it became troll of support for stacy abrams, for rafael warnock in the last election cycles. to capture those votes and energize those voters who skip midterm elections and felt like they were part of the process. you didn't find a candidate who can keep that message objectively. that takes years of work and the republicans have done that. it's not something that they were not constantly thinking of in georgia. they knew this blue wave was on its way. they were trying to build what they called the big red wall to fight back. in 2020 it was the big red wall was not cold enough to keep the wave from crashing over them but they feel like they're already starting to work to energize their base and reach out to those voters that skipped 2018 and might have stayed home in 2020. their biggest issue though still continues to be trump. the former president endorsed seven candidates in georgia including the challengers to better, candidate personal water force including a lot of challengers for down ticket races that most georgians frankly are paying that much attention to right now. a

herschel walker is now trailing rafael warnock by 10 points, in a state that went for joe biden by a margin of 1/3 of a percentage point. that is bizarre. what is going on here? it's not just happening in georgia. according to the official numbers, you'll recall, joe biden won the state of pennsylvania by a little over a single percentage point in 2020. so it's been two years. biden has become much less popular since then. meanwhile pennsylvania, which is controlled by the democratic party, has become much worse. far more chaotic and dangerous. here's the scene in the state's largest city on tuesday. >> nearly 100 shots fired on 57th street tonight. a sea of evidence markers line the west philly street telling of the potentially deadly chaos that unfolded here. responding officers found four victims on 57th veto, two shot in the head in critical condition tonight, one victim we're told in a bmw is an innocent bystander, caught in gunfire and shot in the shoulder. all while kids and young adults were on a nearby playground. >> tucker: over a hundred shots, right in the middle of the s

warnock. rank and file fbi whistleblower coming forward, many saying director wray has lost control of the agency and needs to resign, according to washington times, whistleblower claims include allegations of basis, signing false affidavits and according to my sources who i spoke to within the last hour directly involved with the whistleblowers, there are now 20 confirmed whistleblowers that have come forward and according to their attorney, hearing from fbi personnel they feel like the director has lost control much the bureau and they are saying how does this guy survive? he's leaving, he's got to leave. also breaking new memo from merrick garland and his office, they are sending stern reminder this night to staff policies that limit contact with members of congress, that would mean fbi members talking to members of congress as whistleblowers. this letter obviously convenient reminder from attorney general of the united states. question is, is he trying toil zooence whistleblowers? it looks

i'm rafael warnock and we approve this message. >> rafael warnock eats pizza with a fork and a knife. he even hates puppies. >> get ready, georgia, the negative ads are coming. >> i could see how viewers could assume it was his dog. but i did not see that. and the warnock campaign told politico before election day in early 2021 that the dog belong today a supporter. come on, jim, we know that campaign ads include actors and stage scene and fictional scenario. one example is brian kemp releasing an ad in 2018 where he was holding a shotgun sitting beside a guy he identified as a young man interested in one of my daughters. that young man was, of course, an actor but this was not treated as a dishonesty scandal. that's my dog report for you. >> that dog won't hunt is the problem for hershel walker's campaign. as the owner of a beagle named duke, i could not imagine lying about owning a dog. that is worthy of being tossed out of the race in my view. >> absolutely. >>> still to come, count down to blast off, nasa preparing for the liftoff of the mission called artemis i we'll take you liv

did rafael warnock lie having a dog. the answer is no, it is walker's claim that is false. so the dog in those popular warnock ads from 2020 kwho is a very good boy, belongs to one of warnock's supporters and he never said alvin was his in the first ad, warnock just said i love puppies and held the he an around the block and got some licks from al vin but there was no claim anywhere that alvin was his own. so i see how some viewers could have watched this and assumed it was his own dog. but there was no actual assertion for warnock that it was. either in the ads or in any of his public comments about the ads. i took a look online and the warnock campaign told politico before election day in 2021 that the dog belonged to a supporter. and campaign ads are filled with actors and stage scenes and much more explicit fiction than warnock did here. in 2018 republican georgia governor brian kemp held a shotgun near a guy he identified as, quote, a young man interested in one of my daughters. that young man was actually an actor of course. this was not treated as a scandalous exampl

guest: rafael warnock was elected in 2020 in the special election. he was able to maintain his political base and has been a massive fundraiser and from picks the candidate early, any behind former university of georgia football star -- getting behind former university of georgia football star herschel walker. he has a history of domestic violence allegations and he was talking about mental health challenges he faced but there have been questions into his businesses. he has not made a lot of gaps in the campaign training -- trail. someone like walker is more well-known through georgia and being a football fan myself, i do not discount the power of just being a football star in georgia. we see here in fact, prime cap -- brian cap had a lead over stacy abrams. this is not a race that is solidly in either camp and another instance where by -- biting -- president biden's approval rates have gone up and they are still not great. i see numbers of him in the states that he won, like in georgia that he won narrowly, at 3/10 of a point. i see some states at a

