accuser also apparently has receipts. we ll have the latest on that development. plus, president biden and key members of his cabinet hit the road to play defense on the economy with election day now just 12 days away. we ll have more on their message and the new polling that shows things may be swinging back in democrats favor. it s tight, though. and donald trump is set to hit the road ahead of election day, including a stop in florida. one key republican hasn t been invited to that event. the governor, we ll have reaction from allies of ron desantis who are not happy. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, october 27th. joe is off, but along with willie and me, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay, the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. and willie, as we get closer to election day, things are getting a lot tighter and it seems like democrats might be working to diversify their mess
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.
constant contact with russia to try to secure griner s release. and donald trump is firing back as author bob woodward is sharing his recorded phone calls with the former president. woodward joins us to break down the trump tapes and take us behind the scenes of their extraordinary conversations. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. this hour, we re counting down to the pivol u.s. senate debate in pennsylvania as well as the bigger midterm battle playing out across the country over the next 14 days. cnn correspondents are out in force in critical swing states. and here in washington covering the fight for control of congress. first, let s go to jeff zeleny in harrisburg, pennsylvania. the senate debate begins two hours or so from now. what do we expect? reporter: wolf, this is the marquee senate debate. when they go head-to-head for just an hour this evening. the first time they ve ev
election. and are they setting the stage for a rematch if 2024? and another first on cnn the january 6th committee now interviewed more secret service members including the head of mike pence s detail. wolf blitzer is off and i m pamela brown, and you are in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. lets go straight to the breaking news. first to report that paul pelosi, the husband of speaker of the house nancy pelosi has been released from a hospital six days after he suffered a fractured skull and other injuries in a politically motivated attack by a man targeting the house speaker. jaime is talking to her sources and broke this news. what are you hearing? pamela we are told earlier today paul pelosi was released from the hospital as you said. it was just six days after that brutal attack last friday. i think it s also important to remember what he went through. he was recovering from surgery to repair a skull structure, and also serious injuries to his right ar
that was the warning. during last minute speeches near the capitol, curious, didn t hear him mention crime in a crime ridden train station, interesting point there, juxtaposition, the optics matter but apparently not to the president. that voters need to preserve and protect democracy by electing members of his own party. republicans, they fired back today, calling the speech patronizing and a bid to divide and distract americans. we ll let you decide. take a listen. this is the struggle we re now in, a struggle for democracy, a struggle for decency and dignity, a struggle for prosperity and progress, a struggle for the very soul of america itself. remarkable thing about american democracy is this, just enough of us on just enough occasions have chosen not to dismantle democracy but to preserve democracy. we must choose that path again. because democracy is on the ballot. so i want to put this in context. yesterday, the preview of the speech from the press secretary, she