georgia so that special election happen a. movement forward to more inclusive motivational place in society or very violent pullback. when you think about the stakes, when you think about what you represent in this bid for the governorship, what is the last thing we should take away from what is happening in georgia right now? >> that georgia is a microcosm of what is playing out across the country. that what happened in kansas is not an anomaly, that what happened in alaska is not an aberration, but what can happen both in georgia on january 5th and on d.c. on january six are also very much part of our current politics. the polarization that has happened is real and tenable, but it is not inevitable. and part of my responsibility as campaigning is what does it look like to have a leader who actually believes and all of us to actually access the opportunity i was in north georgia which is largely wrong and one of the reporters this is a place it's very red my responsibilities to meet people where they are. my plan is a five bi

and when we're out on the ground whether it's in atlanta or out in southwest georgia or northeast georgia, i hear the samea, conversations. how do you get us back to safety? how do youba ensure justice? how do we have economic opportunity that is real? people want more. they need to believe they deserve more and can have more.h >> the polls have you tightening. the tolls are tightening have you getting closer to brian kemp. there's been some analysis about the strategy you're pursuing which gets to this age-old conundrum. do you try to peel off voters from the center or do you try to energize the base? a lot of the writing has compared your campaign to that of senator warknock.en he seems to be approaching moderates in particular, trying to peel off maybe some moderate republicans. and they say your campaign is focused on turning out a new selection of voters. >> one of the pieces of my approach to politics that seems to confound people is i treat all voters as persuasion voters. i do not take for granted that anyone who shares my values will necessarily choose to vote. you're persuading

i spoke earlier with georgia's democratic candidate for governor, with stacey abrams, about how georgia voters can be motivated but attempts to limit their voting rights. we also spoke about how this could be the same for the overturning of roe v. wade. as part of that discussion, abrams talked about her how her own thing is developed overtime on the issue of reproductive choice. >> well certainly telling people they can't vote is one way to galvanize them, the others to hand down a supreme court decision that seems wholly at odds with where the public is that at. i'm talking of course about the dobbs decision. -- merrill has information out today, more than 60% of mail-in ballots requests are from women. requests from black women, roughly equal the requests of white men, which is not typically how it goes in the midterm election. let's talk about abortion for a bit, there was actually really interesting new york times profile about you, on the subject of abortion. you did not start out your life as a pro-choice person, if you will, i'm not telling you something you don't know, you know

georgia has been at the forefront of the republican f. 2021. the republican legislature passed espy 2 o 2 so called the election integrity. the new georgia project voting rights group that has registered more than 500000 voters. since 2014 is dealing with fall out from the legislation. we're monitoring about 200 pulling locations. and in his new anti voter anti democratic environment, it is extraordinarily important that we have eyes and ears on as many calling locations as possible. and to fo, to c e o lou, georgia project during elections last me to finalize, congressional and state candidates. she and her team is busy helping people. navigate hurdles presented by the new voting laws are over 50 changes to georgia's laws that we have seen because the senate bill 202. they want to get rid of absentees. alanine and we're still seeing long lines. we're seeing polling locations that have been changed again without giving vote as a proper notice, and they've cut 100 days from the early voting timeline. so the ambition of espy 2 o 2 is to shave off

the georgia interior ministry has already announced. it does not intend to close the border with russia. the russian federal security service has already deployed military personnel and an arm and personal carrier to the frontier to stop russians fleeing their mobilization orders . well, let's have a look at some of the other news from around the world. authorities and mexico have arrested a leader of an extremist ultra orthodox jewish sect in the south of the country. the left to hor, group is accused of organized crime and human trafficking. officials said an unspecified number of women and children had also been removed from the groups jungle compound. typhoon nor roo has land made landfall in vietnam, bringing heavy rainfall and wind speeds above a 100 kilometers per hour. airport schools and offices have been closed and over 200000 people. evacuated, forecasters have warned of landslides and serious flood or reports from cuba, idea islands. entire electricity system has collapsed as a result of damage caused by hurricane in that me

to represent all of the citizens of georgia in every corner of our state. [applause] [speaking in native tongue] [applause] >> as she said during my introduction, i am one of 12 children in my family, i am number 11 out of 12, and the first college graduate. clearly, my parents, both of whom were preachers, read the scripture and took it seriously, be fruitful and multiply. my dadad used to wake me up evey morning rain or shine during the school year and during the summer.ev he never allowed me to sleep late. he never allowed my siblings to sleep late. he would say wake up, get dressed, put your shoes on and get ready. my dad had a fierce work ethic. he was a small businessman who believed that if you work hard you can make a way for your families. and he used to tell me, son, if somebody hires you to do a job, do the job they hired you to do. georgia hired me to do a job, to lower costs, to provide healthcare, to create jobs and to stand up against bigotry and hatred wherever it is found, and it is my honor to do that job on your behalf. [applause] [speaki

