carley: carley shimkus, president biden absent from the campaign trail this election season. and the white house schedule focusing on official business. this is likely the reason why. just 40% in a recent gallup poll. todd: now kevin corke live in washington with more, kevin, good morning to you. always great to be with you, guys. let me just quote a seasonally appropriate film that actually debuted about 38 years ago. who are you going to call? not ghostbusters but in this case democrats you are going to call barack obama. that is right. when you need political closure to rally the base and raise money make the closing argument, you ve got it. by the way, that is precisely what the president is expected to do with stops planned for nevada and wisconsin and michigan. as you pointed out, carley, georgia. and stacey abrams and raphael warnock and others in the hopes of helping the democrats avoid a rib wave in less than two weeks. joe biden and kamala harris also hitting
that should motivate you. will you sue him for us? we re going to sue him. we re going to be a real pain in the [bleep]. president trump cannot avoid justice in the great state of new york. since i ve been in office the past two years, my office has either led or joined to 68 lawsuits against this administration. martha: okay. you get the idea. after three years of investigating real estate properties on their books, a high profile announcement that she s suing all of the working trump family mens. andy mccarthy is here on developments this hour. but first, this huge story as well today. a cornered vladimir putin drafting up to 300,000 reservists, recruiting at russia s prisons as well to battle back ukraine. while warning america and its allies that he s not bluffing when it comes to his nuclear and war capabilities. a short while ago, president biden was at the u.n. calling for a unified push back to russian aggression, also calling out china for transparency over t
rises to 66% and for trump voters, 98%. these are mostly self-inflicted wounds. sensationalism and serious mistakes have decimated public trust in the press especially on the right. now, for some pokes in this hyperpolarized era, threat to democracy may be a pox city for i just don t like the media or i think they re ooh nice to the other side. and the trump-style press-bashing has taken its toll. i m not going to sugar coat it, we have lost our role as a fair umpire of political disputes. the gaps want to throw us off the field. even the fact checkers believe it s partisan. i hate that so many americans now view my profession as a threat to them can crass, but i can t say i m shocked. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. howard: one sign just over two to weeks before the midterms that the election is moving in the republicans direction is that even liberal pundits and news outlets are conceding the point. the party of woke scolds and gender studies grads knockou
16 days and counting. a brand-new nbc news poll just released this morning gives us new insight into the midterms as president biden tells me what s at stake in our exclusive interview. when you are an undergraduate school, they talk about every generation has to protect democracy. it really does and i think we re at one of those inflection points in history. and house speaker nancy pelosi joins me live to talk about how democrats can keep control of the house and what could happen if they don t. i m jonathan kaye part. and this is the sunday show. this sunday, the midterms are just 16 days away in a new nbc news poll shows that the economy, threats to democracy and immigration are among the top issues for voters. it also showed intense polarization. around 80% of both republicans and democrats think the opposing parties agenda poses a threat that will quote destroy america as we know it. and while republicans are still favored to take the house, the race for the senate i
change across the company, including here at cnn. and i m sad that i won t be here to cover it. but since this is our final episode, we re going to do something today. this is a special hour and it s about change. it s about change all across the media world. what s changing? what might change? and what must never change about the accountability function of journalism. i love this show. this small but mighty show punched above its weight for so many years. even a former president commented on the cancellation. reliable sources has been a one of a kind show, and a popular show. this is one of cnn s highest rated weekend shows. so i want to say thank you to all of you watching around the world. i was lucky to be a part of it for nine years. but it began 30 years ago after the gulf war. so here s what the iconic former cnn ceo tom johnson said on facebook when he heard the show was canceled. he said it was founded by ted turner and leaders of cnn who felt deeply that media org