welcome to all of you watching here in the united states, canada and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead, the two candidates who want to represent georgia in the u.s. senate took to the stage last night. you will hear some of key moments from the debate just ahead. president biden gives his support to protesters in iran as this video sparks fresh outrage. and later massive flooding is causing thousands in southeast australia to evacuate their homes. we ll bring you the latest on the search and rescue operations. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with one of the most closely watched senate races in the country as control of the u.s. senate hangs in the balance. the one and only debate between current georgia senator warnock and former football star herschel walker was held friday night with plenty of dodging and deflection. one bone of contention was someone who wasn t even on the stage, president biden. listen to this.
they are now surging inwe hav the polls. we have fulle coverage straight ahead on all of these keye th races. these are moste the most importr midterm races, possibly inblic. our lifetime, possibly in the history of this great republic. canmy words could not possibly afnvey the urgency i am feeling for the country that we allerda love, because after yesterday s hismal inflation news, another 40 year high common sensethei americans, they are rightly concerned about their future. ii they are rightly losingn an confidence in joe biden and the new extreme socialist climate cult. alarmist democratsclimate . pol and by the way, we have a new ap poll out. look at this. 46% of our fellow americans consider their financial, personal financial situation toe be poor poor. remember, the average family is paying seventy two hundred dollar0 mores more than they wes paying under donald trump for the exact same items, bare it wa necessities. now, remember, it was biden remehis failed admi
oregon. dan. reporter: yeah. hey, rich. as you know, very few democrats have chosen to campaign with president biden this year, but when he asked if he could come out to oregon and help with the run for governor, tina said come on out. biden s three-state western spring began in colorado where he appeared with senator michael bennett who looks to be pretty safe there. he attended fundraisers in california and now he finishes up in portland. he gives a speech on lowering cost for american families. cotech is locked in a three-person race, and it s been locked up for months. betsy thompson, most believe is taking more support from the democrat than from the republican. she attacks cotech relentlessly over the dual crises of homelessness and crime. in a statement she said, quote, i hope biden comes more often so that portland will clean up more of the trash and tendencies that tina s created between the airport and downtown portland. kotek has been pretty much in lockstep with
with plans to lower healthcare and drug costs. president supporting democrat candidates including tina huizenga type governor s race. shoppers are hesitant revised retail sales number for september are flat. crime wave and major cities has many people living in fear the country. dan springer is live from the president s campaign stop in portland, oregon. was spoken to a lot of voters this weekend, their top concerns are high gas prices, runaway inflation and especially here homelessness but president joe biden spent almost all of his speech today talking about inflation reduction act lowering prescription drug prices in the future. he also took shots at republicans in congress. when it comes time to do something about inflation around the kitchen table, republicans in congress said no. they take control, their first aim is to get rid of the inflation reduction act and inflation will go up, not down. the democratic candidate for governor in oregon, she s trailing by slim
if you think being subpoenaed by the january 6th committee was the worst part of donald trump s week, think again. we will walk you through these growing legal troubles and the one that can hurt him the most. plus, we have the highlights and the low lights from last night s georgia senate debate between raphael warnock and herschel walker. including the moment walker tipped off one of the moderators for using a prop. we will tell you all about it. and, later, debunking a new, ridiculous gop math. schools supposedly living out what are boxes for kids who identify as captain dogs. and reese s when colin s been on the stories for months, he is here to turn it on its head. all of that and more is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you, i am katie fang. which is 24 days ago would until the midterms were just got what will likely be our only debate between the candidates in the united states senate race that could determine control of the u.s. senate. last night republ