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>> georgia is essential. georgia is often a lead on what's going to happen across the country. >> reporter: that became abundantly clear in 2020. it was georgia that flipped blue for president biden. georgia that changed control of the u.s. senate. and a key factor in it all, stacey abrams. >> we found there were 800,000 people of color who were not registered to vote in georgia who were eligible. we knocked on the doors and asked them why aren't you registered, why aren't you voting? >> what did they tell you? >> because they didn't trust government, no one had asked and they felt overlooked. >> reporter: now abrams is looking to the same voters to help secure her own historic win. >> i'm running to become governor of georgia. if i'm successful -- when i am successful, i will be the first black woman in american history to do so. >> reporter: abrams is in a rematch against republican governor brian kemp who, four years ago, defeated her by less than 55,000 votes. >> we have a great opportunity here in our st

becaus the fe of georgia and ukraine are very similar. but this kind of migration, this massive migration thate fac inne week especially, the population is quite divided. part of it says it is not bad. we have to hide these people and we benefit from that. make some business, especially wh half the population -- i don't know if it is exactly 50, but half of the population said that they should stay in russia, they should fight ainst not absolutely sur that theyre are against vladimir putin. they are against risking their lives, but we did not see them rising against the decision of vladimir putin to make war. and you have lot of graphics reminding russians that georgia is occupied 20% of separatist regimes when in fact, occupation is from russia. marc: it is a delicate situation. thank you for that insight from georgia. our correspondent there, thank you sir. we're watching full development's are not aspect of the story. now to a another part. the eu bidding in eighth round of sanctions against russia in the wake of the so-called referend

johnson, about challenging the georgia board is suppression low -- georgia voter suppression lot, also the one in florida. in both cases, the judge in georgia, a trump appointee, denied the state's motion to dismiss. these are not frivolous claims. these are legitimate cases that will go forward. and the courts will decide the strength of those claims. congressman raskin, absolutely, certainly many of the provisions we think about -- automatic voting registration, absentee voting, when we think about drop boxes outside the board of elections, the people that most benefits are those who are disabled and elderly. we should be expanding the boat for everyone -- the vote for everyone. our client was one student who could no longer use her student id to vote. but she had a concealed gun carry permit. that also does not mean that we deny the targeting of black and brown voters that have happened in this country since we received the right to vote after the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. they were designed to address that for a reason. we cannot deny that history by simply pointing to the f

the number of people coming into georgia going to georgia is a special service. is our money strongest. and at the moment there is no indication that there are issues, but of course, so big people in the country are 1st street 1600000 people. it's a lot, and of course it increases russian influence in georgia. so georgian society is now demanding to close the water. thank you for joining us for eagle, corrupt from the free russia foundation in south caucasus, and apologies for some of the sound quality. and then we'll take a look at some of the other stories floating around the world and start in germany . but the economy minister, robot hob access, the government will probably keep too. um it's 3 remaining nuclear power plants on standby until next year. ministers had been preparing to shut down all 3 by the end of december. concerns about energy shortages are growing because of the war in ukraine. rescue, as in guatemala asserting for survivors after a massive sink hole appeared in the middle of a highway. the mother and daughter remained missing after their ca

many of these people crossing the border from russia into georgia are doing so to avoid being sent to war. d, w 's, maria cut to mads. they went to meet some of them. so the thought of the mobilization of russia, this checkpoint enabling georgia, has been working in an emergency mode. thousands of russians have already until the country trying to escape the war in ukraine. russian man, along with their families, spent days and nights in queue session 4 kilometers most of the time without food and water, the price that they're willing to pay to. so we're going to the battlefield alias, spend 3 days on the road, moscow to up se flat. he have cars 1st by train than by bicycle. this is how he crossed the border into georgia bushels, but i cannot support what is happening in russia. now. i am against putin's policies. i am against this war, but i think it makes absolutely no sense. i was actually supposed to go to japan for a permanent residency in 6 months. but i decided that if everything closes down, there won't be any japan. when you really would've nikki says, originate from moscow, h

