economic news. u.s. employers added 261,000 jobs in october. that is more than many economists expected. the report is also showing that the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.7%. and most importantly, this is the last read on the economy, that voters will get before votes start being counted on tuesday. what the numbers mean for the midterms, we ll get to it in a momentch. and we re also staring down the final weekend of the midterms. and major political players are hitting the trail alongside the candidates. including the three last presidents. tomorrow president biden and former president obama and former president trump will all be if pennsylvania for campaign events, all trying to push their candidates across the finish line in one of the cycle s tightest races. and another big name is jumping in. oprah now endorsing john fetterman which is most noteworthy because oprah winfrey gave mehmet oz, gave him his first start in television. let get to it all starting with rahel
it is the sole reason the new york governor s race is close. it is the sole reason that hillary clinton and kamala harris is here. the sole reason that the democratic party is spending millions because people in new york are fed up. so i m not sure she s got a very strong argument on that. you could go with statistics or go with your gut. that is where zeldin has been and i think that is why he s rising. and abby this gets to something, the cold hard truth of politics, i m sorry to interrupt, but not necessarily statistic reality but perception that motivates how people vote. no. we re on the same page. i think that it is really important for politicians to acknowledge people s actual reality. you can slice and dice the numbers however you want and while it is true that crime is high not just in democrat-run cities or states but also in red parts country too. you could not ignore that people feel like things are maybe worse for them today than it was before. and one other point abo