politics. at this hour president biden looks to change the midterm trajectory. three weeks exactly from election day and the president promises new federal efforts to protect abortion rights but he needs democrats in charge of congress to succeed. plus, the trump tapes. cnn exclusively obtains recordings from a new audio book over the course of 20 interviews, the former president brags about his nuclear button, says he respects vladimir putin and more. and democracy is always on the ballot but this year is very different. three republicans who might win house seats were at trump s january 6th rally and a red state republican senator who tried to help trump hold power takes heat at a campaign debate. any moment now we will hear directly from the president of the united states. his goal today, to shake up the final three weeks of the midterm campaign by focusing on abortion rights. the president s remark, we are told, will include a new promise to open next year with legislati
nancy pelosi, one on one, just three weeks before election day. republicans regain momentum over concerns about inflation and crime. can the speaker and the democrats hold on to the house? also this hour, president biden trying to reignite outrage over the supreme court decision overturning roe v. wade. why is he waiting until after the election to propose protecting abortion rights nationwide? russia hammering ukraine, knocking out power, hitting civilian targets. will their terror campaign weaken western resolve? good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. a critical moment for democrats as gas climbed 20 cents in the last month and a new polling shows republicans gaining the edge in the generic ballot as the economy and inflation become the dominant concerns for voters. a growing portion of the electorate, include something democrats and independents, say they will vote for election deniers if they like their stance on other issues. joining me now to discu
republican bits abortion to a state that allows it and protect the privacy of sensitive health energies preventing states from tracking women who are seeking help because that s what some will do. but as i said when the dobbs decision, we re fighting a battle in the courts, but as i said in the dobbs decision, i want to repeat it again, the only sure way to stop these extremist laws that are put in jeopardy women s health and rights is for congress to pass a law. and i ve said before [ applause ] the court got roe right nearly 50 years ago and i believe congress should codify roe once and for all. [ cheers and applause ] right now, we re short a handful of votes. if you care about the right to choose you got to vote. that s why in these midterm elections are so critical to elect more democratic senators to the united states senate and more democrats to keep control of the house of representatives. [ applause ]
woman s right to travel from a state that prohibits abortion to a state that allows it, and to protect the privacy of sensitive health information preventing states from tracking women who are seeking help, because that s what some will do. but as i said when the dobbs decision we re fighting a battle in the courts. as i said in the dobbs decision, i want to repeat it again, the only sure way to stop these extremist laws that are putting in jeopardy women s rights and health, to put it into law. we should codify roe once and for all. right now we re short a handful of votes. if you care about the right to choose, then you have to vote. that s why in these midterm elections they re so critical, more democratic senators elected to the senate and more democrats
joining us now is the legal coordinator for the feminist majority foundation. thank you for being here. can you describe the levels of intimidation and types of intimidation abortion providers across the country are getting? we have seen everything from a group of extremists outside tracking women who arrive at the clinic, videotaping them, tracking their license plates, writing them down, to call for large events that gather out of state anti-abortion extremists and have them come in and have large events in mobs outside the facilities where their interfere with entrances and exists, blocking traffic, causing a cacophony outside, to outside