hello, and welcome to inside politics, i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. a brutal beating, conspiracy fodder, and public denial. paul pelosi is still in the hospital this day. his attack now the subject of ridiculous internet theories, and most republicans bob and weave when you ask if their election and january 6th lies are fueling our toxic political climate. plus, eight days until your midterm verdict. three embattled house democrats in virginia and a new batch of polls show that tight, that s at understatement when it comes to the fight to control the senate. and a big question is the supreme court about to wipe out affirmative action in higher education? a first for us, the vicious attack on paul pelosi. this hour the husband of nancy pelosi is hospitalized recovering from surgery on his arm and to his skull. today charges for david depape who brutalized him with a hammer after breaking into his home. police brand this as a target
hopes on former president obama. bill: he was stumping wasn t he? georgia, michigan, wisconsin. a desperate attempt to drum up enthusiasm. democrats bracing for what could be a bad night. watch. i understand why you might sometimes just want to tune out. just watch football. but i m here to tell you that tuning out, milwaukee, is not an option. you have a choice between folks who will say anything and do anything to get power, and leaders who share our values. dana: underscoring democrats concerns the fact that new york is now seen as a battleground state. lee zeldin has a real chance to become the state s first republican governor in two decades bringing in heavy weight surrogates to help him over the finish line. the other thing he will do and what new york really needs to do, you need to stop codling criminals. stop turning them loose on the street. if you do crime, you must do the time. we want a government that isn t passing pro-criminal laws. we want district
luria and wekton are three interesting case studies of if virginia is they re more educated voters, college-educated voters and other things, that will be interesting to watch if they can keep those seats blue. it s totally different electorate probably than the governor s race last year. right. you mentioned youngkin on parental rights, some people say he overdid it, but it worked for him especially in the northern virginia suburbs. all three of the republican candidates made a joint appearance on fox this morning. listen. first and foremost, it will be the economy. how can we get grocery prices down and gas prices down? i stands with parents and with their children, and unfortunately today s progressive liberal left party has lost touch with the voters when it comes to that issue. the parents rights is the biggest issue here in this district. besides the economy. obviously the economy is f forefront of everything. you see vega and cao closer to washington, d.c., the subu
topics. it s not until the eve of the election year that we saw lauria embrace this mention. the question, monday morning quarterback, should they have done it sooner? it s interesting you say that. jennifer wexton and abigail spanberger are not on the committee like lauria, but their districts are closer to washington, d.c.,. in their recent ads they do touch on this. listen. how extreme is republican for congress hung kao? after january 6th he defended violent insurrectionists, he said he was thrilled the supreme court overturned roe v. wade and supports letting states ban birth control. iat vega doubts rape leads to pregnancy, i was shocked. she bashed the fbi and defended those who attacked our capitol. that s just wrong. i m a republican, and i m supporting abigail spanberger because she puts country and community over party.
a year ago education was the issue. what are you hearing from parents today? why does education not show up on the poll that i just shared with our viewers? you know, it shows up on the ground when i am talking to parents and they are concerned how radical today s democrat party has become when it comes to parental rights. my opponent votes against parents rights and her own surrogate talks about jailing parents. i stand with parents and with their children and today s progressive liberal left party has lost touch with the voters when it comes to that issue. it is still at the forefront of the discussions we have with voters here in the seventh district and we re happy to continue to talk about this issue and let parents know where we stand. bill: one we re watching. hung cao, you are a first-time politician. maybe you ll get the job.