pitch their closing messages to voters. we ll have a slew of new polling numbers to see what, if anything, is getting through. also ahead, this week s jobless claims are in. what the new numbers on of the of another interest rate hike tell us about the state of our economy. professor eddie glaude jr. and jonathan lemire are with us. and joining us, nbc news national political reporter marc caputo and republican strategist and nbc news political analyst susan del percio. it s good to have you with us this hor hour. we have new polling out this morning. a hotly contested senate race in pennsylvania, the latest emerson college the hill survey finds mehmet oz with a two-point lead over john fetterman, within the poll s 3% margin of error. 4% remain undecided. let s keep it in pennsylvania. another new poll shows last week s debate between fetterman and oz appears to have had very little impact in minds of voters. 48% of voters telling monmouth university they will definitely
brand-new cnn polls in two of the tightest races in the country. the clues and data that could determine the balance of power. also, what prosecutors call a landmark case. a mass shooting suspect pleads guilty to killing his classmates. his parents accused of giving him easy access to the guns. and republican senator, lindsey graham, getting supreme court help for now in his fight against a subpoena in a case trying to get to the bottom of election interference. welcome to the lead. we are 15 days away from the midterm elections and u.s. voters are hitting the polling booths nice and early. almost 7.3 million ballots have been cast in 39 states so far. florida and georgia, critical battlegrounds, reporting huge numbers. not so great news, complaints of voter intimidation in arizona. two armed men were seen in tactical gear according to the election department. the men left when deputies sh showed up. this afternoon, merrick garland responded to that incident with a pledge t
it is mega-maga trickle down. mega-maga trickle down, the kind of policies that failed the country before, and will fail it again. it is democratic candidates that have people s backs, when people face high costs, that is not what we re hearing from the republicans. republicans say if they can get control of house or senate, they will hold hostage things like social security and medicare. they want to be able to use these kind of levers, to blow up our economy. i think it is important when we talk about inflation, republicans will say, this is joe biden s fault. really? what do they want to do other than complain? shannon: bring in our panel olivia beavers, juan williams, and collin reed. good to see you with us. let s start with the economy, shows at the top of every poll. either in form of jobs or inflation. how do democrats handle it. they are feeling the heat. there is polling that shows about republican have about 10% advantage in terms of voters believing they
down. mega-maga trickle down, the kind of policies that failed the country before, and will fail it again. it is democratic candidates that have people s backs, when people face high costs, that is not what we re hearing from the republicans. republicans say if they can get control of house or senate, they will hold hostage things like social security and medicare. they want to be able to use these kind of levers, to blow up our economy. i think it is important when we talk about inflation, republicans will say, this is joe biden s fault. really? what do they want to do other than complain? shannon: bring in our panel olivia beavers, juan williams, and collin reed. good to see you with us. let s start with the economy, shows at the top of every poll. either in form of jobs or inflation. how do democrats handle it. they are feeling the heat. there is polling that shows about republican have about 10% advantage in terms of voters believing they can handle the economy be
exclusive interview with president biden. with under four weeks until the midterm elections. a brand new cnn poll shows that president biden s approval rating is improving. 44% of people say they approve now of the way he is handling his job as president. 56% disapprove. this is up from a low of 48% this summer. now it s higher than bill clinton and donald trump. higher than their ratings at their stage of their presidencies, but below barack obama and others. the poll shows major economic warning signs just 22% rate economic conditions of the country as good with 41% calling conditions somewhat poor, 27% saying very poor. i should note the conditions are improving. just 32% of the public approve of his handling of inflation. 36% of his handling of the economy as a whole, up from 30% this summer. half of americans say biden s policies have worsened economic conditions. 36% that they improved economic conditions. that s a slight improvement from april and may. and a majority