Director of the center for entrepreneurship and free enterprise. Today its my honor to introduce as the next speaker one of my heroes senator ted cruz. I first learned about senator cruz in 2012 when he was running for the United States senate in the great state of texas. I very clearly remember reading an article in National Review about this underdog reaganite who despite facing a tremendous uphill battle would fight and win the primary against the establishment candidate and then the general election. And that is what best describes senator cruz, a fighter. He has always fought for and defended the conservative values that have helped make america the incredible nation that it is. His whole life, hes fought against socialism and communist regimes like the castros in cuba, from which his father escaped after being tortured and imprisoned with nothing but 100 sewn into his underwear. Senator cruz fought to keep the words one nation under god in our pledge of allegiance taking that cas
there is a lot to discuss. with our cnn political commentators. we have scott jennings, karen finney, and senior political analyst, bonnet brownstein. great to have you here. let s start with the senate debate. the john fetterman and mehmet oz that just happened tonight. and of course, crime came up. it has been a big issue in that race. let s hear their exchange. i m the only person on the stage right now that has been successful about pushing back against gun violence and being the community more safe. all he has done is just put a plan on his website in the last 24 hours. he has no experience. he has never made any attempt to try to address crime. the eternal order of police, from braddock, this meltdown he represented, endorse me, because what he is saying it s not true. violent skyrocketed in braddock. the town wasn t in good shape when he got there. it got worse when he. okay, john. i know you are chomping at the bit. i thought this was an important exchange bec
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pressure on the former president. they stepped up effort to get reluctant witnesses to talk about those classified documents at mar-a-lago. just as the trial of his company is getting underway. and, in nbc news exclusive. i go one-on-one with treasury secretary janet yellen. we talk about inflation, the economy and the financial crisis in the uk. and then, the grades are in and they are not good. historic setbacks in schools across the country after covid. we search for solutions as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. this is the final two weeks before election day and both parties have started a full court press for messaging what s at stake. earlier today president biden told democrats that his agenda is on the line. we just have 15 days until one of the most important elections in our lifetime. the choice could not be clearer. the stakes could not be higher. voting is now underway in several states, nbc news
last word which starts now. tonight, turning up the pressure on the former president. they stepped up efforts to get the reluctant witnesses to talk about those documents to mar-a-lago just as the trial of his company is getting underway. and, an nbc news exclusive, i go one-on-one with treasury secretary jen yellin. then, the grades are in, and they re not good. historic setbacks in schools across the country after covid. we search for solutions as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. this is the final two weeks before election day and both parties have started a full court press for messaging what s at stake. earlier today president biden told democrats that his agenda is on the line. we just have 15 days until one of the most important elections in our lifetime. the choice could not be clearer. the stakes could not be higher. voting is now underway in several states, nbc news reports that nearly 8 million