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
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