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for six mayors. if you stand up for me, i will stand up for you. >> it's important now that we get it right this time. if you don't get it right we're not gonna recognize this country tomorrow. >> one thing i will absolutely always get right is making sure that we stand for the important things in washington d.c.. >> welcome to our viewers in the states and around the. world i'm in new york, it's not 1 am on the u.s. east coast. officially election day in america. republicans are more confident than they have been to this point. that is saying something. control both houses of congress. democrats are playing defense here. traditionally blue states to rising crime, president joe

biden's lower approval right. republicans have had the best chance in house of representatives. gop they would bring an end to gop speaker who would most likely go to republican. republicans were taken troll i've just won't see. georgia, nevada, pennsylvania all are toss-ups right now. arizona's leading democratic, ohio, wisconsin. tilting republican u.s. president joe biden spent election eve in maryland. campaigning for more who was we want to be the states first governor. not the strongest economic message, something we've been hearing about. voters overwhelmingly say it's are number one concern. this is the president is focusing on the election deniers. we >> more than 300 election

deniers running on the republican to get this year. western japan is one of them. trying to deny or your right to vote. trying to deny iran for a vote be counted. with these deniers, there's only two outcomes. if they win or they were cheating. we one of the two, that was the view. let me tell you something, you can only love your country when you win. we >> former president trump also out there saying a very big announcement from mar-a-lago. we he man outs a white house bid on a high on monday night. the president was there campaigning for details. you look for democratic

congressman. >> there's only one choice to end the madness. if you support the fall of america, you must absolutely must vote for the radical left crazy people, the radical left democrats. if you want to stop the destruction of our country and save the american dream, we must vote republican and a giant red wave that we have been hearing about. >> we are major focus on the races in pennsylvania and georgia. they could determine which party controls the senate, jones as lab investing in pennsylvania. athena, let's begin with you. so, in terms of tomorrow and pennsylvania it's important for folks to know here that each council votes differently. that's coming into play. >> election officials, early

mail-in ballots until 7 am on election day. opening it's getting the envelope to process later in the day. that means it could take a while, could take longer than what might expect to have an official result. unofficial result, they're hoping the election can have their ballot counted here. by around midnight, there's some issues with ballots. we do know that will happen tomorrow. this is a competitive race in the country. most expensive senate race in the country. president drop, president biden, president obama and nikki haley joined oz on the final pitch.

putting on familiar themes like the economy. urging his voters to not republicans, independents trying to get them to come out and vote for him. we hitting austin issues like abortion. again, calling him a carpet beggar. saying we should send it back to new jersey. here's more about each candidate had to say in their final pitch. take a listen. >> every day i feel better. by january i will feel even better. but doctor oz will still be a fraud. >> i will bring ballots to washington. he will bring more extreme. there's no greater example of two people like different running for the senate. >> and so it's gonna come down to a turnout. that's what these last few days

have been about. i should mention here in the state of pennsylvania more than 1 million votes have been cast and that's more than 20% of the entire total vote in 2018. it gives you some sense that their votes to be counted. they'll be no issues like we saw back in may. erica? >> i appreciate it. this other race is watching, it could swing in georgia. what are you seeing as we enter into officially election day? >>. you can tell by alisson and candidates were talking to the crowd supporters yesterday. both in the campaign trail. no longer a marathon mindset. it was in columbus georgia when warnock made his closing remarks. telling his crowd of supporters

and there is a traditional vote, it was a moral. vote he's done a confident but expressed concern about the possibility of a runoff. if you don't get 50% of the vote, that would happen on december 6th. it is herschel watcher in his rally of supporters. they scoff at the idea of a runoff. they are predicting that when it's all said and done on tuesday, night he will be the rightful winner. listen to both candidates. on it's the closing remarks. >> he became scooby-doo for a moment. they said sir, will you vote for biden in 2024? >> when you look at the character flaws you tell the truth about the basic facts of

his life. >> tuesday will be a true test this theory. sending joe biden to the white house as well as to progressive senators, not just warnock but also john ossoff was not about. there's also a race it is highly contested between stacey abrams and brian kemp. there has already been more than 2.2 million early votes cast and that is a lot of votes here in this highly contested senate race in governor's race. polls are open here in a few hours at 7 am. erica? >> the countdown is not really on. adina jones, thank you both. >> a democratic strategist and political scientist, political columnist for the register. a radio talk show host, nice to see both. i find it interesting that they see you both. where do you see some

opportunity for some surprises? >> well i don't know where we see surprises and i don't know where the optimism is coming from. i will say that it's pretty clear that the republicans will take the house of representatives. the question is whether or not the democrats can hold on to the senate and joe biden may really need to push optimism. but at the end of the day, this does look to be a race that favors republicans. >> john and we are confident that they could take both chambers here. when you look at, that how much is due to the messaging which has been more pointed in focus than on the -- how much of it is it a factor that is a midterm election? the party in power that's in the white house that people are unhappy, low approval rating. >> for the party that's in power, it's baked into the

cake. we are certainly gonna see that. the fact that they refused to address the subject, the top subject which is the economy and inflation specifically. it's an election that's a democratic loss to some of it is far worse than that. -- they probably didn't need to be this bad because they chose to focus on abortion and voting rights. they did talk about voters and the subjects they were interested in. >> hilary rosen on monday said exactly that. they said that the voters have been talking and if you listen to the voters. they made it very clear about the economy. the presidents last speech and

election day clearly focused on democracy and peril. there's been so much talk about the last couple weeks of the kitchen sink approach to even think from democrats as they tried to adjust the economy. it's not clear that that has all gotten through. what do you think that the final message from president biden? among >> i don't think cameron on the economy is a good idea given the leg in the indicators. i think there's a bit of biden's optimism. i don't think it's a blue wife, but i will say erica there is nothing democrats -- a global issue, inflation is a global issue. if you look at the highest inflation 40 years and what it's being driven by, it's driven by the fact that corporations are making the highest profits in 70 years. so at the end of the, day with a capitalist society where if

they really wanted to step in and do something he would be able to. regardless of who's in the white house, they don't actually control the economy. when the economy is bad they tend to get booming when it's good. but at the end of today, there is a lot on that are highly concerned about abortion. that's number two issue for democrats. so, it makes sense to hammer that. the number four issues democracy. yes, it's a real concern. there are 300 republicans who are election deniers tomorrow. >> the terms of election deniers, yes or genuine concern. they may win some of the important seats. that is governing. it's the elections in some areas. had that been addressed with the republican party. many are the republican nominees, --

it was defeating in november -- every couple glasses of wine for your friends, you touch the gas pump every single week. you go to the grocery store and shop every single week. he reminded of inflation. there was a bad economy, you don't know if it's gonna fall off a cliff in a month or two. this is something that doesn't go away. you just ignore it, people's minds wander. the minds are wondering if they don't like what they see. >> i understand what you're saying, in terms of the issue that you're saying on a day-to-day basis. when it comes to the potential to have election deniers in

congress, also what that means for moving forward. >> well, amidst going to -- mean >> go ahead jen -- i'm >> talking in the republican party. what we are, seem to think that's enough of a concern? has it been addressed in terms of what that could mean? if they are in fact going to take the house in the senate. how is that gonna impact what they do as a compass? >> i think it's largely politicians. you go back to the 2016 election. that turned out to be a conspiracy theory that wasn't true. they lost the race they were supposed to win. and to a certain extent, they will move forward with their programs and then platforms.

if they, don't they will be punished by voters. >> much employing the comparison. it may just to see. caroline, as we look ahead here me democrats lose the house. if it is the house in the senate, what does that do biden agenda? >> well, either way it stopped. i assume they will lose the house because republicans only need five seats. it's likely to happen in a typical midterm election where you have to -- it's in an approval rating, he will swing in about 40 seats. i think it's about the democrats in the house. if it holds on to the senate or not -- i think the house january six committee and the partisan committees is a real shame. it is something we actually mean unfortunate what we have