but when the russia georgia border shift north. because if you just honestly stay in queue leaving, russia could take at least 72 hours, ping our feet, we made it in 30 hours. a resume of streets. russian authorities acknowledged a significant influx of caused, trying to cross into georgia. this comes up to the announcement of a partial mobilization, sparked an exodus of fighting h men. and some of them fear that the situation will get even worse. usually a further study of to apec martial law, he declared as a result of unification with those eastern parts of ukraine to russia, which will be followed by a global mobilization of for me personally enough. i see neither ideological, no legal grounds for myself to be involved in this will be yet your sister with the way a sentiment shed by many in russia who have protested against moscow's cola of military reservation. the darkest son, regent, there were clashes with police, were 100 people were arrested. a human rights monitor says ukrainian president vladimir lensky, cold on russian

for instance, georgia. it only talks about the fact the sport is an onset of watching, defines as youth deviations by which she means anything from alcohol, alkalis and drug abuse. who is 14, necessarily a dangerous thing today will probably not necessarily now that those factors, routes of course, do also and this is very 21st century spill into extremely conservative views on issues such as l g, b t q writes asset migration. so those are the that, that the dimensions really to conduct a look out for that. i would say that is in a sense where we get into the riskier a sort of zone raw, the fascism in the traditional sense, meaning really is, as i said, not quite clear what, what it would actually be today. right. so does this result been mean that italy has necessarily veered massively to the right baby italian electra? or does it mean that they think they've exhausted big usual possibilities? well firstly, i would say that this is not actually a vote to the right. i mean, if you look at the actual vote di

friends and family in southeast georgia, south carolina, know if you are on the coastal region, inland, flooding due to storm surge could be an issue for you, as well. >> absolutely, stay with fox weather, we'll be here taking you through the storm all day long, watching hurricane ian, we have seen the damage it has done in southwest florida. >> fox news alert, central florida being pounded with 75 mile per hour winds as hurricane ian inches east as category one hurricane. >> todd: you are watching "fox and friends first" on thursday morning, i'm todd piro. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus, central and northeast florida could get up to 20 inches of rain and storm surge is a major threat across the state. residents are urged to stay inside. our team is on the ground and crews mobilize and janice dean is tracking ian in new york city. >> todd: lauren, we begin our coverage with you in st. pete. >> in st. pete beach, they were prepping for the worst, but it struck more southeast. let me show you what is looked like yesterday in the naples, fort myers area. ian came with category four, wind s

he could win this, and all eyes are on georgia. [applause] if you want to win this, if you want to a fighter, and if you want a freedom fighter of the patriot. someone who will walk for -- watch out for your money and kids, you will elect a senator who will never stop having your back. give it up for herschel walker. [applause] >> herschel walker. herschel walker: how are you doing? another day to be glad in it. i give lord to my father jesus, if you do not acknowledge him he will not acknowledge you. i came knocking a let me in. i want to acknowledge my wife, because i am in this fight. she's in this fight with me. i want to thank haley for her words and a great example of how american indian community. she is a great example. [applause] i will talk about leadership. we are on the unity tour. my opponent raphael warnock, i remember hearing him say that america needs to apologize for its whiteness. i am like that is not in the bible i read. if you look at it. our father apologized for his whiteness. if you read the constitution, it

at the moment, russians who come over to georgia can go without i come over to georgia can go without a visa and stay for a year. are there because for that to be changed?— there because for that to be chanced? , ., , ., changed? yes, some opposition arties, changed? yes, some opposition parties. ngos — changed? yes, some opposition parties, ngos and _ changed? yes, some opposition parties, ngos and some - changed? yes, some opposition| parties, ngos and some citizens changed? yes, some opposition - parties, ngos and some citizens want a visa regime to be imposed. but government is telling that no visa regime is going to be imposed. at the moment, they can come here without any of these and stay up to one year. 0k, thank you very much for talking to us, that is sandro jufalakiani joining us from tbilisi, thank you. russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov has been addressing delegates at the united nations general assembly in new york. he accused the united states of escalating tensions around the world. translation: washington is trying to turn the entire world _ into its own back

