economy or all the other domestic and foreign challenges at the moment. but things never seen before like armed civilians in camouflage lurking in polling places in pennsylvania or candidates they will only consider the outcome legitimate if they win. new reporting later on the voter intimidation as well as a conversation with a top arizona republican about the threat he sees to democracy. the