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attack on the capitol. take a listen. >> you were the intended target. the assailant has told police in a sworn affidavit that he wanted to take you hostage, interrogate you, break your kneecaps with a hammer if you didn't give the answers. >> for me, this is really the hard part. paul was not the target. he is the one who is paying the price. we all, our but he's one that's really paying the price. it's really sad because, it is a flame that was fueled by misinformation. it's the most unfortunate, it has no place in our democracy. >> president biden drew a line on what happened on january six.

the president said they say won't enter the home was nancy, was nancy the same words used a january six. do you draw that same line? >> absolutely, there's no question. topic, that whatever happens to be inflamed by this representation. >> the fact is it is time for healing. we want the country to heal. it's not a path we want to continue on. we want people to run for office local in every way. we hear risking the safety of your family by going forward. >> joining me now from los angeles, retired fbi special agent. it's good to see you. the recent attack on paul pelosi, understandably raise concerned about the rhetoric that we're hearing about the dangers to lawmakers. it seems to be increasing.

everyone i spoke to there is neither funding or adequate staffing and their family members. what is the answer here >> we keep hearing people use that turn, but we don't see people doing too much of it. i applaud you for doing it, not going to flame the rhetoric more some politicians do unfortunately. so, i think not only politicians families don't sign up for this. election workers, some of them are volunteers. we are resigning positions and natural to volunteer. what happens if we don't have enough people for polling places? >> people not wanting to run the office, not wanting to help

and run in the elections. we are going down a dangerous road. the fbi set up a justice department task force for election workers in july of 2021. we take it very seriously. and now, it's up to u.s. attorneys to prosecute some of these cases. the high profile cases make examples of people. this is not behavior that we can tolerate. >> we bring up some of the concerns i think people have another efficient election day we saw a bit of this ahead of time. we are monitoring ballot boxes in arizona, it may serious concerns of nypd here in new york. warning concerns of polling places targeted. setting election monitors to 24 states. when you look at all of that, based on the polling sites.

>> me i hope there is an i myself have voted out of the country. i think the record number of people voted by now is we lowering the need for increased security. i don't think we have enough security, and only give the party to state local. remember elections are local, the sheriff's department of these road counties done of the budget and manpower to be doing this kind of thing. -- there are a lot of different aspects to this. moved to ratchet down the rhetoric. if you make examples of those violating the laws. it's a standard system of voting. people need to understand that i lived in a country where voting was required. every citizen had to vote. people understood the process. official punch a few buttons

and the results were quick. remember that we notice the dhs put out a bolton last week that's of the longer people wait for result, the heart of the chants are gonna get some of this kind of activity. we so, we need -- to >> go ahead. >> no, finish. >> the standard system, we are technological company. we need to get the results quicker and more reliable than we have in place now. >> we to that point we live in a country where everyone posts differently. i think of all the states that i've lived in petite since i had the right to vote decades ago. it was different in every state. you look at pennsylvania, part of the reason we don't know about that right away is because of the state laws. they tell you when you can start to open those ballots on and when you can start to count them. how important is that messaging when it comes to security?

those expectations became clear that this is not a sign of some fraud. this is just the way things are done based in a law where you live. >> with it's extremely important to let people know, the more unfamiliar they are and are likely to not trust the system. i'm with, you are thinking about this is a prepared for the appearance. i lived in new york, florida georgia and voting was different in every state and i think we need more consistent, across the board way voting. the consistency will give people a higher comfort level and the integrity of the process. effectively or different systems in different states i think it undermines peoples confidence in the integrity of the system. >> great to have you with us, we appreciate your time thank you. >> still to come with congressional seats up to grab, offering the closing arguments

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>> president biden and former president trump making their final pitches to voters on the eve of the midterm elections in maryland. mr. biden warning voters american democracy is at risk. urging people to vote for the nominee as trump campaign and -- j.d. vance teasing at the announcement next week. could be presidential run? as we wait for that, the battle for the senate is what we're really watching. it will come down some key races as we look at the states. at least three of them considered toss-ups at this point. election forecasters to predict

they will one more than enough seats to control the house of representatives. but the senate, so anyone's game. let's discuss now standoff stroud. it's good to have you with us, might be talked about a lot of those bigger races. are there certain races that are under the radar that you are talking with closely? >> i would have the democratic nominee in nevada where the senator is running for reelection against adam laxalt of the laxalt family. in both cases, most polling showing super tight races with margins depending on the pole. the republican is ahead by just of the points. it's by just a few points in

both cases. these are battleground states. states where democrats have had hard thought victories in recent years. republicans can still win as well. so, for me i'm telling my friends -- as well as nevada cleaning -- its can be very good night for the republicans. they go for the democrat and it will be a better night than they could before that. >> the second person today to say north carolina keep an eye on that. there's been so much talk about the messaging in these last few weeks. much of it has been about the lack of consistent messages from democrats. the kitchen sink method in alaska but weeks. they were really clear about this over the weekend. when the voters talk to you, listen to them. they said the issues the economy. we for much of that was a

missed opportunity. how much of that was a fear do you think of addressing those economic concerns because of the party of power? >> you know, it's like that old saying that its economy stupid. i've been surprised about the entire mission of the democrats haven't addressed the economy more. they pass the inflation reduction act. i mean, it seems pretty obvious that they couldn't run. and we are in a situation where for most of the cycle, democrats are focused on the danger to democracy. it's not that these issues aren't important, but poll after poll shows that the number one issue for americans is the economy and right now this is all republicans seem to be with the midterm. >> independents, moderates always a big focus. they want to hold on to their base.

they need more than just their base to get that w. -- the 2018 midterm elections, the we see that continue through the election day? >> absolutely, i think that is part of these and that's what happens if you have a highly partisan electorate. the political polarization means they're gonna go to the polls and record numbers. we that is going to produce record turnout. >> if you look at races like the georgia governor race, the georgia senate race in pennsylvania senate race. this is what voters are turning

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>> hello i'm john vause livestream cnn center in atlanta, ercot will be back in a moment with our coverage of the u.s. midterm elections. for now, some other stories we are following this hour. money is emerging as a major issue as the climate gathering up 27 with many countries impacted the most common change responsible for it, finding competition for the environmental harm of wealthy nations which have historically produced large amounts of carbon pollution. nearly two weeks of negotiations are now underway and the egyptian resort town -- of and on the opening day

monday, you had secretary general said humanity was facing a choice, cooperate, or perish. either agree on climate solidarity pact, or a suicide pact. >> global temperatures keep rising, and our planet is fast approaching 50 points that will make climate callous irreversible. we are on a highway to climate tell, with our foot still on the accelerator. >> a recent un study found that even with the commitments made under the paris accord, emissions will still increased by more than 10% in 2030. if global ordering is to be limited to 1.5 degrees celsius by 20, 30 carbon and missions must be cut by almost 45%. >> in the past, week the russian military appears to have suffered some of its biggest law since starting the war in ukraine. now an elite russian marine in

it reports as many as 300 troops killed,, wounded or missing after a failed offensive to secure lines southwest of the donetsk region. elsewhere it seems many newark retirement that, a russian mobilization of more than 300,000 transcripts or so far resulted in russia gaining new territory. the frontline have not moved. the russian frontline losses in donetsk have been so significant there are no multiple reports of soldiers or their family speaking out, and criticizing unit commanders. and at least one instance, a russian soldier says they are being treated like -- all of this not lost on the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy during his nightly address. >> the donetsk region remains the epicenter of the greatest madness of the occupiers. hundreds die daily, the ground before the ukrainian positions is littered with bodies of the occupiers. >> they call airplane a hero

