from nbc news on how some republican senate candidates are looking to turn the page in a fall starting with a major ad blitz. that comes as for the first time ever voters seem lukewarm, the ones who are lukewarm on sitting president joe biden, still plan to vote for his party in november. and we ve been saying this for some time between the president s approval ratings and the generic ballot tests, joe biden is now in the mid-40s according to gallop and other polls. we ll talk about that. and longtime trump ally steve bannon expects to be charged in a state criminal case again? stemming into an investigation into his role in a charity that was supposed to have used private funds to build the wall of the u.s./mexico border. but didn t do it and isn t that really what donald trump did lying about the stop the steal money, where he got hundreds of millions of dollars and lied about the money being used for that again, here s another example, here s another parall
around and really has gone red in the last few cycles. tim ryan, a guy whose credentials as a native ohioan aren t in question is doing well in a state that should be tough for him. it s been a slow fund-raising summer overall for the republican party and in an attempt to make up lost ground, republican campaign groups are planning a nine-figure ad blitz in key states. let s bring in senior national political reporter sahil kapur. he s author of the new nbc report entitled gop senate hopefuls look to emerge from a summer slump, but fall recriminations are already flying. tell us more. reporter: the cavalry is arriving for candidates who have spent the summer struggling with one crisis after another. they re far behind the eight ball. republican donors are nervous.