inflation that is not going down significantly. we will have the latest on the midterms including a fallout from all this week s debates. but, first up, the preelection economy where it stands. white house correspondent jackii heinrich starts us off from the north lawn. good evening, bret. the president is in syracuse touting the biden administration investment and praising today s economic report. the data is not what it seems on the surface. great economic report today. the g.d.p. report. things are looking good. at first glance today s g.d.p. report suggests the u.s. economy is turning around after two consecutive quarters of negative growth. but a closer look shows the 2.6% growth was driven by flux yaptions in international trade, not reflecting the underlying health of the economy and increased government spending. economists think both will drop off in quarter four. moreover, consumer spending is slowing as inflation climbs faster than wages. moody s chief econom
positions. john fetterman takes everything to an extreme. those extreme positions hurt us all. dana: just one state over in new york another big contest we ve been following. the race for governor. republican lee zeldin going head-to-head against kathy hochul in a state where crime is surging in nearly every major category. here is what they had to say last night. unfortunately kathy hochul believes that the only crimes being committed are these crimes with guns. you have people afraid of being pushed in front of oncoming subway cars and stabbed and beaten on the street with hammers. we need to talk about all the other crimes. instead kathy houck you will is too busy patting herself on the back. we can work on keeping people scared or focus on keeping them safe. i have worked hard to have real policies that are making a difference. bill: wow, it is crunch time, right? new york post calling governor hochul clueless on crime saying give them zell. in a moment dr. marc
good morning, everybody. don lemon here alongside poppy harlow and kaitlan collins. i it is friday, november 4th, just a i a few days before election day. the jobs report is out in just a few hours. and provocation from north korea that causes the south to scramble fighter jets. we ll take you live to south korea straight ahead. and when lsu and alabama predictably tangle tomorrow, there s going to be a lot on the line, including mine and don s relationship. just a short time from now, the october jobs report is coming out and the white house is hoping for a goldie locks number, not too big, not too small, just four days before the mid terms. good morning to you. i hope that an irritating lawn mower is not with you this morning. reporter: it is actually behind me but i guess you can t hear it this morning as well. good morning. reporter: hey, so, yeah, what we re expecting this morning, typically on a normal jobs day, the white house is going to look for a jobs nu
stories this morning. the last jobs report out just this morning. just before the midterms showing the u.s. economy added 261,000 jobs in october. and the economy and inflation major concerns for voters with the elections now just four days away. so far across 46 states, more than 30 million americans have already cast their vote in early voting. this weekend several notable names are hitting the campaign trail. including a joint rally with president biden and former president obama in the crucial state and it is tight there of pennsylvania. former president trump, he ll be in florida. and new this morning, details about trump s own political ambitions for the next election. cnn has learned he s eyeing the third week of november for a 2024 announcement. our reporters and correspondents and analysts standing by to bring you all of the headlines. let s begin with kristin holmes about trump s 2024 plans. talk about what the next election is going to look like? what do we know.
bulletproof vest and where they ve installed panic buttons. all of this as president biden warned in his speech that the issue of election safety, preserving democracy, he says, is on the ballot this year. terry moran tonight. the three states that could determine control of the senate. the new polls tonight. where those races stand right now. and why this will all come down to turnout. rachel scott and the eye-opening numbers tonight. the attack here in new york city. that woman jogger sexually assaulted, running along the hudson river. news of that arrest coming in now. and what we now know about the suspect linked to multiple cases. tonight, the warning from south korea and the u.s. that if north korea ever uses a nuclear weapon, they will end the kim regime. martha raddatz is here. james longman in ukraine tonight. the new concern at europe s largest nuclear power plant inside ukraine. international monitors tonight calling the situation extremely precarious. he