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at the very least, they need to replace glass, windows, patch upholds the size of a tank and artillery rounds. tatiana shows us pictures of her apartments small bedroom, destroyed in march, rebuilt now. her story is hair raising, and miraculous. on coming down in the basement for ten days under russian occupation, this is the picture of the russian tanks arriving just 15 minutes after she fled. >> when we left, they were shooting at us from behind, she tells me. now i realize what kind of a second birthday i got, what kind of a gift because those people who left right after us were shot. as this city tries to put the pieces back together again, there is another more sensitive, perhaps even more difficult kind of rebuilding underway. the un children's fund unicef has placed pop-up tents full of

warmth, light, and care. all of these children have been traumatized, and some have been forced to witness unspeakable horrors. this is bucha district after, all ground zero for russia's war crimes. eugene's the regional manager for this program. >> they started to tell some really cool things, i cannot, described how cruel they were. some children saw invaders raping their mother, or beating their father. >> this is a volunteer is a psychologist here seeing parents whose children have had to hide within silence, or spend long periods with no bathroom breaks. and the body remembers this, and even after reaching safety, the child cannot go to the toilet, she says. it is the same with speech, the parents have told him to keep quiet so the child closest, mouth and does not know when

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>> tuesday's weather could play a big role in how many photos to make it to the polls across the u.s.. a look at the radar, maybe overwhelming some folks if you haven't done your research, storms, snow, heat, a tropical storm rather in the mix, it could put voters to the test. cnn meteorologist pedram javaheri joining me now from atlanta, with that election day forecast. definitely some areas getting hit here. >> absolutely, the western u.s., we have the wet weather coming, in the snow showers are in the forecast across portions of western, u.s. so whether you are in reno or points by the towards the south in las vegas, you are going to tap into wet weather. -- studies have been done that

look at how election day weather plays out and how it plays towards weather. snow showers in, placed studies in the past of shone when it comes to wet weather, snow showers or rain showers, it does actually decrease turn out, that is not too surprising, but was surprising maybe is that the democratic party seems to be more impacted as far as the democratic-leaning voters. if typically the was more likely to stay home when it comes to inclement weather as it relates to what, whether that is the case across parts of the western u.s., and las vegas but coming into the afternoon hours we do expect some showers, gusty winds as well, so if you are going to get to the polls you want to get there early because weather is going to be considerably better in the first half of the day before the system iverson right across the western and brings those higher villa alleviation and snow showers and rain showers as well. no distancing stuffer as, on again, morning, hours not too bad, get into the afternoon, hours gust of winds pick up. it might be evening hours, possibility of some snow to kick into the forecast as well now on the eastern side of the u.s., generally quieter

conditions, a few scattered showers around the northern portion, the upper midwest region of the u.s. but down towards the south, big time -- and warmth in studies have shown the correlation between election day whether and voter turnout won't bring up more voters, but it also does tend to bring the incumbent power, incumbent party in power as well so look at this here in mind in parts of the eastern u.s. southern u.s. where the middle and upper 70s are in store, this is about 15 degrees above seasonal average is now. there is a subtropical disturbance offshore this is nikole, it is forecast to gradually close in on the state of florida as early as wednesday afternoon and wednesday night. it could be a category one landfall, they're not far away from miami and fort lauderdale, so we will watch this carefully but at this point, erica, it does look like this will remain offshore for election day. maybe some gusty winds later on into the evening, so once again go early as opposed to later for just about every reason that has weather in store it is going to impact you more later in the day. >> all right, noted, earlier,

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>> a live look interviewees joining us here in the united states and around the, world it is 2 am here in new york city, officially election day in the united states. holes across all 50 states will be open and a few, hours republicans feeling a big good about election day. today's midterm elections will determine which party controls congress, and also which

president joe biden kind upon push of the next two years. all 435 house seats are up for grabs, republicans are expected to make some big gains. 25 senate seats are on the line today, with the current balance of power at 50, 50 just one seat in the gop could flip control in their favor. the current minority leader kevin mccarthy will likely become speaker the house republicans to take control, he is promising his party will take on inflation and wasted spending. >> the democrats when they took over potential, spent ten trillion dollars that got us into this inflation, the hidden that tooling, if you want to continue that same pattern. >> can you give a state -- on tuesday? >> a majority. >> president joe biden making his final stop in maryland campaigning for democrat westmore husbands to become the state's first black governor, the president's message once again focusing on a threat to democracy, he sees if

republicans win. >> we know in our bones democracy is a risk and we know this is your moment to defended, preserve unprotected, choose it, and i want you to know we will meet this moment. remember, the power in america lives where it always does, in your hands, the hands of the people. >> we are going to be keeping a close eye on a number of important races, a 63 related to joe biden and democrat in the 2020 election getting a lot of attention those senate races in georgia, nevada, pennsylvania considered toss-ups -- wisconsin tilting democrat. let's start in pennsylvania where democrat john fetterman is holding the slightest lead over mehmet oz, athena jones is live in bethlehem, what are we expecting on this election day at the end? >> hi, erica, we are in a swing state, in a swing county, and

we are expecting to see a higher than normal turnout. that is what local election official told us in this, one of the most competitive senate races in the country. this is also the most expensive isaac mention, john fetterman has a slight lead, polls show over mehmet oz, republican candidate, but of course it all is going to come down to who turns out on election day, and on these last several weeks in terms of getting their voters to the polls. amid austin his final pitch with the former south carolina governor, hitting fetterman and democrats on things like the economy, inflation, the border, and also once again urging his republican supporters to go beyond their republican friends to talk and conservative democrats, independents, try to get them to realize that they may not be all supporters as well and get them to the polls. john fetterman making his final pitch at a union hall in pittsburgh, urging his supporters to come out and vote for mehmet oz accusing him of

really being from new jersey and trying to buy this senate seat. but when it comes down to turnout one thing that is interesting here in pennsylvania, we have already seen more than 1 million early votes cast, that is more than 20% of the total number of votes cast in 2018, that is one reason we are hearing from election officials that they expect to see a good turnout, because they are already seeing a good turnout. we spoke -- with he is the county executive here -- here's what he had to say about being ready to count those early ballots. >> our county council has invested heavily in the millions of dollars in helping us prepare to meet the new mail-in voting balloting and so, we bought a high-speed letter opener, we have several high-speed scanners so we really made investments in our election infrastructure to make sure that we can, not only be accurate, but fast.

>> and he is also telling us that this county, northampton county, this is considered something a bellwether county it is one of two counties to president biden flipped in 2020, but has also gone with the will of the state. so that is one thing we will be watching. here one more thing i should know is that here in pennsylvania, election officials cannot begin opening early ballots until 7 am, so we are already seen john fetterman's campaign warning his supporters that a lot of the mail-in ballots are going to be democratic violets, those may be tallied later in the day, and so -- that is more likely to be republican. and fetterman has joined others in suing the state to open, to be able to open outdated ballots. so there could be balding issues we will look out for as well. >> okay, erik jones, keep you busy all day, long or preceded, my friend, thank you. the georgia senate race will run to a runoff if neither candidate gets the majority of votes today incumbent democrat raphael warnock fight and told

on to see in a toss-up with former football star herschel walker. the put elliptical -- for his support of joe biden. >> you saw him in that debate, no, he became scooby-doo for a moment they asked him, they asked him, they said sir, will you vote for biden and 2024, and he went -- when you look at the character flaws of the person that they put up, this is the difference between right and wrong you cannot trust herschel walker to tell the truth about the basic facts of his life. >> more now from cnn's nick valencia in atlanta. >> it is no longer the -- marathon mindset for these candidates, not a full sprint towards the finish to try to go every single vote they can, schools open just a few hours from now. monday was a very active day for both candidates as they hit the campaign trail to deliver their closing remarks to a rally of supporters, it was

earlier on monday night in columbus georgia where raphael warnock are justice supporters saying that his vote is not on which the choice between democrat and republican, as much as it is a choice between right and wrong. he sounded confident, but that the tsunami did express concern about the possibility of a runoff in the state of georgia, -- telling the crowd of supporters that he will be the winner when on tuesday night he is the -- lone candidate saying that -- no they polonskaya, cnn,

atlanta. >> in atlanta -- make the wrong choice and missed an opportunity and not raising more questions about walk us was that a missed opportunity? >> i think it was a missed opportunity, and, although it may seem that herschel walker's candidacy maybe unsinkable, regardless of any scandal, it did not seem like you lost any -- party at large needed to go on offense or including raphael warnock. highlighting i would say the character deficiencies, and the dishonesty of herschel walker.

