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>> if he's on tv, i'm lying. i had a stroke, he never let me forget that. >> john fett terman takes everything to an extreme and those extreme positions hurt us all. just how much information the justice department wants particularly about information with the trump party. >> we likely have a recession in the u.s. >> everything is going up except our income. >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster. hello, it's wednesday, october 26th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. u.s. election day now less than two weeks away. democrats are on the defensive, desperate to keep their ever so slim majority. arizona georgia, nevada could alter the balance of power.

voters know this. the mid-terms of 2018 had the highest early voter turnout. these are the issues, americans want the federal government to address inflation and unemployment. crime is also a top concern. economic issues are getting a heavy play in pennsylvania where the country's highest senate race is underway. republican celebrity doctor mehmet oz faces off against john fetterman tuesday during their one and only debate. >> i am also having to talk about something called the oz rule, that if he's on tv, he's lying. he did that during his career on his tv show. he's done that during his campaign about lying about our record here and he's also lying

probably during this debate. >> i want to bring civility, balance, all of the things you want to see because you've been telling it to me on the campaign trail. by doing that we can bring us together in a way that's not been done of late. democrats, republicans talking to each other. john fetterman takes everything to an extreme and those extreme positions hurt us all. >> oz has the endorsement of former u.s. president donald trump and says he'll support trump if he runs for president again in 2024. meanwhile, fetterman struggled at times during the debate. we have the report from harrisburg, pennsylvania. >> reporter: two weeks before election day one of the most closely watched senate races in the country in pennsylvania unfolded with an unusual debate here tuesday night in harrisburg. the big take away was john fetterman's health. there's been a question. is he strong enough? has his health improved enough to be a united states senator?

his doctor says it has. the voters of pennsylvania will have to make that decision for themselves without question. john fetterman's who's the lieutenant governor struggled to get his point across. he struggled to articulate. it was clear john fetterman was trying to make his case on democratic policies. largely supporting a biden ag agenda, but throughout the debate in some respects it was uncomfortable to watch him to struggle to keep up to the speed of the debate. he was reading closed captioning, that is what he uses to help process the sounds he is hearing. now dr. oz largely did not talk about this directly. he tried to keep the issue focused on the issues and now he says that john fetterman is too extreme for pennsylvania, focusing on crime, focusing on

the economy and inflation but this was a debate unlike any we've seen. different viewers will drive different calculations but what they saw. democrats may largely give fetterman the benefit of the doubt. the question, will other voters do the same. jeff zeleny, cnn, harrisburg, pennsylvania. new york is one of 36 states voting for governor this year. governor kathy hochul and lee zeldin squared off on tuesday in their one and only debate. hochul criticized zeld in. they talked a lot about gun control and fighting crime. >> there is no crime fighting plan if it doesn't include guns, illegal guns, and you refuse to talk about how we can do so much more. you didn't even show up for

votes in washington when a group of bipartisans talked about the assault weapon ban. we lost another teacher and child yesterday. >> unfortunately kathy hochul believes that the only crimes that are being committed are the crimes with guns and yet you have people afraid of being pushed in front of oncoming subway cars, they're being stabbed, beaten to death with hammers g. talk to the asian-american community, jewish people targeted with raw violent anti-semitism on our streets. it happened yet again. we need to be talking about all of these other crimes. kathy hochul is too busy patting herself on the back, job well done. >> as democrats continue, they want to transfer $10 million. we're told he offered another $8

million to fundraising ahead of the critical mid-term elections. this would bring the total number of funds of dnc funds to $27 million. a record for the democratic party. georgia is soaring to new heights. the secretary of state reports 1 million ballots have been cast. at this point in the mid-term elections that number was around 590,000. a small number of ballots may have been lost when a mail truck caught fire in baker county on tuesday and election officials are investigating a fake ballot detected last week in spaulding county. the battleground states in arizona and nevada. they will begin hand counting mail-in ballots this week. one in arizona, two in the cochese county. there will be a hand count audit

