>>> SHAME ON YOU! SHAME ON YOU!
>> IN THIS HISTORIC DECISION, THE SUPREME COURT HAS NOW
OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE.
>> I CAN'T IMAGINE A BETTER TURNOUT ENGINE THAN THIS RULING
FOR DEMOCRATS.
>> IN KANSAS, VOTED TO KEEP THE RIGHTS OF ABORTION IN THEIR
STATE CONSTITUTION.
>> OPTIMISM BASED ON THE SPECIAL ELECTIONS WE'VE SEEN IN NEW
YORK.
>> DEMOCRAT PAT RYAN WON IN THIS SWING DISTRICT IN UPSTATE NEW
YORK. THE CANDIDATE MADE ABORTION THE
CENTERPIECE OF HIS CAMPAIGN.
>> THIS IS A HARBINGER OF THINGS TO COME FOR REPUBLICANS COME
NOVEMBER?
>> USUALLY WHEN A FIRST-TERM PRESIDENT FACES MIDTERMS, THEY
LOSE SEATS. BUT THESE ARE LOOKING DIFFERENT.
>> DEMOCRATS ARE GAINING MOMENTUM.
>> SOME POLLING SHOWING DEMOCRATS WITH A SEVEN-POINT
EDGE IN THEED ME TERMS.
>> UNDOUBTEDLY, WE'RE IN BETTER SHAPE THAN WE WERE.
WHETHER THAT STAYS, I DON'T KNOW.
>> INFLATION OUT OF CONTROL. THE PRICE OF GASOLINE, 150 BUCKS
TO FILL UP YOUR TRUCK. CRIME RATES SKYROCKETING ALL
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. SO I'M HERE TO TELL YOU IN
NOVEMBER, WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO SEE A RED WAVE, WE'RE GOING
SEE A TSUNAMI. [ APPLAUSE ]
>> JUST A STUNNING TURN OF EVENTS.
REPUBLICANS HAVE CLOSED THE GAP.
>> DEMOCRATS SHOULD HAVE SPENT MORE TIME TALKING ABOUT THE
ECONOMY THAN SOCIAL ISSUES OR ABORTION DURING THE SUMMER.
>> WELL, IT IS HALLOWEEN. WOULD APPEAR TO BE DEMOCRATS'
WORST NIGHTMARE.
>> DEMOCRATS WORRY EVEN ABOUT RACES THEY HAVE NOT LOST IN
YEARS.
>> THERE ARE REAL PROBLEMS EVERYWHERE.
>> ARIZONA, WARNOCK VERY TIGHT RACE.
>> FETTERMAN'S NUMBERS ARE SLIPPING.
>> MANDELA BARNES ALSO LOCKED IN.
>> A BIG WEEK.
>> VERY TIGHT RACE.
>> WHAT CAN DEMOCRATS DO TO TURN THAT AROUND RIGHT NOW?
>> THE NUMBERS ARE STILL TOO CLOSE TO SAY IT'S A DONE DEAL.
THE ONE BIG QUESTION REMAINS. WHO'S GOING TO WIN?
>> THIS CURRENT CROP OF REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS, THEY'RE
NOT INTERESTED IN SOLVING PROBLEMS.
THEY'RE INTERESTED IN MAKING YOU ANGRY.
AND THEN FINDING SOMEBODY TO BLAME.
SO IF YOU'RE ANXIOUS, IF YOU'RE FRUSTRATED, DON'T COMPLAIN.
>> NO!
>> DON'T TUNE OUT, DON'T FALL FOR THAT OKEY-DOKE.
VOTE!
>> VOTE!
>>> OH MY GOT, AHH! IT'S GUY FOX, RIGHT?
>> IT'S A SPOOKY TIME.
>> THERE WE GO.
>> HERE WE ARE ABOUT A WEEK TO GO BEFORE THE BIG DAY, AND WE
HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST HOST.
>> PAOLA RAMOS.
>> WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE WORKED TOGETHER ON THE HILLARY CLINTON CAMPAIGN.
WE ALSO WORKED TOGETHER ON THE BARACK OBAMA WHITE HOUSE.
>> YEAH. YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF HISTORY.
>> JEN WAS MY BOSS.
>> YOU WERE EVERYBODY'S BOSS.
>> NOW YOU'RE DOING THE JOURNALISM THING.
AND LIKE THAT KIND OF RUNS IN THE FAMILY, RIGHT?
A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW YOUR DAD.
>> YES.
>> PAOLA RAMOS IS LIKE THE MOST WIDELY RECOGNIZED LATINO
BROADCASTER EVER.
