i had no idea at the time. what was going on? i didn t know if it was like a police chase that ended up in a shootout. it was when i saw the teacher come out of the woods and the kids find her that my heart sunk. that was jason hoffman. he was on with us last hour. talking about just happened to be driving by the school and soft kids running, he says. out of the woods into their parents arms. he stopped traffic to help facilitate the whole thing, and then took some video of it. i mean, just horrific all the way around, the more we hear, the worse it gets, but it is. it s nice to see someone like that. who did take a heroic action that day who got involved and tried to help, even if he was downplaying his own role. we have a lot to get to this morning. good morning, everyone. poppy is off. we have new video. that shows young children escaping and running across the street during the school shooting in nashville, and we re learning alarming new details about the shooter s past
with china and what point does the president ask for a call from president xi? i don t have a call to talk about today. let me again, level set here, and i know i m running close on time, sorry, but the president met with president xi at bali at g20, and most consequential bilateral relationship in the world, the president knows that and wanted to move that relationship forward in a better way and secretary blinken was dang near wheels up trying to head to beijing to have those kinds of conversations to get some of these communication vehicles and venues back on track, whether it s climate change or military to military. we were looking forward to doing that, and then the chinese decided to fly a surveillance balloon over the continental united states and would not be appropriate to have that meeting. when are those discussions going to get back on the calendar, i couldn t tell you. as secretary blinken has said, it will happen at the appropriate time. now is not that ti
you have to work for it. you have to nurture it. you have to fight for it. now, the good news is you get to make a difference, as long as you turn out the vote. former president barack obama he s good. he s good, isn t he? he s better than i ve seen him in a long time. he s having a good time out there. fired up, ready to go. it s like hank aaron playing on the 1962 mets, you re going to stand out, right? he s having fun, and i think you could see there, it s interesting, the arc of the rallies. he was really animated early in the tour. sober now, interesting. it s a sober time. that was former president obama in pennsylvania helping democrats with their closing message ahead of tomorrow s crucial midterm elections. this is it. meanwhile, new polling shows democrats have closed the enthusiasm gap with republicans, but will that be enough to keep the party in control of congress. we re going to have the latest numbers for you. plus, new reporting on when dona
economists are telling a different tale, a much different tale. and remember when vice president harris told meet the press the border is secure? well, there are new warnings tonight of not just one but multiple migrant caravans heading to the so-called secure border trying to get into the u.s. before republicans potentially take back congress. and crime victims here in california are furious after one of the state s biggest counties just dismissed hundreds of criminal cases, many of them for violent offenses all because of a judge shortage. l.a. county sheriff alex villanueva is here on set with us to talk about rising crime and confronting the deadly fentanyl crisis. plus, breaking tonight, elon musk appears to have completed his takeover of twitter ousting two top executives in the process. but twitter s leading advertisers are warning mr. musk his plans to promote free speech might drive users away. but we begin with president biden trying to paint republicans as the ones
exactly three weeks until election day. rankings out this morning show a slight shift in favor of the gop. races in california and oregon have gone from leaning democrat to toss-up. the current forecast of 15-seat majority victory for republicans. that s a wider margin than even a week ago. a path for democrats does still exist. house minority leader kevin mccarthy. you take nothing for granted. we have to continue to fight for the next 21 days. the issues are really very important. these democrat incumbents are the ones who voted for the american rescue plan that brought us inflation. you watch their defund the police what has happened to crime. you watched their ability to look at other way to have a border open that will kill 300 americans today with fentanyl from president biden to nancy pelosi. that is their challenge if they run on their record, they re in trouble. harris: on the senate side, it s anyone s game. we re closerly watching races in georgia, arizona, nev