railroads aim to regain the house and the senate. i m the maga king. will the gop ride a red wave back to power, and will it propel donald trump into 2024? i ll speak to the chair of the republican national committee, ronna mcdaniel next. and a pair of presidents. democrats out on the trail trying to defend their record on the economy. this ain t your father s republican party. midterms are no joke. have they made their case? i ll speak to a senator traveling the country to try to keep her party in power, democratic senator amy klobuchar ahead. plus, on their mind, as democrats and republicans try to appeal to the undecided, i caught up with voters in five states to see what s driving them to the polls this tuesday. why is the price of gasoline where it is today? it s abortion rights i think for me. some of it might surprise you. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is hours away from counting the votes. we are two days from fini
i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. andrea mitchell picks up our coverage right now. right now on andrea mitchell reports family matters, the first lady shows up in court as the jury selection begins for hunter biden s trial, a trial that the prosecution says will include testimony from his late wife and laid brother s widow. the white house is pushing back on bibi netanyahu s saying that he did make the proposal. former president trump railing against his conviction and raising a ton of money and supporters since his verdict. next up, his meeting with propace officer and sentencing next month, just days before the republican convention. i m okay with it. i think at a certain point there s a breaking point. good day, everyone. jury selection has begun in wilmington, delaware, for the first criminal trial of a sitting president s son. first lady jill bide is not in the courtroom along with hunter s wife, his sister ashley and her husband, the president s son
president, the laiding contender of the republican party, now a convicted felon, that s where he wants to take us. that s where maga supporters want to take us. it s democracy, defending women s reproductive rights, and getting politics out of the school. we have a problem in the 7th s district, we have extremest maga republicans looking to do book bans. these are serious issues. the votesers in my district, many military bases around are in the district, many contractors, many government employees, these are some of the most engaged voters in this country on these types of issues. these are the things they care about. that s what i communicate with the voters when i knock on doors. well, wishing you good luck to the campaign trail. stay safe out there. it s a tough year. thanks so much for coming in. thank you. if you can support me on the
governor? maybe. listen, it was impressive win he had in virginia. he ran on education, which should be front and center for conservat conservatives. he s barely been in office a year. a lot of what votesers are looking for is a fighter, someone that will say what they re going to do and do what they said they were going to do. donald trump certainly proved that. ron desantis has shown that involving covid, disney in florida. if glenn youngkin can show that in virginia in similar ways, it could make him formidable. this is donald trump s party. a lot of it is driven by what he decides to do and everyone else except for ron desantis who has a lot of base of support will be fighting for a smaller fraction of votes. i don t see it. you never know. martha: mark, at the beginning of his speech that i
thank you so much for joining me this morning. president biden is rallying for governor kathy hochul, a state he won by 20 points. he s traveled to illinois, a state he won by 17 points. why are democrats, your party, in defense in reliably blue states? you know, i don t think we re in defense because i also saw president biden in pennsylvania along with president obama, a state where we are ahead and we re going to pick up a senate seat. i ve seen him in colorado. i ve seen him in florida. i think the point is that it is all hands on deck right now. turning out the vote, everyone can make a plan to vote at iwillvote.com. what matters to me, dana, is what the stakes are here. the stakes are about economics. every country in the world has been in a hard time coming out of the pandemic. the question the votesers have