>> PERHAPS UNTIL NOW, YES.
>> RIGHT NOW, REPUBLICANS THINK THEY SEE A GIANT RED WAVE
COMING. DEMOCRATS FEAR THAT THE
REPUBLICANS ARE RIGHT.
>> IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE THERE IS TROUBLE, FOLLOW OBAMA.
>> TOTALLY.
>> IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK IN GEORGIA!
HELLO, DETROIT! GOOD TO BE BACK IN WISCONSIN.
>> AND THEN HE ENDS IN PENNSYLVANIA, WHICH AS WE ALL
KNOW LAST WEEK, TROUBLE.
>> TROUBLE.
>> TO ME, THE OTHER STORY IS ALL OF THE SUDDEN THERE IS A BUNCH
OF NEW PLACES FREAKING DEMOCRATS OUT.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE EVERY DAY YOU HEAR REPUBLICANS ARE SPENDING
MONEY IN PLACES WHERE BIDEN WAS PLUS 10 AND PLUS 12.
>> THAT JUST TELLS YOU THESE TYPICALLY BLUE SAFE STRONGHOLDS
ARE NOW LIKE COMING INTO PLAY.
>> YOU LOOK TO WASHINGTON AND OREGON.
YOU LOOK TO CALIFORNIA CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS THAT
HAVE NOT BEEN COMPETITIVE FOR A LONG TIME.
NOW SUDDENLY COMPETITIVE. AND THEN OUT HERE, IN THE BLUEST
PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, NEW YORK, A NEW DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR KATHY
HOCHUL COULD LOSE.
>> SHE IS IN TROUBLE ON ISSUES LIKE CRIME.
>> CRIME IS A MOTIVATING ISSUE FOR VOTERS EVEN IN VERY BLUE NEW
YORK.
>> YOU START TO SEE COMPETITIVE RACES AT EVERY LEVEL.
>> THE HOUSE IN NEW YORK, SEAN PATRICK MALONEY, CHAIR OF THE
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
>> THE COMMITTEE THAT RAISE MONEY AND PROTECTS INCUMBENT.
>> PROTECTS INCUMBENTS, THE DEMOCRATS WHOSE JOB IT IS TO
HOLD ON TO THE HOUSE.
>> AND HE IS IN TROUBLE.
>> NOW HE IS IN THE FIGHT OF HIS LIFE.
>> SO I MEAN, LOOK, THE STORY OF WHY THIS IS HAPPENING,
REPUBLICANS NOMINATED VERY TRUMPY CANDIDATES THAT MAKE THEM
HARDER TO WIN SOME OF THESE SENATE RACES.
IN THE HOUSE, REPUBLICANS ACTUALLY NOMINATED NOT A BUNCH
OF TRUMP CANDIDATES.
>> RIGHT.
>> THIS YEAR REPUBLICANS HAVE THE MOST DIVERSE SET OF
CANDIDATES THEY PUT ON THE FIELD.
80 WOMEN, 32 BLACK CANDIDATES AND 8 HISPANICS RUNNING.
>> TO HAVE BROWN WOMEN WITH IMMIGRANT BACKGROUNDS, WITH
ACCENTS AS A REPUBLICAN TELLING A CROWD OF LATINOS TO VOTE FOR
THEM. THAT CHANGES THE GAME
COMPLETELY.
>> AND THEY'RE DOING THAT IN TEXAS, RIGHT?
>> EXACTLY. THERE YOU HAVE MYRA FLORES.
SHE JUST WON HER SPECIAL ELECTION THIS SUMMER, BUT SHE
BECAME THE FIRST REPUBLICAN TO WIN HIDALGO COUNTY IN OVER ONE
HUNDRED YEARS. SHE IS BETTING ON THIS NOTION
THAT INTELLIGENTS ARE MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN WHAT THE MEDIA
WANTS TO THINK. THAT'S WHAT I KEEP THINKING.
PERHAPS THE QUESTION IS WILL LATINOS FUEL THE RED WAVE.
>> RIGHT.
>> WOW. THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.
>> LOOK HOW GOOD THOSE THINGS LOOK.
RIGHT NOW THERE IS A COUNTERNARRATIVE TO THE RED
WAVE. YOU HEAR A LOT OF DEMOCRATIC
PARTIES OUT THERE SAYING GUYS, GETTING THIS ALL WRONG.
THE POLLING DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE EARLY VOTE TOTALS, SOME PEOPLE ARE ARGUING
THAT THAT SEEMS TO SUGGEST THAT THE ELECTORATE IS YOUNGER THAN
NORMAL, MORE FEMALE THAN NORMAL.
