i am richard louis in fo yasmin vossoughian coming to you live from 30 rock and i am garrett haake an west palm beach, florida not far from mar-a-lago from where donald trump rock th political world today saying h was going to be arrested o tuesday. as i ve been noting throughout the day, though his own lega team says they haven t gotte any word that that i definitely going to happen the manhattan da has commented on trump s post, which h admits a striven by medi reports he has seen and heard. trump s pronouncement toda should not come as a surpris given just how much she ha been wrapping up the rhetori this past week our enemies are desperate t stop us because they know that we are the only ones who can stop them and they know it ver strongly the radical left democrats are using their prosecutors to try and steal another election all right garrett, you will join us throughout this hour a we continue to talk about trum and his tweet or as his messag was put out on socia
brand-new fox power rankings are out, republicans holding the advantage and retaking the house. the senate is still up in the air. hello, well come, welcome, i m sandra smith in new york. mike: mike emanuel in washington. republicans are supposed to keep the advantage from the last power rankings but different side in the senate. toss-up races in arizona, georgia, nevada and pennsylvania will decide which party takes control. sandra: tight as ever, we approach the final weeks to election day, all of this as pocket book issues are likely to determine the outcome of many of these key races. recent polls show the economy, inflation, surging gas prices are top of mind for american voters. especially independents. mike: jackie and james in moments, but first alexandria, the election is likely to be decided by independent voters. that is exactly right, often hold the decisionmaking power and we are seeing the area of independent concern aligning more with republicans. the
i am richard louis in fo yasmin vossoughian coming to you live from 30 rock and i am garrett haake an west palm beach, florida not far from mar-a-lago from where donald trump rock th political world today saying h was going to be arrested o tuesday. as i ve been noting throughout the day, though his own lega team says they haven t gotte any word that that i definitely going to happen the manhattan da has commented on trump s post, which h admits a striven by medi reports he has seen and heard. trump s pronouncement toda should not come as a surpris given just how much she ha been wrapping up the rhetori this past week our enemies are desperate t stop us because they know that we are the only ones who can stop them and they know it ver strongly the radical left democrats are using their prosecutors to try and steal another election all right garrett, you will join us throughout this hour a
a cult with men are trash t-shirts. that is what a thinking society has evolved into. laura: that is a real winner t-shirt, men are trash. the man on our panel, will, good to have you back. a great intro. laura: i don t really get that whole men are trash thing. this is what mazie hirono senator from hawaii. she sent out a fund-raising email today on this saga. she said, i m spending every minute of my day fighting the republicans who are desperate t rush brett kavanaugh s nomination and denying a fair investigation into the credible sexual misconduct allegations against him. she later apologized for the email fund-raising. is it just about protecting dr. ford and women or is this about raising money and galvanizing her base?te it s about protecting all women and all people who comee out and say that they have been a victim of sexual abuse. the real thing that you saw today was that we did not have a
a lot to discuss. joining me former federal prosecutor jeffrey toobin and jonathan turley, professor of law at george washington university. jeffrey, how important are filling these vacancies? the number of issues these kind of judges rule on? it s enormously important in terms of what they do. but it s even more important for how long they serve. because all of these judges under the constitution serve for life. so there are still many judges who were appointed by ronald reagan, anthony kennedy on the supreme court is still there appointed in 1987. so this is an opportunity for a president to extend his influence decades after he leaves office. and jonathan, given the number of vacancies, seeps like trump is going to be able to shape the courts in a way that president obama wasn t. he will. he controls the senate through his party. so these vacancies will be filled which is good news for many judges who are desperate t have colleagues. and i do think it s important to