well, i would separate the ad, came from a far left progressive group from interviewing people who live in austin and i think there are a lot of democrats, they look to the alternative, would happily check that box and vote for joe biden again but are saying we could do better and we talked about this on the 5 and your show as well that the messaging had to be better for the white house by the economy, and it s tough out there, inflation was causing people a lot of distress. gas prices have come down a lot but that was terrible, especially for people who had to rely on their cars to get to and from work, truckers, the price of diesel, etc. so there is room to grow and room to improve but i don t see any reason why joe biden shouldn t be the candidate. the midterm elections are not the presidential election. i think he ll have a hard time navigating a presidential race, most gave him an f, economy is
i talk about it on the 5 constantly. third wave shared the memo, what may be for your party, jessica, if the democrats manage to hold on to the house and senate, which is not a likely s scenario, if the brand problem persists democrats will face an uphill climb in 2024 and beyond, katie. after the dobbs decision, democrats thought they had something to run on. look at the culmination of polling, republicans and independents kept focusing on the economy and inflation but democrats made a hard turn toward abortion and never made the pivot back. and when this was an issue on the campaign trail after labor day when people start paying attention to elections, the question about abortion was asked, and it was democrats did not have any answers on limits on abortion. when 70% of the country believes in the 15-week limit, an answer a lot of republican candidates gave. the other issues that democrats
next we re going to hear from piers morgan. he 5 ever present on social media. he was on tv a lot too until he stormed off good morning britian in a row over meghan markle. well he s making a come back on our tv screens. he s at the centre of a new network, talk tv which is being launched by rupert murdoch on monday. piers morgan s new show is also available on fox nation in the us and sky news australia. and there are columns for the sun and the new york post, as well as a book deal. so the world s going to be gettng a lot more of piers morgan. ros atkins has been speaking to him for radio 4 s the media show. you ve talked about the importance of your show to democracy in its own way, upholding certain values. but doesn t democracy in some ways rest on all of us having facts, on us all having good information?
this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the uk bans travellers from six african countries over concerns about a rapidly spreading new coronavirus variant. borisjohnson calls on france to take back all migrants who cross to the uk before there are any further deaths. well, if you haven t guessed ? sister sledge, david bowie, madonna ? all three were produced by the brilliant musician nile rodgers. he 5 also responsible for many of the hits from diana ross, duran duran, inxs, daft punk?and he co founded the 70s band chic. he s decided to auction most of his guitars ? along with cars and other personal possessions to raise money for his foundation which mentors hundreds of talented teenagers around the world. 0ur media editor amol rajan has caught up with him in london.