Parties Are Shifting Strategies as Midterms Approach and a Look at Why the U.S. Never Banned Asbestos

The midterm elections are now less than two weeks away and both parties are making strategic shifts in messaging and reallocating financial resources.  Republicans are moving money away from races they see as a lock and attacking Democrats by doubling down on crime and inflation issues.  Democrats are sending resources to areas that were once solidly blue as they have been put on the defensive and changing their messaging away from abortion to the economy and health care.  Alayna Treene, congressional reporter at Axios, joins us for what to know.

Next, we’ve known for a long time that asbestos is bad for your health and while the U.S. did regulate safety standards around it, they never banned it.  To this day, hundreds of tons of asbestos are shipped to the U.S. for use by chemical companies that produce chlorine. Part of the reason why it was never banned is that protocols are so stringent, these companies made the case that the threat of exposure to workers is very little.  However, interviews with employees at one OxyChem plant near Niagara Falls tells a different story.  Kathleen McGrory, reporter at ProPublica, joins us for how some workers fear for their health after years of working at these chemical plants.

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