polls. the heavyweights are hitting the trail with closing messages as key races tighten. biden, obama, trump, all ending up in pennsylvania, a high-stakes stat race there up for grabs as the woman who made dr. oz famous endorses his rival. maybe you ve heard of her. if i lived in pennsylvania, i would have already cast my vote for john fetterman for many reasons. elsewhere today is the last day of early voting in some states seeing historic turnout, more than 34 million ballots already cast. plus, talk about a tease. donald trump addresses the 2024 elephant in the room. i will very, very, very probably do it again, okay? very, very, very probably. let s get out to the trail now. cnn s dianne gallagher and omar jiminez with us. it s the last day of early voting in georgia. tell us what you re seeing. reporter: you can probably see the line behind me, ana, that s completely wrapped around the building. this is typically the most robust day of early voting, the first
our correspondent dominic hughes looks back now on some of the biggest challenges faced this year by the uk s health services. was 2022 of the year we finally learned to live with covid? at the start of the year, driven by the highly infectious omicron variant, the virus still had us in its clutches. even as the new year s eve fireworks faded into the night, an estimated one in every 15 people in the uk would have tested positive for covid. it s because of the threat from omicron that i announced on wednesday that we would move to plan b in england. you must wear a face covering in indoor public spaces, and from tomorrow, work from home if you can. faced with a huge number of infections, in early december of 2021, the government had already been forced to introduce what it called its plan b measures facemasks, compulsory covid passes and working from home. in just a few days in the new year, a grim milestone. the uk reached 150,000 covid related deaths. to picture 150,000 p
but in a classroom, there might be around 30 of them. there are between 500 2,500 people at smaller gigs or in a nightclub. but see how 21,000 fans can fill manchester arena. and the biggest events hold more than this. more than 73,000 at the principality stadium in cardiff, 90,000 at wembley, and see how around 100,000 people turned out for this climate change strike during cop26. and this crowd are not even all of the 135,000 people who buy tickets for glastonbury every year. but 150,000 people, that is everyone who lives in a city such as 0xford. 0ther covid waves came and went. in march, july and october. but that was the last time restrictions on socialising were put in place. and crucially, while the number of people admitted to hospital with covid did rise with each successive wave, they were nowhere near the peaks seen injanuary 2021. and the same is true of deaths due to covid, each wave saw an increase in deaths, although nowhere near what was seen in 2021, and lowe
at former president donald trump s mar-a-lago estate, about two days ago. the new york attorney general is ramping up the civil investigation into the trump family businesses. a lot happening. hello, welcome everyone. mike, great to have you again. mike: great to be working with you, i m in for john roberts in washington. former president trump taking the fifth amendment when questioned under after the deposition of two of his children, comes on the heels of an unprecedented fbi raid at the former president s former home on monday and as calls grow for attorney general merrick garland and fbi chief to address the matter. sandra: andy mccarthy will join us. the latest on the search to his home, but first david lee miller is outside of trump tower. david lee, unexpected that trump pled the fifth today? well, you know, sandra, we all know that mr. trump s behavior can be unpredictable, but this was not an enormous surprise, considering the fact that his attorneys have be
addressed the media calling the attack an affront to democracy and freedom to speech. the suspect, a man in his 40s, was arrested on the spot, in possession of what nhk is describing as a handmade gun. he made no attempt to flee before being swarmed by the security detail. witnesses say abe was shot from behind, he didn t collapse after the first shot, but did collapse after the second shot before receiving cpr. while controversial figure here in japan at times, abe is an incredibly important figure, not only here in japan, but around the world, and news of this shooting has absolutely sent shock waves around the nation, and the world. hours following this shooting, many have taken to social media to say that they hoped at the time that he would pull through with many calling today s shooting a barbaric act that shakes the root of democracy, saying that whether or not you agree with this political stances, violence to suppress political stances is unacceptable. and i mentione