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>> good evening. with two weeks to go until the 2020 midterms, the control of office in statewide offices around the country is changing day by day. there is no better example than the contest for pennsylvania's open senate seat between lieutenant governor john fetterman, and dr. mehmet oz, his first and only debate just got underway in harrisburg. if you hours ago, the independent challenger efforts turned pulled out of the race through his support behind lieutenant governor fetterman, quoting from his tweet, announcing the decision that i am pulling around 3%, which places democrac...

Puzzle for democrats trying to hold a majority, and republicans trying to win it. anderson? >> in this independent candidates dropping out of the race, and supporting fetterman, does that shift things it'll? >> we'll see. it was not much of a factor, it was not much of a widely known person, he was barely known. in fact, he was not even included in our poll that we did this week. he is pulling his support behind john fetterman, and so that could help determine. the reality is, his name is already on the ballot. that could create some confusion. people can still vote for him if they are turned ...

About the cause of fetterman's stroke, and the warning signs that he experienced before hint? and frankly, is his brain -- how is his brain affected by it? >> to be, clear anderson, i don't treat him, nor do i have access to his medical records. what we do know based on what he has said, and his doctors have said. back in 2017, he was diagnosed, with an -- irregular heart rhythm that carries a risk of stroke. he was not blood thinning medications for many of those mass years, which could've protective him from stroke. unfortunately, he suffered a stroke in, may was taken to a hospital where he...

Pennsylvania is the second largest gas producing state in the country, and that is a major issue. i think the fetterman is going to have to walk back some of these extreme positions that he has taken. look, we're all sympathetic to him based on his health, but he's going to have to explain this. the question, is we're all watching how he comports himself. we'll see how he does tonight with this closed captioning, but i think that this is a really important event tonight for fetterman. he's going to prove that he has the capacity to serve. >> anderson, as you pointed out earlier as well, yester...

Language. to be clear, anderson, this does not have an effect necessarily unconditional. the area of the brain that is supplied by that blood vessel, that is the area that is affected. if it's the mortar area, that's where you lose function. if it's the speech, area that's where you have trouble. but that is totally separate from your ability to think, process data, understand, your intelligence. and so i want to be clear about that. >> david, i know you've been talking with doctor oz over the course of the campaign, especially last night. what did you tell him, and what do you think he should...