i ran to be mayor back in 2005 in order to fight gun violence and that s exactly what i did. working with the police and working with our community. the fraternal order of police from braddock endorsed me, because what he s saying is not true. violence skyrocketed in braddock. it wasn t in good shape when he got there it got worse when he was there. in fairness, this were no murders during the time that fetterman was mayor of braddock but violent crime was a factor. much of the criticism of fetterman comes from his role as the head of the board of pardons in pennsylvania where he recommended commutations and pardons, even convicted murderers. a lot of people that is not the way to fight violent crime. martha? jeff, thank you very much. jeff flock in philadelphia. let s watch this other moment
trades several times. he mentioned about helping bring that along, which i thought was a very good thing for him as well. martha: let s watch the response on abortion from dr. oz. there should not be involvement from the federal government in how states decide their abortion decides. i want women, doctors, political leaders leading the democracy that has allowed our nation to thrive to put the best ideas forward so states can decide for themselves. martha: so noreen, you have said you support dr. oz. in that answer, he talked about it being decided by women and their doctors and local political officials, which he s getting some blow-back for today. what did you think about the answer there? well, obviously most conservative republicans, anyone, are very, very pro life. that being said, he s also a doctor. so he very much speaks from a medical perspective. i think that s what he was doing
awhile to recover. because somebody is not finding words or stumbling over words doesn t mean that they re incapable of serving. so p.j., you put your hand halfway up. what was going through your mind as you watched him answering those questions last night? a lot, martha. number 1, as cindy said, yes, he could be capable of the job. however, my take on it is if you re going for the job of u.s. senate, you need to effectively communicate on the seventh floor. if he can t do that physically, that s a big issue. you re an undecided. a registered independent, undecided voter. did you make up your mind? it pushed me more towards oz. i haven t made the decision yet totally. what we saw last night was sad to say the least. i felt for him. i felt empathetic for him, and
moment from kathy hochul and lee zeldin debating last night. watch this. are we halfway through the debate? she s still not talked about locking up anyone committing any crimes. anyone that commits a crime under our laws, especially with the change we made to bail, has consequences. i don t know why that is so important to you. all i know is that we could do more. martha: she said i don t know why that is so important to you. we could do more. the issue of crime is an issue in new york, pennsylvania. ultimately health is the subject text of that debate. you know, if you re a democratic official like governor hochul and crime is going up under your watch, if you re the incumbent, that s a tough position to be in. pennsylvania is a more competitive state. it s a swing state. in the city of philadelphia, there s a lot of questions about larry krasner and his lack of prosecutions for some types of
john fetterman say last night that he s a steeler s fan through and through and you re in steeler s territory there. we re definitely black and gold country here. people are frustrated. people are upset. we have inflation that is running rampant here. we have energy prices that are out of control and we have crime. just yesterday, we had a shooting in broad daylight in downtown pittsburgh. although my district doesn t include the city of pittsburgh, most of the people that work in downtown pittsburgh live here in the suburbs, which this district represents. it doesn t have to be this way. i m running against a socialist that is backed by bernie sanders and aoc. this country does and need to move to the left. we need to move to the center and get things done in this country. martha: when you talk about your own background, what do you want people to understand about what has brought you to this moment? i m a little unusual. i m an electrical engineer. went to carnegie melon, a loc