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
hello again, everyone. thanks for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. just over two weeks until the midterm election decides who controls congress. voters are turning out in big numbers across the country to cast their ballots early. so far nearly 6 million people have already voted in the midterm elections. and in georgia, more than 660,000 voters have already cast their ballots. that number is not far off the early voter turnout for the 2020 presidential election and more than a quarter million more than the early voting turnout for the 2018 midterms. candidates are also on the campaign trail today stumping for votes and blasting the airwaves with ads hoping to sway voters. what are the candidates doing to distinguish themselves, dan? reporter: you re absolutely right. it has tightened over the few weeks. we ve seen a number of polls that show john fetterman losing the almost double-digit lead he had over the summer. dr. otz appeared on fox news this morning and talked a
republican congresswoman, liz cheney, is helping a democrat in a tough fight in michigan, and former president, mike pence, is drop into georgia. one of the women accusing republican candidate, herschel walker, of pressuring her into having an abortion is defending her allegation in an on-camera interview but not using her real name. i kept this to myself for 30 years. i protected him and i wanted this to remain private for obvious reasons. walker is denning her allegation. we will have details on all of it ahead for you. plus the suspect in the attack against speaker pelosi s husband, paul, and what the new complaint alleges he told police about his plans for the speaker. beyond the legal aspects of this case, the increasingly dangerous rhetoric and online conspiracy theories is an added complication for investigators. here s what the san francisco d.a. told nbc news. the main hurdle right now, when we have so many people putting out misinformation, quite frankly, into
anderson, thank you very much. does former vice president mike pence really mean it when he says it s willing to sit down with the january 6th committee to tell him what he knows? it sort of sounded like he meant it when he said this in new hampshire today. if there was an invitation to participate, i would consider it. it would be unprecedented in history for a vice president to be summoned to testify on capitol hill. but as i said, i don t want to prejudge. if a formal invitation were rendered to us, we would give it consideration. but wait, there s more. the chairman of the committee, bennie thompson, said nearly two months ago the panel did invite former vice president mike pence to come in and talk to them. we would love to have former vice president pence s testimony. we have sought it, we ve talked to his attorneys in the past. okay. and then what about the next part? mr. pence claimed it would be, quote, unprecedented for a former vice president to testify
well, his statement was voluntary. he was questioned in the highland park police department. he was read his miranda warnings, offered attorneys, et cetera. he went into details about what he had done. he admitted to what he had done. the prosecutor also says the suspect was considering another mass shooting. after fleeing the scene in highland park at yet another fourth of july celebration, this one in madison, wisconsin. investigators did develop some information that it appears when he drove to madison, he was driving around. however, he did see a celebration that was occurring in madison, and he seriously contemplated using the firearm he had in his vehicle to commit another shooting in madison. cnn s josh campbell was at that news conference. one of the most maddening things is once again there were all sorts of red flags about this suspect that we re learning about well before monday s attack including a threat to kill other people, and yet he was able to buy gu