up because of what the russians and saudis just did. i ll speak with don bacon and elizabeth slot kin. plus presidential portrait. maggie haberman has an in-depth look at his rise to power, including changing views on abortion, reversing the position he once made right here on this program. i m very pro-choice. yamiche alcindor and brendan buck. welcome to sunday, it s meet the press. announcer: this is meet the press with chuck todd. good sunday morning. i m kristin welker in for chuck to do. election day is just 30 days away. ronald reagan worried jimmy carter would engineer a last-minute release of u.s. hostages. carter, of course, did not, but the term stuck. there s at least three stories unfolding. first the nuclear threat from russia. then there are rising gas prices, now averaging just under $4 a gallon, which democrats worry there will be a sign to voters that there is a true. but the october surprise of the week, it could determine control of senat
Piece by piece, and being a bearist, not only being defeated, but the barbaric behavior stealing grain, sexually assaulting their women, marching innocent people. this is the view of the world. you can t let this guy threaten us and bully us around. if you cave out of fear, he ll do it again. we have to stand firm with them towards you can t let a bully push around. i think president biden has to be more careful throwing down the nuclear armageddon was a bit too flippant. president of france chided him on it. i think the president needs to be more cautious. another campaign issue, i want to ask you about some comments we hear from tommy tuberville overnight with
If you remember. and pete williams has more on the federal court s ruling of the travel ban. reporter: alex, the three judges ruled that the executive order violates the constitutional rights of people who got visas and came here and now want to travel and come back. it s a victory for the states of washington and minnesota, a rush to court claiming that it harms their residents, stranding foreign college students and faculty who need to travel, splitting up families and harming those who work for high-tech companies. the court said the president s order failed to give those people even the bearist advanced notice. the government s claim is that the president has absolute authorities over the borders that can t be second-guessed by judges. the court said there s no precedent to support that. in response, the justice department says only it is reviewing its options, but the government is now certain to go to the supreme court to get this turned around hoping to once