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president biden is expected to slam election deniers into a surprise speech tonight. "the lead" starts right now, six days from the midterms president biden has something to say, adding a prime time speech to his calendar taking on the heightened political climate. as the election rolls in candidates are rolling out their closing message. plus, the plan to rope supreme court clarence thomas into the 2020 election. why a trump lawyer called thomas the only chance to delay the process....

boxes of classified documents from mar-a-lago almost two weeks ago, even more republicans have rallied to his side. his vice grip on the party seem to be confirmed this past week. it is the results of one of the highest profile republican races of this entire cycle. on tuesday, congresswoman liz cheney, the vice chair of the january six committee, the republican partys top critic of the twice impeached ex president lost her reelection bid for wyomings lone seat in the house of represen...

but now to florida were seen and projects help demings will win the democratic senate primary. and challenge incumbent, marco rubio. then things is a former police chief of orlando and has served in the house since 2014. and singer landa they protect that charlie crist will, be the democratic governor in nevada. he will face incumbent around the sides in november. and now to st. petersburg florida. >> quite a bit of celebrations tonight from charlie crist, camp here in st. petersburg. ...

bellwether, where voters made abortion rights the centerpiece of his campaign in a swing district. molinaro tried to tie democrats and the white house to high prices and the economy as well. ryans win appears to show, once again, that abortion rights are a powerful motivator in helping democrats get people to the polls. as "meet the press" first put it out this morning, this red wave is looking much more like a ripple. and roughly 1,000 miles south of here in florida we now know who wi...

Are open. that be my advice to the republicans down there. i dont quite understand. republicans are allowed to vote on saturday to, that would be where i would put my energy. >> yeah. and its easier to vote on a day or enough to vote, but enough to work by the way. ive noticed. also this new kfile report, cnns investigative team has new reporting, molly, that basically herschel walker has been getting a tax break in texas, last year in this year, for what he calls his primary residence. which is...

Energy. >> yeah. and its easier to vote on it or you dont have to work, ive noticed. so, there is also this new difference, cbs investigative team has me reporting that herschel walker has been getting a tax break in texas, last year and this year for what he calls his primary residence, which is in dallas, texas, which is not in georgia. dallas, texas, is not in georgia. and i just wonder if we think that a carpet bagger claim will affect him. is people did respond to that from dr. oz in pennsy...

Same things that had led them to embrace trump in the first place. i think the trump example was one of the things that led republican voters to think, were not going to pay a price if we run inexperienced candidates, if we run candidates who only throw bombs, if we run candidates who are far from the median voter. the poor quality candidates, they were a mixed bag. oz wasnt extreme, but he didnt live in the state, which was sort of a problem. >> that was pretty big. >> i think the candidate qua...

And i dont think theyre going to. even though places like new hampshire, its quite likely -- even though a good candidate in colorado, the reason why, as fundamentals would suggest, theyve got a candidate quality problem. the new hampshire pickup which is possible is a guy named dawn bolduc who is an election-denying lunatic. the reason why the numbers are should be so concerning to democrats because i think swing voters will not vote for these crazy candidates but if turnout collapses among dem...

Part of sarahs argument is that republicans do have an candidate quality problem. and yet, these races are very competitive. which is why i think this gamble that they made with some of these candidates, who are much more fringe, its questionable, because in a wave environment, these candidates can definitely win. i think we should just be clear about that. its not like -- you know, don bolduc, hes until a competitive race because of the environment, not in spite of it. >> and i think that is a ...