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
He s saying pro-choice, hate abortion, and russert is trying to push him on specifics, and trump was evading that. that is part of how he would be successful. he was so vague, jumping all over the place, and frankly all of his careers was about sort of bluffing and faking his way through things. brendan, obviously that was one of the things that made republicans so nerve out when he first announced his candidacy. one point is actually there was buzz about whether donald trump was going to run for the office of the presidency, going back to 1999, right? this issue has loomed very large over him. sure, you can look at it narrow through, or the better way to describe, it s a culture war. there s a lot of people who believe if you support if you don t support abortion, if you re a christian, there are people out to get you. there are elites in washington. trump has taking up the mantle to defend.