he did not do that. without election in his favor, i don't, know but it seems like he was playing it safe almost like a defense in football as opposed to driving the ball down the field to use a herschel walker football metaphor, to try to score that touchdown to win the game. >> alex, how important has the character these days to voters? >> character is important, but also policies are top of mind for voters, and i find it interesting that several of these democrats in these key senate races are using character attacks against their opponents as opposed to policies that impact the electorate. and that is what raphael warnock has done in his closing argument talking, attacking herschel walker and he has a voting record that is in line with joe biden, and i can tell you being from georgia those policies do not resonate with the red state of georgia, that is going to be an impact for him as voters head out to the polls. i think this is emblematic of what we've seen democrats across the board in terms of being out of touch on the closing message they're sending

to voters. eventually biden, i cannot believe last night in closing message he sent to voters, he talked again about threats to democracy. while that is an important, issue it is not top of mind for voters, and they have been saying time after time after time for weeks and months that the economy is top of mind. yet, he is talking about threats to democracy. i think that is going to be a big impact and voter turnout, and really their enthusiasm heading out to the polls when they feel as though this administration, and many of the democrats really don't understand the economic struggles they have been facing. >> though there was definitely a shift over the last couple of weeks as democrats to try to make up some of that messaging around, as it was thinking in more and more that voters did want to hear about the economy. the economy and inflation or the two most important issues, and yet it was sort of that kitchen sink attempt at messaging. do you think they were able to make up any ground? >> i don't think. so i think it is less because of the type of message the

democrats had, and i say the thousand independent support of democrats, i say that as a function of reality of america, we are not really interested in policy, if you are going to support herschel walker, are you in going to support mehmet oz, it is not because the policy, we don't have policy discussions. the republican party -- -- continues to suggest that democrats talk more about kitchen table issues, more about the economy, but that is not what would sway the vote. people are so hyper partisan right now, it doesn't matter as far as the character of the candidate at large, it is more just a matter of who is on my, team who is my tribe, who am i going to vote for, not necessarily who has the better economic policy message. >> a, list in homes of who is my, tribe there's a real policy that some of these republicans are running election deniers could in fact end up in positions of power. how is that going to impact governing specifically if they find themselves in washington,

and how do you see the republican conference working with them. >> well first, off i will make a point that democrats contributed to many of those campaigns for these election deniers thinking they would be an easier candidate to beat, and now they are getting their decisions to do so. look, erica, i have full faith and confidence in our election process i do not believe there was widespread voter fraud, and i do believe there were plenty of checks and balances up and down the aisle. i think the election deniers were wrong and even if they get into power i'm not as concerned with those on the senate and house level but some of the state level officers that are election deniers where they do have the opportunity to potentially try and sway things. i'm confident there are enough checks and balances that the state level and people will call them out. i've worked in the secretary of state's office they won't tolerate anyone trying to put their finger on the scale at the state level, and as we know these elections are run state by state so i am confident that

while that might have been a talking point to win the race over, to get them elected, once they get in office they will do their best to make sure that people have confidence in the election process. this time and certainly moving forward because that is the big part of our democracy. >> has there been enough pushback though within the party, because yes, we do often see i will grant you that in primaries you will see more extreme viewpoints often and once you get close to the general election people peter out a bit, they need independents they need moderate so they need to soften their message a bit. there are certainly people whose messages are not softening and that is a major concern for many americans. has there been enough effort, do you think, at the top, and state levels among republicans to pushback on that? because those voices are loud. >> they are loud. and fortunately, i do not feel as though there has been enough pushback. i don't think this come in the

first question if their wide spread voter fraud in 2020 and a former president was given the opportunity to produce the -- he did so 60 times and to no avail so i don't believe that there was, and it would be helpful if republicans and democrats on both sides would have more faith in a system and reiterate that with the voters and make sure that they understand that when they do go to the ballot box, or when they do mail-in their ballot, it is going to be counted, and will be counted fairly, because that is the most important thing we can do. i do want to push back briefly on one thing that -- said about republicans not having an agenda, we do know mccarthy set out the commitment to america which i think was really a good start on what he will do if nominated later in the house, if the house takes over and so a big focus on doing everything we can to fight inflation, fight crime and also work on securing the border so that is a good blueprint for a start if the republicans take over. >> i do want to ask you about

that, there is some competition out west but a lot of folks in the state of nevada on the senate race there which seems to be pretty much a dead heat at this point in this is also bringing into play the top of latino voters. so many times in this country, people are lumped into buckets, you have women, voters young, voters black voters latino, voters and there has been a concern that they are maybe being taken for granted by democrats. has there been enough outreach? and has there been enough understanding that this is like so many voting blocks mode a diverse voting bloc in this country? far be it, for me to speak for latinos. but i will say, as a member of a minority group, oftentimes the larger party doesn't understand that there is a widely different viewpoint of the party, or policy goals within these different groups. and, latinos, if you see latinos, it's not the same thing as latinos in florida,

nevada or even texas. and, possibly, and probably, the democrats have not done a good job as far of candidacy. and understanding the intricacy, and you ounces of the different ethnic groups. now, there has been a story which has been that latinos have been moving away from the democratic party. and we'll see if that bears itself out tomorrow but i don't think that it's just, one thing i think it's a total policy of things are the democrats have the make all things to all people and this i think is a little bit unfair how we interpret the parties. for the democrats seemingly need to be all thanks to all people. but, the republicans don't. >> well, kelly, alerts -- appreciate you being with. us thank you. >> thanks erica. >> thank you. >> with so many polls, showing inflation, the economy of a top issue for voters, should democrats have done more to talk about what they have done to help the american people with those issues? we'll talk about that one.

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when voters tell you, over and over and over again, that they care mostly about the economy, listen to them.

stop talking about democracy being at stake. democratic strategists, hillary rosen, bear in the morning. as voters get ready to cast their ballots, in today's midterm elections across the u.s., polls have shown the economy inflation are the most important issues to u.s. voters in these midterms. and, americans are making it clear that they want to see some change. our cnn poll, found 75% field that the economy is already in a recession. although, democrats control washington and both parties have tried to stoke fears about what happened in the economy if they didn't win the midterms. well, a dark message for president biden that democrats took bush, in addition to the unstable economy, the stock market has been in a bit of turmoil. the s&p 500, jim up just over 13% as biden took office. it's actually the worst performance at this point for presidency. since jimmy carter. overall, it has been a tough year for wall street since -- it's been a tough year. republicans are confident, all of these factors, though, are actually gonna give them a nice

boost at the palace box today. are they right? for more on this let's bring in ryan philip from los angeles. senior fellow with the director management. graduated university. isis. you, so let's look at one of the most confusing factors, for a lot of people is that we have, you know, inflation rising. inflation is. how you go to the grocery store, you feel, like gas prices have multi stabilize, that's a good thing, there's still concern about what could happen but the unemployment remains low. and, it seems every economists are business -- tells me that one of the major issue is that we don't have a handbook but this economy in this recovery. so, what should the takeaway be? >> you took the words right out of my mouth. confusing. you've got data on both sides, and i think that the takeaway here is, to get inflation under control, you've got to have the john markets fall down. but, that hasn't been the case. we also live in a digital economy where gig workers or another network that is not inflating their. and, so part of the confidence,

