our troops when they go to war. they are supposed to be safe on their own home turf. and yet we continue to hear news of sexual assault and loss of life. in the last year, i have heard from veterans around the country asking me to tell their story. so tonight i am diving in. what do you have the say to the marine corps? i m not giving up. and they are not going to get away with this. i signed up the fight. i did not sign up to rape. deck after after decade, sexual assault existed in the military and victims are left paying the price. people have come back and said that s what you get . for them, enough is enough. this is a message to the generals and admirals. it s time to reform. when i was a kid, my favorite movie was top gub . this is this hollywood story of camaraderie and courage. best fighter pilot in the navy, sir. it had hot guys, fighter jets, and the best makeout scene i had ever seen. i was totally obsessed. and i wasn t the only one. in fact, t
and yet we continue to hear news of sexual assault and loss of life. in the last year, i have heard from veterans around the country asking me to tell their story. so tonight i am diving in. what do you have the say to the marine corps? i m not giving up. and they are not going to get away with this. i signed up the fight. i did not sign up to rape. to get raped. deck after after decade, sexual assault existed in the military and victims are left paying the price. people have come back and said that s what you get . for them, enough is enough. this is a message to the generals and admirals. it s time to reform. when i was a kid, my favorite movie was top gun . this is this hollywood story of camaraderie and courage. best fighter pilot in the navy, sir. it had hot guys, fighter jets, and the best makeout scene i had ever seen. i was totally obsessed. and i wasn t the only one. in fact, this movie inspired a major recruitment boom for the u.s. military.
really happy to have you here. we are less than 30 days out now from the elections. we are going to be joined in just a moment by the man who was in charge of the democratic party s efforts to hold the united states senate. and that is quite a job this year. the polling averages right now show that the prospects for both parties in the senate are equal as of today. literally, if the polling says today ends up matching the vote on election day, it will be 50/50 in the senate. so in terms of control of the senate, control of the direction of the country, every race really matters. every seat really matters. every candidate really matters. it is just on a knife s edge. and i mean, just on a personal level, if you didn t know whether you would volunteer for a candidate yet this year. if you would volunteer to door knock or do some get out the vote work. if you haven t committed to voting for sure yourself this year, this year your vote will really matter. this is not one to skip
so in terms of control of the senate, control of the direction of the country, every race really matters. every seat really matters. every candidate really matters. it is just on a knife s edge. and i mean, just on a personal level, if you didn t know whether you would volunteer for a candidate yet this year. if you would volunteer to door knock or do some get out the vote work. if you haven t committed to voting for sure yourself this year, this year your vote will really matter. this is not one to skip out on. this election will be very tight and very, very interesting. and very consequential. again, if the polling bears out. and election day looks anything like the polls say it will lookh today. we ll be talking with the man in charge of the democratic party s efforts in the senate in just a moment. obviously, a super high stakes job. a super difficult job. still though, who would you rather be? would you rather be the senate guy for the democrats right now? or would you r