unpredictable, consequential events and passionate issues that caused the political football to bounce, the one big question remains. who s going to win? history would suggest that the incumbent president and his party will lose their majority in the house, especially with president biden s overall job approval number among likely voters at just 39%. when you look at strong approval and strong disapproval, signs of passion, you see the real trouble for democrats. 18% strongly approve of the job joe biden is doing. two and a half times that number, 45% strongly disapprove. yet the numbers are still too close to say it s a done deal. cnn s latest projection map of the house races has 18 labeled toss-up, which means it s still possible for democrats to control the house of representatives. the conventional wisdom is that republicans will take control. and in the senate, according to cnn, it s 49 republican, 48 democrat with three toss-up. according to real clear politics, the mo
hello, welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are are olivia utley, who s assistant comment editor at the daily telegraph, and the broadcasterjohn stapleton. a warm welcome to you both once again. thanks very much for being with us. a glimpse of the front pages. and we begin with the times and that breaking news of mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union, has died at the age of 91. the telegraph follows the story, saying gorbachev s reforms set in train a series of events that led to the collapse of soviet communism, and helped to end the cold war. the metro s front page the world mourns a true man of peace the world mourns a true man of peace. back here in the uk, the i newspaper carries a plea from small businesses to whoever becomes prime minister save us from 400% energy hikes, is its headline. as the summer season turns to autumn, the mirror says households back an urgent freeze in energy bills. the ft focu
that their rights and freedoms are coming under attack but ironically the president has been launching attack of his own recently, especially against the so-called maga republicans. just a few days ago he told them i called them semifascist and a far cry from the uniter in chief. remember he claimed he would be on the campaign trail. and the inauguration speech. critics warn his rhetoric should terrify all americans. at the same time the presidential speech writer marc thiessen says this about the address. every one of those addresses involved either announcing military action or a major policy initiative. the prime time presidential address is not supposed to be a campaign speech. kayleigh: marc thiessen was on with you this morning, trace, on america s newsroom. and by mike morel, he got out read out and this is what he said, white house official said thursdays address in national historical park would focus on the continued battle for the nation and show how the pres
party. cnn s kristin holmes is there for us at the rally. kristin, what are pennsylvania republicans saying? are they concerned about these candidates right now? well, they are absolutely concerned. according to both trump advisers as well as state republicans that i spoke to besides the fact that trump has privately criticized both candidates particularly oz, his campaign, his performance, they believe it is too late for him to actually distance himself from these races. as you said, he hand picked oz and despite pleas from state republicans endorsed mastriano in the 11th hour. so the hope now is that trump s popularity in the state will actually boost these lagging campaigns, but i ve got to tell you, jim, it might be a heavy lift, particularly when it comes to oz. i have spoken to a number of republican voters, trump supporters who say when it comes to oz they are still on the fence. they do not feel like they connect with him. they don t feel like they know anything abo
while across the atlantic, thousands gathered to witness a procession honoring the late queen elizabeth. this morning ceremonies in new york city, washington, d.c. enchants the pennsylvania. the three sites where americans died in the attacks of 21 years ago. more on the coverage in just a moment. in the meantime the queens coffin made the first stop in what will be a nine day journey through scotland and england. it all in with the majesties funeral in london one week from tomorrow. senior affairs correspondent amy kellogg live in london with m more. the queen set off on what king charles has called her last great journey today with the coffin traveling 180 miles from the scottish highlands to the scottish capital. this is the scotland that has an ongoing debate about leaving the united kingdom but scotland which held such a precious place in the queens heart. she spent most of her summer up at balmoral. an annual trip. it was said to have been her happy place. her coffin