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[screaming] help. >> jesse: thats what the office of every democratic candidate and strategist across the country looks like right now. d.c. insider mark hall who is one of the most plugged in people in politics says democrats he is speaking to are in a living nightmare. they finally see the massive wave surging toward them and they admit there is nothing they can do about it. democrats say their private polls are showing worse numbers than the public polls. and the public polls are ju...

crash saying republicans will crash the economy if they win control of congress in 12 days. plus the january #th committee closing in, new this hour, the key testimony the panel is pursuing which could be its final act. the new data that should quiet questions about the u.s. in a recession but can it stop the federal reserve from a new big hike in interest rates. hello and welcome to "the lead." im john berman, 12 days left until the midterm elections and president biden is sharpen...

inflation that is not going down significantly. we will have the latest on the midterms including a fallout from all this weeks debates. but, first up, the preelection economy where it stands. white house correspondent jackii heinrich starts us off from the north lawn. >> good evening, bret. the president is in syracuse touting the biden administration investment and praising todays economic report. the data is not what it seems on the surface. >> great economic report today. the g.d.p...

independent candidate evan mcmullin as he faces off against incumbent republican mike lee. and tesla is under criminal investigation over claims the companys electric vehicles can drive themselves. well get to that. willie? lets begin this hour in georgia, where this morning there is a new allegation against herschel walker. another woman has come forward accusing the candidate of pressuring her into having an abortion. the women appeared anonymously yesterday with her attorney, gl...

trying to expand their territory, but theyve got their own problems to deal with. starting with new allegations against herschel walker. well go to georgia live in just a minute where a walker event just wrapped up. plus, president biden trying to sell pessimistic americans on his economic message, pointing to new gdp numbers that are stronger than forecast, as proof of things getting better. with food and gas prices up 10% in a year, does anyone care about the gdp? ill ask white hou...

absurd claims. since the fbi searched donald trumps private residence and members club back in august. the ex-president declassified all the documents that he could declassify them if he wanted to, quote, even by thinking about it. it is a claim that has been repeated over and over and over again by trump and his allies. the disgraced ex-president mentioned it in public and the media appearances so many times. not one single time has that claim been made in a court of law. now new repo...

that im fit to be serving and thats what i believe is where im standing. >> democrats are seizing on dr. oz already on defense for criticism of discredited theories he promoted on television saying this when asked whether aside from exceptions should abortion be banned in america. >> ive been in the room when theres some difficult conversations happening. i dont want the federal government involved with that at all. i want women, doctors, local political leaders leading the democracy t...

coming up soon. first though to this breaking right now, florida governor ron desantis reacting to this report that the white house is huddling over potential litigation options as he and other republican governors transport migrants to sanctuary cities. >> he did not scribble to get his cabinet together when we had millions of people illegally pouring across the southern border >> he didnt scramble to get his cabinet together when you had 43, 53 at migrants, dye, and some trailer in t...

transportation fund. he says hes reduced the deficit by 1.6 trillion, so theres room. >> to the companies running gas stations and setting those prices at the pump, this is a time of war. global peril. ukraine. these are not normal times. bring down the price youre charging at the pump to reflect the cost youre paying for the product. do it now. do it today. >> the president not changing any of his policies. the votes may not be in congress to do what he wants. >> im willing to embrace...

of the general election. tony lee, and his wife laura sanders — who is the partys candidate in bristol north west — are both being looked into. this morning it emerged that mr lee has taken a leave of absence from his job, and left the campaign yesterday. our political correspondent helen catt has the latest. we will have a general election on the lith ofjuly. july elections are a rarity. now, the gambling commission is looking into some of the bets that were placed on one being ca...