>> THIS IS JUST A VERY DIFFERENT ELECTION DUE TO DOBBS AND LOTS
OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
THERE IS NO SORT OF EXACT HISTORICAL EQUIVALENT.
SO SHIT MAY HAPPEN.
>> THE QUESTIONS BEFORE US, IS THERE REALLY GOING TO BE A RED
WAVE? AND IF THERE IS, I'M SURE THERE
IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING TO SHOCK ALL OF US.
BUT FOR DEMOCRATS RIGHT NOW, IT'S BRACING FOR LIKE HERE COMES
THE FLOOD.
OER THE FREE AND THE HOME OF
THE BRAVE
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ]
>> WE'RE IN EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN, AND CONGRESSWOMAN
ELISSA SLOTKIN'S DISTRICT. ELISSA SLOTKIN WAS ELECTED TO
CONGRESS IN 2018. THE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO BE A
HUGE ISSUE IN MICHIGAN. THE REPUBLICAN, TOM BARRETT WHO
HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LEGITIMACY OF THE ELECTION HAS
BEEN CLOSING IN ON HER. THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT
GETS SWEPT AWAY IN A RED WAVE. AND TODAY SHE HAS A MAJOR LIFT.
CONGRESSWOMAN LIZ CHENEY IS COMING TO CAMPAIGN WITH HER.
>> THIS IS, BY THE WAY, THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER
CAMPAIGNED FOR A DEMOCRAT. [ APPLAUSE ]
AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT IT WAS NOT A HARD DECISION AT ALL.
WE NEED TO KNOW THAT WE WILL HAVE PARTIES THAT CAN ENGAGE IN
SUBSTANTIVE DEBATES, BUT WE NEVER GET TO GET TO THOSE
DEBATES IF WE ELECT PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT RESPECT THE OUTCOME OF
ELECTIONS. [ APPLAUSE ]
>> I WILL ADMIT THAT THIS IS NOT A PROGRAM THAT I THINK EITHER OF
US THOUGHT WE WOULD BE PARTAKING IN ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS
AGO. NOW THE TRUTH IS THAT LIZ AND I
DIFFER ON A LOT OF SUBSTANTIVE POLICY ISSUES, BUT THERE IS ONE
REALLY, REALLY BIG THING THAT WE AGREE ON, AND THAT IS PRESERVING
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, THE THING THAT ALL OF US HERE AND THE TWO
OF US DESPERATELY, DESPERATELY LOVE.
>> I THINK WE HAVE TO MAKE A COMPELLING ARGUMENT THAT IF WE
ELECT PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE EXTREME, PEOPLE'S POCKETBOOKS
AND THEIR KIDS ARE GOING TO SUFFER.
>> YOU SAID DEMOCRACY --
>> IT'S A KITCHEN TABLE ISSUE. AND WHILE I HEAR ABOUT THOSE
KITCHEN TABLE ISSUES TEN TIMES MORE THAN I DO ABOUT SOME
GENERAL CONCERN ABOUT DEMOCRACY.
>> GAS PRICES, HEALTH CARE, YOU KNOW, COLLEGE, ALL OF THAT.
>> WE JUST -- WE HAVE TO BE BETTER AT EXPLAINING THAT IF
WE'RE CONSTANTLY GOING FROM EXTREME TO EXTREME, THE AVERAGE
PERSON SUFFERS. THE AVERAGE PERSON'S POCKETBOOK
SUFFERS. THE AVERAGE PERSON'S SECURITY
SUFFERS.
>> THAT'S A 360-DEGREE ARGUMENT THAT YOU'RE MAKING.
>> YES. AND IT'S HARD.
>> DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S BREAKING THROUGH?
DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S WORKING?
>> AT A BARE MINIMUM, WE HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH OURSELVES THAT
WHILE THE OTHER SIDE IS SOMETIMES SPEWING SOME DEEPLY
FRIGHTENING THINGS, THE FACT THAT IT'S STILL THIS TIGHT MEANS
WE HAVEN'T LANDED ON THE THING THAT REALLY COMPELS PEOPLE.
AND WE BETTER GET TO IT.
>> WITH TIME RUNNING OUT, BIG NAME SURROGATES ARE SPREADING
OUT NATIONWIDE. NEVADA.
THAT IS WHERE FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL APPEAR WITH KATHERINE
OBAMA WILL APPEAR WITH KATHECATE CORTEZ MASTO TONIGHT.
>> ONE OF MANY, MANY
>> ONE OF MANY, M RACES GIVING DEMOCRATS COLD SWEAT.
>> IN A DEAD HEAT WITH ADAM LAXALT.
