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
vega. has a law enforcement background. come up further to virginia ten. this is where you find hung cao. what is interesting about all three races here. if you went back to let s go back to 2018, okay? donald trump is the president. approval ratings a tick above 40%. three of the house seats were won by democrats in virginia. 2, 7 and 10. all three are hotly contested now and i want you to meet the republicans who are trying to win back those seats. with me representative virginia house kiggans, vega and cao. jen, military background. nurse practitioner as of today. what have you learned in your district what you think is the most important issue there? this year absolutely the
domestic agenda is pushed to the back barner with critical issues like police reform, and voting rights, how can the dems address the crisis abroad and take care of business at home. republicans are not off the hook either. joining me representative pramila jayapal. chair of the progressive caucus. thank you for being here. ukraine is sucking up all the oxygen in the room right now, understandably. what happens there will cast a wide net of influence across the globe. i understand that makes sense, but there is still important policy issues facing people here at home. chief among them i would say is voting rights which is crucially important in a midterm year. we see this play out in realtime in texas. president biden is leading with the labor secretary and labor leaders today. a lot happening here domestically, i think what people are concerned about is can the democratic majority walk and chew gum at the same time. your thoughts. tiffany, first of all, it s great to see you as alwa
feeling more confident and relaxed in the city. yes, it s possible if there s more attacks they will implement another curfew, but right now the ukrainians feel like they are winning and what they are most worried about is that vladimir putin could decide to change course and could decide to dramatically escalate instead of going for a peace deal, they worry that he could decide to burn the place down, that if he can t have it then nobody will. that s a risk, but it s good to know they are feeling confident and amazing to consider that restaurants are reopening, at least some of them. reporter: a few. a few. even a few. that s remarkable. with me representative adam keen