top of the hour on cnn newsroom. so good to have you. i m victor black well. i m bianna. less than two weeks until election day and new twists may shake up some key races. in georgia where the tied u.s. senate race could determine which party will have future control, republican candidate herschel walker is facing a second allegation that he paid for an ex-girlfriend s abortion. walker is calling this a lie. the unnamed woman says she is an independent who voted for donald trump and was walker s mistress in the early 90s. he has taken the position that he is, quote, about life, end quote, and against abortion under any circumstances when, in fact, he pressured me to have an abortion and personally ensured that it occurred by driving me to the clinic and paying for it. and in arizona, phoenix police say they ve made an arrest at a democratic candidate s headquarters specifically here, we re talking about the campaign office of ka ka katie hobbs, the democratic nominee
can t have your cake and eat it, too. so there may be a rude awakening now that the special master is on the job. you might have heard me say this if you follow our coverage. there was a procedural step that the trump folks got that did slow things down, and they wanted that. the procedure is not how you win. it s not how you get out of the clear. it just is a step, a process, and now that they have to deal with this actually judge and deal with a special master and deal with what is a fact based court system, now they re having trouble. in florida, you have a chaotic start. bloomberg reported many people who dialed in did not mute their phones. bloomberg calling it a descent into chaos. people screaming at people to mute, and then someone saying, god bless america. today s hearing comes on the heal of trump s attorneys pushing back on the special master they sought and demanded, which is, if you declassify stuff, and that could be a valid defense if true, well, which things
america. the countdown to election day november 85 days from now. the president laser focused on that, not on the issues voters have been saying they care about. instead here is what and whom the president says is public enemy number one. president biden: you know, american democracy is under attack because the defeated former president of the united states refuses to accept the results of the 2020 election. it is estimated that the more than 300 election deniers on the ballot all across america this year. we can t ignore the impact this is having on our country. it is damaging. harris: from the president of the united states and republicans with this. i thought it was pathetic and divisive. not one word how to secure a broken border or lower gas prices as president. how i m going to challenge rampant crime. how i will make us energy independent. it was about half the country being political terrorists. it is not going to work. harris: that takes deplorable to a whol
protecting our democracy. the president is expected to address threats from maga republican election deniers to not accept the result thofs year s vote. and the growing embrace of political violence in the aftermath of the hammer attack on house speaker pelosi s 82-year-old husband. joining me for the hour are jen saki, matthew dowd and david plus. jen i start with you. you ve been talking to white house officials. what should we expect to hear from the president? joy, it s six days until the election and this is the big closing argument for the president. there he s doing this because at this point it sless about convincing people that you have a better plan. it s about lighting a fire under those democrats and people who are going to support democratic candidates to get them out. the other piece they are focused on is saying to democratics and other people voting for candidates hang with us. it may be a long week. it may take time to count the votes but stick with us and