>> WELCOME IN OUR UNITED STATES SENATOR, CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO!
[ CHEERING ]
>> YOU KNOW ADAM LAXALT, RIGHT? [ BOOING ]
LAXALT ACTUALLY FOUGHT OUR REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR TO BLOCK
PROTECTIONS FOR DREAMERS IN OUR STATE.
I'M NOT ABOUT TO LET ADAM LAXALT KEEP ATTACKING OUR FAMILIES HERE
IN NEVADA. NOW, THERE IS SOMEBODY WHO IS
GOING TO JUST CONTINUE THIS ENERGY AND HELP US GET ACROSS
THE FINISH LINE. SO PLEASE JOIN ME, STAND UP AND
WELCOMING TO THE STAGE PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA.
[ CHEERING ]
>> HELLO, HAVANA! -- LAS VEGAS!
THE REASON I'M HERE IS SIMPLE. I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO VOTE.
LISTEN, I LOST MY FIRST CONGRESSIONAL RACE BY 30 POINTS.
I GOT WHOOPED. I DIDN'T CLAIM FRONT.
I CERTAINLY DIDN'T INSTIGATE A RIOT ON THE CAPITOL.
INSTEAD, I ASKED MYSELF HOW CAN I BE BETTER, HOW CAN I CONNECT
WITH VOTERS BETTER. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT'S SUPPOSED
TO WORK. THE ONLY WAY TO SAVE DEMOCRACY
IS IF WE TOGETHER FIGHT FOR IT. AND THAT STARTS WITH ELECTING
PEOPLE WHO KNOW YOU AND SEE YOU AND CARE ABOUT YOU AND BELIEVE
IN YOU. THAT'S WHAT YOU DID WHEN YOU
MADE CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO THE FIRST LATINA ELECTED TO THE
UNITED STATES SENATE. NOW YOU NEED TO DO IT AGAIN.
LET'S GO DO IT. THANK YOU, LAS VEGAS.
THANK YOU, NEVADA. I LOVE YOU.
>> CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO, HER FIRST LINE OF ATTACK, HER
OPPONENT, ADAM LAXALT WAS SPECIFICALLY ATTACKING HIM FOR
BEING AGAINST DREAMERS. SO THAT WAS STRATEGIC.
SHE WAS TALKING DIRECTLY TO LATINO VOTERS.
>> I FEEL WITH A LOT OF LATINO VOTERS, THEY LOOK UP AND SAY WE
HAD YOUR BACK, JOE BIDEN. WE HELPED YOU OUT.
AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN IMMIGRATION REFORM, WE HAVEN'T
GOTTEN THIS, THAT, THE OTHER THING.
I THINK THAT FRUSTRATION SPILLS OVER ON TO CORTEZ MASTO, THE
FACT THAT SHE IS THE FIRST LATINA SENATOR MAY NOTE CUT THAT
MUCH ICE, OR AT LEAST ENOUGH ICE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
>> AND SHE NEEDS IT. THIS IS A MAJORITY MINORITY
STATE. THIS IS THE THIRD MOST DIVERSE
STATE IN THE COUNTRY. WHEN I SEE PRESIDENT OBAMA HERE,
THAT'S WHAT THE PARTY NEEDED, RIGHT, TO REENERGIZE, INJECT A
LITTLE MORE ENTHUSIASM. I THINK HE DID IT.
>> LOOK, I THINK HE IS MASTER, AND HE IS SO FAR ABOVE THE
ABILITIES OF PRETTY MUCH ANYBODY IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TODAY.
BUT THE THING ABOUT OBAMA GOING AROUND DOING WHAT HE IS DOING,
IF YOU'RE IN ONE OF THESE RACES, YOU ARE GLAD HE IS HERE, BUT YOU
ALSO KNOW THE REASON HE IS HERE IS BECAUSE YOU'RE IN TROUBLE.
IF YOU'RE NOT IN TROUBLE, HE'S NOT COMING TO SEE YOU.
HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS.
BARACK OBAMA SHOWS UP. AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EVENT,
A NEW POLL COMES OUT.
>> REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER ADAM LAXALT LEADING INCUMBENT
DEMOCRATIC SENATOR KATHERINE KORT
KOCORTEZ MASTO BY FIVE POINTS.
>> THE CONUNDRUM WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY RIGHT NOW, WE
HAD A GREAT EVENT, BARACK OBAMA IS HERE, GOT EVERYBODY FIRED UP
AND THESE CANDIDATES ARE GOING TO WALK OFF STAGE AND THE FIRST
PIECE OF NEWS THEY'RE GOING TO SEE IS OH, FUCK.