consumer confidence going into this election is where are we at right now? and it is clear that we are not in the recovery mode, that i think most people want to be. and you mention the gas prices that the consumers in the u.s. sit at a pretty resilient -- that's a high gas price, and they're still going out and spending, but like you said the food and restaurant prices are starting to go up. so, supply chain, inventory, it's actually creeping into consumer confidence even though it will be interesting in november. but, there's another report, another data point just to show you what the quality season looks, like the returns happy by the pick up. economic pressures are driving up, returns nearly one in 400, turning in greater percentage of their o-line prestigious. that is a big tale, going into the fourth, quarter it's really important. >> it's interesting because, i have to, say it makes me wonder when you look at returns. and, i mean this very seriously. people are so accustomed to shopping online because of the pandemic, even more so. i think about how many times, if you're ordering clothing and

multiple sites, issues in multiple sizes for markets, and then you return. it also, they want to see how that plays out. let's talk a little bit -- >> well, that goes to my next point. 86% of consumers say that bill check retail return policies. that's a big number with 50% of the -- this year, so sorry to interrupt but you are on point. and we're gonna see, that we're gonna feel. >> and we started to hear that more companies are gonna start charging it for return so people are definitely going to check that fine print. when we look at the levers that can be pulled in order to try and control inflation, there's so much focused, understandably, on the fed, on interest rate and there is a concern because the way that i understand it takes at least six months to see with each increase whether that's really starting to have an impact. so, how much more, how much higher do you think rates can go before we really start to have a sense of whether these increases are worth it? >> well, the best-case scenario,

right now, from the, fed it looks like 50 basis points, meaning another foot 25 basis points. which will put a height and credit stress, right? a late 2020, two early 2023. we will see the slowdown, and the hope with the economy can start to get back into the flow. we've seen a lot of companies cut this year from summer, to. now whenever you start picking, up in the beginning of the first quarter, erica, we will then start seeing the rehiring backup. the job, number the unemployment, will have to rise with the inflation to start to come down. that is what the fed is trying to do. and so, we're gonna seal that job, what it looks like going into the second quarter. >> so, to my question, before the election relation, before i let you go. there's been a lot of criticism, democrats were not addressing the economy and inflation. impart, for obvious reasons, when you're the party in power. and, yet there are winds that democrats can point to that there have been achieved in the last couple of years. you look at the bipartisan infrastructure bill. that it's going to have, and

some cases, already having a positive impact. you look at drug pricing. is it surprising to you that some of those things were not hit on? especially if you take a prescription, you may pick it up every day. >> i'm surprised, but not surprised. because, right now, in the boardrooms, consumers are talking about what erica? prices being. up everything else is a no, unfortunately, because it has been growing, to this point. it's continuing to go, and it's also confusing to drive a world earlier as to there's no strategic plan that people can point to a certainty. and, because of that uttered the democratic party in explaining their story on what they have done. >> so, quickly speaking of plans republicans say that they have a plan. what do you anticipate would be some potential economic changes or legislation if they were to take back control in washington? >> that's a great question to put something in motion that

quickly in a short term it will be a very hard order for republicans to do that. you mention, the six months if republicans took over the best time for them would be summer next year to be able to ride the wave that potentially have a nation called on and put more money and infrastructure supply chain, get the u.s. economy back up in, front and be a volatile -- viable player, because we're gonna see them with the, or having its crisis inflation and asia. the u.s. can put themselves in the position, higher, faster recovery. and i think that's what the republicans, today, do get control on what they should be focusing, on how they could become faster for the user economy, long-term. >> van patel, appreciate the conversation. thank you. >> thank you erica. >> and, our coverage of the midterm election returns after a quick break. stay with us. we're here today to set the record straight about dupuytren's contracture. surgery is not your only treatment option.

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welcome back to our special coverage of election day, in america, america helen new york. in just a few hours, polls will be opening here on the u.s. east coast. of course, voters are going to the poll to decide, among other things, which party will control congress in the house. all 435 seats are up for grabs. republicans, feeling confident that they can win the majority. in the senate though is expected to be a much closer context. 35 of the 50 seats have play there. and, the outcome could be decided in any of these battleground states that you see there, highlighted on the map. georgia, nevada, pennsylvania, really decided to be the most competitive. joining us now, for a closer, look political analysts of the global policy institute at

loyola marymount university. good to see you, so, we look at those states with really zeroing on these contested races. georgia, pennsylvania, i wonder, though as you look at the health, are there certain areas where you think democrats maple out of surprise? >> i think that passed its prelude, the presidents party tends to lose a tremendous number of seats. the average, last for midterm elections, have been 37. so, i'm guessing the democrats will do slightly better than that. that will still mean the loss of control of the house. and, the likely loss of control of the senate, i. so what do you attribute doing slightly better to be seen historically in the last few years. what are you -- one of the enthusiasms was incredibly enthusiastic voting on both sides but the question

is which side you will be able to get better turn the turnout this is gonna be a turnout election and a lot of that is gonna be based on momentum so right now it's half of a mental, and so i suspect the republicans will do very well, not by historical standards by political standards they will be celebrating by the end of the night. so there is the historic in the midterm election, what happens to the party -- and there's also the messaging question, that we have seen. republicans have really embraced the fact that americans are concerned about the economy, they're concerned about inflation. democrats have resisted that message and really try to run on the aftermath of that decision, abortion rights and that, as we, know that enthusiasm started to appear out at the end of the summer, moving into the fall. are you surprised at the closing argument from the president on monday night? it was still about the threat to democracy if republicans win?

>> well, i think the threat to democracy and global climate change are the two biggest issues, facing america. they're also two very long term issues. voters are looking at what's facing them tomorrow. gas prices, the price at the supermarket, inflation, and so the democrats have -- especially president biden, used a long-term strategy which is not worth it. republicans are the party that said, we feel your pain. and your pain is at the gas pump, it's at the supermarket, it's paying the bills. they have spoken much more clearly to the needs and the want of the hunger of the american voters in this past three month election cycle. >>, the importance of the youth vote is going to continue to grow. it certainly grown, we've seen it in the past few election. of course, it's tough to put youth voters in one voting bloc. it's like putting one woman -- all women of voting bloc. which we probably know is not the best idea. but when you look at that, have

you seen enough reach by both parties? two young voters? >> historically, the two parties do not focus on young voters because they tend not to turn out to vote. but, in the last couple of election, starting with president obama he's been able to energize the young voters. the democrats should be able to do this. they've got the issues. climate change, usually, important to young voters. jobs, environment jobs, abortion issues, but they haven't really done the outreach, and that's the ground -- the democrats haven't been able to run a down game in the presidential midterm race. and the republicans have done that, they spent a lot of money doing, it underground green -- game has been quite effective. >> michael, i appreciate you joining. us thank you. >> thank you. >> stay with, us our election coverage will continue later this hour. but we're going to get caught up another news we're following. john vause with an atlanta, with those that live >> take a short break, --

