On the 245th anniversary of 1776. 1776. Are we that exceptional nation we often tell ourselves we are . Guest we are certainly trying to be. Host in what way . Guest i think there are number of people in society who are working to make the ideals of the declaration a reality, the ideals that expressed in the preamble about the quality and about the pursuit of happiness i think we had that idea and were trying to reach that potential. Host with the founders, this is one of the silly founders, but with the recognized we are today . Guest of course not. Some aspects of it they would but most of it, women participating in politics, blacks participating in politics, all those kinds of things would have been foreign to them of course, and the power of the United States. At the time were talking about, 1776, this is a 13 colonies in the middle of nowhere. They dont have the power and we become an empire. I dont think they would have seen all that wouldve happened up until this point. Host hav
the united states and around the world. welcome to cnn newsroom. the final stretch. 16 days to go until the u.s. elections, the candidates are pulling out the stops and pulling in high-profile support. xi jinping secures an unprecedented third term, cementing his iron grip over china s future. we re live in beijing and taipei with the latest. and ukraine s power grid under attack with frigid winter just around the corner. russia takes aim at critical infrastructure. a live report from kyiv is just ahead. the u.s. is just over two weeks away from the tightly contested and deeply consequential midterm elections. at stake this november, control of congress. and by extension, the president s political agenda. joe biden s democratic party currently holds 220 seats in the house, and to keep its majority, it must hold on to 218 of them. right now, though, republicans have a slight lead in the polls with 18 seats still up for grabs. in the senate, 35 seats are in play. cnn