russian georgia border o. given george's own difficulties spending off russian military encroachment. how do people there feel about the influx of brush and seeking safe harbor? and ga, if you talk about the people of course, so there's some people who actually see maybe pulls it away, but there are some people and more and more now that people who are c vista with lot of concern, which is a different than the government position with georgia, government basically doesn't see any problem with this. it was, they see it on the is it what unity? because they, according to them on the russian citizens, they bring us some investment via they will solidity like those in russian companies to reduce their here. but the problem is that with georgia government is missing here is that they see just short term gains, but they don't see that for the 3 which may emanate in long term or a medium term. and i think the georgian citizen here of 80 alyssa, concerned especially, there's a different angle of this issue with a secu

the woman from kentucky, you are in georgia. looking at the opioid crisis in the country, do you think pharmacist overall should have been more vocal about what was going on with opioid prescriptions across this country? guest: we were vocal. and we were hollering. we were baking the dea -- we were begging the dea. they drag their feet and did not do anything quick enough. they have done it now and it has helped. the changes that have been made, the dispensing of prescriptions of dangerous medications and of opioids for illegitimate uses has decreased significantly and almost to the point where it has decreased too much and that we are hurting people who need that medication. sometimes you can swing that pendulum too far. in a lot of cases, we have done that, and we need to get it back to those who truly need the medication. however, if i look back into the late 2005 to 2012 when all this was going on in the pill mills are coming, i was introducing legislation in the georgia state legislature to do away with pill mills and addre

it was a night of triumph for georgia, maloney, a b. c said gamma, if the i called on to govern this country, you wanna be, will do. so for every one where you will be faithful, govern that the him of uniting people, jani, look at him all, all beauty and seeking to make them more united rather than divide actually get ownership. little shaquilla vivita on monday morning, italian newspapers. what and fatty on the sheer scale of her victory with one saying she had taken italy near final result show the rightly alliance of maloney's brothers of italy, mateus havanese, lega and silvio berlusconi is fought sir, talia winning around 44 percent of the vote. far ahead of its left wing rivals with maloney's party alone, winning some 26 percent. but with turn out down to her story low of just 64 percent in rome, reactions to maloney's when were mixed no less. i don't follow her much honestly, but i prefer the coalition that her party is part of school or does it should. i mean, am, i'm not happy. i didn't vote for her, but it's democracy. this yo

let's talk about georgia. a report found the state was the fifth worst for untested or contaminated water. and just last year, there were 941 epa violations by georgia water systems. that's up from 652 the year before, with 93 health-based violations. with the plan to make sure that no city or town in georgia becomes another jackson or flint. >> first and foremost, we have to realize that we are one georgia and that there should not be a discrepancy based on racial inequity or economic capacity. the provision of law, the provision of clean water is a fundamental obligation of the state. and as deputy city attorney for the city of atlanta i worked with the mayor of atlanta to ensure we were able to deliver clean water. across the state local governments are precluded from taking the actions they need because they are not getting the support they deserve from the state of georgia. i would take the revenue generate bid the infrastructure bill, by the inflation reduction act that would flow into the state of georg

and georgia maloney is a reliable partner. and this is something that we will see in the names of the government. the major will be the minister of finance, will be the minister for an affair. what will be the minister for you to be an effect? these are crucial moments that we will see in the next stage, and this will give the real image of this new set the right over a briefly, i mean, europe will be worried by this when they, i mean i've had one, i will describe it. it's really potentially on the, on the maloney as putin's trojan horse in europe. i mean, is that a fair analysis? yeah, this is a fair analysis, but still i want to do i like to begin, but it is a big country, is a big democratic country with a history of power. so there's a democratic mechanism that will, together with the rules of the european union, will mitigate impact of the political will of georgia on it. so you're about to be worried of course, because we've already seen you. there are countries that are not totally in line with what we interpret the rul

it was a night of triumph for georgia maloney. and e. c said gamma, if the i called on to govern this country, you wanna be, will do so for everybody will be, will govern the theme of uniting people. daniel had him all holo beauty and seeking to make them more united, rather than divide actually a little when you ship little, shook acquittal glue. vivita. on monday morning, italian newspapers wet and fatty on the sheer scale of her victory. with one saying she had taken italy, preliminary results from italy's chamber of deputies show her brothers of italy winning by far the biggest share of the vote in the senate. it was the same story, leaving the right wing alliance, far ahead of its left wing rivals. and maloney on coast become italy's 1st female prime minister. but with turn out down to historic low of around 64 percent in rome, reactions to maloney's when will mixed a 1000000, maybe i should. i'd like her equilla, but it's what the italians need. it's, it's italians of stupid. it's a country of foods. i know. i say i don't follow he

