hobbes. state of the union starts right now. ? prices surge. more bad news on inflation just weeks from election day. folks are still struggling. we can t kid ourselves about that. how long will prices stay high? and will voters trust the president to fix it? white house economic adviser cecilia rouse is next. midterm match-ups, as voters start to cast their ballots, we ll look at two key contests. arizona governor s race with republican kari lake and democratic katie hobbs. i m proud of the work we did in 2020. as biden makes a swing out west i love being in colorado. we ll talk to that state s democratic senator michael bennet and his republican opponent joe o dea. president biden debates how to punish one global power and keep another from deadly escalation. the threats and the u.s. response with national security adviser jake sullivan. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is wondering what the country will look like i
polls. the heavyweights are hitting the trail with closing messages as key races tighten. biden, obama, trump, all ending up in pennsylvania, a high-stakes stat race there up for grabs as the woman who made dr. oz famous endorses his rival. maybe you ve heard of her. if i lived in pennsylvania, i would have already cast my vote for john fetterman for many reasons. elsewhere today is the last day of early voting in some states seeing historic turnout, more than 34 million ballots already cast. plus, talk about a tease. donald trump addresses the 2024 elephant in the room. i will very, very, very probably do it again, okay? very, very, very probably. let s get out to the trail now. cnn s dianne gallagher and omar jiminez with us. it s the last day of early voting in georgia. tell us what you re seeing. reporter: you can probably see the line behind me, ana, that s completely wrapped around the building. this is typically the most robust day of early voting, the first
election. and are they setting the stage for a rematch if 2024? and another first on cnn the january 6th committee now interviewed more secret service members including the head of mike pence s detail. wolf blitzer is off and i m pamela brown, and you are in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. lets go straight to the breaking news. first to report that paul pelosi, the husband of speaker of the house nancy pelosi has been released from a hospital six days after he suffered a fractured skull and other injuries in a politically motivated attack by a man targeting the house speaker. jaime is talking to her sources and broke this news. what are you hearing? pamela we are told earlier today paul pelosi was released from the hospital as you said. it was just six days after that brutal attack last friday. i think it s also important to remember what he went through. he was recovering from surgery to repair a skull structure, and also serious injuries to his right ar
trying toti take corporations t task on this. but it is not a strong enough piece of the broader message about what is happening to the american people here. totally agree. i was a skeptic in terms of what was true. over time, it is clear. i m going to run so that i can come to your set where you ll be first guest. see you in a few. don t get stuck in the elevator. see you soon. thank you for joining us. we ll be joined live by chris hayes and wisconsin senate candidate mandela barns. election day is a week away. he s in an extremely tight race against ron johnson. the outcome of that race could determine control of the u.s. senate. on its own makes the stakes high in wisconsin. even more than that, even more than that, is a lot is on the line here. if wisconsin s democratic governor tony evers loses his s reelection bid, the legislature will have the b power to do whatever they want. and that may include rewriting wisconsin s election laws to give republican official
we must vote knowing what at stake and not just the policy of the moment. but institutions that have held us together as we saw a more perfect union are at stake. we must vote knowing who we have been, what we re risk of becoming. president biden laid ous the threats to democracy. ahead of an election that he says will be a defining moment for our country. we ll have much more on his speech straight ahead. meanwhile, there are new details in the plot by donald trump s attorneys to overturn the 2020 election. his lawyers had a specific judge in mind. we ll tell who you that is. and also ahead, the latest from a major meeting in germany. the united states and allies are outlining the next steps in support of ukraine. good morning. welcome to way too early. thank you for starting your day us with. we ll begin with president joe biden s speech on the midterm elections and the future of our nation s democracy. the president delivered the remarks last night from washington s