Allison and b a. D al jazeera condo to columbia. Ah, this is al jazeera, these, your top stories, the International Monetary fund is painting a blink picture of the Global Economy. Am at the war in ukraine, and the cost of living crisis. Grateful cost for next year has been cut. The 2023 slow down will be broad based with countries accounting for a 3rd of the Global Economy expected the contract this year, or next, the 3 largest economies, the United States, china, and the your area will continue to stall. In short, the worst is yet to come, and for many people, 2023 will feel like a recession. Us President Joe BidenAdministration Says its reevaluating washingtons relationship with saudi arabia. It comes off to the saudi led opec plus group, which includes russia, ignored us opposition, and decided to come will, which will raise prices from the beginning of the Administration Since taking office to prison has been very clear that United States need to need a different sort of relationship with saudi arabia, he has said that from very early on. And i have said this last week when opec made the decision to align their Energy Policy with russias war and war aims and against the american people. Further underscore is that reasoning to realign that relationship to reevaluate that relationship with saudi arabia. We are reviewing where we are currently right now and will be watching closely over the coming weeks and months as well. Russia continued to launch missiles at several regions of ukraine, including the se in city of operation. Ukrainian official say at least one person was killed of the 12 myself, has the city on tuesday. Thats friday. Forces have been deployed near the illegal settlement of Chavez Sherman on in the occupied west. Bank of the soldier was shot dead on tuesday. The palestinian arm degree lyons den has claimed responsibility for the attack. Historic agreement has been reached between lebanon, israel, on a disputed maritime border. The patch was broken by the us and base. Id say it satisfies or effect require. I guess theres a headline since i started coming up next. A the battle for the u. S. Congress in a month from now, democrats and republicans will fight for control of legislative power. So whats at stake this time in the u. S. Mid term election . And is joe biden in danger of becoming a lame duck president . This is inside story. Ah hello, welcome to the program. Im hasnt speaker. In less than a months time voters in the United States will head to the polls for mid term elections that will determine the makeup of the next congress. That means theyll determine President Joe Bidens chances of getting new policies passed or whether the republicans were gaining ability to block most of what he wants to do. At the moment, a division in the control of Congress Seems likely forecasts suggest democrats are likely to lose the house and keep the senate late this year. And with an electric sharply divided, the states could not be greater. The economy, immigration, and Climate Change are high on voters minds. Last week, marches were held in several u. S. Cities in support of reproductive rights. Another big issue organizes urging people to vote in next months midterm elections for politicians who support the right to abortion. Thats after the u. S. Supreme court overturned the long standing constitutional right to an abortion earlier this year. Lets take a look at what is at stake in the midterms. All 435 seats in the us house of representatives will be contested. About one 3rd in the 100 member, u. S. Senate are off the grass. And so our governor ships, state legislatures, local councils, and School Boards around the country. The Democratic Party holds slim majorities in both the house and the senate for the bill to pass. It needs the approval of both chambers. So control of congress is critical to get legislation through in the United States. And early voting has already begun in some states. The nor i, lets bring an, i guess now to talk more about this or from the United States from burlington vermont shed. Hassan is a Democratic Political strategist from right, new hampshire. Shannon adler is a political commentator and host of the shannon shop. And joining us from arlington, Virginia James davis, a republican strategist, and founder and president of touchdown strategies. Good to have you with us shanna adler, if i could start with you. And now midterms traditionally dont generate as much interest among voters in the us as president ial elections. But this time around it seems to be different. There does seem to be a lot more engagement talk to us about about why that is and whats at stake in this election. Thats right. Historically, the mid term elections are kind of a rating news or half of the electorate votes for the president ial election and even left boat during mid term. A midterm is kind of a referendum on how a sitting president doing. Its in the middle of a term and the fact that were having a conversation a month out from a mid term, not a president ial election, is Proof Positive that this is things are different this time around. And not only that, and usually when youre talking about mid term, the story peg is what are the poll setting like that kind of the sexiest thing that you can sort of begin the conversation with and that is listed at this time around. I mean, there are so many big issues and it is highly unusual for mid term elections become such a Huge National and International Story that were even having a conversation this prove that james davis and i shannon touched on this a little bit. But to what extent is this a referendum on, on president bidens chairman office so far . You know, i think thats part of it. But these races are just as much about local dynamics as they are about washington and the binding ministrations, policies. But make no mistake. The by the ministrations, policies