you, i m abby philip in new york. with the political heavyweights ready to go, we are following the key races across the country and the big names rallying behind candidates who could shift the balance of power in washington. let us start in the state of florida where the president is headed today. cnn s jeremy diamond is out there for us. so president biden is bringing a new message, the extreme maga republicans to florida, but privately his aides are telling you and our other colleagues that this is not necessarily about making these two races, the senate and the gubernatorial races competitive this fall. reporter: a spoke with democratic strategists who say they do not have high hopes that the president s visit will shift a race that appears to be heading in the governor s race and in the senate race in republicans direction but a week from election day we are very much in the closing argument phase of this election and the president s advisers have told me that they se
where i m standing right now. he s going to talk about the millions of americans who could see their benefits like social security and medicaid go away should the republicans play this game of brinksmanship every five years as rick scott is proposing. that is certainly an argument that we ll hear from the president later tonight as he rallies with those democratic nominees for governor and senate and, again, we are in the last week of the election, the president hoping to draw that contrast and, of course, galvanize the democratic base, abby. there s also the prospect of a desantis/biden match-up in 24. thanks for that. now on to las vegas where democrats there are betting there former president obama will boost voter turnout. manu raju is there for us. manu, obama is on a full blitz, a full swing, wisconsin, michigan, georgia, now he s there in nevada. what are you seeing? reporter: yeah, this is a huge state. this could determine control of the senate.