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welcome, back 19 minutes after the. our the russian military has some of the biggest losses starting in the war in ukraine. and ali russians saying that -- they're wounded or --

it remains the epicenter of the greatest minutes of the occupiers. hundreds, die daily, the ground before the ukrainian position is littered with bodies and the occupiers. >> cnn salma abdelaziz, is live for us this hour and. kyiv and selma, to the south, the question or will they or won't. the russian soldiers have occupied since the beginning of the war. now, the question, will they stay and try to defended, or will they be free? what's going on? >> absolutely, john ukraine really preparing for a very

important counteroffensive to try and retake, not only the city of kherson, but the region itself. they have accused russian forces of essentially trying to create -- good trap by setting up the reports that it may retreat, and immediate hold back from the city of kherson, and it's absolutely not true. -- many russian soldiers are forcibly taking people from their homes, thousands of, them now russian-backed affiliates are calling evacuation. they say, they're taking place ahead of the battle but ukraine has been, clear they think that this is a human rights violation, essentially. and they, say the russian soldiers are taking. at-home turning them into -- again, preparing for a running street battle, and on your know about russian troops in the loss of life that russia scene on the battlefield. some eyewitnesses reporting that the russians are, now in kherson, are joining. numbers as young as 18 years old. on the battlefield they're also

reporting that there's less points in the city itself. >> they're leaving their homes. to really both sides digging and preparing for potentially, a very big battle, president zelenskyy has vowed to win back the wins for ukraine [interpreter] on the city underway right now and -- well if you go off of what we've seen in the past,, sometimes it's a simple as alcohol being stolen from homes. but what ukrainian officials depicted that it's really one -- to show our viewers --

they're trying to pull all of the residents of that area, on to the east side. that is also, of course, russian occupiers. there have reports of buses to crimea, giving the money, basically told to stay there until this battle is over. we did speak to one eyewitness, cnn spoke to one eyewitness that said he really considers that one way ticket, john. that will never be able to return home. and, as we've seen in the past, with these -- the damage inflicted on these areas is massive. this is oftentimes, just an artillery war. so, you see cities that are essentially raised like mariupol, in the city. john? >> summertime delays, ease in kyiv. thank you. well, money is emerging as -- many, countries most impacted -- demanding compensation by the home caused by wealthy nations which have produced large amount of carbon pollution. cnn, becky anderson reports

from cop27, -- never before seen rain in pakistan, placing a third of the country underwater and killing over 1000 people and climate change lightly called the disaster. >> frankly, the citizens of pakistan are paying the price in their lives in, their livelihood for the industrialization of rich countries. >> data from oxfam shows that the richest 1% of the world is responsible for twice as many carbon admissions as the poorest 50% in the last century. yet, the poorest are often left to bear the brunt of climate change and pair a steep price. pakistan's biblical flooding has reunited the question of loss and damage, to compensate developing countries. while a literally, the eu and

the u.s. say that they now discuss financial compensation -- assigned that the tone may shift at the cop 27, climate conference in egypt. simply put with respect to finance, we developed countries need to make good on the finest goals that we have set. so, for our sake it is another milestone for measurement, for accountability and for focus. and here's why that matters. without adequate, financial investment, developing countries can't pivot away from fossil fuel. -- who recently signed a partnership, aimed at investing billions of dollars in clean energy industries, particularly in emerging economies. the white house said, quote, to help bridge the gap, the two countries intend to work together to prioritize commercial projects in

developing and low income countries. as, what has provided them financial systems. poor countries will want to see similar pledges being made in sharm el sheikh, where organizers are about to make climate financing, a key focus. >> climate finance is insufficient,, i would say as well -- climate change and sustainability means decarbonization and leading for the admissions -- however, we cannot ignore the impact of the decades and, actually, centuries of a miss management of how the nature endowments, harm climate on the planet will not addressing these problems, we are going to be seeing more in the stability around the world. what we're ready to see, this, time has that we need to shift from the, weather and wind question into the. house and the house is all about finished.

>> finance that is so important for countries like pakistan. which, admits, less than 1% of the world planted warming gases, but is now faced with a 40 billion dollar bill. >> but sanderson, cnn, -- >> back with more international stories, next, our but for now let's head back to erica hill in new york, with much more of the covered -- >> john, appreciate, it well, it is election day here in the, u.s. and as americans get ready to go to the polls there are growing concerns about misinformation spreading online, just ahead. we'll show you how to separate facts from conspiracy theories, next. i was trying to refinanance my mortgage. i went to check my credit score and i found a couple of inquiries that i had not initiated. within a few weeks of working with crediepair.com, my credit score went up abo 60 points.

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did they actually do this. , and i think there's some election officials who have gotten fbi training to look at signatures and to compare them, right? >> yes, absolutely. >> and so there is going to be a lot of misinformation in here feed on this election day. or taking your time as you go through those, feeds if you see something that is clocking up all those, because just be very mindful that there are people out there who are working very, very hard to try and undermine your trust in elections, back to you. >> appreciated, thank you. be sure to stay with us for after day for in-depth special coverage of the crucial u.s. midterm election. these elections, of, course will determine control of congress. our special coverage starts at 4 pm eastern, nine monday. thank you for joining, us this, our live from new york, i'm erica hill. stay tuned, i'll be back right after the break with much more.

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>> hello welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world and i'm erica hill in new york. 3 a.m. on election day in america. republicans confident they can win control both houses of congress, democrats on the defensive even in blue starts thanks to growing inflation rising crime an joe biden's low approval rating. republicans have the best chance in house of representatives, g.o.p. victory would end nancy pelosi's role as speaker most likely to kevin mccarthy. republicans need to flip one seat there for the majority georgia nevada pennsylvania considered toss ups, arizona new hampshire tilting democratic north carolina ohio wisconsin leaning or tilting republican. president biden and former

president trump spent election eve out on the campaign trail. >> folks! you got one day until one of the most important elections. you heard time and again, i almost feel guilty repeating it, our life times are going to be shaped by what happens the next year to three years. >> i think this is going to be a very big wave. >> two of the closest senate races are in georgia and pennsylvania n. the peach site incumbent rafael warnock says the key is turnout >> everybody is asking me what is going to happen tomorrow. listen. i'm making the case. it's really in your hands. if the people show up, i win. if the people of georgia show

up, i win. if the people of georgia show up, we win. are you ready to win this election? >> they're talking about a runoff. and i'm like runoff? runoff? are you talking about runoff? no, we ain't talking about no runoff. we are winning this. when we leave tomorrow night, we are leaving as winners. >> another contest in arizona where that race is tilting for the race is tilting toward masters. >> i feel that blake masters an his extreme beliefs are dangerous and wrong for arizona and the country. >> we can't take much more of biden half harris and mark kelly

rubber stamping the agenda. i feel like this is the election to save the country. >> in pennsylvania john fetterman locked in matchup with dr. oz. fetterman is suing to have ballots counted. in pittsburgh he talked about his progress as well in recovering from that stroke six months ago. >> every day i feel better and better. by january i'll be even better. [cheers and applause] but, dr. oz will still be a fraud. >> i will bring balance to washington but john fetterman and be more extreme. and there is no greater example, no greater example of two people that different running for the senate. >> live from bethlehem, athena

talk about john fetterman and mail in ballots. this has been a hot tip i can because of what is required to be on those ballots. what is happening with that now? >> hi, erica. that's trial. fight over mail-in ballots has been going on in this state a couple years. there are several issues involved. pennsylvania law requires folks sending in a mail-in ballot to date the outside of that envelope and to sign it as well and the fetterman campaign is suing election officials because just last week the pennsylvania supreme court ruled that election officials cannot open and count these undated or incorrectly date ballots. now this lawsuit argues the frefrl civil rights act prohibits this sort of thing election officials denying the right to vote over error or

omission that is not material to whether they're qualified to vote so he is joined in his camp spain joined with the democratic senatorial and congressional campaign committees to challenge this law in court and i should note this is not the only court case dealing with this issue. this is an issue that shaubt to litigation several months this year. on friday several pennsylvania groups including the local chapters of naacp and league of women voters also filing suit against election officials in federal court saying the idea you have to have the exact correct date sign the ballot that they're a meaningless technicality that violates civil rights so the fetterman campaign is saying to voters try to check your ballot status and make sure if there are nip issues it's called curing those issues before the dead line. this is not just something.

he may be talking about a few hundred votes but we are seeing this happen in philadelphia, several few thousand votes are having this issue and we know in north hampton county we spoke with an election official they're having errors on ballots and giving folks chance to correct it but the fetterman campaign and groups saying having this vul a violation of civil rights. >> so as they're on the record for that and we see what is happening in that aspect i know you were also talking to local election officials. there's been a lot of talk how high the turnout has been in early voting whether mail-in or in person early voting election officials working really hard to make sure that on election day things go smoothly. what were they telling you? what proelt visions have been made? >> that's exactly right. we are in northhampton county in a swing state we know president biden flipped the state in 2020.