>> REALITY CHECK.
>> I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN BORDER TOWNS LIKE THIS
CAMPAIGNING WITH GEORGE W. BUSH FOR GOVERNOR.
AND HE WAS SUPER IMMIGRANT FRIENDLY, ALL ABOUT WELCOMING
IMMIGRANTS.
>> I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DIFFUSE SOME VERY CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES
IN MY STATE. I PREVENTED IMMIGRANT BASHING
FROM TAKING PLACE.
>> HE JUST SAID I'M GOING TO SPEAK SPANISH.
>> HE TRIED.
>>
>> HE TRIED.
>>. [ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
>> GO WHERE REPUBLICANS HAVE NEVER GONE BEFORE.
SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GEORGE BUSH GOT THAT WAS
IMPORTANT IS TONE IS IMPORTANT. EFFORT IS IMPORTANT.
THAT'S WHY I WAS SO SURPRISED WHEN DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCED FOR
PRESIDENT, TOOK THE STAGE, AND ATTACKED IMMIGRANTS.
>> THEY'RE BRINGING DRUGS. THEY'RE BRINGING CRIME.
THEY'RE RAPISTS, AND SOME I ASSUME ARE GOOD PEOPLE.
>> THAT'S THE MOMENT THAT DEMOCRATS SAID YOU KNOW WHAT?
THIS IS HOW WE WILL ALWAYS WIN THE LATINO VOTE.
>> WE'RE FINE. WE GOT THIS.
>> THEN WHAT HAPPENED?
>> DONALD TRUMP DID BETTER WITH MYTH WITH LATINO VOTERS.
WE SEE FOUR YEARS OF TRUMP. HE SEPARATES FAMILIES AT THE
BORDER. WELL SEE HIS DEPORTATION
POLICIES. WHAT HAPPENS IN 2020?
HE DOES TEN POINTS BETTER WITH LATINO VOTERS.
>> SO CONTRARY TO CONVENTIONAL WISDOM.
>> EXACTLY. THAT'S THE QUESTION NOW.
WHAT IS HAPPENING? THIS IS TEXAS 34th DISTRICT.
IT'S PREDOMINANTLY LATINO.
>> 90% HISPANIC.
>> 90% HISPANIC, BY HISTORY, BY STATS, WE'RE SITTING IN A
DEMOCRATIC STRONGHOLD. AND YET THERE IS MYRA FLORES.
>> REPUBLICAN MYRA FLORES FLIPPING A LONG-HELD DEMOCRATIC
SEAT IN A SPECIAL ELECTION, BECOMING THE COUNTRY'S FIRST
MEXICAN-BORN MEMBER OF CONGRESS.
>> SHE GREW UP AMONG DEMOCRATS. SHE GREW UP AS A DEMOCRAT.
AND SUDDENLY SHE RAN AS A REPUBLICAN.
>> AND WHAT HAPPENED TO HER THAT MADE HER CHANGE?
>> IT WAS THIS ISSUE OF ABORTION THAT REALLY MADE HER SWAP.
SHE EMBRACES DONALD TRUMP. SHE IS A BIG MAGA SUPPORTER.
SHE GENERALLY IS BETTING ON THIS IDEA THAT THERE IS MANY CLOSETED
REPUBLICANS AROUND US, AND SHE WON.
SO IF THERE IS A RED WAVE ON TUESDAY, PART OF THE REASON WHY
COULD BE BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE MYRA FLORES.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE IN SOUTH TEXAS HAVE, YOU KNOW, FELT THAT
THEY'VE BEEN TAKEN FOR GRANTED FOR A LONG TIME BY THE DEMOCRAT
PARTY.
>> I THINK MANY ARE WONDERING HOW CAN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY,
THE PARTY OF TRUMP PRO THE WALL, THE PARTY THAT WANTS MORE
DEPORTATIONS, HOW CAN THAT PARTY BE SO APPEALING TO LATINOS RIGHT
NOW?
>> ACTUALLY, THE WALL WAS BUILT IN TEXAS 34 DURING THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION. AND, AGAIN, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
HASN'T DONE NOTHING FOR THE IMMIGRANTS.
>> WHAT HAVE REPUBLICANS DONE?
>> WELL, WHAT HAVE DEMOCRATS DONE?
>> BUT AS A REPUBLICAN YOURSELF, WHAT HAS YOUR PARTY DONE?
>> THEY HAVE -- THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS A MAJORITY IN THE
HOUSE RIGHT NOW, HAS THE MAJORITY IN THE SENATE, AND HAS
A THE PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT BIDEN PROMISED
IMMIGRATION REFORM WITHIN 100 DAYS.
THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. I WASN'T IN CONGRESS.
I AM IN CONGRESS NOW. I AM HAVING THE CONVERSATION
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING AN IMMIGRATION REFORM.
BUT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS JUST USED THAT ISSUE TO GAIN OUR
VOTE. ONCE THEY WIN, THEY DO NOTHING.
IT'S NOT IMPORTANT FOR THEM. AND IT SHOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR
BOTH PARTIES.
>> IS THERE ANYTHING YOU SEE IN THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY AND WHERE THINGS ARE HEADED THAT YOU HAVE CONCERNS
ABOUT? WHERE ARE YOU CRITICAL OF THE
PARTY?
>> OUR FOCUS IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS THE ECONOMY.
WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE COUNTRY AND IN OTHER DISTRICTS,
I'M HERE TO REPRESENT TEXAS 34.
>> BUT YOU'LL HAVE PEOPLE CALLING FOR THE IMPEACHMENT OF
JOE BIDEN. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE
HOMELAND SECURITY CHIEF IS GOING TO BE INVESTIGATION CITY.
>> WE SHOULD NOT BE IMPEACHING PRESIDENT BIDEN.
PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE ASKING US TO PUT OUR
DIFFERENCES ASIDE AND TO FOCUS ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THEY'RE NOT WAKING UP THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE SOCIAL
ISSUES THAT WASHINGTON WANTS US TO FOCUS ON.
NO. THEY'RE WAKING UP CONCERNED HOW
THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE IT AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
WE HAVE A VERY HIGH POVERTY RATE IN SOUTH TEXAS.
I WANT TO CHANGE THAT.
>> AND YOU FELT THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY COULD DO THAT
BETTER, COULD DELIVER ON THOSE ISSUES FOR YOU?
>> NOT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
>> YEAH.
>> WITH LESS THAN A WEEK TO GO BEFORE ELECTION DAY, PRESIDENT
BIDEN MAKING THE SURPRISE SPEECH TONIGHT.
>> PRIMING THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS AST AS A CRITICAL TEST OF
AMERICA'S DEMOCRACY.
>> MAKE NO MISTAKE, DEMOCRACY IS IN THE BALLOT FOR ALL OF US.
>> EXTREME MAGA REPUBLICANS AIM TO QUESTION NOT ONLY THE
LEGITIMACY OF PAST ELECTIONS, BUT ELECTIONS BEING HELD NOW.
IT'S CORROSIVE AND IT'S DESTRUCTIVE.
YOU HAVE THE POWER. IT'S YOUR CHOICE.
THE FATE OF THE SOUL OF AMERICA LIES WHERE IT ALWAYS DOES, WITH
THE PEOPLE. [ APPLAUSE ]
>> SOME DEMOCRATIC STRATEGISTS SAY THEY DOUBT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S
SPEECH LAST NIGHT WOULD BE WELCOMED BY CANDIDATES IN TOUGH
RACES.
>> NO DEMOCRAT FEELS SECURE HEADED INTO THE ELECTION.
NEW YORK, GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL IS IN A DEAD HEAT WITH LEE
ZELDIN, AN ELECTION-DENYING PRO-LIFE TRUMP REPUBLICAN.
THIS MORNING GOVERNOR HOCHUL HAS A FAITH LEADERS BREAKFAST.
EVERY DEMOCRATIC STAR IS DESCENDING UPON NEW YORK CITY
TODAY. THIS EVENING, HILLARY CLINTON,
VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS ARE COMING TO DO A RALLY WITH HER.
NOTABLY, THIS IS ALL HAPPENING IN THE DEMOCRATIC STRONGHOLD OF
ALL DEMOCRATIC STRONGHOLDS.
>> WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE SISTER JUSTICE.
>> THERE IS SO MUCH AT STAKE. DEMOCRACY, MY FRIENDS, IS ON THE
BALLOT. FREEDOM IS ON THE BALLOT.
FAIR ELECTIONS ARE ON THE BALLOT.
WE GAIN SO MUCH UNDER DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP
OF GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL. AND WE WILL NOT ALLOW THE
REPUBLICANS TO TURN BACK THE PRICE OF PROGRESS.
LIKE THE SONG SAYS, "AIN'T NO STOPPING US NOW."
>> I'M COUNTING ON ALL OF YOU TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S IN OUR
VERY SOULS WHO WE ARE AS A PEOPLE, AND WE ARE ONE THING.
WE ARE NEW YORKERS. ARE YOU WITH ME, NEW YORKERS?