are laying democrats down, looking at 2 issues that are primarily driving motors today. Thats inflation. Theres a lot of uncertainty in this economy. Costs are rising significantly, and theyre outpacing wages significantly. And then the 2nd is a rise and violent problem that weve seen across many communities in the country. And i will the labor that a little bit though, because while these are National Issues and while National Narratives have driven a part of this, theres some local dynamics that play that are very different. So if you look at a state like georgia, georgia inflation is actually hitting state flight, georgia, harder because it has the disparate impact, low cost of living states. And so you see that its going to have a big impact, particularly outside of atlanta. And then you see of made a major rise in Violent Crime in atlanta. Youre actually 3 times more likely to be impacted by borrowing crime. Why not in your, in chicago, these are terrible, terrible numbers. You have a governors race there where, you know, the governor has done many smarter crime policies and been a good criminal Justice Reform advocates formerly states. The abrams was more on less defined the police and now shes attacking him for being soft on crime. You dont see that in a lot of places around the country. Are shad hassan . I know you probably want to get your take on on some what youve heard there, but i want to ask you as well about the whole issue of abortion. Something we mentioned at the top there and how this is become a lightning rod for many traditional democrats and women because of that Supreme Court decision. How much is that going to going to galvanized people as well . How much it is the most galvanizing issue of this election . Democrats are running on rights and freedoms, and top of which is our right to decide whether or when to start a family. If you take a look at what voters are doing, whats motivating them. Youve seen a huge and unprecedented spike, and the number of voters registering to vote for the 1st time, mostly led by young women. And thats true in all 50 of our states. So were, and thats something thats hard for the poles to measure or, or, or sort of predict for us. The same thing is true with pulling the same thing. Thats true with individual fundraising. What were seeing is an unprecedented amount of enthusiasm. Led by this issue, which are polling says is one of the best, if not one of the, not the highest salience issue. Thats out there. Literally. Yesterday, as you mentioned, we had rallies. And again, in all 50 states, supporting reproductive rights here. This is more than just a simple referendum. This is a crossroads with donald trump. Again, inserting himself in this and this election cycle. Voters see that they have a choice of going backwards with the repealing of their rights or Going Forward with some of the policies that weve had that help students pay off their loans. How people cap, medical prescription prices. These are popular policies and you see that in bidens on pulling is, is been going up and its motivating. It is driving voters to cast or ballast registered to vote. Give small contributions. Thats why were seeing such an unusual midterm. This time around, democrats are highly unusually motivated in an a mid term election. Were really, its really a contest between how much each side can motivated space. So for us, for democrats, its looking much better than usual. And james davis, let me turn back to you. I want to ask you about this whole issue of respecting the demo, i think process and they did the, the results of the election. A majority, according to the washington post, a majority of republican nominee on the ballot in this november for not just the house and senate, but also some key statewide offices. 201909 in all have to denied or question the outcome of the last president ial election. Is that something that should concern all americans when they go to the polls . I think that if you look back, you know, 1st you have Hillary Clinton refused to accept the outcome of the election. Weve seen this from republicans and democrats. Unfortunately, were talking about ga earlier. Stacy abrams refuse to accept the outcome of the election. And so this is a, this is a real problem in american politics and i dont think it has partisan been one way or another. The civil truth is, as americans, we all need to come together and develop a process that can be fair and that people, and particularly voters can, can have trusted. So i completely believe that this is something that we should take off the table as part of an issue in court. Put together republicans and democrats, the unify, around some solutions. I would just to pick up on a couple of things. You said there, you said Hillary Clinton refused to accept the results of the 2016. She gave her concession speech and that election the next day. And as i said at the beginning of this question, all of the report or the 299 that i mentioned, all of them are republicans who have either at denied or questioned the outcome of the 2020 election. How problematic is that for republicans in terms of political, how problematic it is . I dont think its politically problematic. I dont think that most americans are really go vote based on that or not. But, you know, when you, if you do express, you know, concerned around legitimacy of voting, you have to wonder if thats going to impact your own turn out. And so, you know, i think that it would be wise for republicans and democrats to really focus on the issues themselves and then for the congress to come together and solve some of the changes, some of the, some of the problems and address. Ready issues with bugger integrity so that americans can have more faith in electron outcomes. All right, shannon ad let me tell you on this. To what extent then is from what youve seen is the whole issue of democracy