but he is herschel walker and this is georgia. herschel walker is a legend in georgia. he has a good amount of money, a skyhigh name id. he is a serious threat to warnock. host: how do you use poles of the hotline? guest: wheeze a lot of caveats of those right now. [laughter] we try to look at those in aggregate right now. we do not pay attention to ones that we think will be outliers. but there are some that have the race between about 10 points in favor of warnock to about four or five points right now. we try to average those out, look at the quality. when it comes to 2024, polling, hypotheticals like that, we try to do as little as possible. people are just talking about them because they are important, looking ahead a little bit. but we try not to base a whole story or anything on a 2024 pole that is so far off. let's focus on the next 63 days. host: kirk bado is the managing editor of the national journal hotline. (202) 748-8000 for democrats, (202) 748-8001 for republicans, (202) 748-8002 for independents. elizabeth on the independent line. good morning. caller:

is it a risk in places like georgia, though? >> it could be. i think in the case of stacey abrams, look at the campaign she's run in the past and how she runs them. she runs turnout elections and this is a turnout issue. we've seen more democrats, especially women, get out to register to vote and this is an issue they are activated on. she's done with it black voters in the past on voting rights and that sort of rings a little true to me. i also think i'd be really interested to see deep polling numbers on the atlanta suburbs to see how this plays with white women voters who were willing to vote for raphael warnock over david perdue back in the senate races that flipped those two seats over to democrats. >> yeah, and i wonder if the six-week ban, i wonder if in his heart of hearts, if governor kemp would do it differently today and make it a 15-week ban or something more palatable to voters. >> probably, right, because hindsight is 20/20. who knew this would be such an issue in this election, right? i think the thinking was once it was leaked,

is that so the parachute could not be pulled out whether he is georgia? yes, i was forced to drop the main parachute and land with a spare one little your or lot or thought i had a little pezora. a local aero club has been lending calais, sich a parachute for his jumps and will continue to do so. as long as he has a certificate of good health, but he still wants to buy his own shoot. and another one to use for training young jumpers. that's all for now. stick with us though. after the break business news with steven beardsley, looking at the batted british pound. remember there's more on that story and many others on d, w dot com and you can always follow us at dw news on social media. i'm jared reading bill and thanks for watching ah, it is the end of the pandemic in site. we show what it could look like will return to normal and we visit.

georgia is america's newest swing state. the margin of victory for the president of the united states was just over 11,000 votes. that's .00015%. and republicans have allowed it, that any individual can challenge an unlimited number of voters in any county in georgia. that is deeply problematic. we don't have the resources. we are 46 days away from a historic election where there promises to be historic levels of participation. they are trying to break the machinery of georgia's elections infrastructure because when everyone votes and every vote is counted, they will no longer be in power. it's obvious, and it's disgusting. and brad raffensperger has endorsed it. he has endorsed it. he is in lock step with his party. he has not in any way come out against these attacks on georgia's elections as an individual citizen, as a patriot, nor as georgia's chief elections officer. >> well, look, we have all known that you can't really trust anything out of raffensperger's staff label and organization. secretary of state's office is c

what has a drawn voters to georgia maloney right now? is that actually the fact that she wasn't opposition? she wasn't part of the recent governments of italy and that has been an important factor in making voters want to go for her and see some change. clearly, there is a lot of dissatisfaction with, with what the other parties have done in the last few years. and that has been drawn out. certainly italy is traditionally a conservative country and the fact that georgia maloney, even though there are still some radical elements within her party. and she has also said some radical things in the past has tried to make herself into a more, a traditional, liberal conservative has also drawn people who would not have normally voted for someone so far on the rights. and these are all elements that play into why we are expecting to see her succeeded in these elections. julia just stay with us for a moment because now we want to take a closer look at georgia maloney and then we'll continue our conversation after the report. she describes herself