in all precincts. they say the move violates a state law. both moves a sign of distruls. u.s. justice department is trying to break through donald trump's attempts to avoid scrutiny on his actions of the date of the capitol riots. they're trying to get additional testimony from trump. white house lawyers pat cipollone filled in. >> reporter: the justice department is asking a federal judge to compel the top two lawyers from donald trump's white house to provide testimony to a grand jury about conversations with the former president. former white house counsel pat cipollone and his deputy patrick philbin are among the top witnesses looking into trump's efforts to impede the transfer of power after the 2020 election. the two men pushed back against trump's false vote claims and legal wrangling that is playing

out in a series of court fights, one that the justice department has been winning. in recent weeks they won a justice department order to obtain new testimony to former vice president mike pence. it's opened the way for the justice department's criminal investigation to reach further into the inner circle. all four men declined to answer some questions about the advice. they lost the battle between jacob and short when they lost last month. the disputes are likely to spawn several more court fights that will be crucial for prosecutors as they work to bring criminal charges related to trump's post criminal efforts. evan perez. trump's former

communications director already had an informal interview with the january 6th committee and is now being called back for a formal investigation. trump told hicks he lost the 2020 election because he pushed back. the 19-year-old gunman who killed two people at a st. louis high school was armed with an ar-15 style rifle, more than a dozen magazines and more than 600 rounds of ammunition. a school dean said he almost became one of the shooter's victims. >> i stepped into the hallway to find out, you know, a little bit more about what was going on. at that moment the shooter was in the hallway am and fired a shot at myself and another co-worker. >> investigators found a handwritten note inside the gunman's car that he drove to the school. the interim police commissioner

read some excerpts. >> i don't have any friends. i don't have any family. i've never had a girlfriend. i've never had a social life. i've been an isolated loner my entire life. this was the perfect storm for a mass shooter, end quote. so in reading this we can see, you know, some of what's going on inside his mind. he feels isolated, he feels alone, quite possibly angry and resentful of others who had what appeared to be healthy relationships so a desire to lash out. >> officials credited locked doors and a swift law enforcement response from preventing more deaths. >> you saw the police response. it was massive. it was overwhelming. if you talk to the law enforcement, they don't believe that it is in the best interest of our society to allow people to have these high powered rifles, especially when they fall into the hands of people

that want to do harm. >> we're learning more about the victims as well. jean kutchka was a 61-year-old teacher who died protecting her students. her daughter said she was looking forward to retirement. the school's principal offered words of comfort to her students. >> there's no award for these type of situations and moments so i want the students of central visual performing arts to know as well as the staff and our community at large that stands with us that we will get through this together. >> now in just a few hours a wisconsin jury will resume deliberations of a man who drove his car into a crowd last christmas. he's accused of killing 6 people and injuring dozens when he plowed his suv into a crowd last

december. brooks is representing himself into court. he told the jury he didn't drive into the crowd on purpose and asked them to consider whether his car may have malfunctioned. u.s. basketball star brittney griner's lawyers tell cnn her client is still hoping for assistance. u.s. officials say they continue to work to free griner and marine veteran paul whee land is also jailed in russia. >> we are in constant contact with russian authorities to get brittney and others out and so far we have not been meeting with much healthy response. we're not stopping. >> reporter: the denial of brittney griner's appeal compounds the original injustice. there is communication regarding her case. there is communication regarding the case of paul whelan. the fact is, however, that this

process has not moved as swiftly as we would have liked. >> i'm joined by claire seba sebastian. it's difficult to know what's holding this up. >> they say they haven't had a serious counter offer. what happened in court on tuesday piles the pressure on this prisoner swap. brittney griner said to be very upset. she didn't have that much hope going into it according to her lawyers. of course, after eight months in russian detention, you do hold out a glimmer for things like this. she is very upset. the question now is what happens to her as she goes on to serve her sentence. where will she go? this was put to her lawyer last night. take a listen. >> it will be slow potentially. this is how the system works. every person who is convicted

