here we go. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, it is monday, october 24th. i m christine romans. we begin with the midterm elections now just 15 days away. early voting already under way with more than 5.8 million ballots cast in 39 states. right now polls and political spending suggests republicans are surging and stand a good chance of retaking the house of representatives with a solid majority. recent surveys show the reason for that surge, the economy. inflation and to a lesser degree crime. early this summer looked like the anger at the supreme court ruling overturning roe versus wade would give democrats a chance to hold back the red tide and keep control of the house. now it looks like that abortion-fueled momentum may have peaked too soon. they have to split their messaging between abortion and the economy are the democrats. nobody said we re doing abortion rather than economy. but it s about both. i can tell you that that issue is ver
he said they re not done yet. we got four more. we re going to bring this yeah. philly fans taking the celebrations to the streets. police actually greased the street lamps to prevent them from climbing them. no grease is stopping an existed fan. astros heading to the fourth world series in six years. rookie shortstop pena once again coming through. hit three huge run blast in the fourth to tie the game. named alcs mvp. seventh inning, tied game. a single into right. pena would score to put the stros up 6-5. that would be your final. the yankees crowd that was chanting we want houston less than a week ago was left stunned. now they wonder if aaron judge has played his last game in stripes. he is a free agent. the nfl dolphins quarterback
move on. reporter: good morning. i got you covered, victor. agonizing lows followed by the highest of all highs all ending in a trip to the world series. far from a sure thing for houston fans who were buzzing in the top of the ninth. the astros up 4-2 with a runner on with dj lemahieu stepped up to the plate and delivered deep to right field. a two-run shot. you can see just inches over the outstretched arm of george springer. like that the game is tied. houston, do we have a problem? not when you have jose altuve. the pint-sized superstar crushed this pitch deep to left field. a walkoff home run for the alcs mvp. madness at minute maid park. altuve sending the astros back to the fall classic. i can t remember anything. i blacked out, honestly! i couldn t believe he sat on a slider 2-1 count and hit it out
pitcher jon lester early last night, scoring two on the chicago ace in the first inning. in the fourth, roberto perez makes it 3-0 with a solo shot to left field. gives himself a four rbi game with a three-run blast, allowed by ron done in the eighth. meanwhile, the indians bull pen remained stellar. cory kluber became the first pitcher to strike out eight batters in the first three innings of a world series game. nine strikeouts before handing things over to the alcs mvp in the seventh where miller escaped a bases loaded jam to keep the cubs off the board and went on to toss two scoreless innings. cody allen struck out the side as cleveland notches its fourth shutout victory of the postseason, a 6-0 win over chicago in game one. and the start time for tonight s game at progressive field has been moved up an hour due to some rain. it should be 7:00 p.m. start there. now, the cubs will send out jake