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Kemp has made a last minute accusation with very little notice against the democrats saying they tried to hack into the states voting system. as we mentioned, he didnt really offer any details to back that claim up. abrams responded earlier today on "meet the press". >> he is desperate to turn the conversation away from his failures, from his refusal to honor his commitments and from the fact that hes part of a nationwide system of voter suppression that will not work in this election. >> joinin...

But do you think that sends a negative message to democrats as youre trying to fire democrats up to get them to support your campaign? >> i believe oprahs presence fires people up because she has been fiercely independent her entire life. i think what shes saying is this is an election about the issues. listen to the conversations happening between the candidates. look at whose showing up, whos talking about issues, who has comprehensive plans for your life and make a decision not based on party...

Statement. democrat stacey abrams responded to that this morning. take a listen. >> this is a desperate attempt on the part of my opponent to distract people from the fact that two different federal judges found him dare lierelict in duties and those being held captive be allowed to vote. he is desperate to turn the conversation away from his failures frr failures, from his refusal to honor his commitments and from the fact hes part of a nationwide voter suppression system. >> you and i were tal...

Hes talked about areas where he can work with the president, but hes also talked about areas where hell fight the president, like the issue that is top of mind for most voters around the country, which is protecting people with pre-existing health conditions. >> you know, phil bredesen and a few other democrats, kyrsten sinema has been trying to reject her party label a little bit saying shes not really a proud democrat. they have all made promises that they wont be just sort of blank checks for...

President wants and that is to seal the border and force migrants to come through the ports of entry. the issue of whether or not its legal is a question of whether or not you believe in international law. its clear from this administration they dont believe international law has weight. treaty obligations would require the united states to honor those international commitments and allow anyone who sets foot in the united states to claim asylum. sealing off the border isnt necessarily controvers...

Is there the glue that binds them together issue wise? >> i think the caucus when it forms after november, there may be as many as up to 20 members, really sizable, will be able to really hone in, particularly in these areas of national security and veterans affairs, traditionally less partisan areas but have become affected by the gridlock in washington. and focus on getting some thins done. we talked about mike waltz, the green beret. one of his real commitments is toward national service and ...

Were invited to join the president, they all declined as did all members of the pennsylvania delegation, all of them said i have other commitments. howard fineman reports his sources in pittsburgh tell him that the white house ran kind of a scam to try to get some public officials, anyone to agree to meet with trump on this trip. according to howard finemans reporting, the white house was so desperate that they, quote, called top pennsylvania and pittsburgh officials one at a time and lied to ea...

Funeral was held today for the first victims of saturdays shooting at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh, despite requests from pittsburghs mayor and other community leaders for the president not to visit until the funerals concluded. this afternoon, the president showed up anyway. he went to the synagogue and to the local hospital where victims are being treated. the top four republican and democratic congressional leaders who were invited to join the president in pittsburgh today, they a...

Him to come after the families had their fine earls, had a chance to sit shivia when he wouldnt be so disruptive for their mourning process. not that he wasnt welcomed at all, but that it would have been better for him to do it with a little -- with a little less urgency. >> let me read the sarah sanders statement today, responding to the fact i guess he did invite congressional leaders to go with him and they all declined. heres what she puts, beth -- the president and first lady are coming to ...

Moment has come where she feels she can only do one of them. a disastrous result in the election in hesse or should be seen as an opportunity for the whole government to change merkel said above all the cooperation between christian democrats and social democrats needs to improve for their part merkels s.p.d. coalition partners are also licking their wounds after a terrible result in sundays regional vote their leader andrea knowledges whose future in the job was also being questioned it was cle...