line. we re going to have the latest for you from the campaign trail. and it is said to be the largest lottery prize in history, $1.6 billion is up for grabs in tonight s powerball drawing. it is saturday, everyone. thank you so much for waking up with this. good morning, boris. thanks to our producers for that reminder that the powerball drawing is coming up. i ve got to get my lottery tickets. are you playing? i am now. thanks for the reminder. appreciate that. we begin this morning with the final sprint to the midterm election. the candidates and their surrogates are making the final push with just three days to go before election day. and the battle for control of the senate it comes down to a handful of key states including pennsylvania, barack obama, president biden, and president trump also campaigning in the state today. republicans heading into tuesday s elections, though, with a slight edge. but millions of voters have already cast their ballots. every
. hello. thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i m fredricka whitfield. it is the last weekend on the campaign trail for the 2022 midterm elections and election day now just three days away and candidates are blanketing their states making their final pitches to voters. several key races to watch. today many eyes are on pennsylvania which could play a pivotal role for control of the u.s. senate. democrat john fetterman taking on republican mehmet oz in a neck-and-neck contest and they are pulling out all of the firepower. a total of three presidents holding events across that state today. president biden and former president obama holding a campaign stop for fetterman. former president trump is stumping for oz. cnn s jessica dean is in pittsburgh for all of the action on the campaign trail. jessica, this is a critical stretch for both senate candidates and it looks like you have a pretty good turnout behind you right now. reporter: yeah, good morning, fredricka.
newsroom. i m jim acosta in atlanta and the key battleground state of georgia. right now we are in the final sprint before those critical midterm elections, and the balance of power in congress is on the line. today the biggest names in politics are out on the campaign trail. president biden and his two predecessors are all stumping today, and they are all in pennsylvania. moments from now president biden and former president barack obama, there you see the live picture right there, they will take the stage in philadelphia to rally for democratic senate nominee john fetterman. in a couple of hours from now former president donald trump will be in latrobe with republican senate nominee mehmet oz. pennsylvania is one of the three toss-up senate elections and it is a must-win for both parties to have control of the senate. cnn s jessica dean is in latrobe ahead of trump s rally and we begin with cnn s phil mattingly in philadelphia. phil, we have been talking to you throughout
four people are confirmed dead, among them a pregnant woman. ukraine says it managed to shoot down 36 of the 42 iranian-made drones used in that blitz, including this one, which was captured on a police officer s body cam. the u.s. says russia s use of drones will factor in future decisions on how to best support ukraine defend itself. fred pleitgen is in ukraine. you are in one of the regions that was targeted by these strikes. what are you seeing? reporter: you re right, victor. we saw a power plant that was hit by the russians. this is something that happened earlier today and essentially the ukrainian authorities was saying that there was severe damage. it was hit by one of those kamikaze drones. they had to have rescue crews on hand. there was a large fire. they re urging the citizens in a town where i am right now, they re urging them to use less electricity to ration electricity simply because they have to get things back up and running. you can see behind me, it s
happening now, early voting is underway in the critical midterm election battleground state of georgia. we await the start of a high- stakes debate in the governor s race and a dustup in the senate showdown, as well. republican herschel walker s on the defensive for using an honorary sheriff s badge as a political prop. russia intensifies its attacks on civilians, unleashing a swarm of kamikaze drones on the ukrainian capital. i will ask a former cia director, david petraeus, about the u.s. response to this brutal phase of russian president vladimir putin s war. cnn is on the scene with an all-female fighting unit supporting protesting against iran. the battle and why they take it personally. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you are in the situation room. we are hitting a critical stretch for the candidates of both political parties. the final chance to make an impression on voters with early ballots already being cast. natio