THEN WE STAND STRONG TOGETHER. RISE UP AND STAND STRONG FOR
DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE AND EQUALITY AND INCLUSION.
THAT'S WHO WE ARE AS NEW YORKERS.
I KNOW WE CAN GET THIS DONE! ONWARD TO VICTORY!
>> HI, GOVERNOR.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> I THINK PEOPLE ASSUME KATHY HOCHUL IS GOING TO WIN.
SHE'LL WIN BY A LOT. BUT YOU RAISED A TON OF MONEY
EARLY ON. BEFORE THERE WAS ANY HINT OF
TROUBLE. WHAT DID YOU SEE COMING THAT
MADE YOU WANT TO BRACE FOR THIS MOMENT?
>> I'VE SEEN IT ALL. I KNOW THERE IS AN UN'S OUT
THERE THE
UN'S OUT THERE.
THE PANDEMIC, PEOPLE NEED A PLACE TO POINT TO TO TRY TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> RIGHT.
>> AND WE IGNORE THAT AT OUR PERIL AS DEMOCRATS.
>> IT'S NEW YORK. IF YOU'RE IN A REAL FIGHT FOR
SURVIVAL HERE, WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO YOU ABOUT WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRY WRIT LARGE AND WHAT DEMOCRATS SHOULD
BE DOING PREPARING FOR NOW?
>> IT SAYS THAT DEMOCRACY IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR.
I DON'T MIND BEING THE FACE OF THIS FIGHT IN THE STATE OF NEW
YORK. I'M AS TOUGH AS NAILS.
AND I WANT OTHER PEOPLE NOT TO BE DISCOURAGED BY THIS.
MY VICTORY ON TUESDAY WILL SEND A MESSAGE THAT DESPITE ALL THE
FORCES THAT ARE SWIRLING AROUND OUT THERE ACROSS THE NATION,
THAT WE DID HOLD THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
>> ALL OF THE SUDDEN, YOU WERE IN A TOUGH RACE.
IT'S NOT JUST YOUR RACE. IT'S CONGRESSIONAL RACES, IT'S
UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT IN NEW YORK.
>> PEOPLE HAVE BECOME TOO COMPLACENT.
THAT'S HOW DONALD TRUMP WAS ELECTED IN 2016, BECAUSE PEOPLE
ASSUMED THAT OTHER PEOPLE WOULD VOTE ON THEIR BEHALF, THEY
DIDN'T REALLY CARE. NOW THEY KNOW THEY HAVE TO CARE.
AND SO I LIKE THIS ENERGY. I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE KIND
OF RESET THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND SHAKE EVERYBODY UP FROM
SLUMBER. NOT JUST IN NEW YORK, BUT ALL
ACROSS THE NATION.
>> THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT KEEPING YOU SAFE.
THEY WANT TO KEEP YOU SCARED SO THAT YOU CAN'T THINK STRAIGHT
AGAINST YOUR INTERESTS.
>> HEY, NEW YORK, WE GOT TO GET THIS DONE.
FIVE DAYS! [ CHEERING ]
>> SOME OF THE MOST FIERCELY COMPETITIVE RACES ARE IN THE
HOME STRETCH.
>> A LOT OF POLLING IS MIXED.
>> WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME HERE IS GOING TO BE.
>> HAS ANYBODY SLEPT IN LIKE THE LAST WEEK?
>> I SLEPT PRETTY WELL LAST NIGHT, I DON'T KNOW.
>> WHEN MARIS SAYS THEY'RE RELEASING POLLS AT MIDNIGHT LAST
NIGHT, COME ON.
>> RED WAVE, PHRASE THAT IS THROWN AROUND INDISCRIMINATELY
AND PRO AND
BY INCH.
>> A RED WAVE.
>> THE RED TSUNAMI.
>> DO YOU SEE ONE NOW COMING ON TUESDAY?
>> WE'VE HAD FOUR MIDTERMS IN A ROW.
6, 10, 14, 18, THAT HAVE GENERALLY BEEN CLOSE ENOUGH TO A
WAVE FOR ONE PARTY OR ANOTHER. SO THAT'S SORT OF BEEN THE NORM.
BUT LOOK, THERE IS A CLAIM FOR DEMOCRATIC ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM
THAT WE'VE ALL HEARD. KANSAS, THE SPECIAL ELECTIONS,
VOTER REGISTRATION. THERE IS A CLAIM TO A RED WAVE
IN TERMS OF THIS IS A MIDTERM ELECTION, LOW APPROVAL RATINGS
FOR THE PRESIDENT, THE ECONOMY. SO IN THE END, DO I SEE ONE
PARTY DOMINATING WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE RESULTS THAT LOOK
LIKE THEY DID IN SOME OF THOSE BIG WAVE YEARS?
