>>> IT'S EVERYTHING THAT WE WIN. EVERYTHING.
IF YOU TRUST ME WITH YOUR VOTE
IN MAY AND IN NOVEMBER, YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE MY VOTE IN
WASHINGTON, D.C.
>> PENNSYLVANIA COULD DECIDE WHO CONTROLS THE SENATE.
>> JOHN FETTERMAN IS THE HEAVY FAVORITE TO WIN TUESDAY'S
DEMOCRATIC SENATE PRIMARY.
>> I DON'T SEE A SITUATION WHERE DEMOCRATS HOLD THE SENATE IF
THEY DON'T WIN IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
>> AS YOU CAN SEE WE HIT A LITTLE BUMP ON THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL.
>> HE HAS SUFFERED A STROKE JUST DAYS BEFORE HIS STATE'S PRIMARY.
>> HE WENT ON TO WIN THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION IN A
LANDSLIDE.
>> NOW WE'RE TURNING THE PAGE TO THE GENERAL ELECTION SEASON.
>> JOHN FETTERMAN MAY BE AWAY FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL UNTIL
JULY.
>> THAT WILL BE HIS CHALLENGE GOING FORWARD, CONVINCING VOTERS
THAT HE IS HEALTHY ENOUGH FOR THIS CONTEST.
>> I WANT TO THANK 45 PRESIDENT TRUMP, GOD BLESS YOU, SIR, FOR
PUTTING SO MUCH EFFORT INTO THIS RACE.
I WILL MAKE YOU PROUD.
>> DR. MEHMET OZ PICKED TO BE THE GOP SENATE NOMINEE IS
OFFICIALLY THE WINNER OF THAT RACE.
>> GOD BLESS YOU. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
>> IT'S FETTERMAN VERSUS OZ.
>> IN A RACE THAT COULD DECIDE CONTROL OF THE SENATE FOR THE
NEXT TWO YEARS.
>> GROCERY SHOPPING I'M AT WE GO NURSE AND MY WIFE WANTS SOME
VEGETABLES FOR CRUDITE.
>> DR. OZ BECAME THE SUBJECT OF MOCKERY OVER HIS DISASTROUS
CRUDITE VIDEO.
>> IN PA WE CALL THIS A VEGGIE TRAY.
>> JOHN FETTERMAN CURRENTLY LEADS LONG TIME NEW JERSEY
RESIDENT DR. MEHMET OZ.
>> I LIVE IN NEW JERSEY.
>> I'M FROM NEW JERSEY.
>> HEY, MEHMET, I HEARD THAT YOU MOVED FROM NEW JERSEY TO
PENNSYLVANIA.
>> HE'S JUST A WEAK CANDIDATE.
>> FETTERMAN CAMPAIGN HAS DOES DONE A VERY GOOD JOB ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
>> EVEN THOUGH HE WAS OFF THE TRAIL THIS SUMMER RECENT POLLS
SHOW FETTERMAN BUILDING A STEADY LEAD.
>> SOME SAY HE IS UP BY A SIGNIFICANT MARGIN.
>> DR. OZ MAY NEED WIZARDRY FOR HIS CAMPAIGN.
>> JOHN FETTERMAN WANTS TO RELEASE CONVICTED MURDERS FROM
PRISON.
>> DR. OZ HAS HAD SUCCESSFUL ADS HIGHLIGHTING CRIME IN
PENNSYLVANIA.
>> DR. OZ HAS USED THIS STROKE TO QUESTION HIS FITNESS FOR THE
JOB.
>> YOU MAY HAVE HEARD JOHN FETTERMAN IS BACK ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL. I'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR HIM.
I'M GLAD HE IS OKAY.
>> FETTERMAN LED BY NINE POINTS IN THE AVERAGE DURING THE SUMMER
IT'S DOWN TO ONE.
>> EVERYTHING IS POINTING TO THE DEBATE ON TUESDAY.
>> WHEN THEY TAKE THE STAGE A LOT IS ON THE LINE.
>> THERE'S NOW SOME DEEP UNCERTAINTY FOR DEMOCRATS IN
PENNSYLVANIA HOPING TO FLIP A CRUCIAL SEAT.
>> GOOD EVENING, CANDIDATES. LET'S GET STARTED.
MR. FETTERMAN, WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN WITH YOU.
>>> WHAT IS DPG
>>> WHAT IS DGOING ON HERE, JOH?
>> IT IS A PORK BUTT.
>> THAT THING HAS PROBABLY BEEN COOKING FOR 14 HOURS.
>> WOW.
>> WOULD YOU HELP ME WITH THE SALAD.
>> JUST BECAUSE I WORK IN COMEDY DOESN'T MEAN THAT I HAVE TO
SERVE PEOPLE'S FOOD, ALTHOUGH I COULD AND I WILL TAKE THE TIPS.
