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Hochul, perhaps in an unexpected challenge to hochul -- [laughter] it was a moment of sheer honesty. i mean, if you live in new york and, john, you brought up, i feel like it was 6, 8, 10 months ago, you walk into a pharmacy here, and you have to get your toothpaste unlocked. this is the reality of life for people living in new york right now. and then if you want to get on a subway to buy it somewhere else, youre terrified. people are scared, and thats a reasonable challenge to the governor. jo...

Problems, and they dont want someone whos going to be a rubber stamp for the biden and pelosi agenda, and thats what my opponent will be. john: 538.com gave you a more than 80% chance of winning that seat back in early october. you talked a lot about the economy and energy, so does the your opponent as well. i mean, what are the issues that really matter to voters there in northeastern ohio? >> well, again, this is an election about choices, and people are making choices when it comes to what th...

Big sticking point is what their children are being taught. countless voters expressing theyre tired of the woke agenda some schools are pushing, and theyll be heading to the polls with that motivation. its a threat gop candidate kari lake is honing in on. >> keep it out of our kids schools. keep it out of our kids minds. [applause] dont brainwash our children. if its okay with you, were going to get back to some of the basics, reading, writing, arithmetic. >> reporter: and, sandra, thats someth...

That fetterman lived off his parents until he was almost 50 years old? >> president biden is -- president obama is going to exceed president bidens dismal record of helping democrats get elected. were on the discuss cusp of republicans getting over 250 seats in the u.s. house. when the three of us get back together next time, theres going to be 53 or 54 republicans in the u.s. senate, and you know what were not going to hear anymore? get rid of the filibuster, lets add to the supreme court -- jo...

>> reporter: weve heard that same message over and over again, and ryan has certainly run a more unorthodox. cam paint hes also a made it clear hes not happy with the national democratic party. but j.d. vance is trying to throw that back at him saying look at his voting record and look what hes been in congress doing since 2003. weve also seen the exact opposite approach for j.d. vance. while he is embracing governor mike dewine, making it clear they see a united front as an advantage. john: som...

Biden. stacey abrams didnt ask biden -- john: tim ryan, ohio. >> exactly. going state after state you have a president that is more of an anchor on democratic candidates than a plus. and the fact that john fetterman had him come to pennsylvania yesterday insures fetterman gets the gold medal for worst candidate of this cycle. [laughter] >> i think its a heavy competition, by the way. [laughter] john: when you take a look, kevin, at the issue of crime which is central in this new york race, you h...

In akron. sandra: pocketbook issues are hitting folks in the midwest particularly hard. theyre dealing with a really big spike in inflation there. when it comes to tim ryan, worth noting that it was quite a while back that we had him on this program, and he made a lot of headlines when we asked him about embracing the president for his election and whether or not he wanted the president to run for another term in office or, and he distanced himself quite a long time ago from the current presiden...

Beat republican j.t. vance to flip a -- j.d. vance to flip a red seat blue. vance is set to get a big boost during a rally tomorrow night. mark meredith live in mount vernon, ohio. how are the candidates spending the final hours on the campaign trail? >> reporter: hey, john, good afternoon to you. for republican candidate j.d. vance, hes been barnstorming the buckeye state trying to reach out to voters. he just rapped -- wrapped up an event, hes been taking photos with people, but these events a...

Im not going in the subway. people dont feel safe in this town. you may have done these things, but right now were 230 not feeling good. john: shes not exactly a conservative whos trying to sandbag kathy hochul. what does it say that somebody like that basically says you can talk all you want about crime, we dont feel safe, we dont believe you? >> msnbc person is saying whats reality. voters dont feel safe, and crime rates are up. and as much as it will impact the governors race, what were not t...