hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world, live from outside the u.k. s houses of parliament, i m christina mcfarlen. the revolving door at number 10 downing street will not swing open for boris jauohnson again. the former prime minister stands down ahead of today s critical leadership vote. and live from cnn world headquarters here in atlanta i m rosemary church. i ll have details on all our other top stories including mid-term crunch time in the united states. new polling suggesting sky high voter interest and extreme polarization with the election just 15 days away. it s 7:00 a.m. here in london where all eyes are fixed on the tory leadership race, and we could learn who s poised to become the next leader of the conservative party and the prime minister. he said on sunday he d not be entering the race though he claimed to have enough support to move forward. that leads richard sunak and kellie in the running. wheth
our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world, i m christina macfarlane in for max foster here in london. just ahead i am worried about the level of voter turnout among young people and working people who will be voting democratic. midterms have mostly been a referendum on the party in power. i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected. he still has his own set of baggage coming into downing street. this is a total joke. we re the laughing stock of europe. it s monday, october 24th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where political developments on both sides of the atlantic are front and center this hour. in the u.s., the critical midterm elections are now just more than two weeks away and key races will decide who will lead in congress and whether the democrats can hold on to their slim majority and whether republicans will make gains. much more on this in just a few minutes. first, here in the uk, we could soo
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
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