majorities and avoid the shellacking he experienced in 2010. i will speak to michigan democratic congresswoman debbie dingell about the battle for the house and cheri beasley on whether democrats can pull off a surprise in a traditionally red state. jon meacham will join me. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. we have breaking news from california where nancy pelosi s husband, 82-year-old paul pill pelosi was attacked with a hammer. he is recovering at the hospital. we are expecting a press conference late they are hour. we will bring that to you live. joining us from san francisco is nbc s jake ward and nbc news terrorist analyst jim kavanaugh. jim is a retired aft special agent in charge and hostage negotiator. first, jake, this is a violent assault with a hammer against the 82-year-old husband of the speaker in line for the succession, of course. what other details do we know? reporter: we know at this point that at 2:27 a.m., the house you see behind me h
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your busy newsday with us. president biden hits the road as we hit 12 days till election day. a handful of key senate races are a toss-up. republicans increase will go i confident about capturing the house. early voting way up, some democrats do see some hope there. plus, get this quote, security is a joke. we have some new cnn reporting shows millions of your tax dollars earmarked to protect election workers have not been spent and it leaves the people who count your votes vulnerable to threats. and donald trump sets campaign closing rallies in iowa, in pennsylvania, in ohio and in florida. his election lies echo across this year s republican campaigns, a new snub 6 a potential rival. more proof trump is thinking 2024 comeback. and now in order to make our country successful, safe and glorious again, i will probable h have to do it again but first we have to win a historic win for th
we have a 50/50 split in the u.s. senate with kamala harris breaking the tie. one seat shift could make the difference in the world. what are key states that we re watching? here are key senate races we re watching. we have wisconsin. we have georgia. we have pennsylvania. we have nevada. we have arizona. not only here and we have new hampshire. let s dive in and get an understanding of a key state. pennsylvania, the commonwealth of pennsylvania. look how tight the polling is th there. john fetterman at 47% and mehmet oz at 47% and to give you an understanding how important the pennsylvania senate race is. the democrat s chance of maintaining control, if mehmet oz wins, they have an 18% chance of holding onto the chamber. if fetterman wins, the democrats chance jump up to 70%. pennsylvania is a really key state. back to you alisyn. thank you very much. i think that would be great for our dueling panel segment. i ll take pennsylvania. set the clock for four minutes, if you w
before they head to the polls. trying times. and with control of the senate and the house both up for grabs, both parties are barnstorming the critical battleground states. let s check in with cnn s senior data reporter, harry enten. where are we on the battle for the senate? hey, alisyn. let s start off with an idea of what s at stake in this election. how close the balance of power in the united states senate was going into election night. look at this. we got a 50-50 senate right now between democrats and republicans with vice president kamala harris breaking that tie. so any one seat, any one seat shift could make all the difference in the world. so what are some key states that we re watching? here are some key senate races that we re watching. look, we ve got wisconsin. we ve got georgia. we ve got pennsylvania. we ve got nevada. we ve got arizona. not on here, also my favorite state, the place where i went to college, new hampshire is another state that we re watch
unload where the price is higher. if i buy a candidate, for 1.56, i d earn one dollar back. sites like predicted have been become a source from political insiders to gain wisdom straight from people s pockets. so what do the betting markets tell justice right now, control for the senate trading at 75 cents in the gop s favor. here on the east coast, pennsylvania s senate race heating up with dr. mehmet oz following 62 cents. following his recent debate performance, fetterman has fall ton 44 cents. the race in ohio tightens j.d. vance and tim ryan, vance is predicted to win 89 cents to ryan s 14. in georgia, fight for the entire senate could come down to raphael warnock and herschel walker. in the betting market, walker 64 cents to walker 52. if you don t want to believe the betting, a total eclipse attempting to turn the moon blood red on election day. i want to know what you think, go to smerconish.com answer the question, will republicans take control of the united states s