we know consumers switch to store brands, switching to smaller items that doesn t cost as much, a smaller bottle of ketchup. nathaniel myersohn, thank you. i m christine romans. thanks for joining us. cnn this morning starts right now. your this year we are. this year i hope you ll make the future of our democracy an important part of your decision to vote and how you vote. good morning, everyone. welcome to the program, i m don lemon alongside poppy harlow and kaitlan collins. can i say good morning. good morning. this is down to the wire. yeah. this is for all the marbles pretty soon in just a couple days. it s notable that is the speech president biden chose closing the race in the final few days. that was president joe biden putting democracy front and center and warning of the dangers of election deniers. the question is, is this the right closing argument for his party? better be. former president trump returns he will make his closing pitch to vot
we are now just five days to midterms with control of congress on the line. and here are the big named closers on the trail today, president biden flying to new mexico, vice president harris in new york and former president trump in iowa where he s kicking off four rallies in five days. we head to georgia first because power in the senate could come down to this race and the peach state yet again. cnn s eva mckend is in atlanta. you ve been tracking this key battleground tate for months. what do we need to know? reporter: well, ana, we ve gotten to the stage of the game where senator warnock, herschel walker are making their closing arguments, senator warnock talks a lot on the trail about his bipartisan work in congress. arguing that he is willing to work with republicans if ultimately it is in service to georgians talking about health care and his efforts to lower the cost of insulin. meanwhile, herschel walker working overtime despite his many scandals to tie warnock to
that will be next tuesday. anything can happen, make no mistake. we ll be talking about the results one week from tonight. we ll know the results hopefully in all states. five senate races in more than two dozen house races are within two points. this is why i m not poll pollyannaish, why don t want to create a condition where people are overly enthusiastic. within two points. that s five states. that s within the balance of power in congress. a few thousand votes can decide whether or not joe biden and his radical left democrat social party will have key control over your government. other races are within two points including in the state of new york. all the races are tight. in 2016, thick about this, polls showed donald trump losing handily and then he shocked the world and won the election if you look at three key states in 2016 they were at were decided by a combined 77,000 votes in 2020, the margin for joe biden which is 43,000 votes and three swing states despite the
the polls, and that will bebe nx next tuesday. make no mistake, anything can happen. we ll be talking about the results, or at leaste. some of them. one week from tonight, we ll know in most states , hopefully all states , the results. now, according to real s clear politics, their average five senate racefis and more thn two dozen house races ares within two points. soare wi think about this. this is why i m not pollyannish. this is why i don t want to create a condition where people are overly enthusiastic within two points. that s five states. now, that s the balance of power in congress, well within the margin of error. now, just a fe sw thousand votes can decide whether or not joe biden and his radical democratic socialist party will continue to have full control of your government. now, three key gubernatorial races are also within two points, including right here in the state of new york . these race s are all tight. and don t forget, in 2016, think about this. polls s
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