>> I'M KNOWN FOR ONE THING WHICH IS GOING OUT AND TALKING TO
VOTERS AND YOU'RE SPECIAL COMING OUT ON TUESDAY.
>> IT'S THE SEXIEST SPECIAL ABOUT THE DOWNFALL OF DEMOCRACY.
>> WE HAVE A COUPLE GUEST HOSTS WE THOUGHT LET'S STAY IN
PENNSYLVANIA FOR KLEPPER BECAUSE WE NEED YOUR HELP.
THERE ARE A BUNCH OF SENATE RACES THAT ARE REALLY CLOSE AND
THEY ALL REALLY MATTER BUT THE ONE THING THAT'S BEEN TRUE
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IS THAT THE MARQUIS SENATE RACE FOR
EVERYBODY HAS ALWAYS BEEN PENNSYLVANIA.
IT'S A REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT.
>> PAT TOOMEY.
>> WHO IS RETIRING FROM A BIDEN STATE.
THAT FOR DEMOCRATS IS LIKE THAT'S THE STATE WE HAVE TO GO
GET AND THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD THE GUY.
>> JOHN FETTERMAN 6'8".
>> ALMOST AS TALL AS CLEPER.
>> THAT'S A BIG DUDE.
>> THERE WAS SOMETHING ORGANIC ABOUT HIS WORKING CLASS APPEAL.
>> I REMEMBER WATCHING FETTERMAN ON TV AUDIO OFF AND I WAS LIKE
THAT GUY LOOKS LIKE PENNSYLVANIA.
>> YES.
>> AND THAT'S SOMEBODY WHO EXERTS I TRUST THIS GUY, IT'S A
TOUGH GUY, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT HE'S SAYING BUT I WANT TO
GET BEHIND HIM.
>> AND WHEN YOU BALANCE THAT AGAINST A GUY LIKE OZ, YOU KNOW,
WHO IS THIS TV CELEBRITY GUY YOU CAN SEE WHY IT'S A RACE.
>> AND THEN YOU GET TO THE SUMMER, FETTERMAN THE GUY WHO
HAD A STROKE HE IS NOT DOING ANYTHING IN-PERSON.
IT'S A LOT OF PRODUCED VIDEO. THERE IS A LOT OF HE HAD SNIETS
WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR SENIORS CAN RETIRE IN
DIGNITY AND COMFORTABLY. WHEN I'M IN D.C. I WILL FIGHT TO
EXPAND SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE.
>> AND EVERY DEMOCRAT I KNOW IS LIKE QUIETLY GOING, WHY IS HE
NOT BACK ON THE TRAIL? WHY IS HE NOT DOING INTERVIEWS
FACE-TO-FACE? THAT'S THE LURKING DREAD OF
DEMOCRATS OVER THE SUMMER IS IS FETTERMAN OKAY.
>> AND THE FETTERMAN TEAM THEY HAVE OVER THE COURSE OF THE, YOU
KNOW, LAST THREE MONTHS LED OUT INFORMATION A LITTLE BY LITTLE.
>> AND FETTERMAN DID HIS FIRST FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEW.
>> HE HAS PROBLEMS AUDITORILY PROCESSING INFORMATION SO HE HAS
TO HAVE A CLOSED CAPTION SCREEN TO GIVE HIM TEXT THAT SHOWS HIM
THE QUESTIONS AND THE FETTERMAN CAMPAIGN DECIDED WE ALL NEED TO
SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE SO HE DID AN INTERVIEW WITH NBC.
>> I WILL HEAR SOMEONE SPEAKING BUT SOMETIMES IT WILL BE -- TO
BE PRECISE ON WHAT EXACTLY THEY'RE SAYING I USE EXAMINATION
THING.
>> THE CAMPAIGN WAS TRYING TO PUT FOAM ON THE RUNWAY TO LET
PEOPLE KNOW GET USED TO THE WATER EVERYONE.
>> IT BRINGS INTO FOCUS THE WHOLE ISSUE OF HEALTH IN
AMERICAN POLITICIANS AND PEOPLE CAMPAIGNING.
>> I MEAN, FETTERMAN IS VULNERABLE, HOODIE AND A HEALTH
ISSUE IS RELATABLE, BUT YOU'RE TALKING TO AN ELECTORATE WHO IS
LIKE I'M NOT VULNERABLE. THEY WANT THE STRENGTH OF
FETTERMAN AND SO I THINK IT TAKES AWAY PERHAPS HIS LITTLE
MAGIC POWER.
>> OZ WANTED TO HAVE 27 DEBATES AND FETTERMAN IS LIKE I JUST HAD
A STROKE I'M GOING TO HAVE ONE. THERE'S A CHALLENGE THERE FOR
OZ. HOW DO YOU GO OUT THERE AND LIKE
ATTACK FETTERMAN OVER HIS HEALTH.
>> I DON'T THINK HE DOES. I THINK HE STAYS AWAY FROM IT.
