Im told mccrae in doha. These are the top stories on al jazeera. You, as President Joe Biden says the midterm elections will be a defining moment for the fight of americas democracy. Biden addressed to democratic railey and pennsylvania. Hes been campaigning with form of president brock obama. Vote his head to the polls on tuesday. Raw folks, 3 day, 3 day. Until one of the most important election. One of the board elections in our life time is good of shape. The outcomes are going to shape our country for decades. The gum and the power to shape that outcome is in your hands. Its a choice, a choice between 2 vastly different bridges of america. Vastly different or former President Donald Trump has been campaigning for Republican Senate candidates minute ahls. He took aim at top democrats, under vine Pelosi Schumer and the radical democratic congress. Your commonwealth is being totally destroyed. Our country is being destroyed, biden. And the far left lunatics are waging war on pennsylvania, energy, crashing pennsylvania jobs, gutting, pennsylvania communities and strangling pennsylvania families with soaring prices like youve never seen before. Helen fisher has more on trans possible reasons for backing certain candidates. He believes that the republicans will do him a huge favor if they win the house in that they will stop the january 6th investigation. And its only 24 hours ago that we were talking about at his legal, tim, ignoring subpoenas for documents and the fact that he was due to testify in the coming weeks there as well. So he would like to see a republican majority. Iran has admitted to supplying russia with drones that are being used to hit ukraine. But it says they were delivered before the invasion began. You cranes, president has accused of lying about how many drones it sent to russia. Moscow is demanding evidence that iranian trons we used in the conflict. Meanwhile, jim and chancellor le schoultz says, russia must declare that it wont use Nuclear Weapons in ukraine. Their mac wants which for east of life, and we are not kidding ourselves. Russia is and remains a great military power, and russia has Nuclear Weapons, and that is precisely why it is very, very important that we say no. It is not allowed. It is unacceptable to use Nuclear Weapons. And this complet recall on russia to clearly state that it will not do this. That would be a limit that must not be crossed, that north korea has been accused of launching for Ballistic Missiles on saturday. The latest in a series this week. North korea is launches coincided with joint military exercises between the us and south korea. The allied to drills involved around 240. 00 military aircraft. Tony ching has more now from sol. Its clearly a reaction to, to the escalation weve seen initially with the north korean Ballistic Missile tests. Then the escalation over these military exercises aerial military exercises, which have been happening over the last few days. I think the hope is now that the, the south African American area exercise is finished. That might bring an end to what weve seen as a, quite an escalation of test tensions in the region. But we remains to be seen. I think some military analysts here and solar are expecting further developments from north korea in the next couple of days. Pakistans Prime Minister has rejected them run cons, accusations, the government figures were involved in the attempt to assassinate him, shall sharif, says, the former leader is damaging the country with cheap conspiracies. Sharif also pledged to resign if theres evidence he was behind the attack and protest isnt gonna capital calling for the president to step down. So ring inflation has squeezed families, budgets. President s, no, not a cooper. Auto has been hoping to get support from the International Monetary funds. Well, those are the headlines. The news continues here on al jazeera after the bottom line up next. Oh ok. Hi, im Steve Clements and i have a question which just a few days left before the mid term elections. Will americans decide to punish the democrats or the republicans . Lets get to the bottom line. Ah. Every 2 years americans get their chance to clean up all 435 elected members of congress and start all over again. But most of the time they just reelect the same folks, but some races while theyre genuinely competitive and every cycle bring some fresh spaces. What could really shake things up . The next week is the party that controls the most seats in the house of representatives. 2 years ago at lean democrat, this time, most polls are pointing to a republican read wave taking over the senate. Well, thats been evenly split and both parties are working hard to flip a handful of seats in their favor. Even flipping one seed for either party makes a huge difference for president biden. Well, its sort of a referendum on his popularity, which is not so hot right now. If his party loses control of either house of congress, the senate, or the house, itll make it almost impossible for him to pursue his agenda anymore. Republicans are focusing on inflation crime and immigration democrats, on abortion rights, donald trump, and a functioning democracy. So whatll it be to day were talking with grover norquist, a long time republican activist who founded americans for tax reform, which argues for smaller government. And amy, daisy, a veteran, democratic activists who was the c e o of the Democratic National committee. During the 2016 election and currently had the signed institute a policy in politics at american university. Thank you both for joining me. Let me just start out with you, amy. Say, you know where few days away from this one. I want our watchers to get a feel for is whats on the dashboard of the voter day. What. What do you see . And weve got republicans and democrats, we also have, frankly, a lot of independents that are out there. But what do you think are the big drivers right now . The passions, the anxieties that americans are feeling right . This is crunch time for anybody whos an operative and done the 7 days