did they feel, i wonder, a week now to process the aftermath of this debate, did they feel that walker may have done better in the, got more out of that than they expected him to? yeah, clearly, whether or not his campaign feels that, there are democrats here on the ground who feel that, that herschel walker blended some of the criticism by coming out swinging, by having a seemingly solid performance and by doing what herschel walker needed to do which is shore up he was not trying to go and draw a new voters really, but he wanted to shore up the base, because you re continuing to see poll after poll that shows the split ticket train in georgia, republicans voted for governor brian kemp and other statewide republicans voting that they would not vote for herschel walker. his job at that the bait was to give them some confidence in the campaign. there is a sense done here in georgia that he did that. all right, greg bluestein in atlanta, thank you for joining us, appreciate that.
not his campaign feels that, there are democrats here on the ground who feel that, that herschel walker blended some of the criticism by coming out swinging, by having a seemingly solid performance and by doing what herschel walker needed to do which is shore up he was not trying to go and draw a new voters really, but he wanted to shore up the base, because you re continuing to see poll after poll that shows the split ticket train in georgia, republicans voted for governor brian kemp and other statewide republicans voting that they would not vote for herschel walker. his job at that the bait was to give them some confidence in the campaign. there is a sense done here in georgia that he did that. all right, greg bluestein in atlanta, thank you for joining us, appreciate that. and from one battleground state to another, let s go back to the board here. we were just talking about what was going on in georgia with walker with or not, excuse me, leading the polls there. let s go to t
commissioner bill truex, thanks so much. thank you guys. appreciate it. next hour, president biden and the first lady will head to puerto rico to meet with residents, see how they are recovering from the destructive hurricane fiona. the storm ravaged the island two weeks ago, it left much of the island without power or running water. puerto rico s health department says at least 25 deaths may be linked to that hurricane. arlette saenz is at the white house. good to have you. we re hearing that biden may announce also new infrastructure aid as part of this. is that right? reporter: yeah, poppy and jim. president biden is set to announce $60 million in infrastructure funding for puerto rico, all part of his pledge that the federal government will be there every step of the way as the recovery efforts continue. this money will be coming from that bipartisan infrastructure law that was signed earlier this year and it will include funding to help shore up levees, also strengthen flo
chains that held stead yes and debris has begun to be cleared on roads across the island. and we will continue the debris coverage. still, we have to do more. we have to ensure when the next hurricane strikes puerto rico is ready. they will help them to be better prepared for the storm. we can create a flood warning system to help shore up levies and flood walls. in addition, there is $700 million infrastructure investmentes in puerto rico that have been announced since signed the bipartisan infrastructure law. we awarded $90 million to upgrade the highway and $163 million to begin construction of the canal to restore help me the pronunciation. martin pena, the entire ecosystem. we re going to clean up polluted
to be a victory for no. it s so fascinating to see all of this laid out steve. in terms of that extra that the no side is getting, is that republicans? do we know who is creating this boost for the no vote here? in a county like meade county, again it almost has to be. donald trump got 84% of the vote here in 2020. joe biden 14.4%. i m not sure what the makeup of the electorate is in any of these given counties but when you start seeing a place like this with a known number exceeding the biden number by that much, that s not just a question of the democrats shore up that showing you that in a place like me there are some republicans, trump voting republicans who voted no on this. it s probably a good number of them. and again, that would be the case i think two in johnson