herschel walker and rafael warnock, both of them have been accused of domestic violence. the ex-wife -- that's out the window. that should be part of the campaign issue. both men have been accused of domestic violence. guest: this issue came up in the first race where his wife was divorcing at the time. she alleged he had run over her foot and the police came. they did not file a report. there has been a fight over child support. so yes, there was an accusation of things, but walker talked about the allegations, in the book, where in the frame of mental health, democrats were trying to make it an issue and they walk a tight rope, and he admitted that he held the gun, and this issues on both sides, but which way and suffer boaters -- which way it ends up for four boaters -- owners -- voters, we'll have to see. in the philadelphia inquirer were, there was a story that detailed how his parents had given him substantial amounts of money way to his 40's, almost as 50's. trying to help. he ended up buying his systems -- sisters condo for a dollar. that is less than market value

warnock met with chief of staff ron klain and today came the monumentous much anticipated announcement, the white house says theto bide plan will fully cancel the debt of 45% of borrows and 90s about of the relief will go to those earning less than $57,000. the plan is already facing predictableal criticism on the right. republicans say itic goes too f, and then it leaves the check with those who did not go to college, or have already managed toco pay off their debt, and th it could also add to inflation. biden is also facing criticism on the left for not going far enough. he did not, after all, cancel a portion of student loan debt for all borrows, the 50,000 dollars in debt that senator warren had officially proposed. case in point, the president of naacp has called the $10,000 in relief for some borrows, quote, meager, to say the least. now, certain democrats working on happiness andno a new line o gopnd attacks emerging, how wil this latest policy announcementn re-shape the midterms, and can democrats successfully sell it to undecided voters? i wonder who might have a plan for m th

if you look at the polling, rafael warnock seems to have a steady lead on herschel walker and other polls need to have a narrow lead on you. it does appear that he has acquired teflon by taking on trump. is that making it hard to defeat the issue? that it's harder to make him a trump ally? >> brian kemp is doing and excellent job showing he is a extremist who has a hard right agenda not in the best there through georgia. $15 million coming out of the economy because brian kemp weakened gun laws in georgia, at a time when it is number one killer of our children and we are the number nine state for gun violence in our nation. what he has benefited from is having, yes, a primary that was fairly lackluster in the end, but what people are realizing and why he remains below 50% is that georgians realize we do not have to make a choice between a strong economy and an extremist agenda. i'm the only candidate who is proposing a comprehensive plan for how we build our economy and protect our freedoms. brian kemp refuses to do so. and so i believe that this election, as we move into labor day, that

it's a trove of support for stacey abrams, rafael warnock, joe biden the last few election cycles. to capture the votes, they felt they were part of the process and didn't find a candidate and it takes years of work and the publicans have done it. and it was on its way called the big red ball. in 2020 the redwall was not tall enough keep the waves from crashing over. in 2018, the biggest issue continues to be trump, the former president endorsed seven candidates in georgia. they aren't paying that much attention. now and impact the race and trump had a rally in in the ex-urbs of northeast georgia and talked about voters staying home in november if brian kemp was the party's nominee. and that will continue to hamper republicans in georgia and potentially help democrats who can just kind of point across the party aisle and say they're still fighting, we're united. >> why were republicans so aware or anxious about a blue wave coming in 2020. the g.o.p. has been incredibly successful for more than a decade in some of the biggest races. >>nator, up until 2020 they controlled every state

warnock, we've seen ryan in ohio and a lot of these places are running very, very smart campaigns in any ways that the democrats can make competitive gives a chance for democrats to hold the senate. >> robert gebs, how much is the party aligning itself with the insurrectionists and insurrection changed the landscape in a way a lot of people didn't think it would on and around january 6th. >> you've seen this in the poll that democracy has crept up to be the top concern for voters in polls and while some thought this was some type of a esoteric issue and i was among some of them particularly when inflation was a much higher issue and it still remains salient, but i think as you've seen more and more campaigns in arizona, gubernatorial races in michigan and congressional races in wyoming and the airways and the newsways have been flooded with examples with people denying elections. this isn't something that quite frankly, feels removed anymore because candidate after candidate, nominee after nominee is going through the process in proclaiming that the race for president in 2020 was sto