. 11,000 votes made the difference in the state of georgia. of course warnock also benefited from this great state. the city of atlanta, and our metropolitan region really has a major impact on this upcoming election. but we are trying to do is turn out the vote high make sure that people have the education about what is going on, what are the topics issues. and i still have to govern. i still have to run this city. i still need to work well with state and federal officials. and i need to be able to work friendly between democrats and republicans. at the same time we're looking at the future to make sure that we get folks out to vote, so that november looks the way we want to look. >> before i let you go, mister mayor, i have a former delicate to the national committee. and -- new york city, houston, to be the host of the democratic national convention in 2024. do you have any news for us? do you know? are you getting? it was up? >> i want the dnc to come to atlanta in 2024 like nobody's business. this is so important to atlanta. when chairman

senator raphael warnock of georgia. and what we are learning about what ginni thomas turn told the january six committee. >> did you speak with your husband -- >> when all in starts right now. >> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. more than 24 hours after hurricane ian slammed into florida's west coast, it's not clear it will go down as one of the most destructive storms in the state's history. he came ashore just shy of a category five hurricane bringing 150 mile per hour winds, more than a foot of rain in some areas over just 12 to 24-hour period. that is a one in 1000 rain moment. we also saw record storm surge bringing the water level up 12 feet in some parts of the state. tonight people are coming to grips in florida with widespread devastation. they don't have yet reliable scale of the fatalities, so far there have been ten confirmed deaths. this afternoon, president joe biden visited fema headquarters in washington, d.c. and spoke of his concern for the potential loss of life. >> it made landfall yester

now from a check point on the border between georgia and russia. especially bird, thanks to the georgians for opening the border. it made it much easier for us to live, to live alone with friends, children, or family on foot, or by bike with or without pets. many of these people crossing the border from russia into georgia, but are doing so to avoid being sent to war. d, w 's, maria cut to mads. they went to meet some of them says the thought of the level ization of russia. this checkpoint enabling georgia has to be working in an emergency mode. thousands of russians have already until the country trying to escape the war in ukraine. russian mat, along with their families, spent days and nights in q session for kilometers, most of the time without food and water, the price that they're willing to pay to. so we're going to the battlefield. iliad spent 3 days on the road, moscow to up se, flat cough cars 1st by train than by bicycle. this is how he crossed the border into georgia bushes, but i cannot support what is happening in russia now. i am agai

but he is herschel walker and this is georgia. herschel walker is a legend in georgia. he has a good amount of money, a skyhigh name id. he is a serious threat to warnock. host: how do you use poles of the hotline? guest: wheeze a lot of caveats of those right now. [laughter] we try to look at those in aggregate right now. we do not pay attention to ones that we think will be outliers. but there are some that have the race between about 10 points in favor of warnock to about four or five points right now. we try to average those out, look at the quality. when it comes to 2024, polling, hypotheticals like that, we try to do as little as possible. people are just talking about them because they are important, looking ahead a little bit. but we try not to base a whole story or anything on a 2024 pole that is so far off. let's focus on the next 63 days. host: kirk bado is the managing editor of the national journal hotline. (202) 748-8000 for democrats, (202) 748-8001 for republicans, (202) 748-8002 for independents. elizabeth on the independent line. good morning. caller:

first, a major development in the investigation into voter machine tampering in georgia. new surveillance video obtained by cnn shows a georgia republican county official escorting a team of pro-trump operatives into the coffee county elections office on january 7th, 2021. that's the same day a voting system there was illegally breached. that official at the center of the video is also under criminal investigation for posing as a fake elector i

georgia incumbent brian kemp weekend out a lead over stacey abrams. the real clear ave politics avee of polls there 6 points. north of the majority vote he would need to win a second term without a run-off in georgia as we know that's the rule there. mark meredith takes a deeper look at newly released fox news power rankings in what could be i object credibly close battle 49 days from now for alcohol control of the house and senate. >> with less than two months to election day data shows democrats have reason to be more optimistic than they did at the beginning of summer. several races considered true tossups and scrambling to reach undecided voters between now and november. >> we know this is crime and the economy. >> rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel says by focusing on those two issues, republicans can claim victory in november. new fox news power rankings show the strategy may work. fox predicts republican also take control of the house for the first time since 2019. but their predicted margin for victory is slipping down three seats from last month.

