of bad policy. if then, we venture into deep blue cities where independents are fed up with high crime, drugs flowing through the wide open border and sky-high inflation. portland a pot bed of antifa hot bed of antifa christine drazan is here this morning to make her case. then, mitch mcconnell cutting out trump-endorsed candidates, but the polls tighten anyway as even alaska s ranked choice has not stopped candidate kelly tshibaka. lisa murkowski on shaky ground despite mc mcconnell s money along with general don bolduc on his advances, a special senate hopeful panel is here live. plus, the man democrats are really worried about seems to me he s a celebrity who wants to be a politician. and we ve seen how that goes. [cheers and applause] maria: texas senator ted cruz on the democrats bringing out the big guns, barack obama, one week before the midterms as he goes all in for herschel walker, campaigning for herschel walker in georgia this week. the texas senate this m
the balance of power in congress. we have team coverage. charles watson is live in atlanta, rich edson live in pennsylvania. and. selena zito with reaction in just a few minutes. trump backed mehmet os has narrowed the gap in pennsylvania. in harrisburg we find rich edson right now. reporter: this is a full day for john fetterman. he finished a rally in front of union members. he is pushing his campaign promises. says he wants to raise the minimum wage. protect abortion rights. and he knocked his republican challenger mehmet oz. mehmet oz hasn t forgotten a day that i had a stroke. in january i will be much better but he will still be a fraud. reporter: oz and republicans nationwide have been campaigning on inflation, making the case democrat stimulus spending and turn away from fossil fuels raised costs across the country. the oz campaign s communication director said pennsylvania cannot afford more of the same with his dangerous ideas to put criminals back on our streets
Inflation, inflation. they are listening to my message because that s what they are talking about on the kitchen table. they will get a rude awakening. high inflation, high crime and open borders is not what the american public wants. people are struggling with the cost of gas and food at the grocery stores. now with halloween coming, candy kiss up 13 candy is up 13%. president biden you called inflation temporary. it peaked at 1.9% in june. inflation is now 8.2%. it was 14e it was 1.4% when biden took office. it s a thousand cuts for so
Stores, and now we have halloween coming, and with this biden inflation candy is up 13%. so people want to tee a real change, and see a real change, and that s exactly what we promote. we have a plan with the commitment to america, we re very clear exactly what we ll do if we re trusted with getting the majority. it s going to be competitive. no one gives you a majority, you have to earn it, and that s what we re out doing, earning it for the rest of the american people to make sure we put america back on a new track. maria: well, that s what many people want, a new track. you mentioned the lineup of new faces that are present on the gop right now. a lot of these candidates doing well in texas, certainly, like mayra flores. talk to me about that lineup. who are you most excited about, and what should we expect in terms of change and new faces? well, you can look anywhere. i ll be up in washington, i was in oregon, you look at lori chavez, exciting former mayor of happy valley runni