full court press to try to get their economic message out in the 11th hour. there are still questions over how big of a campaign footprint president biden will make in the next 12 days. over house republicans weighing impeachment hearings if they retake the majority. former presidents obama and trump set to kick off a tour of dueling campaign rallies to try to help turnout ahead of election day. an update on the tripledemic fears, with rsv, covid and the flu surging at hospitals. good day. the white house is feeling a sense of urgency to remind voters of their legislative victories, as republican optimism over retaking the house and senate grows by the day. the administration s immediate answer, get cabinet officials into battleground states to try to help candidates. mike memoli has been covering the story and joins us from syracuse, new york, ahead of the president s event there this afternoon. you write this is about reinforcing the president s economic message. it i
Putting forth the case for why they should keep democrats in control of congress. the argument boils down to this, according to administration officials. we understand the concerns of the american people about the economy. costs are too high. they re going to make the point that this is what the administration has done working with democrats to address it. they will talk about things they want to do in the future if they keep control of congress. i think what s going to separate this speech from what we heard in the past is a sharp contrast with what they are arguing republicans are putting forward. the president is going to put forward the idea that if republicans follow through on their pledge to repeal one of the big legislative accomplishments, the inflation reduction act, you will see prescription costs go up, energy costs go up. it s an important opportunity that s going to be reinforced by more than a half dozen cabinet members today. but we have seen dozens over the last month