top of the hour, i m erica hill. good to have you with us this morning. election day, two weeks away exactly. today there is a major focus on pennsylvania. voters gearing up for a key senate debate tonight. republican mehmet oz and john fetterman will face off in the first and only debate. this is a new poll showing fetterman leading with a narrow margin. we re on the ground in harrisburg with a preview of tonight s debate. plus overnight in florida, governor ron desantis vying to keep his job facing off against challenger charlie crist in their debate, the two trading barbs, insults, on a number of topics. charlie crist will join me in just a moment. but let s begin with what is expected to be the fiery debate tonight in pennsylvania. jessica dean is on the trail in harrisburg. and it is important, this is the only debate for voters between oz and fetterman. what are we expecting them to tackle tonight in addition to the expected fireworks? right. well we re going to see
good morning, i m erica hill, it is a busy tuesday at this hour. we are officially two weeks away from the midterms. a major focus on the senate battle in pennsylvania today, one of the most critical races this cycle. tonight republican mehmet oz and democrat john fetterman will face off for their first and only debate, and we are on the ground in harrisburg. overnight in florida incumbent republican governor ron desantis going toe to toe with his democratic challenger charlie crist. the two sparring on a number of topics, we will discuss with charlie crist in our next hour. plus new this morning, adidas officially severing ties with kanye west following a rash ant submit tick comments. a moscow regional court upholding the drug smuggling conviction of american basketball star brittney griner. she was sentenced to nine years behind bars in russia. cnn s kylie atwood is live at the state department for us this morning. kylie, what more are we hearing about what this coul
of the state, who s had a stroke, and can no longer speak in complete sentences. that s happening right now. dr. oz is getting crushed by a stroke victim, who was already crazy. it s bizarre. the question is, why is this happening? we spent time on the phone the other day, calling around to small political people to find out why it s happening. we heard a lot of theories, and they boil down to dr. oz is a bad candidate. mitch mcconnell said it s candidate quality. before we accept a republican can t win at a time when democrats have completely discredited themselves, it s worth pausing and asking exactly what does this mean. what is a bad candidate? there are no bad candidates? there s no bad candidates, they re just running on the wrong thing, talking about issues that people don t deeply care about. a good candidate is the opposite of that, a candidate who promises to fix the problems that voters worry about the most. candidates like that tend to win elections because the m
it s subway s biggest refresh yet. welcome back to morning joe. it is 6:00 in the morning in los angeles. 9:00 a.m. here on the east coast. as we begin our fourth hour of morning joe. i ll willie geist and let s dive right in with a new development surrounding the fbi search of president trump s mar-a-lago home in florida. they have until thursday to provide a rezakted copy of the affidavit and the former president is hinting at taking more legal action. senior washington correspondent hallie jackson has the latest. reporter: former president trump now teasing what he calls a major legal motion. he and his attorneys saying they plan to ask for a third party, a so-called special master to review what was taken by the fbi during their search of mar-a-lago. pointing to the fourth amendment which protects from unreasonable searches and seizures. one of the benefits of a special master, if the master agree with this, is we could stop the doj in their tracks when it comes