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For sure, eve have a, appreciate it. thanks so much. in florida early voting kicks off today, same day as the first and only gubernatorial debate in the state. tonight republican florida governor ron desantis will go toe to toe with democratic challenger charlie crist. steve contorno is following all the developments in the sunshine state. what do we expect the major topics will be tonight at this debate? >> erica, like so many democrats in tough contests charlie crist has tried to make this race about one issue, abortion. florida is one of those states that recently moved to further restric...

President's infrastructure program, the president was here in delaware talking about his loan forgiveness program for college students just on friday and that's kind of what you do, jim, when you are facing headwinds in the midterms. >> all right. joe johns, thank you very much. i'm joined now by democratic senator sheldon white house of rhode island, he is the author of the book "the scheme: how the right wing used dark money to capture the supreme court." very important topic. senator, thank you for your time. i do want to talk about the book in just a moment but first let me to dovetail off...

Good idea to appear with the president given the fact that he's got the low approval ratings, the high inflation, the concerns about recessions and so on. the white house chief of staff appeared on jake tapper's prime time show last week and essentially was asked why the president isn't going to so many big rallies, and what he pointed out is this isn't the only president who has had trouble with the midterm elections. listen. >> both president obama, i was here, i will share responsibility for it, and president trump got walloped in the midterms. so i don't think it should surprise anyone tha...

All right, we're just 16 days out from the midterm elections and in several competitive states early voting is under way right now in georgia, in fact, more than 740,000 people have already cast their ballots. a new nbc poll finds sky high interest and polarization ahead of the midterms. it shows about 80% of democrats and republicans believe their political opposition will destroy the country if they are not stopped. as campaign '22 is hitting the homes homestretch, democrats are facing economic head winds with poll after poll showing swing voters shifted toward republicans. today senator ber...

Then the economy -- the economy is a mixed bag. we should acknowledge inflation is high but joblessness is low. wages are actually up. but, still, inflation numbers are brutal. one democratic strategist told politico i think we peaked a little early. what do you think? >> i think we're going to see across states that folks aren't going to vote by party line. you might have a governor win on a republican and then the democratic senator win. so i actually feel like coming out of covid we need to campaign in a different way and it's who can meet the moment around how young voters are receiving in...