top concerns. president biden speaking last night in california, 150 miles from the border with mexico, by the way, which he has visited exactly we re counting 0 times. no mention of the crisis there. he also ignored the reality of surging crime rates and resorted to his familiar blame game on gas prices, which are on the rise yet again. biden also touted economic progress despite yesterday s brutal inflation report. the last one before the vote. ouch. prices up 8.2% still at a 40-year high. and the president seems to be keenly aware that it is a very big problem for his party. president biden: we ve got an election in a month. voters have to decide, democrats are working to bring down the cost of things and let s talk about around the kitchen table from prescription drugs to health insurance and energy bills and more. republicans win the inflation will get worse. working folks are losing big time. their wages are rising but inflation is rising more. this continues to be
rises to 66% and for trump voters, 98%. these are mostly self-inflicted wounds. sensationalism and serious mistakes have decimated public trust in the press especially on the right. now, for some pokes in this hyperpolarized era, threat to democracy may be a pox city for i just don t like the media or i think they re ooh nice to the other side. and the trump-style press-bashing has taken its toll. i m not going to sugar coat it, we have lost our role as a fair umpire of political disputes. the gaps want to throw us off the field. even the fact checkers believe it s partisan. i hate that so many americans now view my profession as a threat to them can crass, but i can t say i m shocked. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. howard: one sign just over two to weeks before the midterms that the election is moving in the republicans direction is that even liberal pundits and news outlets are conceding the point. the party of woke scolds and gender studies grads knockou
house, but let s start with alexandria hoff who s tracking the races in three key swing states. reporter: hi, mike. let s start in pennsylvania, dre once-sizable lead that john fetterman once held. on tuesday the two are going to hold their first and only debate putting fetterman s health in focus. he spoke earlier today. you know, we had a stroke back in may. and it really [inaudible conversations] and despite all that, i survived to be back. reporter: fetterman will be relying on closed captions during the debate. oz has questioned whether fetterman is well enough to perform job and will likely have to appear not insensitive on stage. another toss-up, georgia s senate race where senator raphael warnock is facing off against republican candidate herschel walker. this week former president obama will rally support for warnock and for stacey abrams. the former president will also head to detroit to campaign for governor gretchen whitmer who leads tudor dixon although b
unpredictable, consequential events and passionate issues that caused the political football to bounce, the one big question remains. who s going to win? history would suggest that the incumbent president and his party will lose their majority in the house, especially with president biden s overall job approval number among likely voters at just 39%. when you look at strong approval and strong disapproval, signs of passion, you see the real trouble for democrats. 18% strongly approve of the job joe biden is doing. two and a half times that number, 45% strongly disapprove. yet the numbers are still too close to say it s a done deal. cnn s latest projection map of the house races has 18 labeled toss-up, which means it s still possible for democrats to control the house of representatives. the conventional wisdom is that republicans will take control. and in the senate, according to cnn, it s 49 republican, 48 democrat with three toss-up. according to real clear politics, the mo
conversation with someone from your medical team to interview your physician. you ve declined those requests. why? i feel like we have been very transparent in a lot of different ways. when our doctor has already given a letter saying that i m able to serve and to be running. dana: james freeman from the wall street journal ahead with reaction but bryan llenas is live in the newsroom. the nbc reporter said during small talk before the interview without the use of closed captioning it was not clear whether john fetterman understood their conversation. when pressed as to why he has not released his medical records fetterman pointed to his campaign schedule. being in front of thousands and thousands of people and having interviews and getting around all across pennsylvania, that gives everybody and the voters decide if they think that it s really the issue. the pittsburgh post-gazette in washington post editorial boards have called on both candidates to release t