to me that s corruption straight up off the bat. i don t need them. mayra flores speaking out about being rejected from the congressional hispanic caucus. we are the real voice. we are the voice of the hispanic community. dave matthews band. john fetterman holding a rally with musician dave matthews. certainly out of touch with pennsylvania values and he has not been able to defend his dangerous policies. we just trying to catch a good time even if it takes all night as i around the camp fire sipping apple pie and moon shine here we picking on them guitars. steve: good morning, rhode island. there is your 7:01 wake-up call on this thursday morning. right now you got 59 degrees there and you are going for a daytime high in the 60 s. and, because an hour ago we were talking about pittsburgh and perogies when we started that hour. i looked up rhode island. apparently they are famous for, in addition to crab cakes and clams and stuff like that, something c
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
cnn s chief national affairs correspondent reports on the debate faceoff that s making supporters of john fetterman nervous. the spotlight on pennsylvania intensified. a day after a debate between john fetterman and mehmet oz sharpened the stakes in the battle for control of the senate. i had a stroke. he s never let me forget that. the question is not what oz thinks of his rival. obviously i wasn t clear enough for you to understand this. but whether voters believe fetterman has recovered from a stroke in may and should be elected to a six-year term in washington. i don t think he has recovered from the stroke. jan welsh was watching closely and said she found fetterman s performance embarrassing. i had questions about oz earlier, but after listening with him against fetterman, it s definitely oz. but craig said he was turned off by what he saw as oz picking on fetterman. do you think he s healthy enough to be a oh, my. he gets healthier every day.
complicating that effort, however, is fetterman s ongoing recovery from a stroke last may. dana: health concerns front and center as fetterman and oz clashed on everything from inflation to crime. let s also talk about the elephant in the room. i had a stroke. he has never let me forget that. this campaign to me is about fighting for everyone in pennsylvania that ever got knocked down. there was a lady in beaver county who told me with fear in her heart she wanted to provide food for her son s chicken she wanted and couldn t afford it. i can make the difficult decisions as you do in the operating room as a surgeon and cutting our budget as well to make sure we don t have to raise taxes on a population already in pain from the high inflation rate. he has 10 mansions. he must push back against corporate greed. we must make sure that we re also pushing back against price gouging. fetterman has been trying to get as many murderers out of jail as possible. he does it wit
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.