more than a dozen states. that includes some of the most critical battlegrounds on the board, pennsylvania, florida, wisconsin, just over the last couple of days, ohio, arizona, and a georgia early voting set to begin this coming monday. it is the peach state where we start tonight with our breaking news. a head to head televised showdown this evening between democratic senator raphael warnock, and his republican challenger, herschel walker. all year, the georgia senate race has been one of the most closely watched in the country, but that has been even more true that ever over the last ten days. it began with that reporting first from the daily beast by the new york times, that walker had pushed for and paid for his then girlfriend to have an abortion in 2009, a charge that walker has denied. since that reporting, this has become the question when it comes to the battle for control of the senate. will it cost walker the voters? if it does, will it cost republicans a seat the
59 minutes, 38 seconds and counting until the first polls close on election night. thank you so much for joining us for this election count down and here is what is going to be happening, every friday night from now until election day we are going to be right here, at this hour at this board, bringing you the latest in polling, the latest data, the latest on the ground reporting and expert analysis as we draw near one of the most anticipated midterm elections in modern memory. that s going to be november the 8th. already, voting started in more than a dozen states. that includes some of the most critical battlegrounds on the board, pennsylvania, florida, wisconsin, just over the last couple of days, ohio, arizona, and a georgia early voting set to begin this coming monday. it is the peach state where we start tonight with our breaking news. a head to head televised showdown this evening between democratic senator raphael warnock, and his republican challenger, herschel walker
elliott, let s talk about these documents. these are the same documents that meadows turned over to the january 6th select committee. what is the significance of them now being shared with the doj? what s the big picture view here? yeah, i think the big picture view, don, is number one, most people actually comply with subpoenas. so much focus has been on who hasn t been complying. at the end of the day, there s a tremendous risk that someone takes by not doing so. i don t know what mark meadows calculation was here, but clearly, the risk of prosecution is pretty great. by not complain. big picture, think about all of the things that text messages to and from mark meadows could provide evidence of help support. obviously, there is the white house s response to violence on the day of january 6th. that certainly the most obvious. then there s the questions of how congress was itself obstructed. as a governmental body or is congress itself. and certainly, questions may have co
critical issues like taiwan and uk. a surprise among democrats to lower drug prices and address climate change. we re going to discuss with democratic senator brian schatz from hawaii. also new this hour, a u.s. prisoner swap proposal to bring wnba brittney griner and businessman paul whelan home from russia. what moscow is saying, ahead. we begin this hour with the state of the american economy. a short time ago the government reported economic activity fell by 0.9% between april and june. that s the second straight quarter it has fallen. moments ago president biden issued a statement on the report saying, in part, it s no surprise the economy is slowing down as the federal reserve acts to bring down inflation. but even as we face historic global challenges, we are on the right path and we will come through this transition stronger and more secure. also this morning, we learned that 256,000 people filed first-time unemployment claims last week. that s a slight decrease
rating. i can tell you, royalty or not, you would pain for such numbers. the queen won t be attending a service of thanksgiving amid some discomfort we re told during this platinum jubilee. it will not get in the way of what they re saying will be a number of events prescheduled and will go into the evening, including this beacon, series of beacons being lit throughout the day and the evening. it s about 9:00, 10:00 p.m. there, i should say. we ll be monitoring this. martha maccallum will be joining us to give us a sense of the flavor of this and what is in store the next few days. in the meantime, developments close to home look a little bit diceyer and murkier. the back and forth of the administration and how to address inflation that is running amuck. gas prices hit another record high. talk that there could be a shakeup within the administration. they re officially denying it, but we re watching it nevertheless amid over who is responsible for the inflation run up that wa