LET THE HEALTH STUFF SPEAK FOR ITSELF BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO
SPEAK FOR ITSELF.
>> AND FOR FETTERMAN WE'VE BEEN CONDITIONED TO UNDERSTAND HOW
DIFFICULT IT IS FOR HIM AND IF WE SEE HIM GET THROUGH IT,
THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG WIN.
>> IT'S MAYBE THE MOST IMPORTANT SENATE RACE IN THE COUNTRY
BECAUSE LOOEPS TAKE CONTROL OF THE HAUFS AND REPUBLICANS TAKE
CONTROL OF THE SENATE, THAT IS A GRIM OUTLOOK FOR DEMOCRATS FOR
JOE BIDEN. IT'S LIKE A LOT RIDING ON THIS
DEBATE TOMORROW. GEORGIA AND ARIZONA, NEVADA,
OHIO, WISCONSIN. TOMORROW NIGHT ALL OF THOSE
RACES ARE THE UNDERCARD. IT'S PENNSYLVANIA, OZ/FETTERMAN,
THAT'S THE MAIN EVENT.
>> THE CONTEST THAT COULD DECIDE CONTROL OF THE U.S. SENATE IS AT
A CRITICAL MOMENT.
>> PENNSYLVANIA SENATE CANDIDATES WILL FACE OFF IN THE
FIRST AND ONLY DEBATE TONIGHT.
>> JOHN FETTERMAN, MEHMET OZ SQUARE OFF IN HARRISBURG,
PENNSYLVANIA.
>> LET'S GO, OZ. LET'S GO, OZ.
>> WELCOME TO DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA.
THE STAKES TONIGHT COULD NOT BE HIGHER.
CONTROL OF THE U.S. SENATE FOR EITHER PARTY RUNS THROUGH
PENNSYLVANIA. WELCOME TO OUR AUDIENCE WATCHING
AT HOME.
>> YOU MAY NOTICE THESE LARGE MONITORS THAT ARE BEHIND US,
THIS IS PART OF OUR CLOSED CAPTIONING SYSTEM.
IT WAS REQUESTED BY JOHN FETTERMAN TO HELP HIM PROCESS
THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ARE ASKING HIM TONIGHT.
>> GOOD EVENING, CANDIDATES. WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE.
LET'S GET STARTED. MR. FETTERMAN, WE'RE GOING TO
BEGIN WITH YOU. WHAT QUALIFIES YOU TO BE A U.S.
SENATOR?
>> HI. GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.
I'M RUNNING TO SERVE PENNSYLVANIA.
HE'S RUNNING TO USE PENNSYLVANIA.
AND LET'S ALSO TALK ABOUT THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.
I HAD A STROKE. HE'S NEVER LET ME FORGET THAT.
AND THIS CAMPAIGN IS ALL ABOUT -- TO ME IS ABOUT FIGHTING
FOR EVERYONE IN PENNSYLVANIA THAT EVER GOT KNOCKED DOWN THAT
NEEDS TO GET BACK UP AND FIGHTING FOR ALL FORGOTTEN
COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA THAT ALSO GOT
KNOCKED DOWN THAT NEEDS TO KEEP -- GET BACK UP.
>> I WANT TO BRING CIVILITY, BALANCE.
JOHN FETTERMAN TAKES EVERYTHING TO AN EXTREME AND THOSE EXTREME
POSITIONS HURT US ALL.
>> MR. OZ, YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE PRO-LIFE, BUT YOU DO SUPPORT
ABORTION EXCEPTIONS IN THE CASES OF RAPE, INCEST AND TO PROTECT
THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER. ASIDE FROM THOSE THREE
EXCEPTIONS, SHOULD ABORTION BE BANNED IN AMERICA?
>> AS A PHYSICIAN I'VE BEEN IN THE ROOM WHEN THERE'S SOME
DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING.
I DON'T WANT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INVOLVED WITH THAT AT
ALL.
>> AMEN.
>> I WANT WOMEN, DOCTORS, LOCAL -- POLITICAL LEADERS, THE
DEMOCRACY THAT'S ALWAYS ALLOWED OUR NATION TO THRIVE TO PUT THE
BEST IDEAS FORWARD SO STATES COULD K. DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES.
>> MR. FETTERMAN, YOU SAY TONIGHT THAT YOU SUPPORT
FRACKING, THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED FRACKING, BUT THERE IS
THAT 2018 INTERVIEW THAT YOU SAID, QUOTE, I DON'T SUPPORT
FRACKING AT ALL. SO HOW DO YOU SQUARE THE TWO?
>> OH, I DO SUPPORT FRACKING AND I DON'T -- I DON'T -- I SUPPORT
FRACKING AND I STAND AND I DO SUPPORT FRACKING.
>> GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH, THIS DOES CONCLUDE OUR
DEBATE.
>> REMEMBER, VOTERS THAT IS CORRECT ELECTION DAY IS JUST TWO
WEEKS FROM TODAY ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8th.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
>> SO IT WAS ROUGH TO WATCH.