at stake here and in the midterm elections. Im glad you pass the baton to me. Im that 299. G o p folks who are running for office jones except the president biden. One is a significant, significant thing to look at and when people arent really talking about are the secretary of state elections, dont. Those dont usually get generated much pressed as much, but as house senate wanted her election, but those are really critically important. And then a lot of states, its the secretary of states who certify election results. So in michigan, arizona, nevada, youve got folks reading for secretary of state who have made a clear that they do not accept that by the one and that they will ship the skill so to speak, perhaps in the future. And that is thats just not getting a lot of coverage and quite frankly, as i speak for myself, i only speak for myself as an american we, we are nothing. If we do not have democratic elections, there are things that both parties do that absolutely eat away at the core of democracy, whether its the gazillion of millions spent on every election. In fact, over 250000000. 00 has been spent thus far. Just on the Senate Campaign in ohio and tend to be alone each us president ial election cost about a 1000000000. 00. So think about, i mean, thats the debt of many countries around the world and thats just with century its mind boggling. Secondly, you yes, yes, we have gerrymandering and redistricting where we literally kind of draw a map. Its like shooting fish in a barrel. Its it done all the time. She sort of to solidify a district for a particular representative be their democratic republicans. My point is, these things are deeply problematic, but they are nothing compared to if we do not have, if we do not trust in the outcomes of our elections, i, i the country that i grew up in kind of ceases to exist. When that happens, if its enormous, i said half an hour, you know, i know you mentioned earlier about abortion being a being a major issue for people on the left. But this, this whole issue of, of recognizing the results of the election and what shannon was talking about there about the whole concept of democracy itself. This is something that is also motivated a lot of people on the left to want to vote in these in these elections. Thats correct. Democracy is absolutely on the ballot this mid term election, which is an unusual thing to say. But we live in unusual political times and there is no equivalence to be drawn between what the trump republicans are claiming, and campaigning on, and what most americans believe in having a fair open and honest election. This is a, this has not Just National implications, but as, as weve been talking about, also has local state election. Most of our elections are administered on the state and local level. And thats why it is in fact so important. Youre right to talk about secretary of states and governors. Many of them, again, are running on a platform of election denial. This, there isnt an equivalent on the other side, and that is why it is so important for all of us. This is true on a, on even on a sort of a basic level, you see one side, the republican side, also acting to banned books and libraries at a very local level. And then denying elections on a national level. When we see the stakes are high, that its about our rights and freedoms. All of that is on the ballot this time around. And that is why there is so much interest to this time around. Or lets Say Something we havent talked about much so far. But it is, it is very much an issue in these midterms as well. And thats the whole issue of the u. S. Economy. James davis. How much of this is going to be on, on voters minds as they go to the pulse can particularly with, with the challenges of high inflation and jobs and so on, in many predictions, about recession coming next year. And all of that, i think that this is the easily, the number one issue and the election people vote with, you know, based off of how theyre doing. Are they doing better than they did previously. Ringback and, and quite frankly, with the rising gas prices and energy costs, food costs. I mean, weve seen just massive inflation overall. And wages are staying pretty stagnate, irregular relatively, and we have a kind of a unique Housing Market now where we were going through a nice boon for such a long period of time. And it certainly is getting a lot of people, some, some real concern. Now, if youre about to retire, youre thinking about retiring or you were thinking about retiring, you probably not thinking about retiring anymore. When you look at your 41, k, i mean people have tried to do the right thing and put money away to, you know, to, to be able to retire and to be able to kind of live out the last years of their lives. And unfortunately, one way spending as continue to drive insulation, i mean, were over 31. 00 trillion dollars in debt. I mean, this is a very significant marker. We cannot keep spinning at this, right . And then, you know, we want to throw away political kind of tools. You know, college loan forgiveness, which disproportionately impact people who went to college and reasonably have a higher paying job at this point. And so weve got to stop with all the reckless spending Shannon Adler, regardless of how the economy is, is progressing and who, who is in charge. It is the Current Administration thats going to continue to be blamed for it or take the credit for it. Is that, is that not the case . In fact, i was one of those that student loan that didnt, that was, you know, affected by it. And i think thats now been rescinded by the administration. Certain folks no longer qualified. 9 i think many who are watching myself included took their sweet time pain down the student loan sort of hoping they would. They would, they would go away, but they have not i, i, economy is always a big issue. Thats just till now until