if you look at the polling, rafael warnock seems to have a steady lead on herschel walker and other polls need to have a narrow lead on you. it does appear that he has acquired teflon by taking on trump. is that making it hard to defeat the issue? that it's harder to make him a trump ally? >> brian kemp is doing and excellent job showing he is a extremist who has a hard right agenda not in the best there through georgia. we left -- because weekend gun laws in georgia guns are the number one killer of our children and we are the number nine state for gun violence. what he has benefited from is having, yes, a primary that was fairly lackluster in the end, but what people are realizing and why he remains below 50% is that georgians realize we do not have to make a choice between a strong economy and an extremist agenda. i'm the only candidate who is proposing a comprehensive plan for how we build our economy and protect our freedoms. brian kemp refuses to do so. and so i believe that this election, as we move into labor day, that people are going to continue to pay attention to his extreme a

campaign ads are filled with stage scenes and much more explicit fiction than rafael warnock did. in 2018, brian camp held a shot gunn near a nervous one dude identified as a young man interest in the one of my daughters. that man was actually an actor. this was not treated as a scandal. pam? >> thank you so much. >>> and "cnn newsroom" on this saturday. up next a missouri school district wants to bring back an old-fashioned form of discipline and seems some parents are in support of this. we're going to discuss. .....so you feel cool, night after night. for a limited time, save up to $700 on selecect* tempur-pedic adjustable mattress sets.. the thing that's different about a vrbo vacation home. you always have the whole place to yourself. just you and your people. ♪ ♪ i'm lindsey vonn, and ever since i retired from skiing, i've had trouble falling asleep and staying asleep. you know, insomnia. before i found quviviq, an fda-approved insomnia mecation for adults. you would not believe the things i used to think about when i couldn't sleep. hey, linds. i need you to sign this b

rafael warnock is in a competitive election. he is fortunate he gets to run against a candidate like herschel walker who has a lot of vulnerabilities that a more traditional candidate might not have. he has a lot of personal baggage. he has accusations of abuse levied against him and also his tendency to make these offhand comments that strike people the wrong way, talking about how we have too many trees in america, or that he claimed to have a device that sprayed a mist on you that kills all the covid on your body. the warnock campaign has been litigating that in their race against herschel walker, but this is a margin of error race, and it will remain this way until november because of where the state is. because this is georgia they mean not even ended november. if no one get -- and in -- e nd in november. we could be sitting here on november 9 and not know who controls the united states senate until next month. host: you are on air with jacob rubashkin. caller: like that guy was saying before about all the lies, i do not ca

joe biden under water even more at minus 15, but look at the democratic senator rafael warnock plus 1, the most popular. go over to pennsylvania, look at mehmet oz, minus 20 points. 20 points under water. that's even worse than joe biden. the democratic candidate for senate there, john fetterman at plus 15 running away there. it's not a surprise that in georgia the race is close but warnock is heading in most of the polls, in pennsylvania fetterman is up by about 10 points in the polls. >> you're seeing a complete separation between fetterman and biden, a 30-point difference in favorability. i'm not sure i have seen anything like that. what are voters saying the big ash use are? >> not surprisingly we've spoken about it all the time, the economy and inflation in general. republicans are most stressed by that at 18. on gun policy, voting rights and election integrity and abortion democrats are favored on those or tied and on abortion specifically democrats hold a 10-point advantage. >> the economic indicators the economy is a top issue. harry, we are seeing some unprecedented things he

rafael warnock's against it. they're all against it.ll aif you want to invest in education, let's not let it into these kids who have been suffering under biden's policies for two years screentime a school time. if f he really cared about funding education, he would y make sure these kids with the loss learning atou mental health and emotional lack of growthen as they're telling adults ing their lives he would be doing that there instead of trying to buy votes for doctors, lawyers and nba holders who are in their forties somehow getting student loan forgiveness. i nows it's outrageous. help our kids. they need it. right. and by the way, the people that paid their student loans, the people that pay t their mortgages every month, it's their money that's going g to go to other people for free . right. your reaction, all of that. but more than that, this phenomenon, democrats now are trying in their ads and on the stump to sound like they are conservative and they don't want joe biden to campaign for t. whydo would t