we with the county executive who said they're expecting higher than expected troumt they're seeing a lot of enthusiasm i think it was about 41,000 mail-in ballots requested but about three times as and democrats requesting an returning them in this county and neighboring lehigh county. that's one reason you're seeing fetterman and other groups you think are aligned with democrats pushing the issue about mail-in ballots. >> athena jones appreciate it, thank you. joining me here in new york this hour, commentator hillary rosen, former republican congressman charlie dent. nice to see you. i'm starting with our friend from the commonwealth. charlie when we look at this race there is so much focus on this senate race in

pennsylvania. but it does break down obviously in certain counties and athena with northhampton county i think you say earlier tonight this is the county you're focused in on. tell us why. >> first, i represent the lehigh valley. i live in lehigh county and northhampton is probably one of the best bell wealther counties throughout the country. it's a county that voted for barack obama donald trump and joe biden. there aren't too and counties like that in the country so it's a great bellwether and i don't twunt so bold to say whoever wins north hampton county will within the senate race. it is the swingiest swing district in the swingiest state

right now so it's a good bellwether. the bethlehem steel corporation was the major employer. it's no longer there. a lot of traditional labor democrats live there but the area has transitioned over the years and it's a pretty dynamic region but it's a great county to watch. it's increasingly diverse in so and ways, so watch that one. by the way they'll have their votes counted fairly early on election night. they did in 2020 them were done and joe biden had won that county by a handful of votes and i said at that moment biden was going to win pennsylvania because of that. took us four days to find that out but they were pretty quick counting the mail-in votes. >> so we will be watching for that hillary as we look at what's playing out around the country it's interesting to see some of these historically solid blue areas and things have

changed partly because of redirecting candidates and issues. focusing on state of new york there are some of those seats that are more of a contest now. what do you attribute that to? is it issues? is it redirecting? is it channels from governor hochul at the top facing a tougher race than anticipated? is that dragging other races? >> well you know redirecting was a mess here in new york and these congressional candidates in particular didn't have very much time to get to know their new districts. the people most vulnerable right now are running in districts where it's 50 percent completely new voters so that is a big piece of these but is these governor races are important because they really tend to focus more on local issues. i think the national message for democrats has been somewhat muddled but when you try to do the local message just like in pennsylvania the top of the

ticket does matter so with governor hochul evening up with congressman lee zeldin some of these races are going to be a little more precarious just like in pennsylvania i think charlie would agree that the democratic candidate josh shapiro is running strong is going to actually help john fetterman a little bit. tive opposite in states like arizona where the republican candidate is really strong. that's going to hurt the senate candidate so the top of the ticket does matter in these states because it matters how you're getting your vote out. >> i want to pick up. i think you were more direct over the weekend talking to dana bash and you said the democratic party didn't listen to voters who were clear the economy was the number one issue. >> yes. >> how much do you think that's going to cost democrats ultimately? >> well,ies think it will cost

us. look. in midterms you're always at a disadvantage. the president's party always loses seats so i think we were going to lose seats regardless. i think the senate being in play with candidates as strong as it is is in part due to lack of focus at the national level on economic message to meet voters where they are. i think we spend too much time demonizing voters hotel about the economy who tell they will no no if you're aligning with republicans you're aligning with fascists or you don't care about your country, you have no patriotism. i think we want these voters back in 2024. we need to have these independent voters and these moderate republicans and we are not going to get them back by demonizing their vote just because they're concerned about the economy. >> this morning david gergen

told me when he looks at areas where there could potentially be some surprises today she said north carolina and ohio charlie where he's focusing, and another person said to me north carolina tonight. has there been enough attention paid to some of those other races? >> look. i've heard what they said. i still think that ohio and north carolina are going to be trending republican in these races. i think the focus should be as it is on pennsylvania and arizona nevada. wisconsin, i think that's where the game is played. i hear what they're saying but i would tend to disagree with that. look. democrats are in a very defensive position around the country and you can see things are kind of trending in the republican direction. a lot has change. if you asked me six weeks ago i thought the democrats had a lot of optimism to hold the senate. now i'm starting to think republicans have reasons to be

optimistic to gain control of the senate soap seems in north carolina and ohio seats senate's seats seem to be slipping from the democrats as are some of these other seats. i'm not here to makemy bold predictions but i'd rather be on offense than defense because nobody plays good defense in politics. it's all about offense. >> looks, it's really important to remember particularly for international audience this is a very politically divided country right now. the senate is currently 50/50 so you know the control goes back and forth just with a state or two. that's where we are. these races are all neck and neck so almost anything could happen but i think that you know the winds right now are favoring republicans. we have one big advantage as democrats because in so and states, we have been early voting for weeks.

democrats are doing a better job getting out our voters early. republicans are really depending that all their voters are going to come out on election day. that's a big bet. >> can i just follow up on that? >> yes. >> look. what happened in 2020 republicans did actually quite well who were not named donald trump. i thought that republicans have spent way too much time especially donald trump spent way too much time complaining about mail-in voting. you know republicans came out and voted in 2020 and and elected a whole bunch of republicans who didn't vote for trump and i think republicans out to stop complaining about voting long as they get their vote out. you just want to get them out. >> we will see what those final numbers out. we know there's enthusiasm when it comes to early voting. how those votes tally we will

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>> u.s. president bill clinton encouraging latino voters to get to the ballot box stressing the importance of their ballot. >> you can celebrate on tuesday night if you show america that you can't be overlooked. you can't be forgotten and you know how to build a future together. >> latino voters account for one 5th of registered voters and while democrats have historically won the latino vote those margins appear to be shrinking. in in texas the senate minority leader says it's a testament to the party's evolving nature it. >> shows republicans can compete anywhere in the country. not only is the party expanding

and moving forward, these candidates i think will inspire so and women across the country. they're going to look up and say that can be me. >> joining me luis alvarado media consultant from los angeles. so when we look at where things stand you heard kevin mccarthy say our party is expanding. you heard bill clinton saying you are the key. >> who understands latino voters best? >> actually it seems that neither party last knows are finding the republicans have a better message to address their everyday needs and republicans have actually evolved in the last few cycles and actually have invested in keep districts and have retained competent political vat gists who actually address and bumped relationships with those communities and i think it's an overall vat. spkr3: that's starting to

render fruits of what they enadviced four years ago. >> as we talk about this shift it's interesting because i think oftentimes what happens and it happens with women, latinos, young voters, black voters, if you're putting an entire demographic into one bucket you're often ignoring as you're starting to see a shift the reasons for that shift especially when you talk about the latino community. this is not one monolithic group and issues that may matter in a mexican american community are vs. a cuban community are different. is there understand something. >> in, not at all. i'm a member of the national association of political strategists where parties talk about strategies and tools and one thing we do agree on is none of us have a compete grasp or see professionals in our field that actually understand how to communicate. so those issues that are

important to anybody in nebraska are just as important to anybody in texas. the question is how do you package the information and what platform do you use to deliver it? so far i think both parties have failed. i think democrats got lazy and i think democrats have admittedly find themselves playing catch up where republicans may it be by surprise or happenstance are finding that they have the right message and are attracting latinos and somehow investing the right amount of resources to bring latinos to actually start winning races. >> are you talking about the issues that matter to americans all across the board which is another important point. so if you are sitting down in those next meetings when you're talking with political strategists what is your message to them how you're reale laying those concerns your concerns alvarado in los angeles vs.

erica hill in new york may have the same concerns so should that message be about how i identify or should it be about this issue? >> it should be all of them, right, because there's no search thing as a silver bullet with any constituents here or any ethnic group. you actually have to work hard at i. you have to sit with them build and understand where they're coming from. then can you build a strategy that evolves around their needs that specific constituency and most importantly their future because if you can't talk about how you have aspirational products or governed for them they're not going to fear feel you're looking out for their interest. they're going to clear lie see ear looking for own immediate interests and they're not going to side with you. most of the problems we see with latinos they stay home and throw their hands in the air. if you can find a way to talk to

enough of them you're going to get their attention and hopefully their attention and votes. >> throw their hands in the air because they e-feel forgotten? >> that's mostly what you see with young people. when you look at the surrogates out there speaking on behalf of the democrat party those surrogates are probably from 30 years ago in governance. you showed a clip of clinton. what does clinton have to offer to young lalt knows who are getting out of college? they don't know who he is. ? in texas you see young latino republican elected officials going and meeting with the community i. know and of them that have been working for years and they work year-round and now they get to sow those efforts they've been doing for decades.

