they close. president biden and vice president harris are with several candidates tonight in maryland for a rally to begin in about an hour. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is in maryland tonight with the latest. good evening, jacqui. [cheers] good evening, bret. president biden is making his final midterm push in safe democratic territory after rallying his base in a pair of virtual dnc receptions. conveying optimism about democrats chances but warning as he has before that fundamental rights and freedoms are in jeopardy if maga republicans win. the final midterm message from the white house returns to top voter issues. independent economists are warning that republicans in congress want to worsen inflation. but only after the president, his democratic predecessor and democratic surrogate spent the weekend barn storming the country with fire and brimstone warning about what is at stake. president obama in arizona. if you have election deniers serving
finney and ron brownstein. great to have you guys here. let s start with the senate debate, the john fetterman and mehmet oz debate that just happened tonight, and of course crime came up. it s been a big issue in that race. so let s hear their exchange. i m the only person on this stage right now that has is successful about pushing back against gun violence and being the community more safe. all he has done is just put a plan up on his website in the last 24 hours. he has no experience. he has never made any attempt to try to address crime. the fraternal order of police from braddock, the small town he represent, endorsed me. they supported me because what he is saying is not true. violence skyrocketed in braddock. i mean the town wasn t in good shape when he got there. it got worse when he was there. okay, scott, have at it. i know you re chomping at the bit. i thought this was an important exchange. it s become one of the central issues in the campaign, and it s
for this district before in a couple of different places but he now really is a toss up scenario. the kind of year where the rug can be pulled out from underneath you and you can see a prominent progressive democrat justen vanish from the congress. bret: harold, your race? two races congressional rails of new york 3 robert zimmerman running the tom swayze seat. that race zeldin is strong out there in long island it will be curious if robert can overcome that strength that he has in that race. they are both zimmerman is pro-choice. the other by is pro-life. it will be a contest of wills there. and my governor s race is a governor of michigan gretchen whitmer running for re-election realism and revival plan. she is pro-choice. she is in a tough race there big money come in against her from the beboss family and former president trump has been there if she wins this race it will be a bright spot for democrats not only the fact that she won but