goes there. it's too early to talk about this. >> i think part of not wanting to say too much about that is because it's so upsetting to her family. the fact that she's going to a russian penal colony. conditions are not that great. state department talks about overcrowding, limited access to health care, all of those things. we've seen it reported by the other american detainee paul whelan who is in a penal colony. the state department spokesman said things are not moving as quickly as they like. >> in my mind, that's what the russians would like from the u.s. as i understand it. >> that's what we don't know. they put together a substantial proposal. that was to swap brittney griner and paul whelan.

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>> u.s. president joe biden rolled up his sleeve. he's using eligible -- he's urging eligible americans to follow his example as the nation heads into a possible winter case surge. the white house is concerned about the triple threat posed by covid-19, the flu and rsv. he's encouraging americans to get vaccinated for covid and the flu. the u.s. has seen a steady uptick. president biden's covid coordinator says he's hopeful there will be an rsv vaccine by next fall. rishi sunak quickly got to work filling out his cabinet on tuesday as he prepares to tackle the economic crisis. he's focused on reaffirming u.s. relationships. he held a call with the u.s. president joe biden.

we are joined here with more on this. you're looking at prime minister's questions, of course. first of all, what did you make of the cabinet picks. >> he's clearly trying to telegraph he's going to back up his calls for unity with action. he's drawn from the right and left of the party. he's got them all involved in government in some capacity. there have been criticisms. he's not going to have a honeymoon period so he's got a lot less room to maneuver. some say that he should have given penny mourden a bigger job. most controversy has been centered around the re-appointment of the home secretary. she was sacked by liz truss just a week ago for sending a confidential document from her gmail and she admitted to that and resigned. we understand there's more going on. >> she is supporting sunak.

>> on the weekend her coming out in favor of rishi sunak became one of the most instrumental factors in boris johnson losing his campaign and she was a key figure head in the right of the party. >> in terms of the prime minister's questions, going straight into that moment. >> 24 hours since he walked into 10 downing street and it's always the most nerve racking thing from very confident communicators. this was what worries them most. he's had so little time to prepare. it will be interesting to see if he thrives or if he struggles. he hasn't usually been very spontaneous. you have to think on your feet. the key thing there will be if the benches behind him give resounding cheers when he's trying to rebuke anything that they're trying to attack him with. let's face it, there's quite a

bit for him to go on. the labor market will be focusing on their criticisms, sunak's wealth. he looked like he was trying to stab boris johnson in the back earlier in the year. >> we'll be back for that. we look forward to it. now we'll have a look at the weather. more than 25 million people in the southeastern u.s. were under severe storm threats on tuesday with high winds capable of producing tornadoes putting some people at risk. storms are moving on bringing much-needed rain to areas struggling with drought conditions. meteorologist pedram javaheri with the latest forecast. >> the wet weather is good news for the southern united states. generally straight line winds are the primary concern. some of the reports across the lone star state of texas, damage and some images to share with you of a fire house with winds gusting up to 60, 70 miles per

hour as the system rolled through. for now we'll take a case of a severe, clear day. pockets of wet weather and portions of the northwest dealing with wet weather that you'll notice. we've seen a lot of rainfall for the past few days. portions of missouri, arkansas as well. widespread coverage of 2 to 4 inches of a region drought stricken. the interior portion of the northwest seeing the beneficial snowfall coming down. we touched on this. areas have seen up to 100% of their state, oklahoma we're talking to you, with drought conditions in place. again, notice over the next few days, parts of oklahoma, areas of arkansas, beneficial rainfall is in store. washington and oregon still in the same category of drought. over the next five or so days additional rounds of wet weather. a lot of good news for folks who need the rainfall. much more weather has filtered in. it was close to 70 degrees. only the 50s in store for your

