we re just 16 days out from the midterm elections. as campaign 22 is hitting the home stretch, democrats are also facing economic headwinds. i am worried about the level of voter turnout, what democrats have got to do is contrast their economic plan with the republicans. elections are about the future. they re about the economy. nobody said we re doing abortion rather than the economy. it s about both. how much is the economy and the rising prices going to impact your vote in november? it s a lot to do with it. because our economy has got you have control. reporter: so the cost of living is just high. exactly, that s the biggest impact. everything s high. you know, rent, you know, gas, food, all of it it s inflated. i m pamela brown and you are live in the cnn newsroom . just 16 days from now, the dust will be settling in the nation s midterm elections, when voters will decide which party they want to control the house and senate. and polls show voter inte
wait a minute. someone in the white house was calling one of the rioters? absolutely. and you know both ends of that call? one end. i don t know the white house end, which i believe is more important. so that call that denver writes about reportedly lasted just nine seconds. made at 4:24 p.m. after trump made a video message telling supporters to go home, you re very special. on meet the press yesterday, congressman raskin confirms that the committee knows about this call. watch. i can t say anything specific about that particular call, but we are aware of it. and we are aware of lots of context between people in the white house and different people involved obviously in the coup attempt and the insurrection. in a statement, the committee adds that quote, in his roll on the select committee, mr. riggleman had limited knowledge. the committee has run down all the leads and digested and analyzed all the information that arose from his work. we will be presenting
my time. i feel like i should deserve a second opportunity. do you think there s something about the united states where we are fascinated by con artists, grifters, liars, is there something that we like, that we find interesting? i would say so, yes. i was thinking, if i were to be prosecuted for similar crimes in germany, i don t think people would really care. you can check out more from what is a fascinating interview on cnn.com. new day continues right now. it is thursday, october 13th. i m brianna keilar with john berman. two years after the capital riot donald trump remains a clear and present danger to democracy, that s what today s january 6th committee plans to hammer home in their first public hearing since july, likely to be the last before midterm elections. and the panel is said to be treating today s hearing as a sort of closing argument. no live witnesses but there will be new evidence and testimony, some of it from members of trump s own cabinet.
republican texas governor greg abbott. a surprise to the volunteers who raced to receive those people. some are families, men, women, and most that can t speak english, to defend themselves. as officials scramble to get them food and shelter. in new york, the mayor says his sanctuary city is nearing a breaking point with more than 11,000 asylum seekers dropped off there since may. we re covering each city and all of the angles here and the impacts of this escalating battle. we begin there on martha s vineyard. cnn s miguel marquez. we know you arrived there a short time ago. what do you know about the migrants there and how they are doing right now? they are doing well, given everything they are been through. everyone i have spoken to, i have spoken to about a dozen of them so far. they are all in san antonio, texas, yesterday morning. and then, they arrived here. we know a little about them. there s about seven families among the 50 on the 2 planes. there s four children b
the unions in this country now have the support, whether union members or not, of over 60% of the american people, never before have union been that popular, labor union. or 60% the american people. i think that s important. because they re figuring it. out you are the bulwark against success. you are the ones. and by the way, you know, like all of you, like many of you, i wasn t raised poor. but, i wasn t wealthy. we lived in a three bedroom split level home and in a town called mayfield in delaware with four kids, mom, that, and a grandpa. but we were all right. we could always tell whether things were going. rough we had two sets of bunks in one room. you could hear my dad when he was restless. you could hear the headboard. i remember asking my mom one day, what s the matter with that? she said, honey, we just lost our insurance. people shouldn t have to face that reality in america. it shouldn t be the case. the unions make sure that we didn t have to face that. but the r