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
welcome to 10:00 a.m. eastern hour, my friends. i m erica hill. voters will decide who will control congress. president biden announced he ll give a major speech tonight. a lot of big names hitting the campaign trail. former president obama is in arizona today. former president trump stumping for republicans in iowa and both expect to be it s liz cheney making waves in michigan with her endorsement of a democratic candidate, elizabeth slot kin. if we want to ensure the survival of our republic, we need to walk away from politics as usual. we are americans above all else. we re told the president s speech will be about protecting democracy. mj lee is joining us with details, all of this coming on heels of what prosecutors have said was a politically motivated attack of speaker pelosi s home and her husband paul was the one who was ultimately attacked. what do we know? president biden s schedule has been officially updated to reflect the speech he is going to be giving
Welcome to 10:00 a.m. eastern hour, my friends. i m erica hill. voters will decide who will control congress. president biden announced he ll give a major speech tonight. a lot of big names hitting the campaign trail. former president obama is in arizona today. former president trump stumping for republicans in iowa and both expect to be it s liz cheney making waves in michigan with her endorsement of a democratic candidate, elizabeth slot kin. if we want to ensure the
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