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>> arlette saenz, thank you very much. at the white house there. lets get some perspective from our white house correspondent for the "pbs newshour." you know the president has been vocal on the abortion issue, but hes obviously making it a focus of his midterm. this is going to be a mobilizing issue for voters, especially independents and suburban women. >> thats right. they really do believe that this could potentially help them defy history because as we know in the past when its a midterm el...

And january 6th and trumps unhelpful interventions, this is an unusual environment and i think we have to talk about this midterm with a certain degree of humility because nobody is quite sure how this plays out. this wont be a traditional midterm referendum on the party in power. it may become more of a choice election. well see. i wouldnt bet against history but youll see a rather slim republican majority in the house. the democratic losses will be mitigated over the dobbs decision and i think...

Trumpism is alive and well in the republican party, election deniers are on the ballot for midterm in 27 states. just last night, trump spoke at a rally before north carolina gop senate chad bug, who was against certifying these presidential elections in 2020. he declined to answer whether he will accept the results of his race in november. this is what we are facing a november, guys. this is very serious. jason, when it comes to candidates of color, there are far too few people of color that ma...

Carolina all throughout the country, considering that most of these communities have to leapfrog over rampant voters to do that. your thoughts? >> i think thats exactly right. number one, we have to be mindful that the republicans are all in a committed effort to make voting as difficult as possible, especially if you are someone from a person of color community that be taken in the mindset, i think tiffany, yes, we will see record midterm turnout. i think it will be equal, if not better than wh...

Weapons ban and codify roe v. wade that. is a central message that the democrats are trying to get across, what they would do on abortion and he really underscored what the stakes are if republicans win. take a listen. >> republicans win control of the congress, aboring will be banned and by the way it will be initially banned but if they win congress i will veto it. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: biden also reiterated criticisms that he said before about calling out republicans for suppor...

Deal stuff, feel better about being a democrat but if you go into an election in which there is parity between the two parties republicans in midterm elections, when they dont hold the white house didnt win big because the independent voters, people who dont identify on the generic republic tend to break against the party in power. that is why every midterm, first midterm election since the emergence of what we call the second american party system when we began to have real political parties in...

May trigger federal election law. former president donald trump dropped new hintss on his plan for another white house run. >> you will not answer the question if you are running. >> im not allowed to legally sglchl youre a golfer, why give up a great life and go back to that hell hole? >> because i love the country and we were so close before covid came in, we had a country like never in history. >> carley: the former president laid out strong border, energy independence, ending indoctrination ...

Voters. >> now, nancy pelosi, house speaker nancy pelosi she also released a statement this morning calling the commitment to america. she called it the commitment to maga and call this extreme. the democratic side a lot of pessimism but a lot of excitement in the room. they are hoping for a excitement would turn over to voters giving them a clear path what they intend to vote for come november. that is akin to 1994, bill. >> bill: thanks alexandria. we are waiting for that, thanks, dana. >> dan...

The best possible position in a very difficult year, and then the question is just what happens with the economy between now and the election. i have a sense a couple of weeks ago, it would be great if we had the parliamentary system, we could decide when elections were called. if the elections were a couple of weeks ago, you felt like democrats were in a prime position, and its just the x factors that are things that are outside of your control that, you know, we dont know how that will play ou...

That by party identity or party registration, i think well see good results in november and im excited for the results. >> ashley: we spoke to a life-time democrat a couple weeks ago that is going against kathy hochul and voting for lee zeldin, do you think closer to midterm we will see more registered democrats coming out in a show of force saying security and police is the number one reason or perhaps inflation, whatever it be, do you think more democrats will come out closer to the midterms? ...