I THINK THAT'S UNLIKELY.
>> YEAH.
>> CONVENTIONAL WISDOM WOULD BE THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE A GOOD
NIGHT. DEMOCRATS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO
HAVE A BAD NIGHT. AND THERE IS A MARKED CHANGE
THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE POST-LABOR DAY ENVIRONMENT,
RIGHT?
>> JOHN, THIS IS ONE OF THE WEIRDEST YEARS THAT I'VE
COVERED. IF I WERE JIM CANTORE FOR A DION
THE WEATHER CHANNEL, I WOULD SAY THERE IS A CATEGORY 2 OR 3 STORM
HEADED DEMOCRATS' WAY. IN SOME STATES IT'S A CATEGORY 4
OR 5. THE REASON IS IN THESE BLUE
STATES WHERE DEMOCRATS ARE THE DOUBLE INCUMBENTS, THEY CONTROL
BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT, THEY'RE BEING HELD
DOUBLY RESPONSIBLE BY VOTERS FOR EVERYTHING THEY'RE DISSATISFIED
WITH IN THEIR LIVES WHETHER IT'S POCKETBOOK CONCERNS AND
INFLATION OR CRIME.
>> IN NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA AND OREGON AND EVEN CONNECTICUT
AND RHODE ISLAND, DEMOCRATS ARE ON DEFENSE, AND IN RED STATES
AND PURPLE STATES WHERE YOU'VE SEEN ABORTION BANS OR YOU'VE
SEEN FEROCIOUS DEBATES OVER ABORTION LAWS IN STATE CAPITALS,
WE'RE NOTICING DEMOCRATS' NUMBERS HOLDING UP OKAY.
WE'RE SEEING DEMOCRATS PULL AHEAD IN A RACE IN KANSAS, AND
EVEN ALASKA. BUT EVEN IN MICHIGAN AND
PENNSYLVANIA, DEMOCRATS' NUMBERS ARE HOLDING UP BETTER.
>> I LOOK AT THIS AND SAY THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF THE LEAST
NATIONALIZED ELECTIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN A WHILE.
WE'VE GOTTEN USED TO NATIONALIZED ELECTIONS AS WE'VE
BECOME MORE POLARIZED, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST DECADE.
LOOK, THERE ARE POLLS THAT SHOW DEMOCRATS WINNING THE GOVERNOR'S
RACE IN OKLAHOMA AND A CLOSE RACE IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE IN
NEW YORK. THAT'S A WEIRD THING.
>> IN THE END, WE LOOK AT ELECTIONS AS NATIONAL
PHENOMENON. AND ON THE END THERE IS A
SCORECARD.
>> WHAT QUALIFIES AS A WAVE IS DIFFERENT TODAY THAN 20 OR 30
YEARS AGO BECAUSE WE HAVE FEWER COMPETITIVE STATES AND
DISTRICTS. WE HAVE VOTERS WHO ARE LOOKING
AT EVERY ELECTION AS EXISTENTIAL TO THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY.
SO TURNOUT IS VERY HIGH. AND SO WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH
POTENTIAL FOR A VERY LOP SIDE RESULT IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
>> WHAT WOULD CUTE IN YOUR VIEW NOW BY THE APPROPRIATE MEASURE,
WHAT WOULD CUTE A RED WAVE? YOU WAKE UP AND SAY THIS IS A
WAVE, I CAN'T ARGUE WITH THAT?
>> REPUBLICANS TAKING CONTROL OF BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE.
>> THAT'S IT, BY ANY MARGIN?
>> WELL, THAT'S WHAT QUALIFIES IN THIS DAY AND AGE.
AND THE FOUR CLOSETH SENATE RACES ARE ARIZONA, PENNSYLVANIA,
NEVADA, AND GEORGIA. REPUBLICANS NEED TO WIN TWO OF
THOSE FOUR TO WIN CONTROL OF THE SENATE.
REALLY, ALL THEY NEED IS A RIPPLE.
KEEP IN MIND, THOSE ARE STATES THAT JOE BIDEN WON BY VERY
NARROW MARGINS IN 2020. IN THE HOUSE, I'D SAY MORE THAN
20 SEATS WOULD BE A WAVE.
>> OKAY. AND WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THE ODDS
ARE RIGHT NOW, SOMETHING THAT CONSTITUTES THAT, REPUBLICANS
PICK UP SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 SEATS IN THE HOUSE AND TAKE
CONTROL OF THE SENATE. THE ODDS OF THAT ARE WHAT?
>> 51%.