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to -- >> yeah. zip it. >> that does it. jose diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now. and good morning, 10:00 a.m., 7:00 a.m. pacific. im jose diaz-balart and we are just five days away from the critical midterm elections with many key races neck and neck. president biden and former president trump hit the trail. we are live in two battleground states this morning. plus, the economy is top of mind for many voters as things like mortgages, credit cards, loan payments will soon be ...

Kari lake, the republican candidate says her strategy is they have to get treated or get moving. some people says thats too harsh and she says its tough love. katie hobbs used to be a social worker and shes focused on affordable housing as well as a $200 million investment into a trust fund for the homeless. you can see, these are polar opposite strategies that show you how divided this is. >> whats the reaction to the presidents prime time speech last night. what are you hearing there? >> so i ...

President biden in a prime time speech said that democracy is on the ballot. >> as i stand here today, there are candidates running for every level of office in america, for governor, congress, attorney general, secretary of state who wont commit. they will not commit to beinga senting the result of the election that theyre runninging in. this is about the caste in america. you cant love your country only when you win. >> joining us now keisha lance bottoms, senior adviser to the president. good...

Its not something that we can take for granted. the administration has continued to work through the department of justice and homeland security and working with local and state election officials, making sure that we are giving up-to-date threat assessments. as of now there are no credible threats towardses any polling places on election day, but just the fact that we are having to have this conversation in 2022 really speaks to the necessity of the speech that the president gave last night. >>...

Thats going to be more destruct testify democracy. we will speak out against elections that are corrupt and not a damn way that any one of you say will take that right away from us. >> jose, clearly, she is leaning into her role here within the maga movement and its blaming the media as being the real problem. weve heard that before. >> indeed. brian, meanwhile, the economy remains the top or a top issue for voters going into tuesdays contest and soon things like credit card debt will be more ex...

To -- >> yeah. zip it. >> that does it. jose diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now. and good morning, 10:00 a.m., 7:00 a.m. pacific. im jose diaz-balart and we are just five days away from the critical midterm elections with many key races neck and neck. president biden and former president trump hit the trail. we are live in two battleground states this morning. plus, the economy is top of mind for many voters as things like mortgages, credit cards, loan payments will soon be even more ...

And voting. theres been a record advance, early warning or early voting pattern in georgia. how do you see that going forward? >> well, its very encouraging and you cant think about elections without thinking about congressman lewis who was my congressman. he reminded us that the right to vote is almost sacred. he also said he was concerned he would wake up one day and our democracy would be gone. ambassador andrew young, when we saw these efforts come through georgia where you cant give out wat...