. >> john: call for number three, you mentioned, herschel walker against rafael warnock, warnock had been up in every poll until today, an emerson poll puts walker in front by three points. if this is true, it's a big turn around. what do you think is responsible for it? >> i think what the democrats have done with the 87,000 irs agents in lieu of police on the streets, yeah, employees that are instead of putting more police on the street, helping get more teachers for the kids who are having deficits after the pandemic, or the border, and then you add the student loan forgiveness, i think voters are very unhappy with the biden administration on top of gas prices, inflation. we know all the things that are happening in this country, the drug crisis that we are seeing, and remember, warnock has spent about 30 million against herschel walker on tv. to so see this, herschel has not hit tv at the same level. this does not bode well for democrats. >> john: pennsylvania, a little more problematic, president biden is heading to wicksbury later today, fetterman is up, a serious problem. >> p

warnock. and what we are seeing is someone who has a history of violence someone who consistently lies about his credentials and someone who has not thought through policies so the reason he is there is because he is black not because he can do the heavy lifting to be a us senator. it was a cynical ploy. so the answer he gave after the killings in texas and said that then there is the disinformation so what we need to have is a department looking at young man looking at young women on social media. constitutional rights and that has been corrupted you have these little soundbites and then strong them together?et i know i need to say something about the bible and that'se what we got but that was not policy or thoughtful but in fact it is insulting to think that black folks will win that race because he is black. that's not enough. >> is a hard to get in at that point on a sunday morning? can anyone come in quick. >> i'm sure. it is bedrock foundational to the history of black atlanta and civil

let's put him up against rafael warnock and what we're seeing is someone who has a history of violence . someone lewho consistently lies about his credentials and someone who has not thought through policy so to have someone, the reason he's there is because he's black . not because he can do the heavy lifting of being a us senator. it was a cynical ploy and so the answer that he gave after the killings in uvalde texas when they said i want to handle the issue of guns and he said well, cain slew able and then you got this disinformation so what we need to have is a department where you have, so you could have laid department that looks at young man looking at young women on the social media because of constitutional rights and was like a hard drive that has been corrupted so it had these little soundbites on their and then east on them together so i know i need to say something about the bible. i know i need to say something about social media. i know i need to say something about constitutional rights and disinformation and that's what we got but that wasn't policy. that wasn't lawful

warnock, 10,000 to maggie hassan, on and on it goes. all the money going to the candidates. as i send it back to you i would say, jackie, top republicans say the mar-a-lago raid could be a sign of what a ramped upirs could be like as the agency expands, those figures are draw dropping figures. i'm so glad you shared them with us. gerri willis thank you so much. let's bring in missouri skate treasurer scott fitzpatrick who is worried about what all the irs beefing up means for his state and i'm sure, scott, americans in across the country share your concern as well. lay out your case why this is problematic? >> only the democrat party of today come up with the idea to pass a bill that doubles the size of the irs, increase taxes and gaslight the american people telling them it is called the inflation reduction act. when you look what this actually will do, anybody who is subject to audit by a government agency of any kind, even if you're doing everything exactly right it's a tremendous amount of time, especially for small businesses to in

let's put him up against rafael warnock. and what we're seeing is someone who has a history of violence . someone who consistently lies about his credentials and someone who has not thought through policy so to have someone ol... the reason he's there is because he's black, notbecause he can do that heavy lifting of being a us senator . it was a cynical ploy and so the answer that he gave after uvalde, after the killings in uvalde texas, he said how would you handle the issue of guns and he said well cain slew abel and you got this disinformation so what we need to have is a department so you could have, a department that looks at young men looking at young women on social media. because of constitutional rights and it was like a hard drive that had been corrupted so he'd have these little soundbites on there and then he strung them together. i know i need to say something about the bible and i know i need to say something about social media and something about constitutional rights and disinformation and that's what we got

warnock in the senate race. i think these ads will go a long way in persuading them. >> here's the most recent poll, this fox news poll of the georgia senate race. it's got raphael warnock up 46-42. that's within the margin of error but it's also the case that warnock has led in every major poll since april, and interestingly, michael, as tim points out, governor kemp is basically ahead of stacey abrams by about this same margin in most polling, which you could be bummed if you're a democrat about the fact that brian kemp is winning or you could look at, that's the disparity between how bad walker is, that in a state where governor kemp is leading stacey abrams consistently in a lot of these polls, maybe not permanently, but consistently, walker is way down, and that just gives you a sense of what the toll of his problems, his candidate quality, we'll get to more of that in a second. but talk about whether you think that ad and that argument is something that he just can't escape. >> i think it's incredibly powe