>> YEAH, I MEAN, IT WAS A BIT LIKE WATCHING A KID CROSS A
FREEWAY. I MEAN, HE MADE IT.
>> YEAH.
>> IT WAS DIFFICULT TO WATCH.
>> AND YOU COULD TELL THAT IN ADDITION TO DIFFICULTY FETTERMAN
HAS PROCESSING LIKE YOU COULD JUST TELL HE WAS SUPER NERVOUS.
>> HE SORT OF SAID I'M FOR THIS AND I SAID I'M FOR THIS AND
THAT'S MY CONCLUSION AND THAT WAS KIND OF IT.
OZ WAS VERY GOOD BUT MADE AN UNFORCED ERROR ON ABORTION.
BETWEEN A WOMAN, DOCTOR AND LOCAL POLITICIANES.
>> YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE WANT ANY -- YEAH, GENERALLY POLITICAL
LEADERS IN GENERAL NOT MAKING THESE DECISIONS ON A CASE
THESE DECISIONS ON A CA CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.
IT'S JUST ONE OF THE BIGGEST VULNERABILITIES FOR ANY
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE.
>> I WOULD GO 100% OFFENSE ON THE ABORTION SCREWUP ON OZ BUT I
DON'T SEE IF YOU WERE ALREADY FOR FETTERMAN YOU MOVE TO HIM.
>> IN PENNSYLVANIA A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED MATCHUP.
>> IT WAS A CRUCIAL CROSSROADS IN THE BATTLE FOR THE SENATE.
TENSE EXCHANGES ON THE ISSUES AND ON CHARACTER.
>> IT'S THE DAY AFTER THE DEBATE, THE TWO ISSUES WHICH ARE
A REAL ADVANTAGE FOR MEHMET OZ IN THIS RACE RIGHT NOW ARE CRIME
AND JOHN FETTERMAN'S HEALTH. THE DEBATE TOOK CARE OF THE
HEALTH ISSUE FOR MEHMET OZ, IT'S CLEARLY PROBLEMATIC.
FROM HERE ON OUT YOU CAN COUNT ON HIM KEEPING HIS PEDAL TO THE
METAL WITH THE CRIME ISSUES. HAVING BIG GUNS LIKE NIKKI HALEY
STANDING UP BEHIND HIM.
>> LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE FOCUSED ON MY DESIRE TO BRING BALANCE TO
WASHINGTON. STOP BICKERING AND DEAL WITH THE
CRISES WHICH BASICALLY IF ANY OF THESE PEOPLE BEHIND ME DO THEIR
JOBS, I HEAR THAT ON THE STREETS WHEN I'M WALKING AND TALKING TO
POLICE WHEREVER I GO.
>> UNDERSTANDING THAT THE DEBATE WAS GOING TO BE A TOUGH NIGHT
FOR FETTERMAN THE CAMPAIGN SMARTLY SCHEDULED A RALLY
CONCERT WITH DAVE MATTHEWS FOR THE NIGHT AFTER THE DEBATE.
>> I LOVE PITTSBURGH, MAN.
>> PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE VERY ANXIOUS TO SEE HOW FETTERMAN
PERFORMS.
>> PITTSBURGH! LAST NIGHT I WAS WITH DR. OZ.
TONIGHT I GET TO -- I GET TO BE WITH DAVE MATTHEWS, SO TO BE
HONEST DOING THAT DEBATE WASN'T EXACTLY EASY.
IN FACT --
>> WE LOVE YOU.
>> DR. OZ HAS NEVER LET ME EVER FORGET HAVING A STROKE.
BY JANUARY I'M GOING TO BE FEELING EVEN BETTER, BUT HE WILL
STILL BE A FRAUD.
>> I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS ON YOUR MIND FROM THIS WEEK.
>> DR. OZ.
OH.
WHO WATCHED THE OZ/FETTERMAN DEBATE YESTERDAY?
OH, FOUR PEOPLE? IF WE'RE BEING HONEST FETTERMAN
STRUGGLED LAST NIGHT. HE HAD A HARD TIME.
HE HAD A HARD TIME MAKING COMPLETE SENTENCES.
DIFFICULT TIME COMMUNICATING. IF I LOOKED AT HIM I DON'T SEE
HIM ON THE SENATE FLOOR. THE OVAL OFFICE, MAYBE, YES.
I'VE SPENT SIX YEARS WATCHING PEOPLE WITH THOSE EXACT SAME
QUALITIES LIVE IN THAT OVAL OFFICE.
>> IF WE TOOK A POLL OF THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT THE NUMBER OF
REPUBLICANS IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 0 AND
0. 0.
DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE PARTISAN THING OF A JOKE AT FETTERMAN'S
EXPENSE WON'T WORK HERE?
>> I THINK I'M ALWAYS AWARE OF THE ROOM, FOR SURE.
