debate last night. you re taking a look at the polls. folks leading more towards voting for a republican come the midterm elections. what do you make of him not showing up yesterday evening, especially after the assessment from his friday evening performance on the debate stage? i think the candidacy of herschel walker is really just a proxy or a vessel for republicanism, trumpism, frankly, another vote for mitch mcconnell and control of the u.s. senate and i think georgia voters are beginning to behave that way. and so whether or not there s a controversy around herschel walker or not, it appears it s not really impacting the polls. still, though, raphael warnock is ahead in that race. raphael warnock he s demonstrated that he has a strong case for re-election. the controversy around walker does not help. but i think if there is any opportunity where it is really dragging walker, it s on the credibility phase. when he started off with denial, that is a hard strategy to
maintain for five weeks as opposed to just owning the issue and explaining your journey to voters. look, i think warnock is still ahead in this race. walker, though, is being seen has a proxy and a vessel for republicanism. voters in georgia are behaving that way. especially what i m hearing from you is this is about power and winning power in the senate. absolutely. even with our nbc reporting, we re hearing even black voters inside of atlanta, this is about gaining control of the senate. i want to read for you another part of our reporting that i find fascinating. i wonder as we kind of a national media, we re kind of underestimating, right, walker s celebrity amidst all of this saying this, many walker allies idolize him for his football career. there s a reason why kristen was on the football field with herschel walker, right? he was a georgia bulldog, right? you believe he was a running back.
wrightsville field that baring his name, he said president trump called him after the debate. did he give you any indication that he will be here in georgia for you campaigning for you? if i if i needed him, he will come. reporter: we also want to point out, there was another debate in atlanta last night which walker did not attend citing disagreements with the format. senator warnock declined an interview as well. but he said, quote, this campaign will come down to who is ready to represent georgia and it is clear that is not herschel walker. really good stuff, kristen welker. david jolly, you ve listened to what herschel walker said there, saying that he s been incredibly transparent, right, through it all and then as kristen just said, he didn t show up to the
stuff. that s what i say to my son christian. and i don t have any violence. reporter: he s faced criticism about embellishing statements about his business records and ties to law enforcement, highlighted by his opponent senator raphael warnock in their debate. i never pretended to be a police officer and i ve never threatened a shootout with the police. reporter: walker brandished what appeared to be a badge. you know what s so funny, i am with police officers and at the same time reporter: we asked him to explain that moment. where is this one from? this is from my hometown, for the sheriff of johnson county. reporter: the johnson county sheriff confirmed he gave walker an honorary badge which allows him to help with community support in a crisis. georgia is key to determining which party controls the senate. while walking on the
or portions of justice department will take care of them and look at them. keep in mind, though the justice department is undertaking its own, very own investigation into january six, it started that months and months before congress began having its public hearings. it does not need a grown overall from congress and again what congress is doing is they re making a very public, very political statement about who they think as responsible and it s on a trump. one can argue, congress is doing their job glenn curse, near the gurus of all things legal. thank you both very much. coming, up by political panel to break down the debate face-off between senator raphael warnock and herschel walker. i have some thoughts about herschel walker s performance that might surprise you. plus werewolf former president obama beginning the campaign trail? we have some answers. but my colleague richard louis is here today s other top news stories before we get into all of this richard, what do you have?