gillian: and republicans say they are so optimistic they are spending big in deep blue districts no one saw coming. democrats say abortion rights are on the ballot and still a top concern for their voters. is that gonna translate at the polls? john: congressman tom emmer is here. john roberts in washington, good to spend another 60 minutes with you. gillian: you too, john. i m gillian turner in for sandra smith. right to the races now. john: final sprint to election day, the closing pitches. gillian: the senate race is anyone s game, toss-ups in pennsylvania, georgia, arizona, and will decide which party takes control. john: control of congress could come down to a photo finish. gillian: kicking off this hour with one of the most fiercely fought races of them all, and aishah joins us from cartersville, georgia. we are in cartersville, reminds me of home, a small town people are fired up about this senate race. herschel walker is about to take the podium behind
them down. his radical agenda, his disastrous policies, and the effect they have had on the american people. from the economy, crime, open borders, you name it. the country is going in the wrong direction and that s why we are going to win the senate races. john: what s the effect of having obama and trump out there. obama is a rock star in the party as is president trump, but a huge shelacking when obama saw 63 democratic seats disappear and president trump lost the 2020 election. barack obama is clearly a very popular figure among democrats. but looking in the rearview mirror. he s not the future of the party. he s making you hearken back to fond memories, not talking about the reality of today s biden economy, today s biden crime crisis. so it s a little off and president trump is obviously a rock star on the republican
sides. it s going to be a purple year, and they are sending barack obama, the big gun, to where he can to help that. races to watch, pennsylvania always. i m excited about wisconsin. mandela barnes is running a great campaign, and i imagine obama will go there. but regardless of whether or not barnes wins, i m looking at wisconsin as a really good indicator of how the whole country is leaning. this race will be studied when all things are done. but, of course, georgia will keep us on our toes. and we saw obama there this week. democrat rafael warnock and republican he shell walker herschel walker or, it s going to be a real test of the republican strategy to put up less than ideal candidates neil: we ll see, sara. we don t know that. you were quite with right to mention barack obama, he is a rock star in the party. yeah, of course. neil: unfortunate unfortunately, he s not on the ballot. we, of course, remember the 40 seats that he lost in his first
political power. latinos should be enjoying the spotlight. politicians are going to tailor their message. 12 million latinos voted last time. they re expecting at least 12 million to vote this time. most high profile latino out there i have seen, eva longoria. eva longoria is a big spoerter supporter of the president. ricky martin supporter of the president. gloria estefan supports the president. that was my question that s the $64,000 question. apart from ted nugent, kidd rock. it s hard. i mean, cuban-americans tend to vote republican, historically, they have. but the rest of the latino vote, tend to vote democratic, go more for the democratic party and the philosophies. it is very hard. you have seen it play out, they had the governor of new mexico speak, latino woman, first latina governor in the u.s. rubio is was rumored to be a potential running mate. still a rock star in the party. next week, the mayor of san antonio, keynote speech at the
potential running mate. still a rock star in the party. next week, the mayor of san antonio, keynote speech at the democratic convention. changing face of the country and our politics. thank you, bruno. appreciate you being here. as always. we ll have more coming up after the break. thank you. here. as always. we ll have more coming up after the break. thank you.