wednesday afternoon. eastern u.s. expect halloween to be above average. the western u.s. for that same time period, expect above average in the wet weather department. temperatures across seattle, maybe five bring wet weather. just a couple of days ago it was 88 degrees in seattle. the best they can do now, about 53 degrees. 60 in omaha. washington 70. new orleans have had day highs there around 74 degrees. now a family vacationing in arizona is glad to be back above ground after what was supposed to be a 20 minute walking tour in the caverns of the grand canyon turned into a 31 hour ordeal. a group of eight including two small children took an elevator ride into the cavern. when they went to leave, the elevator malfunctioned and they were stuck. >> we had water to begin with and they brought us down food

after we requested it and then after many questions that were asked, they finally decided that besides myself, my wife, sherry, the toddlers and the baby, there was no way in the world that we were going to be able to make it up. >> 31 hours passed before rescue crews were able to get the family back to the surface. they haven't responded to cnn's request for a comment. still to come, the public outcry for adidas cutting ties with kanye west. the latest in the controversy next. and also they're supposed to be enjoying their golden years but for many senior citizens, rising inflation is not only taking away the relaxing peace but forcing them to make some painful, hard choices. that's ahead on "cnn newsroom."

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plus ask how to get up to a $750 prepaid card with a qualifying bundle. welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm max foster. if you are just joining us, do let me bring you up to date. prime minister rishi sunak starting his day on the job. how he plans to handle the economic crisis will most likely be addressed and top of the agenda. americans will decide the fate of the house and senate in just over two weeks from today. more than 9 million ballots have been cast. more on both these stories in "early start." now it's a bad day to be ye. brands have cut ties with the

rapper who formerly went by kanye west after he doubled down by saint is-- anti-semitic comments. former fans torched their yezees. he's burned $15,000 worth of his 40 pair yezie collection. two high profile athletes have left his sports agency. they say they oppose hate speech and anti-semitism. the ceo says now is the time for ye to learn from his mistakes. >> i wish it had happened sooner but this does send a strong statement that there are consequences when you express

anti-semitism in any form of hate. it's not in line with our values in society. i don't believe in cancel culture, i believe in council culture. you need to embrace the sinner so they are enlightened as a result. when offered to visit the holocaust museum or when me and others said let's work together, he not only rejected them, he used them as opportunities to spout even more anti-semetic toxins. whether it's happening on the public stage, on a college campus, you know, at the voting booth anti-semitism and hate should never be tolerated no matter what the source. >> meanwhile, clothing brands like the gap and foot locker have pulled from the shelves. hate in any form is inexcusable

and not in accordance with its values. investors are hoping to ride the momentum into another day on wall street. let's see how u.s. futures are fairing. they are down for the nasdaq. could change for the open. dow saw 337 points to finish more than 1% higher. the nasdaq gained 2 1/2%. recession fears also ranked down google's business. alphabet is reporting its earnings for the third quarter and google's advertising revenues fell short growing just 2 1/2% year on year. compare that to 43% growth a year ago. america's outlook declining after two months of positive reports since it slumped in october. the numbers for august and september were higher. spending has remained strong since the start of the pandemic but economists warned persistent

inflation could bring a challenging season. holiday shopping is on the minds of some americans as they put food on the table. the increase in prices is taking a toll especially on them enforcing some to make extremely hard choices. dave cohen reports. at the senior friendship center in sarasota, florida, ask about inflation, it will strike a chord with nearly everyone. >> i've seen it as an excuse for people to take advantage of other people. >> nice hand. >> reporter: around the bridge table these retirees are feeling the squeeze. >> everything is expensive. >> 81-year-old katheryn james turned to her son for financial help. >> it makes things a little easier. >> 79-year-old ron longhurst cut