>> luis alvarado thanks. >> always a pleasure. >> republicans feeling confident they'll pick up seechlts will it be a red waved and how would it impact president biden's a agen? we will discuss.

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>> president biden and former president trump making their final pitches to voters, biden saying democracy is at risk urging votes for wes moore.

trump stumped for j.d. vance. at least three races are considered toss ups. predictions the republicans will win more than enough top control the house of representatives. larry is director of center for politics university of virginia joining me from charlottesville. let's start with the senate. which of the races specifically you're looking at could get republicans that edge? >> certainly pennsylvania which everybody is looking at and georgia which by the way does not have to go to a runoff. most people think it will, but there's i would say a 35 percent

chance that one of the candidates will get over 50 but there are a lot of others. nevada has always been very, very close and people are very divided about whether or not the incumbent catherine cortez masto can hang on other mr. laxalt will displace. there are close races. arizona would be an example. democratic incumbent kelsey hard pressed and others, ohio, wisconsin, north carolina, which all have republicans in the lead and yet, democrats are in competition. >> you look at with likely a net republican gain in the senate. in the house more up for grabs there but the margin you're seeing there likely a gain of 24

seats. >> these are estimates, and clearly, you can end up having five fewer, or five more but what is difficult or almost impossible to come up is for democrats to hold the house. >> why is that? was it a messaging fail? >> you know people say the messaging should have been better but it really is the fundamentals. it's the midterm of a democratic president with approval ratings in the low 40s. it doesn't help your party in a midterm election. democrats only have a majority of 5. it was the fact democrats lost 13 seats while joe biden was winning by 7 million votes in 2020 that set up this race and made it very likely republicans would take control. >> it's not just congress that we're looking at closely here. there are 36 states that will also be voting for governor and

even there you're seeing a net republican gave overall of one governorship. >> yes and that isn't much. it republicans would have only one gain. the democrats are going to pick up massachussetts and maryland and the republicans probably are going to pick up governorships out west arizona nevada possibly oregon. that's a very close competitive three-way contest. >> that one definitely has lots of eyes on it including mine as i watch to see what happens there. there was certainly some push back on a tactic we saw from democrats in some races in the primaries to really shore up some of these fringe extremist candidates on the other side thinking that could be an easier win for democrats come november. now it's looking like some of those people could actually win

those seats. what is that longer term fallout here especially if you end up with one of these extremist, perhaps an election denier, as an incumbent? >> be careful what you wish for and be careful what you spend money to try to win for because i think democrats while i understand the logic of it and there is logic to it, if you put into place a nominee in the fall and the winds of politics are moving in the direction of that candidate's party there is a decent to good chance the candidate is going to be listen? this is a different crystal ball but when the country is so divided at this moment let alone when congress sworn in the republicans take because house and senate there is question what that does for president

biden's agenda? >> i wouldn't be optimistic we would have bipartisanship or unified government. i think we will see biden do what previous presidents have done when opposition took over one or both houses. they have to rely on votes owes on executive orders, on temporary appointments, acting secretaries in the cabinet which is what president trump did when democrats controlled congress in his term so these are tried and true methods. they're not ideal. it's not the way government should work but we get through, the british you'd to do the muddling. now it's the americans. >> muddle away. always good to chat about. larry appreciate it. thank you. >> thanks, erica. >> stay tuned. we will have more election coverage this area. first back to john in atlanta

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>> hello john vause live in atlanta. with the war in ukraine looking likely to continue well into next year u.s. officials are urging the ukraine counterparts to soften the stance on no negotiations with vladimir putin. a source close to the white house is worried that a war without the possibility of negotiated end would lose support. >> no one has suffered more than the ukranian people. no one wants to see this warp end more than the ukranian people and the ukranian government so it is neither our place to pressure the ukranians more would we do such a thing. we have no incentive. it is the russians sending a

different signal. >> ukraine president zelensky says, quote. so yes, the russians did according to one of vladimir putin's most trusted confidantes the 2016 election was targeted by russian hackers. the admission made in a telegram post comes as voters prepare for midterm election that officials warned will be targeted by russia. clay sebastian live in london. if he made this admission, he's denied being head of the mercenaries so this guy carries weight. >> a shadowy oligarch is coming

out. now only do we have this in st. petersburg and that troem factory which was interfering in u.s. elections he was later sanctioned by the u.s. to hear him say these things is sort of mind blowing. this is what he said. he said: he said he would allow ambiguity an didn't. so it's unclear whether he's joking or not but interesting to hear him openly admit this and of course coming ahead of the midterms in the u.s. this is what the white house response to that was. >> we also know that part of russia's efforts includes promoting narratives aimed at undermining democracy an sowing division an discord.

it's not a surprise that russia would be highlighting their efforts and fabricating stories on the eve of an election. >> the witt says they're fabricating this that they're not successfully interfering is the implication but i think this is interesting in that he's a man who likes to create his image. seems likes he wants to take credit for past and current action when it comes to manipulation of information as well as the actions of the waggeder in group raising questions about future plans should there be an opportunity to jockey important power somehow in russia. >> i don't understand why because nothing happens in russia without putin happening or knowing of it. >> i think that's cloor at this page. we know he's had a close relationship with vladimir putin known as putin's chef. he ran his catering company that

got a lot of sort of government contracts in prominent events involving world leaders. you're right that nothing happens without the go ahead from president putin but the leaked videos that we have seen emerge on social media of him acting on behalf of the wagner group recruiting prisoners in russian prisoners smacks of something while deliberate is not officially sanctioned, john >> interesting times. thanks live in london we appreciate that. still to come after reporting u.s. politics four decades you get to know about u.s. elections. one guy says this year's midterms are unlike any others. >> first midterm was 194 so i go back nearly 40 years covering midterm elections and this one has been most complicated. >> i recognize that guy. it's john king next.

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first midterm is usually a bad year. it looked like it started out that way for joe biden. but 10 million new jobs have been created in the biden administration. employment is above pre-pandemic level. there's a good economic story. then biden had hit by inflation. so good news bad news. then we have the supreme court decision, the dobbs decision wiping roe v. wade off the books. how do you defy history in midterm election year? with new history. republicans will tell you whoa this could change the midterm trajectory. we so voter registration especially in the suburb's go up. as we move to october the fed raises independent -- interest rates. inflation going up. follow the rise in gas prices with the president's approval

disapproval we have seen things beyond the president's control have shaped his fate. in and election years the president and party in power don't have much to work with. democrats did have things to work with here. abortion helps democrats in the suburbs. inflation hurts. the return of trump helps democrats in the suburbs. the crime issue hurts. inflation grocery bills gas bills damaging in some places devastate to go the democratic party soed this tug of war throughout the summer and fall. in the end looks like peoples daily lives price of milk eggs gas is helping republicans. traditionally midterm elections are a referendum for the party in power. in the end it seems to have gone back but in the age of volatility let's see what happens. >> thanks for that n. the u.s. if you have a powerball ticket hold onto it.

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