>> georgia is a very close race. i think republicans when they first enteredai the midterm campaign season they tried to sell warnock as a more radical candidate and they found that it was difficult with the ebenezer baptist church. but georgia is also a very purple state. he does have the name recognition and appeals to republican voters. >> and looking up their ratings of the races just like inside elections in the exact tossup category. if you cover the georgia race how does a political reporter cover a race? what do you focus on? what is the art and the science of being a political reporter on the ground? >> so connecting with voters and let them share with you some of the concerns and voters were concerned about the economy, and gas prices going up and concerned about not buying enough groceries for their families so to talk to voters and what are some of the issues that are top of mind. >> staying in the peach state frank from republicans good morning. >>caller: good morning. the gas price question was answered

, in coastal georgia. we've already been impacted with some flooding down in camden county at that florida state line. and we're probably going to experience heavy rains and storm surge, and that is of concern because it is a low-lying area. and we do have high shifts in our, in our tides. so, yeah, you can expect anywhere from a 4-7 foot shift when you have high tide to low tide. and when you add to that, then, of course, it makes it even worse. but i applaud governor kemp, he's shown great leadership in going ahead and declaring the state of emergency. people are preparing. we know that what we have to do checking on family, checking on friends, checking on our pets, making sure we have go kits with water and food and flashlights and all of those things. jackie: congressman, you're on the house energy and commerce committee, so i just want to ask you about the situation with respect to energy, right? obviously, supplies are going to be needed in florida. this is the kind of thing that we keep the spr for

my question is about georgia how is the senate race? guest: georgia is a very close race. i think republicans when they first entered the midterm campaign season, they tried to show kristen welker, sorry warnock is a radical candidate and they found it was difficult to make the pastor oppose as radical. georgia is also a very purple state. walker has name recognition. host: a political report trying to look at the readings of races. just like incentive elections has that race in the tossup category. when you get into cover the georgia race, how does -- how do you -- what do you focus on? guest: i think one of the things that is important is connecting with voters, talking to voters. letting them share with you some of their concerns. as i said in north carolina voters were concerned about the economy, gas prices, not being able to buy enough groceries for their families. being able to talk to voters and figuring out what some of the issues are that are top of mind for them is really how you cover. host: this is frank, republican. good morning. caller: hi. the gas price que

georgia maloney is set to be italy's 1st fema prime minister. the question then, what will her italy look like? stephanie decker or 0 rome or so who exactly is a ga, maloney was she grew up in rome and has been in politics since the age of 15. now, 45, she's been the head of the far right brothers of italy, party for 8 years. she's credited with helping again, national support by pledging to reduce taxes, promote italy standing in the e. u, and continue supporting sanctions against russia. but her hard line views on immigration and what she calls the preservation of the christian family of raised fears of a return to controversial policies the well, let's bring in our guest. now, joining us via skype from rome is cecilia emma. so the lot to she is assistant professor of international relations and global politics at the american university of rome. joining us via skype from brussels is pizza. clipper. he is editor in chief at the brussels report dot e u. and joining us from paula is and the morning a historian at the end of the university in rom

how important is the state of georgia? >> georgia is essential. we know that raphael warnock is going to be essential to holding the senate. we know that sanford bishop's race in the second district can be part of the puzzle to holding the house. we know that our 16 electoral college votes will be vital in 2024 and that the next governor could possibly decide to shift georgia from a winner-take-all system to a congressional district system. and we know that for women in particular, georgia is going to be vital because every single state in the south has been on a rampage to make abortion difficult if not impossible to get. and having me elected as governor can change the future for women in the state and in this region. >> reporter: so, willie, you heard her kind of lay out the stakes and why georgia is important. the most interesting thing about georgia, it's a different landscape today than four years ago, the last face-off between abrams and brian kent. is.6 million additional voters are registered to vote in the state of georgia, more than 20%

we congratulate georgia maloney and will work with her, said the anti-immigration populist. this will be the most hard right italian government since the second world war. we had into the working-class district of rome where georgia maloney grew up and got into politics. do people here believe she will help with their huge energy bills and cost-of-living crisis? >> she came to the town square, two little places like this. she knows how to talk to ordinary wking people. we can only hope she will keep her promise to get italy back on its feet. reporter: italy's international allies are also crossing their fingers. brussels frets about european unity and georgia maloney's nationalist protectionist policies. nato needs her to maintain a hard line against russia. these are stormy times in europe, with war back on this continent. th radical changing of the political bards in italy brings hope to some, but acute anxiety to others. laura: let's get more now on the election. we will hear from our europe correspondent, jessica parker, in verona. but first, here's our own corresndent.