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
Else in new york city, but i am strongly for choice, yet i hate the concept. but you would not ban it. no. or ban partial-birth abortion? no, i am pro-choice in every respect, but i just hate it. maggie, one of the things that hits me, it is former president trump who appointed the three conservative supreme court justices that made it possible, and president trump realizes the place that puts republicans in. there s no questions that republicans are the dog that called the car on this issue. while i don t think it is going to rise to the same level as the economy in mid terms, it is animating a lot of democrat to say vote. what strikes me listening to that clip, and i ve listened to it several times is he s taking a very liberal position, basically say no limits on abortion, this is 20-some odd years ago, but also not answering the question.
That. can you say point-blank that you support senator lindsey graham s proposal for a federal ban on abortion after 15 weeks? on principle i do. i think most voters support a 15-week back, most countries have gone there, but the senate will not be able to pass that, so most of these decisions will be made at the state level. that s where decisions can be made whether you have a pro-abortion or pro-life majority in the senate or house, you ll not get back the 60-votes threshold. the reality is most will be done at the state level. i hear you, but i think a lot of people would be interested in the fact that you support this 15-week ban at the federal level, because republicans have been arguing for 50 years that
Things happening with herschel walker. i think u.s. jut have to stand on principle here. when i does it undercut that principle. it can. you want to walk the talk and talk the walk, you want cohesion with your message, but people also make mistakes. i m surely not a flawless person. i have made my own mistakes, and herschel has too. we all have. i think it s before to be honest, but in the end, americans do not want abortion on demand under birth. i think that is the principle we need to focus on as a republican party. i have several different polls, the average voter would like to see at the 15-week point. that s where germany and france is. let me follow up with you on
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