THESE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT FETTERMAN HAD A BAD NIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> HE HAD A BAD NIGHT. MAYBE YOU ADD CONTEXT TO IT TO
SAY THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD BUT ALSO LET'S
NOT KID OURSELVES AND SAY THAT DR. OZ LOOKED LIKE AN IDIOT LAST
NIGHT. HE LOOKED BETTER
>> THE DEBATE WAS KIND OF A SHIT SHOW I WOULD SAY.
>> YOU'RE NOT RIGHT.
>> IT'S THE SHIT SHOW AFTER THE SHIT SHOW.
>> IF SOME WAYS IT WAS LIKE THEY WERE SHOOTING FOR TAKING OUR
TITLE HERE IT WAS A REAL BUMMER TO WATCH.
>> I'M WATCHING THIS DEBATE AND MY TEXTS ARE BLOWING UP FROM
DEMOCRATS MOSTLY AND THEY'RE WATCHING IT GOING WE JUST LOST
THE PENNSYLVANIA SENATE RACE ON THE BASIS OF WHAT THEY SAW AND
THEN THIS FUNNY THING HAPPENED WHICH WAS IF YOU WATCHED LOCAL
NEWS COVERAGE IN PENNSYLVANIA THE COVERAGE OF THE DEBATE WAS
LIKE NO JUDGMENT WHATSOEVER, JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY FOUGHT IT
OUT, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFLICT.
>> JOHN FETTERMAN AND REPUBLICAN DR. MEHMET OZ WENT ON THE
ATTACK.
>> OZ SPOKE QUICKLY, FETTERMAN WAS HESITANT.
>> AND THEN YOU SEE CABLE NEWS TODAY WHERE LIBERALS PICKED THE
FEW THINGS THAT LOOKED REALLY GREAT FOR FETTERMAN.
>> IT WAS REMARKABLE IN A VERY PRESSURED PUBLIC SETTING HE WAS
ABLE TO, YOU KNOW G FOR A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME AND
ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
>> CONSERVATIVES HAMMERED FETTERMAN ALL DAY LONG.
>> JOHN FETTERMAN IS NOT MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY,
COGNITIVELY FIT TO SERVE.
>> NO ONE IS REALLY KIND OF TRYING TO REPRESENT THE REALITY
OF IT. IS THAT LIKE THE SPACE WHERE
COMEDY WALKS IN AND SAYS MY JOB IS TO TELL JOKES ABOUT IT BUT TO
ACTUALLY BE REAL?
>> I WILL SAY THIS, NOBODY GIVES THE CORRECT CONTEXT.
WHAT COMEDY GIVES YOU IS AN UNDERSTOOD CONTEXT OF HOW WE ARE
APPROACHING THIS. WE'RE SEARCHING FOR BS, CALL OUT
THE BS, BOIL DOWN SOME INHERENT TRUTH, GET TO THAT TRUTH AS FAST
AS YOU CAN, BOOM, THERE IS SOME LAUGHTER.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S TRUE, THE INTEGRATION OF
POLITICS IN POPULAR CULTURE IS OBVIOUSLY EVERY CYCLE IT GETS
MORE LIKE THEY ARE HARDER TO TELL APART AND SOME OF THESE
CAMPAIGNS BECOME VIRAL SENSATIONS, OTHERS DON'T.
OUT OF ALL THE SENATE CAMPAIGNS THIS ONE HAS KIND OF BROKEN
THROUGH IN THAT WAY. A LOT MORE MEMES.
THERE IS A LOT MORE VIDEO.
>> MOVED IN WITH HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW TO QUALIFY FOR THE
RACE.
>> A LOT MORE INTEREST AT THE LEVEL OF JUST KIND OF NORMAL
PEOPLE WHO AREN'T POLITICAL PEOPLE.
>> IT BUMS ME OUT THAT IT HAS TO GET TO THE POINT THAT YOU NEED
TO BECOME A BRAND AND NEED TO BE SO UNDERSTANDABLE RIGHT NOW, BUT
THESE ARE BRANDS. THE PEOPLE WHO RISE ARE THE
TRUMPS. OZ IS NOT GREAT AT IT, BUT HE
KNOWS WHAT TV IS.
>> YES. RIGHT.
>> AND FETTERMAN IS AN IMAGE THAT CAN BE MEME-IFIED AND I
KNOWS HOW TO BE SNARKY ON TIKTOK AND TWITTER.
THEY KNOW THAT THAT'S WHERE THE CONVERSATION TAKES PLACE.
>> SO WE ARE TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT THE U.S. SENATE RACE.
HAVE YOU DECIDED WHO YOU ARE SUPPORTING?
>> I DEFINITELY KNOW WHO I'M VOTING FOR.
>> WHO ARE YOU VOTING FOR.
>> FETTERMAN.
>> OKAY.
>> THE BIGGEST THING FOR ME IS THE ABORTION RIGHTS.
