starts right now. hi. thank you so much. i am ari melber and whoop there it is. election day within three weeks. early voting has begun, including in new key states. and we begin with something special. i m not going to hide the ball. i m going to show you the two chairs. howard dean who ran the dnc. michael steele who ran the rnc. in our opinion, no two better people to walk us through and it, they are here right now. let me tell you the context. 2 million people cast ballots. when we say election day, it s like rhetoric. this is election month. early voting is showing records smashed in certain states. fluid dynamics. new polls show the house leaning slightly towards republicans, depending on what happens. democrats believe they are still in a strong position to hold the senate majority. and as we ve told you, we cannot accurately cover 400 plus races at once. we will bring you the highlights, the context, the facts and the music. but i will show you some of the deba
this election comes down to really two positions. do you love america or do you hate america. the democrat party made it clear, not being provocative, i just listen, they hate america. tell me how they support it. i m not special leader for republican party but that is the nature of the beast. you vote for one or the other. if you vote for a third party, you are voting for a democrat. in my view, vote for all the republicans. we will deal with them later. we have got to stop what is going on in can this country, you either love america or hate america. you have to vote against the democrats. and for the republicans. again, i m not special pleader. ladies and gentlemen we re in a recession. i don t care how they try to spin it. two quarters of negative growth. that is what they call it. we re in a recession. we also have inflation teetering on double digits, we had massive deficit spending, borrowing, the printing of money, and even with inflation through the roof, democrats d
united states and around the world. it is wednesday, october 19th. i m christine romans. we should hopefully know the winners of the mid-term election. the latest cnn polling shows the economy and inflation are the top issues for voters. later today president biden will announce the sale of 15 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve. that will happen in december. mr. biden s aim is to ease gas prices. the move fulfills the administration s decision back in march to release a total of 180 million barrels from the reserve over a six-month period. we get more now from cnn s phil mattingly. reporter: president biden and his top economic officials have for several months made trying to do something, anything to dampen skyrocketing gas prices a central priority, if not the top priority both politically and economically for the administration. over the course of the summer they had a pretty good run, three months of consecutive drops. a run that was put into qu
san francisco home. the attack was intentional. quote, not random. new details are emerging about the suspects blog posts. multiple senior law enforcement officers firmly with the case are telling nbc news that the posts take aspects of liberal anti establish ideas to more recent posts. they espouse positions typically associated with far-right extremism. both sides of the aisle are reacting to the attack. that includes vice president harris. i think that we are looking at a time in our country where there is so much discourse fueled by hate and division. anyone who professes to be a leader, they have to really understand the meaning and impact of there words, their posture. also developing, vice president biden voted earlier today in wilmington, delaware. he was alongside first-time voter and granddaughter. the midterms were ten days away. more than 20 million americans have now voted early. let s lk at the breakdown by party. you can see it right there. 35 republican, 4
there is new word that the da will announce charges on monday. the suspect will be in court on tuesday. the motive remains under investigation. the reaction is pouring in from both sides the political aisle. that includes from democratic congressman jamal bowman. that is right here on msnbc. i worry about my safety constantly. i worry about the safety of my office constantly. i worry about the safety of my colleagues constantly. this was an assassination attempt on the speaker of the house of representatives. that is what it was. also developing, this is a live look at a rally in detroit, michigan. that is where president obama will take the stage. he is campaigning for democratic candidates. he will be heading to milwaukee for another event later today. we have the president speaking. president biden will still be voting. he is alongside first and voter, his granddaughter, natalie. 20 million americans have voted early with the midterms ten days away. here s a breakdown