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MTP NOW Oct. 25 — Pennsylvania debate preview; Army misses recruiting target; Student setbacks

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🗓️ 25 October 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

With just two weeks to go until the midterm elections, candidates across the country are honing their closing messages. Jim Dornan, Marianna Sotomayor and Navin Nayak join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable to discuss Tuesday’s Pennsylvania Senate debate and key voter issues as election day approaches. Politics and pop culture converge as Kanye West’s antisemitic rhetoric reverberates through public spaces. NBC News Pentagon Correspondent Courtney Kube explores why the U.S. Army failed to meet this year’s recruitment goals. American kids are still feeling the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr. Peggy Carr discusses new test results that show historic academic setbacks. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

If it's Tuesday, the key midterm races are tightening, and time is running out for both parties to clarify their closing messages and get out the vote.

0:10.5

Plus, anti-Semitism in America, new fallout for Kanye West after his recent incendiary comments,

0:16.6

as concerns over racist rhetoric on the campaign trail heats up in the final days ahead of the midterms.

0:22.9

And President Biden gets boosted amid new data showing the true cost of COVID for kids in classrooms

0:29.0

and looming fears of a triple-demic. We will explain. Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Kristen Welker. Election Day is just two weeks from today, and that means the campaigns are sharpening their closing messages, focusing on what and

0:55.5

who will get voters to the polls. According to a source familiar with the matter, plans are

1:00.3

coming together for President Biden and former President Obama to head to Pennsylvania to campaign

1:04.9

for Senate candidate John Federman and gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro in the coming days.

1:10.6

The details have not been finalized, but that is a big show of force and a state Democrats

1:15.2

really want and, frankly, need to win.

1:18.0

Right now, early voting is underway in 36 states, so there's a very good chance if you're

1:22.6

watching this, you may now be able to vote.

1:25.3

And our partners at Target Smart say that more than nine and a half

1:28.7

million Americans have already cast their ballot, with tens of millions more expected to pull

1:33.6

the lever over the next 14 days. Now, polls showing the economy and inflation as a top concern for

1:39.5

voters, some Democrats are shifting their messaging in these final days, adding an economic angle to their focus on abortion rights.

1:47.2

Democratic groups are airing ads like this one in a Minnesota toss-up district.

1:51.6

Take a look.

1:53.2

Angie Craig is getting things done.

1:55.2

Angie Craig helped pass the law letting Medicare negotiate lower prescription drug prices and is leading the fight to cap the price of

2:01.5

insulin at $35 a month. Tyler Kistner's priority, taking away women's rights. Tyler Kistner says he's

2:07.8

100% pro-life and supports letting states ban abortion with no exceptions for rape, incest, or to save a

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