>> REALLY? SO THAT'S MY CERTAINLY CHOICE TO
VOTE FOR HIM.
>> I DON'T PARTICULARLY LIKE EITHER ONE OF THEM.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LEAN TOWARDS OZ AT THIS POINT.
IT'S THE BETTER OF THE TWO EVILS THE WAY I SEE IT.
>> YOU SAW THE DEBATE THIS WEEK. HOW DO YOU THINK OZ DID?
>> I THINK HE DID OKAY. HE'S ARTICULATE WITH HIS
ANSWERS.
>> I WATCHED THE DEBATE. EVEN THOUGH JOHN COULDN'T
COMMUNICATE AS WELL AS DR. OZ, HIS THOUGHT PROCESS AND HIS
SPIRIT AND -- WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
>> THERE'S STILL QUESTIONS ABOUT HIM NOT WANTING TO RELEASE HIS
MEDICAL RECORDS.
>> I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD BE RELEASED.
>> YOU DO?
>> YES. YOU ARE IN PUBLIC OFFICE NOW.
TO ME THAT'S IRRESPONSIBILITY.
>> MY MOTHER HAD HAD A STROKE AND MY GRANDMOTHER HAD PASSED
FROM A STROKE. HOW MUCH COURAGE HE HAD TO GO ON
THE STAGE AT THIS POINT IN HIS RECOVERY, THAT ALONE MADE ME
EVEN MORE OF A FETTERMAN GUY.
>> RIGHT NOW IT'S BRAND-NEW POLLING OUT OF PENNSYLVANIA.
>> INDEPENDENCE BREAKING PRETTY HEAVILY TOWARDS OZ.
>> THERE WAS A POLL THAT CAME OUT YESTERDAY, I THINK, AN
INSIDER ADVANTAGE POLL, THAT HAD OZ UP AFTER THE DEBATE.
THAT CONCERN YOU? YOU FEEL LIKE THE DEBATE WAS THE
RIGHT THING TO DO?
>> THE DEBATE WAS ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
WE ARE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE POLAR COASTER IN THE FINAL DAYS
OF THE CAMPAIGN.
>> WHY DID YOU ALL THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT HE DO THIS
DEBATE?
>> JOHN THOUGHT PENNSYLVANIANS DESERVED A DEBATE.
WE ALL KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE HARD AND WE WERE VERY HONEST
THAT THIS WASN'T A FORMAT THAT IS SUITED TO JOHN'S SKILLS
BEFORE OR AFTER THE STROKE.
>> YEAH, BUT HE STILL FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE HE
THOUGHT --
>> HE FELT VOTERS DESERVE IT.
>> EVEN THOUGH HE KNEW -- I MEAN, IS WHAT YOU SAW WHAT YOU
EXPECTED TO SEE?
>> YEAH. I THINK HE DESERVES A LOT OF
RESPECT THAT LIKE HE'S BRAVE ENOUGH TO SHOW UP AND DO THAT.
THE AVERAGE VOTER IN PENNSYLVANIA CAME AWAY FROM THAT
DEBATE HAVING A VERY CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT JOHN'S
VALUES ARE, CONTRASTED TO DR. OZ AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING AT THE END OF THE DAY.
>> DO YOU THINK THERE'S MORE THAT YOU NEED TO DO TO REASSURE
VOTERS ABOUT THE STATUS OF HIS HEALTH?
>> WE'RE SHOWING THE STATUS OF HIS HEALTH EVERY DAY.
HE IS OUT PUBLICLY ON THE TRAIL, HE'S DOING MAJOR EVENTS.
WE'VE GOT A LETTER FROM HIS DOCTOR AS OF A COUPLE WEEKS AGO
SAYING HE'S IN GREAT HEALTH AND HIS RECOVERY IS GOING WELL AND
HE'S DOING EVERYTHING HE NEEDS TO DO.
>> BUT PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE LETTERS FROM DOCTORS.
>> RIGHT.
>> BUT PEOPLE DO BELIEVE WHEN YOU SHOW UP AND DO A RALLY IN
FRONT OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND YOU ARE ON TV RIGHT AFTERWARDS.
VOTERS WHO LIVE IN PENNSYLVANIA HAVE BEEN SEEING JOHN GET BETTER
EVERY DAY I THINK ARE EXCITED TO HELP HIM GET ACROSS THE FINISH
LINE. LINE.
>> CONGRESSMAN, PENNSYLVANIA IS GROUND ZERO RIGHT NOW IN
AMERICAN POLITICS AND NOBODY BETTER TO TALK TO THAN YOU ABOUT
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE KEYSTONE STATE.
>> IT'S A KEY ELECTION THAT COULD SWING THE BALANCE OF POWER
IN WASHINGTON. JOHN FETTERMAN'S STROKE, I
BELIEVE, PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON THIS RACE.
>> AND THAT SPOTLIGHT WAS REAL HOT AND REAL CLEAR AT THE
DEBATE.
