complicating that effort, however, is fetterman s ongoing recovery from a stroke last may. dana: health concerns front and center as fetterman and oz clashed on everything from inflation to crime. let s also talk about the elephant in the room. i had a stroke. he has never let me forget that. this campaign to me is about fighting for everyone in pennsylvania that ever got knocked down. there was a lady in beaver county who told me with fear in her heart she wanted to provide food for her son s chicken she wanted and couldn t afford it. i can make the difficult decisions as you do in the operating room as a surgeon and cutting our budget as well to make sure we don t have to raise taxes on a population already in pain from the high inflation rate. he has 10 mansions. he must push back against corporate greed. we must make sure that we re also pushing back against price gouging. fetterman has been trying to get as many murderers out of jail as possible. he does it wit
give us a picture of what we might have come november. i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. there is a lot to talk about. bill: every tuesday this summer we ve been doing this. dana: you have an update for everyone. the races in florida and new york are drawing intrigue. drama is new york 12th district to force nadler and maloney into a fight for their political lives and trying to unseat them is patel. there is a special election for an open seat in congress in upstate new york. it could be a bellwether for november. the democrat campaigning hard on abortion rights. dana: in florida we re waiting to see who will emerge as the democratic challenger to governor ron desantis. charlie crist and nicki freed are vying for that nomination. the republican governor sounding confident this morning. we have people that want to visit, have moved here. lower unemployment rate now than prior to covid. you continue to see us adding jobs in sp
Welcome back to the weekend. In less than 24 hours, Michael Cohen will take the stand for his fourth day and Donald Trumps Election Interference trial. He was berated by Heated Cross Examinations Last week by trumps team. Today will be the 19th day in court. The prosecution signaled they wont be calling anyone else to the stand and the defense said last week that trump still has not decided if he will testify. Joining us now is our msnbc justice and Legal Affairs analyst, Anthony Coley. Director of the office of Public Affairs and Senior Advisor to attorney general merrick garland. And legal analyst Kristi Greenberg. A former federal prosecutor and former Criminal Division deputy chief for the Southern District of new york. Say that five times. I want to read you something. This is from the New York Times. The trump trail nears the end. If the jury chooses to believe the governments evidence, a conviction is warranted. Although noted that mr. Cohen remains the linchpin of the case. The
I don t i don t i support fracking and i stand and i do support fracking. bill: one thing to keep in mind with the audience. you didn t see it. there are two giant monitors above each moderator and fetterman is required to read the text that goes by on that monitor. dana: it was the accommodation made to help him there. steven law who runs mcconnell s big pac have said if the republicans win in pennsylvania they ll win the majority. the stakes are super high and why everybody was watching it. bryan llenas has more from harrisburg, pennsylvania. good morning, bryan. that s exactly right. the stakes could not be higher going into last night s debate. john fetterman has consistently reminded voters of that saying elect him and he would be the 51st vote in the senate to enact and codify abortion rights as well as to enact progressive legislation. last night dr. oz confronted him on that. listen. he wanted to bust the
will the issue of abortion galvanize people to the polls to stem the tide of a red wave come november? the veteran and democratic candidate pat ryan is betting on it in new york s 19th district. he based his campaign on abortion vowing to protect and codify abortion rights. his opponent, a county executive have made the race a referendum on president biden. inflation and crime. to see that millions have had for 50 years ripped away has really been concerning and something that we have to stand up. i feel is important that we re very clear on. single party rule in washington democrats in control of every lever of government has resulted in the highest inflation in 40 years. corrupted government and abuses at every level. the race for new york s 19th