world. it is tuesday, october 18th. i m christine romans. just three weeks to go until the mid-term elections. today president biden will zero in on abortion rights when he speaks at a speech in washington. the latest cnn poll finds it s the economy, inflation, voting rights, guns all ranked ahead of abortion in the minds of voters. cnn s jasmine wright is live for us bright and early in washington. jasmine, what do you expect the president s message on abortion to be? reporter: the president is going to talk about how he believes there is an assault on women s bodies and their right to choose. they can go with the republican party who wants to ban abortion, he s going to say, or go with democrats who don t, who want to codify abortion. the president has been trying to drum up the democratic base hoping they ll come out and support their base. control is on the ballot come november. now of course two things stand in contrast here. first, we talked about a majority of voters
and then you kissed his ass and then he endorsed you and you said he s the greatest president of all-time. you were there to stand up for our constitution but when the barbarians were at the gate you were happy to let them in. i think i disagree with everything my opponent just said including the words but and the. a big debate night both contentious and personal. i m john berman with brianna keilar, and bad blood between tim ryan and j.d. vance playing out on the debate stage last night in ohio. saw it in the first clip. sparring over rtd economy, inflation, clashing over racist rhetoric and abortion. more competitive than expected in a state donald trump carried twice. both men describing each other as asskisser and succops and that was the more friendly part of the debate. if you can believe that. in utah, flashes of evan mcmullin attacking incumbent senator mike lee accusing him of betraying america on january 6th and a chance to confront lee over text messa
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