>> IT WAS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE FOR ME TO WATCH, HAVING A MOTHER WHO
SUFFERED A STROKE, I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS FOR HIM AND I
DON'T BELIEVE JOHN FETTERMAN IS HEALTHY ENOUGH RIGHT NOW.
HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, HE WILL BE AT ONE POINT, BUT I DON'T THINK
RIGHT NOW THAT HE CAN SERVE IN THE CAPACITY THAT HE WOULD LIKE
TO AND THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA DESERVE.
>> AND FETTERMAN'S FIRST MEDIA APPEARANCE POST THE DEBATE HE
SAID I WILL BE BETTER IN A FEW MONTHS.
>> WE DON'T KNOW THAT. EVERYONE'S STROKES ARE
DIFFERENT, REHAB, NOBODY CAN REALLY TELL HOW FAR BACK SOMEONE
WILL COME. YOU KNOW, I THINK OF BEING IN
THE HOUSE, IT REQUIRES YOU BEING ABLE TO DEBATE, LISTENING TO
EXPERT TESTIMONY AND I DIDN'T SEE THAT THE OTHER NIGHT.
>> I THINK THE CAMPAIGN WILL POINT TO NEUROLOGISTS WHO SAY
THAT DIFFICULTY FORMING SENTENCES ISN'T NECESSARILY A
SIGN OF COGNITIVE DECLINE.
>> WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE NEUROLOGISTS ACTUALLY
SERVED IN CONGRESS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S NEEDED.
>> HOW DO YOU THINK OZ DID?
>> I THOUGHT HE DID WELL. I THINK HE DID WHAT HE NEEDED TO
DO. HE DID NOT FOCUS ON HEALTH AT
ALL. I EVEN WATCHED HIM WHILE JOHN
FETTERMAN WAS SPEAKING AND HE REALLY SHOWED NO EXPRESSION.
>> THERE IS A LITTLE SMIRK THAT'S ALWAYS THERE ON DR. OZ'S
FACE.
>> YEAH, IT'S ALWAYS -- THAT'S NORMAL, WHETHER IT WAS DEBATING
OR NOT.
>> SURE. YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE SMIRK.
>> PART OF THE REASON THAT FETTERMAN WAS GETTING TRACTION
AND OZ WASN'T IS FETTERMAN WAS SEEN AS MORE OF A PENNSYLVANIA
GUY, MORE AUTHENTIC, OZ KIND OF A TV CELEBRITY GUY FROM NEW
JERSEY.
>> I THINK YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW THE BASE, THE REPUBLICAN
BASE, AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE ELECTION COMING BACK TO OZ.
>> HAVE YOU NOTICED THE REPUBLICAN CONSTITUENT IN
PENNSYLVANIA STARTING TO USE TERMS LIKE CRUDITE INSTEAD OF
VEGGIE PLATTER? IS THAT BECOMING COMMONPLACE?
>> WELL, HE DID SWING THE EAGLES FIGHT SONG.
>> HE TRIED. FLY, EAGLES FLY
>> LISTEN, I GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR THAT ONE.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN?
>> I BELIEVE IT WILL BE A CLOSE RACE, PENNSYLVANIA YOU WIN BY
TWO OR THREE POINTS IT'S A LANDSLIDE.
I THINK OZ WILL WIN.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN IS HEADING BACK TO PENNSYLVANIA.
>> HOPING TO GIVE A BOOST TO JOHN FETTERMAN.
>> IN A CRITICAL, CRITICAL SENATE RACE THAT IS LIKELY TO
DETERMINE WHO WILL HOLD POWER IN THE SENATE.
>> NOW WE WANT TO BE OUT OF HERE TONIGHT SO THAT WE CAN WATCH THE
PHILLIES WIN THE FIRST GAME OF THE WORLD SERIES, RIGHT?
I WANT TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE NEXT UNITED STATES SENATOR, THE
NEXT DEMOCRATIC SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, JOHN
FETTERMAN!
>> WE ALREADY KNEW THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A VERY TIGHT RACE.
THE REPUBLICANS HAVE SPENT MORE THAN $100 MILLION TRYING TO TAKE
US OUT. WE'RE STILL STANDING, STILL
WINNING. WE CAN FINISH STRONG.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT AND THE OUTREACH.
>> HELLO, PENNSYLVANIA. IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK IN PHILLY.
YOU PROBABLY CAN'T SEE T YOU PROBABLY CAN'T SEE IT --
IT'S GOOD TO BE HOME. IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH DEMOCRATS.
IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH FAMILY. JOHN HAS GOT A LOT OF EXPERIENCE
SERVING THE STATE AS MAYOR AND NOW AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
IMAGINE CASEY AND FETTERMAN AS PARTNERS IN THE U.S. SENATE.
THERE'S NOTHING BEYOND OUR CAPACITY IF WE WORK TOGETHER, SO
VOTE, VOTE, VOTE. GET OUT THE VOTE.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND GO, PHILLIES.
