hello, everyone. i m kate bolduan. at this hour, we are in the home stretch. today is the final day of campaigning before voters start getting counted. candidates across the country are out in force as they should be of course. getting final face time with voters and their final opportunity to lock in any waiving votes. the mood understandably tense with so many razor tight races and so much on the line. republicans are growing increasingly confident they ll make major gains in congress and in governor s mansions across the country. the current and former presidents back on the trail again to try to boost turnout. president biden will be campaigning for democratic candidates in maryland today. former president trump will be in ohio for a rally for the republican senate candidate there. and another sign of justice how focused in voters are on this midterm, more than 40 million americans in 47 states have already cast their ballots in early voting. and when all of the votes are
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british police say extreme right wing terrorist ideology was behind the firebombing of a migrant processing centre in the south east of england. the un urges elon musk to ensure twitter respects human rights as concerns grow about the platform spreading more hate speech since his takeover. and singer and rapper aaron carter is found dead at his home in california. the crucial us midterm elections, of days away and president biden and former president obama have taken to the stage together at a campaign rally in pennsylvania. mr biden urged the cheering crowd in his home state to back the democrats john fetterman for the senate. he said the elections would shape the country for decades to come. this isn t a referendum this year, it s a choice a choice between two vastly different visions of america. vastly different. maybe it s in our blood, butjohn and i believe that all it s all about fighting for working and middle class people. the way i ve said from the beginning of
u.s. midterm elections and each of the last three u.s. presidents is on the campaign trail to rally voters in hopes of winning power in congress. record heat across the u.s., over 70 high-temperature records are expected to be broken across the country on monday. a surprising admission by iran, how they ve helped russia with the war in ukraine, after weeks of denial. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harak. they may potentially shift the balance of power in congress after voting. this tuesday, every single seat in the house will be at play while in the senate, 35 positions are up for grabs. right now, democrats controlled both chambers by a thin margin and if republicans take control of either one, they could restrict president joe biden s agenda for the next two years. the outcome could be decided in any one of these six states. five of them are battlegrounds that mr. biden flipped in 2020, including georgia where early voting numbers have been
Line. Were going to have the latest for you from the campaign trail. And it is said to be the largest Lottery Prize in history, 1. 6 billion is up for grabs in tonights Powerball Drawing. It is saturday, everyone. Thank you so much for waking up with this. Good morning, boris. Thanks to our producers for that reminder that the Powerball Drawing is coming up. Ive got to get my lottery tickets. Are you playing . I am now. Thanks for the reminder. Appreciate that. We begin this morning with the final sprint to the midterm election. The candidates and their surrogates are making the final push with just three days to go before election day. And the battle for control of the senate it comes down to a handful of key states including pennsylvania, barack obama, President Biden, and President Trump also campaigning in the state today. Republicans heading into tuesdays elections, though, with a slight edge. But millions of voters have already cast their ballots. Everything voting is up compared