Let s go outfront. good evening, everyone, i m poppy harlow in for erin burnett. biden fights back after an onslaught of attacks against the fbi after the search of mar-a-lago. the president today did not hold back. now it s sickening to see the new attacks on the fbi. threatening the life of law enforcement agents and their families for simply carrying out the law and doing their job. look, i want to say this clear as i can. there s no place in this country, no place for endangering the lives of law enforcement. no place. none, never, period. yet today former president trump spending much of the day lashing out continuously against the fbi and the men and women who work there, sharing more than 60 posts in 12 hours on his
When he talked about what happened in uvalde. listen to this. you know what some of the parents had to do? supply dna. supply dna. the ar-15 just rips the body apart. could not identify, could not identify the body. a 20-year-old kid can walk in and buy one? dna, to say that s my baby. what the hell is the matter with us? the assault weapons ban, just listening to that, right? but the assault weapons ban is a nonstarter for a number of republicans. i wonder if you think that could hurt vulnerable democrats for biden to be making that a centerpiece of his agenda. what do you think? i don t think that it will hurt democrats.
of course. outfront next, president biden making a passionate case for an assault weapons ban tonight. i m determined to ban assault weapons in this country. is that a winning message for democrats isn t the midterms? also former soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev has died. in the west he is being remembered as a reformer, but in russia there s a much different story tonight. heyyy! (steins breaking) your cousin. from boston. it means, “ok-to-beer-fest”. another sam octoberfest? ne. make it ten! i likthis guy. (cheers) lisa here, has had many jobs. and all that experience has led her to a job that feels like home.
The polls don t necessarily show that guns are a top issue headed into the midterms. ron, for anyone who hasn t read it yet, you wrote a fascinating piece published today arguing, look, this expected republican tsunami in the upcoming midterms has turned into a, quote, puddle. not exactly what the gop wanted. in it you quote a republican strategist who told you that the focus on issues like abortion and guns and not just the economy or inflation has changed the dynamic of the midterms. can you explain how that may help democrats? yeah. well, the election has transformed from a classic referendum on the party in power, which is how midterms usually unfold, to one which is becoming in many races much more of a choice between two antithetical directions for the country. in 2021 and early 2022, the issues that we were focusing on primarily inflation, the stalling of biden s legislative agenda, uncertainty about the economy, uncertainty about the
When you look at the polling, he s way behind. 58% of americans right now according to this cbs poll disapprove of biden s handling of crime. only 42% approve. if you look at major cities, crime is way up. robberies right here in new york up 39% from a year ago, up 19% in chicago, up 18% in los angeles. a look at all the shootings we saw just over the weekend across the country. why do you think so many americans do not trust biden on this issue? well, i think that the president and the white house see the polling and they know that president biden does well when he addresses an issue head on, when he tackles it head on. that s exactly why he was put in office. they wanted him to tackle issues like crime and the pandemic and other issues that are front and center on americans minds. one thing about president biden is that, you know, this is what he does best. he goes out, he gives a speech, he speaks passionate and forcefully and he is the force of reason. that is what the white hou