out. We have had 23. Many people already vote early vote, so that small group that were, you know, everybodys trying to scare scramble to on election days. Important. So, you know, in these key races, i think a lot of its turn out, i mean to have 2 former president s and a current president all go to the same state to try and make sure that as many of their voters are getting out is important. And this is the time where, you know, these candidates are making their last minute please to say were, im the answer. Im, you know, on these issues on the things you care about. Im the solution for some of your biggest problems today. And so this is whats happening now. Theyre small, its smaller than you would think. Like you mentioned at a 4345 races in the house. Really, the only have 30 districts, you know, in place be a lot about our democracy. And you know, you know, the competitiveness across the country, but you know, i think as you said, its about, listen its, its not just the issues that matter. Its issues that motivate, i think, all issue matter. I dont think democrats dont care about the economy or dont care about inflation. Its whats going to motivate them and get them to the polls. And this is what candidates their teams and their you know, people on the ground or trying to figure out in these final dates. Grover, i paid a lot of attention to polls. Maybe i shouldnt have posters rock so wrong. But one of the things i look at is that, you know, weekly or monthly, you see things rise for a while. It was a Supreme Court decision on abortion really dented this country. Now you see inflation, the costs of just surviving and gas at the pump. Food at the Grocery Store is certainly an economic anxiety crime. The border and im just interested, as you talk, not just to the people you know out there. But as you kind of take us back, cuz i know youre both, youre, were all junkies for this stuff. What do you think right now . Are the passions that are driving a lot of americans that will be defining in this election, Political Parties and consultants, and the establishment press, all like to think that they can shape the conversation. And there been efforts early on there was an after say this is all about roe v wade. And that lasted until it was and for our, for our audience will be what it is, abortion. Yes. The abortion issue. Whether the sprint, whether abortion be dealt with at the state level or through the courts. And so there was an effort to make that the issue and that the challenges when people walk buyer drive by the gas station, or many gas stations every day. Its like a paid political advertisement to say, biden, and the democrats brought you higher gasoline prices before them. It was someplace else. And the same thing with inflation in general when you go to the Grocery Store. So you have an effort by the republicans who might wanna, wed like this to be about this for the democrats about that. The rise and crime which has been taking place across the country, the day to day assault of inflation, wages growing slower than inflation and the collapse of peoples life savings. And for when kazan irish, those have forced themselves on to the agenda. Even though smart people go will, you should care about this or the presses you should be obsessed with us. People make up their own mind and those issues that matter are cutting against the deis this time. And thats the challenge that headwinds, the democrats face. Can i ask you a question though, grover about the gas price issue, and i thought about it is the question of, do you expect the American Public just to sort of be simply say ok, gas prices are rising. Thats the fault of the president , or is it the fault of Vladimir Putin . Is it the fault of a, an agent in the world that is weapon, ising energy, and creating that sort of dynamic. And if any thing, the release of Strategic Oil reserves and others was a response to that, i guess my question is, i know that the complexity of the strategic goal reserve is there and the americans may not see that that reflected in the price and the way they want, but im just interested in do we have to dumb everything down for an American Voter or do you, do you tell them that there are certain points where the world is complex. You know, weve got climate change. We have, you know, a guy invading another country and that stuff matters. Im just sort of interested in depth. Well, i mean, politically going back to clinton and gore, the modern democratic parties. Goal is to raise the price of gasoline and Home Heating Oil and coal. So that to force people to use more expensive alternatives. So to raise the cost of energy in this, this is their stated goal. When the secretary of energy was asked, whats your plan to reduce the cost of energy . She laughed in the face of the journalist. We dont have one, you idiot. Our plan is to raise the cost of energy. And the left has an interesting view of why thats a smart idea. And the American People have a hard time understanding why its a good idea. And if you ask them what you willing to pay for for climate change, its a much smaller number than theyve already been asked to pay for. So the 2 parties are different. One ones low cost, abundant energy. Trump was always talking about fracking and so on. And the others looking to shut down, tracking and drilling and make america less independent, which gives you put in and other people being in charge of the cost of energy. Why is there not a greater sense that everybodys on the same boat, even if they have to wrestle over policy differences . Well, listen, elections are about contrast government about consensus. So when youre in the middle of an election is about about, do you share our values, you know, do you share our opinions on these things . I dont think the democratic parties in the business of trying to make life harder for people and maybe theyre Long Term Strategy is something that theyre looking at posted with the republicans or, but i think thats toxicity. This is its, i think its having less competitive