values. she said she will lower tax, she will grow business that way, there will be personal responsibility for the people of this country. she faces daunting challenges, not the least the rising energy costs. she said there will be a statement from her how she s going to tackle that. she s widely expected to lower taxes, to borrow money, to cap the cost of rising energy prices to try to keep control of inflation in the country. and she thinks that way she ll be able to grow businesses in her country. she needs to rebuild the party, the health service, all need a lot of attention. then the war in europe. she has a very bad relationship with russia right now. she visited moscow just before the war earlier on in the year. then there s more than ireland, brexit, the northern ireland protocols and the relationship with president biden s administration at the white house. she is expected to be tough on those brexit issues which could bring her into a little difficulty with preside
good morning. i m erica hill in for jim and poppy today. welcome to a holiday edition of newsroom. we re following several stories on this labor day of the right now in canada, a major manhunt under way after at least ten people were killed, up to 25 stabbed in all. a heinous murder spree covering more than a dozen crime scenes. officials are warning the two suspects are on the run. they should be considered armed and dangerous. following that story for you, we re keeping a very busy eye on the campaign trail here in the u.s. minutes from now president biden will depart for a pair of major events in two critical battleground states, wisconsin and back to pennsylvania. the president set to speak to american workers in milwaukee later today and then it s off to pittsburgh where we ll speak with a group of steel workers. the trip, of course, coming just days after pieden s predecessors told pennsylvanians that the current president quote is an enemy of the state. let s begin i
republican governor glenn youngkin saw him win the blue state by campaigning on the cultural divide on education. she s borrowing from his playbook. we think you should know what schoolbooks are in your library and what the class syllabus is, too. reporter: whitmer has learned, too. i ve created a parent advisory council. it s important not to be disconnected but to really empower parents. reporter: michigan s governor became a national figure during the pandemic. her decisions on closures and masks were not always popular. we heard that back at the michigan state fair. what do you think of governor whitmer? i think she s done a bad job, especially with covid situation shutting the state down. reporter: and yet do you like tudor dixon? yeah, i did, everything except the abortion issue that it seems like she s you ve got to be more liberal with that abortion situation. reporter: voters in a crucial battleground state up in the air as summer comes to a close.
self-described republicans, who say, i m not comfortable with somebody as strident as tudor dixon appears to be on abortion, that is very, very telling for the national issue. and in a state like michigan, if abortion is literally on the ballot with a referendum, that could make a huge difference, maybe like it did in kansas. fascinating. dana, thank you for that. next we ll be joined by two of the brave female photo journalists from cnn who braved the front lines of war. along with cnn chief international anchor christiane amanpour. that s next.
michigan state fair. what do you think of governor whitmer? i think these done a bad job, especially with the covid situation. reporter: and yet? do you like tudor dixon. i did, everything except the abortion issue. it seems like she s you got to be more liberal with that abortion situation. reporter: voters in a crucial battleground state up in the air as summer comes to a close. fascinating to see what republicans there think about abortion. those folks you spoke with, though, will they vote on that issue? they re not sure. they want to hear more from the republican candidate, tudor dixon, who has basically let gretchen whitmer fill a vacuum and define her on the abortion issue. what has been fascinating in spending time there, you picked up on it right away, is you hear national democrats say, abortion will be a motivating issue. the fact that i talked to a handful of republicans,