world. it is tuesday, october 18th. i m christine romans. just three weeks to go until the mid-term elections. today president biden will zero in on abortion rights when he speaks at a speech in washington. the latest cnn poll finds it s the economy, inflation, voting rights, guns all ranked ahead of abortion in the minds of voters. cnn s jasmine wright is live for us bright and early in washington. jasmine, what do you expect the president s message on abortion to be? reporter: the president is going to talk about how he believes there is an assault on women s bodies and their right to choose. they can go with the republican party who wants to ban abortion, he s going to say, or go with democrats who don t, who want to codify abortion. the president has been trying to drum up the democratic base hoping they ll come out and support their base. control is on the ballot come november. now of course two things stand in contrast here. first, we talked about a majority of voters
good morning, everyone, i m bianna golodryga. well, we are officially three weeks away from the 2022 midterms. the election season is already in full swing. overnight candidates across the country going toe to toe in heated debates. in ohio senate race democratic congressman tim ryan trading barbs with republican j.d. v vance. if you can t even stand up for yourself how are you going to stand up for the people of the state? the guy who is subservient to the national party is tim ryan. in utah independent evan mcmullin pressing republican senator mike lee about his actions surrounding the january 6th insurrection. you advised the white house find an alternative slate of electors for trump. you were there to stand up for our for our constitution, but when the barbarians were at the gate, you were happy to let them in. i disagree with everything my opponent just said, including the words but, and and the. and in georgia s gubernatorial remark brian kemp linking sta
full swing across several states. and overnight fierce debates, candidates in ohio, georgia, iowa and utah going toe-to-toe in heating rounds. feature policy arguments and personal jabs. and a new pledge, president biden promising to keep abortion rights front and center if democrats could keep control of the congress for another two years. let s begin this hour with cnn s jeremy diamond at the white house. so let s pick up there. you have new reporting about how president biden is hoping to take action on abortion while also keeping the economy front and center. what is the white house saying? reporter: yeah, exactly. bianna. with three weeks left until election day, president biden is trying to push those issues. the democrats view is it is favorable to them in voter s minds and today we re expecting according to a democratic official for the president to make a new promise as it relates to abortion rights in a speech this afternoon at howard theater here in washington, d
midterms. plus charges against a major company and a guilty plea for financing isis. and actor kevin spacey is back on the stand today defending himself against sexual assault allegations. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. president biden is making a move today to try and put abortion rights back in the spotlight and back on the ballot. with the midterm elections three weeks from today. the president is speaking soon at a dnc event in washington where he is expected to make a promise that his first move in the new year will be to codify roe v. wade, that is if democrats don t lose power. this is one of the many topics that candidates debated last night in key races across country. but let s get to the white house. jeremy diamond is standing by. what is the president laying out in this speech. reporter: well president biden is trying to put an issue that he and his advisers believe is advantageous to democrats front a
bill: it s four key races remaining locked in a dead heat. inflation, crime and border security is driving voters to the polls. voters trust republicans way more to handle all of them. republican senator tim scott details how important your vote is. there s no doubt when you look at the midterms in my lifetime. there s not a more important midterm for america s future than this year. we are just days away from putting america back on the right track. we can change the course of american history starting in georgia, starting with herschel by returning common sense insanity to the u.s. senate. it is that important. bill: saw that from last night. watching the closely raced house in ohio. kevin mccarthy is standing by. alexandra hoff is live this d.c. what did we find? good morning, just as interesting we re seeing in the house week to week. in the senate these four tossups remains. comes down to arizona, nevada, and pennsylvania. republicans need 51 to take the majori