warnock and others up for reelection campaigned on it. it is sort of a "live another day" issue for the biden administration. lisa: it makes it really awkward for them. let's just be honest, because we have been worried about inflation. people are saying that if the number one issue facing voters as they hit the polls. but even democratic institutions see this as oddly inflationary, because people will be able to spend more money in their lives that they are not paying on student loans. how does he address that? how does he speak about the "why now" about this policy? >> i think it makes a lot of sense from the biden administration's perspective, but in a political perspective. it may not make sense if you believe that reducing the deficit in addressing inflation in every way possible was bidens absolute top goal. that clearly was a higher goal for someone like joe manchin, who made that a higher priority in the "inflation reduction act." i'm not sure that was the primary focus for the biden administration. what they got out of that bill,

herschel walker and rafael warnock, both of them have been accused of domestic violence. the ex-wife -- that's out the window. that should be part of the campaign issue. both men have been accused of domestic violence. guest: this issue came up in the first race where his wife was divorcing at the time. she alleged he had run over her foot and the police came. they did not file a report. there has been a fight over child support. so yes, there was an accusation of things, but walker talked about the allegations, in the book, where in the frame of mental health, democrats were trying to make it an issue and they walk a tight rope, and he admitted that he held the gun, and this issues on both sides, but which way and suffer boaters -- which way it ends up for four boaters -- owners -- voters, we'll have to see. in the philadelphia inquirer were, there was a story that detailed how his parents had given him substantial amounts of money way to his 40's, almost as 50's. trying to help. he ended up buying his systems -- sisters condo for a dollar. that is less than market value

this from senator rafael warnock, the people of georgia sent me to the senate to fight for them. that is why i went to the floor to urge my colleagues to support my amendment to close the medicaid coverage gap. i will not stop fighting until it is done. this one from senate republicans, we are in a recession. inflation is out of control and democrats want to raise your taxes, spend your money and make the cost-of-living worse. in lakeview, oregon, james is on the independent line. james in oregon, go ahead. caller: yes. host: you are on the air. caller: ok. i have been an independent voter the vast majority of my life, but at least the last 35 years, and i voted for [indiscernible] -- there are so many voters like me that we will not vote for anybody else but trump. we will go back to the third party. i would say 20% of the party is like that. that is all i really wanted to say. host: this is the headline this morning in the washington post. trump targets top wisconsin republican lawmaker. one year ago today this month assembly speaker robin voss sat on a private plane with donal

senate and it is the incumbent senator rafael warnock, the current polling. the real clear average is warnock is up by 4.4% points in the latest polling. next up, jim on the republican line. go ahead. caller: yes. people need to learn by not watching these news. something that's real important popped up. learn how to backtrack on it. and i'd like to give an explanation on the lead-up to january 6. first, you had to impeach trump and according to the ukrainian treaty with the u.s., he had every right to attack. two, he had to baptize -- the story with -- destroyed with all the property and people's livelihood. that's why so many people were there. and three, you had defunded the law enforcement. and i've done some checking and there's like three state that allowed non-citizens to vote in city and state elections. my question was if they voted for a u.s. president, what -- because they are state registered voters. thank you. host: rich is in kings port, tennessee, on the independent line. go ahead. caller: talking about loving your neighbor and that being -- he

the reason why they do that, not only capture republicans voting against it, to give rafael warnock, senator kelly, not senator manchin a little secure, not voting for amendment knowing it won't pass. gamesmanship is one of the worst things about our politics. it is completely dishonest, using mechanism of passing legislation in order to make something fail. another thing happening is, have democrats not blanket said we'll not vote for any of these republicanments no matter what, had they said, if you feel like vote for it, vote for it, republicans can do what is poison pill, put an amendment in there sounds like one thing, does another. give it a day to look it over, go to the house, some house democrats may not want to vote for it. senate democrats made sure this is not a problem. it will be rubberstamped in the house. carley: keep in mind it is called the inflation reduction act but really should be called health care, climate and tax bill. enough economists came out to say this does nothing to reduce inflation, to know that, democrats aren't fooling anybody. really quickly, what

i don't think -- raphael warnock. what does that mean? i it means they have to lean very heavily in trying to get a base election out, an election that includes a lot of republicans and a lot of frustrated independents who are unhappy with wha these shakier candidates with less experience. stuart: has the raid at mar-a-lago shored up support for donald trump? >> absolutely, it has. i've been talking to consultants over the past week in terms of their reactions to it, getting a lot of different feedback. and they say one of the things that's happened is the dobbs decision on roe v. wade e which excited so many democrat voters, got their donors to start opening up their checkbooks, that's something hay see -- they see playing out right now in terms of the reaction to the raid. it's unprecedented, obviously, but i think it's made the excitement on the republican side match that kind of democrat enthusiasm. you're seeing two waves coming and crashing into each other. [laughter] stuart: fascinating, isn't it? especially if you like politics. b