back on socializing. >> i'm taking a week or two longer between hair cuts. >> and 82-year-old ann smith cut down on her favorite simple pleasure, drinking soda. >> you're watching your coca-cola budget. >> it's tripled. >> reporter: seniors on a fixed income have been hit particularly hard by inflation with september prices up 8.2% from a year ago. even worse in areas like tampa, florida, where the housing market has exploded. >> everything is going up except our income. >> 67-year-old sharon johnson says her family's rent in tampa jumped $350 this year to $3100 a month and with other bills surging, it's thrown their budget into chaos. >> i've never had to worry about how we were going to eat. >> they already have boxes packed expecting another rent hike when their lease ends. the retired university counselor and her husband, a retired engineer and teacher, moved here

from michigan but so far price hikes are stealing their retirement dream. >> we are middle income with less to work with than when we worked full time and we have worked hard. we've been honest. then why is it going reverse. >> next year social security recipients will receive an annual cost of living adjustment of 8.7%, the largest increase since 1981. >> salad smells good. >> reporter: but for now, seniors like barb smith have felt little relief. she volunteers at a restaurant, modern day soup kitchen but she's come to rely on the take-home meal she gets after her shift. >> i do have bills that have to be paid. those have to be paid. i have bought some groceries but i ended up having to take it back but something else was more important than what i bought. sometimes i only eat one meal a

day. >> so that meal means a lot? >> yes. >> reporter: she works as a caretaker living without family. she's stopped buying puzzles, her favorite hobby. the strain from these price hikes is isolated. >> if it hasn't been for volunteering, i would probably be insane by now. >> reporter: the same concern brings this group to their card game. with tighter budgets, they're finding joy in things that don't get more expensive. >> when i go home on thursdays i'm a much happier person. >> many seniors have seen their retirement funds take a big hit this year as the markets have dipped making it even harder to make ends meet. some are choosing to go back to work or put off retiring. dave cohen, cnn, washington. still ahead, progressive democrats backtrack on their call for u.s. diplomacy. people are furious. plus, weeks of devastating flooding are taking a heavy toll

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progressive democrats are pulling back on their call for u.s. diplomacy to end their war in ukraine. pramila jayapal has written a letter and she sent it on monday. top democrats were furious saying the letter undercut u.s. support for ukraine especially given russia's recent struggles.

u.s. president joe biden is warning russia it will be a mistake to use nuclear weapons. russia claims ukraine is working on a dirty bomb. they're saying it's a false flag operation. >> let me just say, russia would be making an incredibly serious state to use a tactical nuclear weapon. i'm not guaranteeing you it's a false flag operation yet, don't know, but it would be a serious, serious mistake. >> ukraine has invited u.n. nuclear experts to visit two facilities implicated in the alleged dirty bomb plot. the government says it has nothing more to hide. more now from cnn's nic robertson. >> reporter: ukrainian officials are expecting the iaea inspectors to be here in the

coming days. they hope and expect that the inspectors will give them a clean bill of health to completely put an end to russia's false allegations as they say and their western backers say. russian officials said there are two sites in ukraine that they want the inspectors to go to. a scientific facility in the capitol of kyiv and a mining facility. a russian diplomat attached to the iaea said the inspectors might take weeks or months to come up with a full report. the expectation here in ukraine is that it won't take long but that they are absolutely not producing a dirty bomb, this is russia trying to find a pretexts for an escalation that president biden on tuesday warned russia against. precisely when those inspectors arrive on site, that's still

tbd. everyone here hoping their job can get done quickly. nic robertson, cnn, kyiv, ukraine. turning to north korean nuclear test are not letting up. according to a south korean official they all agreed to a meeting in tokyo for the, quote, unparalleled response will be necessary if they conduct a seventh nuclear test. north korea has fired off seven missiles. they're saying a seventh test could be imminent. the worse flooding nigeria has seen in a decade is putting many people at grave risk of cholera and other serious health dangers. the international rescue committee warns millions of children could suffer from acute food insecurity this year. cnn's larry magoa joins us from

