high interest rates are real bad for people who are buying stuff they don t pay for right away. that s my ba-humbug. thanks for joining us. i m christine romans. cnn this morning starts right now. it s friday. friday. we love our jobs but it is friday. i think i love friday. tgif. we made it guys. we made it. we made it. good morning, everyone. don lemon here. poppy harlow, kaitlan collins and it is friday and we are happy to be here but we re happy that it s friday and we get a couple days off, because next week is going to be a marathon. we have a lot going on next week. wait until you see how long we re on television. we have cots behind us we re going to be sleeping on. it s going to be a busy week. it is. and leading into next week there is an oprah size endorsement we have to talk about. it s in pennsylvania s senate race. will it make a difference? big one. hours from now thousands of twitter employees will learn if they are fired through email. wha
stories this morning. the last jobs report out just this morning. just before the midterms showing the u.s. economy added 261,000 jobs in october. and the economy and inflation major concerns for voters with the elections now just four days away. so far across 46 states, more than 30 million americans have already cast their vote in early voting. this weekend several notable names are hitting the campaign trail. including a joint rally with president biden and former president obama in the crucial state and it is tight there of pennsylvania. former president trump, he ll be in florida. and new this morning, details about trump s own political ambitions for the next election. cnn has learned he s eyeing the third week of november for a 2024 announcement. our reporters and correspondents and analysts standing by to bring you all of the headlines. let s begin with kristin holmes about trump s 2024 plans. talk about what the next election is going to look like? what do we know.
just enough jobs added to tout and just enough lost that it may start to cool the economy. but how will voters see today s numbers as they head to the polls? plus, donald trump very big on the very for 2024. i will very, very, very probably do it again, okay? [ cheers and applause ] but will federal investigations catch up with him first very? and kevin durant tries to talk about the anti-semitic comments that got his teammate kyrie irving suspended and now forced to clarify what he meant. welcome back to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper. it s crunch time. four days left for candidates to make their closing arguments to voters before tuesday s election. the trend suggests the republicans are well positioned to take the house, but control of the senate rests on a knife s edge which means every race is criminal. democrats got a moral boost today shows the u.s. economy added 261,000 jobs last month. but a separate measurement of the unemployment rate ticked
into the final weekend of the midterm campaigns. the elections now just four days out, as candidates from both parties make their final pitch to voters. also tonight, the u.s. economy the top issue for most americans, is getting one more gut check before the midterms. the labor department reporting 261,000 jobs added during the month of october. we re also watching former president trump, who now says he s very, very, very, probably going to run for the white house in 2024. there are new indications the announcement could come soon after the midterm elections. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m brianna keilar, and you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, the midterm campaigns hitting their final stretch. cnn is on the trail covering all the key races across the united states, with just four more days until polls close. we re also getting one final look at the health of the u.s. economy befor
so we ll get to our top story this morning. willie. it s front page of all the newspapers, pictures of president biden and governor ron desantis together one week after hurricane ian made landfall in florida, president biden warning more storms will come. the president visited florida yesterday, just days after surveying storm damage in puerto rico. in florida, president biden and governor ron desantis temporarily put politics aid aside as they met with residents in the fort myers area. we were fortunate to have good coordination with the white house and fema. one of the things you re seeing in this response, we are cutting through the bureaucracy, we are cutting through the red tape, and that s from local government, state government, all the way up to the president, so we appreciate the team effort. i think he s done a good job. look, i called him i think even before he called me when i heard the storm was on its way, we worked hand and glove. we have very different