pouring in. the pressure is on and the gloves are off. john, obviously i wasn t clear enough for you to understand this. here s a man that spent more than $20 million of his own money to try to buy that seat. you and donald trump were the masterful covid deniers. you re poorer and less safe because of kathy hochul and extreme policies. with 13 days left, candidates from both parties are scratching, clawing for every last vote. and there s going to be a lot of votes if the pre-election day ballot numbers are any indication. let s start in pennsylvania today. democrat john fetterman and republican mehmet oz facing off in their only debate, some accommodations were made as fetterman recovers from a stroke but both candidates had some bumpy answers. cnn s jessica dean is in harrisburg for us. how are the candidates cleaning things up today? reporter: even more than cleaning up the two are zeroing in on where they think the weaknesses are for the other campaigns from l
the polls, and that will bebe nx next tuesday. make no mistake, anything can happen. we ll be talking about the results, or at leaste. some of them. one week from tonight, we ll know in most states , hopefully all states , the results. now, according to real s clear politics, their average five senate racefis and more thn two dozen house races ares within two points. soare wi think about this. this is why i m not pollyannish. this is why i don t want to create a condition where people are overly enthusiastic within two points. that s five states. now, that s the balance of power in congress, well within the margin of error. now, just a fe sw thousand votes can decide whether or not joe biden and his radical democratic socialist party will continue to have full control of your government. now, three key gubernatorial races are also within two points, including right here in the state of new york . these race s are all tight. and don t forget, in 2016, think about this. polls s
man charged with trying to kill paul pelosi and separately trying to hold nancy pelosi captive and break her knee caps told officers on the scene, this was a suicide mission. david depape was in court today in san francisco. those words are from the state s motion to detain him. cnn has obtained a copy and that s not all. we ll have more in a moment. just in, hillary clinton is speaking out for the first time about the attack. here s what she just said on msnbc. i think what we re seeing today, and it has certainly been thrown into very high relief by the horrific attack on paul pelosi, is not just an aberration where one or two people or a small group engage that in kind of violent rhetoric and urge people to take action against political figures like her, like me, like others. we re seeing a whole political party. and those who support it, those who enable it, those who run under its banner engaging in behavior that is so dangerous. and i find frankly, disqualifying for p
state s motion to detain him. cnn has obtained a copy and that s not all, he reportedly said. we will have more of the details on that in a moment. just in tonight, hillary clinton speaking out for the first time about the attack. here is what she just said on msnbc. i think what we re seeing today and it has certainly been thrown into very high relief by the horrific attack on paul pelosi is not just an aberration where one or two people, or a small group engage in that kind of violent rhetoric and urge people to take action against political figures like her, like me, like others. we are seeing a whole political party and those who support it, those who enable it, those who run under its banner, engaging in behavior that is so dangerous and i find, frankly, disqualifying for people who are running for office. i think, like, every american justice stop and think about that. this is the kind of violent rhetoric that leads to violent action, that props up authoritarians, and
please, call now, or you can go to lovesshriners.org. thank you so much for lets us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. the beat starts right now. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. you know what time it is. we re inside one week to the mid terms. the record-breaking turnout is happens. the latest numbers show more than 29 million americans have already voted, competing those trump mid terms of 2018. we re in full gear, and it s a tense backdrop for the races. there are active federal warnings about threats and attacks on poll workers and the voting process itself. we have seen records of these self-appointed poll watchers showing up in tactical gear, like that shot out of arizona. and election deniers are running for office, it s not normal. threats to lawmakers have increased tenfold over the several years over the trump era. more campaigns will turn on the question of whether candidates will honor democracy itself. these are truly unusual stak