places having less conversation. I think in an interesting way, these razor thin margins in places should we have these, we call them try factors where the governors office, the state senate in the state house or all of the same party having a diversity of ideas. And the power structure can only help with that. Now we recently did a pull on at the sign institute that looked at impressions for 18 to 34 year olds. And this can be generational to, there seems to be there is areas that they do seek more consensus on an effect. The most striking thing that came out of that pull is that they think if they work together, they can actually solve younger folks younger, far more consensus range that, thats new for me. Yeah. Well, i mean, this is why we wanted to, you know, look into the poll and say that they, they, you know, they dont necessarily trust the institutions that exist. Now they dont think the Current Power structure allows them to change. They think if they ban together that they can, and they think that thats important. Now, theres still a lot of differences between even young, you know, republicans and democrats. But heres the other thing that i think is huge and what both parties have to look at. Theres an anger, theres an anxiety, theres an angst out there and you have to tap into that. You have to say that you understand that thats the situation. And how are you the better party then to to, to answer that. But the other thing is, i think sometimes we suffer from on both sides of the aisle, is you have to be, you cant just be against something, you have to be for something. And so a lot of these candidates in the final day is they, they should be able to reflect that. And my, my final thought on that, which im very getting very concerned about, is that were electing people who think the day after theyre elected. That they only represent the people that voted for them, you know, once theyre elected, they represent their constituency. And so i think we have to have conversations. They have to be more open to, to look at a lot of different, you know, variations when they come to the table. And hopefully people are rewarded rather than chastise if they reach across the aisle to have some of that conversation. Grover, take your republican hat off for a minute, just be, you know, sharp, like what would you do to help buy and biden is about 42. 3 percent approval, which is low. You know, its your kind of, you know, at this moment, but i mean, he wasnt the thirtys before donald trump isnt very so we want to be careful that others have been in this, in this level and have come back. But and the disapproval, though is, is always a harsher number up about 54 percent. Why when youve had infrastructure past and you had support in the american recovery act passed and you had the chip sag pass that was basically about american competitiveness. You had the Student Loan Forgiveness Program past why, from your perspective are his number so low, not as a republican. And if you were advising this president and his team on how to do better, so what would you advise him to do . Dont do any of the 4 things he did. If you ask people how they feel about having their money taken to pay 14 percent of the public, many of whom are graduate School Students who are going to be much richer than them all their lives. Is that a good idea . No, its a bad idea and its an unpopular idea. We dont talk about it very much. The idea that we should do that give money to people to build chips here instead of somewhere else is its been tried all throughout the world. Its leads to argentina. This, this, this not have international competition. And then having the government make these decisions. Japan suffered greatly for having the exactly that strong that didnt work. The other one is the massive tax and spending program, which hasnt even completely hidden on the taxes yet. But you see the stock market and peoples life savings way down as a result of those, those passing bills, if they do bad things is not a helpful thing to do. He didnt focus on the things he said he was going to focus on, or he didnt do the things he said he was going to focus on, and thats been expensive. He should go talk to his base because they still like him. Amy, are your thoughts on that as well and will add on as you know, i, i listen to my friends in the progressive side. The issue its powerful for them is this sense that american democracy is dying . Were feeding away and crumbling. Theres a lot of focus on donald trump as an liberal autocrat about the january 6th attack on congress. And so i guess my question is, does maintaining a democratic rules based country get out voters . I mean, i think its important. Again, ill go back to it might be an important issue for people, but i believe that they agree with the group. Or if you, if youre faced with, you know, challenges for your family, for cost of living, what you need for to make sure that youre able to meet basic needs, good paying jobs. Thats something that, you know, could be come at the forefront and its not so you dont care about it, but its about like when im going to vote and my vote matters, i want to make sure that im investing, you know, for a future thats good for me and my family. So i think candidates, democrats, you know, are figuring out ways to do this, you know, as well as republicans about how do we then share with them that, that were, that were the ones who are going to bring you down that path. Its interesting, you look at a race like, why homing, i mean, that became, you know, for list cheney this, this, let me test on democracy in a sense, in an interesting way. I watch for a little while the debate between, you know, the 2 opponents who are vying for this, you know, congressional to get through this congressional primary. And there wasnt a lot said about what they were going to do for my willing or what you know, whats going on. So i think these matters of democracy. We have a shared responsibility, both democrats and republicans to care about this. And certainly to, to sa