southern nigeria. larry, what's the latest from where you are? i mean, we can see the scene. >> reporter: max, that's the reality of life for so many people here, that their life as they know it is under water. we are in the capitol in southern nigeria. an oil rich state yet it's been like this for weeks. the waters have receded. there is no end in site. they are warning that they could see more rainfall until the end of november which means the waters could come much higher. this is a main street in the capitol. some people are only getting by using boats. they used to be able to walk here, drive here. only the brave are willing to drive here. cars over there are underwater. the man across the street has the water all the way down to his waist. some people are living in those homes. you see across the street, buildings completely shut down, the business cannot operate because the water gets all the way to the steps. the ground floor is completely written off. this is not just happening in

this state. 36 states have been affected by flooding this year. it's the worst flooding in a de decade. it's because poor infrastructure, well-above average rain and climate change. the government has used that as an excuse. they say this is a result of negligence that the government didn't prepare even when there was a forecast and after the floods affected so much of the country, it didn't respond adequately. people are sleeping rough on the streets. the kids are bathing with the water, cooking with it, washing with it. preparing food. one of the real fears here is cholera and other water-borne diseases. here they have residents reporting seeing bodies floating. it's a truly tragic situation that they feel the government has not responded to

effectively. they want to declare a national responsibility. according to the nigerian government, they are not overwhelmed. >> larry, thank you so much for bringing us that. we'll be back in just a moment. sirloin salisbsbury steak and all-natural salmon. perfect for r lunch or dinner. only at ihop. download the app and earn free food with every purchase. and it's easier than ever to■ get your projects done right.

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cries of anger and frustration getting louder across iran as they call for a regime change after a young woman died in police custody 40 days ago now. the kurdish rights group has released this video showing security forces in a mymini's hometown. more than 200 people have been killed since the government crackdown began. cnn's nada bashir has been following the developments from london and has this report. >> reporter: from the streets to the classroom, at least a dozen universities in iran now gripped by anti-regime demonstrations. students at the forefront which

is posing the biggest threat to the iranian regime in years. in tehran government spokesperson was met with crowds chanting against the regime. the familiar rallying cry of women, life, freedom followed by some calling for the spokesman to, quote, get lost forcing him to abandon his talk ahead of schedule. and in the holy city, another message for the government official. their message, we do not want a murderous guest at our university. the movement has also spread to the country's high schools. young girls seen here defying the strict dress code, some even joining the call for regime change, but just as protests begin to gain momentum, so do the regime's brutal crackdowns.

college students seen here mourning the death of their classmate. according to human rights groups, the 21-year-old was killed during protests. hengao alleges she was beaten by a baton sustaining injuries to her head and skull. the regime denies those reports. another name, another life added to the growing list of those being hailed as martyrs. each death gall ven nuzing the country's youth in their growing fight for change. >> we're joined now. 40 days. it just feels like, you know, the motivation for these protests continues and she's really the figure head of them even though she's no longer with us. >> yeah, absolutely. these protests are not losing steam. we're in the sixth week of demonstrations. this is the 40th day since ma is

a -- masa amini died. we are expecting to see further protests today. there are calls for social media for widespread protests in her remembrance. there is the concern around the security forces crackdown on these demonstrations and protests. we've already heard from iranian state-run media claiming that her family have said they won't be holding any sort of remembrance services given the current circumstances. we've heard from the human rights groups of the family members who have lost loved ones are often facing pressure by the government, by the regime to really stand against these demonstrations and protests so that may be a statement coming under duress. we are expecting to see those demonstrations. look, the last few days we've seen widespread protests being driven by students and young

people. at least a dozen universities gripped by daily demonstrations as the protests pile on. >> incredible scenes and motivation. thank you so much, nada. amazon customers will have a new way to pay at checkout with venmo. the paypal owned payment service is an option for select customers with a full rollout expocketed by black friday. the busy holiday season is a great time to offer secure options. halloween is coming up. there is a trailer for a new special. >> something special you will never for gget. >> what about someone special? >> the special will feature kevin bacon. for now it's unclear whether he'll travel to space or help save the holidays. it's going to hit disney+ on

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