PHILLI PHILLIES.
>> THAT WAS QUITE A SPECTACLE, DEMOCRATIC BARN BURNER, YOU HAVE
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
COMMITTEE, 1,000 FIRED UP DEMOCRATIC SUPPORTERS, PARTISAN
DONORS, ALL OF THEM HERE TO SUPPORT THE MAN OF THE HOUR,
JOHN FETTERMAN. JUST FIVE DAYS AGO THE WORLD
LOOKED REALLY DIFFERENT THAN IT DOES RIGHT NOW.
THE DEBATE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK, STAKES WERE HIGH AND
BIDEN WOULD COME HERE, HELP RAISE MONEY, RAISE ENTHUSIASM
AND HELP PUSH JOHN FETTERMAN ACROSS THE GOAL LINE AND THEN
THAT POST DEBATE POLL THAT PUT OZ ON TOP OF FETTERMAN FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN THE RACE AND JUST AT THE MOMENT WHEN FETTERMAN'S
DEBATE PERFORMANCE FREAKED OUT A LOT OF DEMOCRATS CAME A WAVE OF
BAD NEWS AND THE NATIONAL PICTURE WHEN IT COMES TO THE
SENATE AND ALL THE MIDTERMS. YOU'VE GOT COMPETITIVE SEATS IN
ALL THESE DEEP BLUE SEATS.
>> DEMOCRATS APPEAR TO BE LOSING MOMENTUM IN NATIONAL POLLS.
>> LOOK AT NEW YORK. LEE ZELDIN SOME POLLS HAVE HIM
WITHIN FIVE POINTS OF CATH U HOCHUL.
>> INCREDIBLY THE DEMOCRATS ARE ON THE EDGE OF LOSING THE OREGON
GOVERNORSHIP GOVERNOR
GOVERNORSHIP.
>> IN THE NEXT 11 DAYS LOT OF SHIT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND
THESE RACES ARE SO CLOSE THAT EVEN THAT GIANT LOOKING RED WAVE
COULD TURN OUT TO BE A MIRAGE. DEMOCRATS ARE LOOKING FOR SIGNS
OF HOPE.
>> JOHN HAS GOT A CONNECTION TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE.
THEY'RE TRYING LIKE HELL TO BREAK IT, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING
TO BREAK IT. PEOPLE KNOW HIM AND THEY TRUST
HIM. HIM.
>> THERE'S NO WAY CHUCK SCHUMER DID NOT PICK UP HIS FLIP PHONE
ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND CALL YOU FREAKING OUT.
THERE IS NO WAY THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.
>> I CAN HONESTLY SAY I DID NOT TALK TO CHUCK THAT NIGHT.
>> THAT NIGHT, SENATOR. DON'T KID A KIDDER.
SCHUMER HAD HIS HOT MIC MOMENT WHICH IS CLASSIC SCHUMER.
>> OH, IN NEW YORK. I SAW THAT.
>> TO LIKE CALM THE PRESIDENT DOWN BECAUSE EVERYONE IS
FREAKING OUT ABOUT PENNSYLVANIA.
>> HERE IS WHAT I THINK ABOUT MY FELLOW DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES, WE
TEND TO BE A PARTY WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG.
THERE IS A LOT OF BED WETTER, SORRY TO SAY THAT AT DINNER BUT
I THINK YOU HAVE TO RIDE OUT WHAT YOU THINK IS A BAD DAY AND
COME BACK THE NEXT DAY. AND SO MUCH HAPPENS BETWEEN
MONDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY, IT WILL BE A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT A
COUPLE DAYS FROM NOW.
>> YOU HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN THE WAY VOTERS SIFT THROUGH
THINGS.
>> RIGHT. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A DEMOCRAT IN
RECENT HISTORY THAT HAS THAT -- THAT KIND OF FOLLOWING.
HE CONNECTS WITH PEOPLE, HE UNDERSTANDS THEM, HE UNDERSTANDS
THEIR STRUGGLES. I THINK THAT'S WHAT CUTS
THROUGH.
>> WHAT DO YOU SEE TO THOSE WORRIED DEMOCRATS OUT THERE?
>> JUST WORK ON GETTING THE VOTE OUT, NUMBER ONE.
AND NUMBER TWO, KEEP DELIVERING A MESSAGE THAT LIFTS PEOPLE UP
IN TERMS OF THE ECONOMIC CHALLENGES THEY FACE.
>> YOU ARE A UNITED STATES SENATOR YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO BE IN THE 50/50 SENATE. WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO HAVE
THIS STATE BE THE FOCUS OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN SAVE
THAT?
>> WE'RE USED TO IT.
>> THE ENTIRE FREE WORLD IS DEPENDING UPON PENNSYLVANIA IN
2020, WE DELIVERED.
>> AND IN 2022?
>> WE WILL DO IT AGAIN.