newsroom. i m jim acosta in atlanta and the key battleground state of georgia. right now we are in the final sprint before those critical midterm elections, and the balance of power in congress is on the line. today the biggest names in politics are out on the campaign trail. president biden and his two predecessors are all stumping today, and they are all in pennsylvania. moments from now president biden and former president barack obama, there you see the live picture right there, they will take the stage in philadelphia to rally for democratic senate nominee john fetterman. in a couple of hours from now former president donald trump will be in latrobe with republican senate nominee mehmet oz. pennsylvania is one of the three toss-up senate elections and it is a must-win for both parties to have control of the senate. cnn s jessica dean is in latrobe ahead of trump s rally and we begin with cnn s phil mattingly in philadelphia. phil, we have been talking to you throughout
wire. we are now just four days from election day. control of the senate and the house up for grabs as republicans and democrats are now vying for every vote. the candidates and their surrogates right now as we speak fanned out across the country. right behind me pictures of rallies in battleground states, wisconsin, georgia, ohio and pennsylvania. the republican pennsylvania senate candidate dr. mehmet oz is just wrapping up a rally. he s neck and neck with his democratic opponent john fetterman. and the winner of that race in pennsylvania could literally determine control of the entire u.s. senate. so as of tonight, first, the senate races in georgia, nevada, and pennsylvania. all of these considered total toss-ups, anybody s game. arizona, new hampshire, wisconsin and north carolina tilt slightly in terms of one party or another. there is an incredible amount of uncertainty in these final hors of campaigning and there is no room for error for democrats. that s how many sea
candidate john fetterman and gubernatorial candidate josh shapiro. nationwide more than 34.6 million ballots have already been cast in this midterm election. just an extraordinary turnout so far. early voting has been ahead of the 2018 pace across states where data is available. here in georgia this year s early voting has already set a record, more than 2 37.5 millio ballots were cast before election day, the most before in the state. with me is civil rights leader martin luther king iii. martin, thank you for being with us. it is an honor to have you here. earlier today you tweeted and it was in response to something i had put out, you know, talking about the show today, that this is the most it is kinds of a cliche to say it is the most consequential election of our lives, but you really feel like this is the most consequential election. tell us about that. well, no question.
don t start humira if you have an infection. talk to your doctor and visit humira.com this is humira at work. dagen: this holiday weekend has been a busy one for drivers and it could be getting more expensive. we are in atlanta with the latest. the summer travel season begins with the highest memorial day gas prices since 2015. the long holiday weekend began with people paying an average of $2.37 a gallon nationally. that s $0.05 more than last year. aaa says the slight increase was not enough to deter americans from the highways. aaa estimates 34.6 million americans will have traveled by auto since the course the course of the weekend. that s an increase over last year and the largest number in 12 years.
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