good afternoon, everyone. i m bianna golodryga. welcome to cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. it s good to have you. more than 9 million votes across the country already been cast. election day just two weeks away now. not two days away. two weeks away. and the pressure s on for the candidates to win over every voter. it s especially high in pennsylvania. tonight democrat john fetterman will face off against republican mehmet oz in perhaps the most anticipated debate of the election season. it s also the only chance for pennsylvanians to see the candidates argue the issues side by side. in a 50-50 senate pennsylvania is one of the races democrats hope to gain to retain power over the chamber. many voters there have already made up their minds, though. nearly 640,000 people have already turned in ballots. cnn s jessica dean is in harrisburg, pennsylvania. jessica, give us a preview of tonight s debate. reporter: well, bianna, you really just outlined how critical this
general of louisiana and missouri allege the white house worked with social media companies to suppress freedom of speech. how damaging could this be for the white house? constitutional law expert jonathan turley here to weigh in just ahead. sandra: begin america reports on this monday afternoon with a major wake-up call from our nation s report card. the fed revealing decline in children s test scores in the country, biggest drop we have seen in decades. it follows the devastating closures due to covid that kept millions of children out of the classrooms. hello and welcome, everyone. sandra smith in new york. great to start the week with you, john. john: good to start with you too. 15 days to the midterms, on average, fourth grader math dropped five, eighth graders plunged eight. sandra: reading scores dropped three points since the pandemic started, the decision to close schools and along with parents rights have made education a key issue in the midterm elections.
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angle. now, people on the coast can t be this masochistic under democrat leadership. life in states from new york to california, new jersey, washington state, it s not getting better. life is getting worse. from his open borders to his reckless spending to his anti oil and gas crusade, biden s policies have led to a sharp deterioration in the quality of life everywhere, but especially in the blue states . the economy is so bad now and you know, even when just go grocery shopping, everything costs a fortune. there s been more vandalism, breaking into cars, starting to see a bunch of arv s, you know, up on nickerson out there with chop shop set up. and , you know, this area here, tents along the cut, you know, that linger for several days. i carry mace at all. times, so i can t even during the day walk down the promenade and feel safe . and the beaches are still beautiful. and joe s home state of delaware. but residents are seeing record overdose deaths, mostly from fe
welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: happy halloween. dana: happy halloween. bill: tomorrow is all saints day. i was in my office and i never wore it before. dana: we didn t coordinate well today. bill: maybe i should have gone black. i m bill hemmer good morning. kemp and abrams trying to persuade undecideds, making last night s debate a critical opportunity for abrams, one last chance to change the perception that momentum is not on her side. kemp holds a sizeable lead in the polling ahead by about eight points. here is what they had to say last night. people s salaries are not going up but not fast enough to keep up with joe biden s inflation. he refuses to defend us but defended herschel walker. he doesn t mind being involved in the medical choices of women in georgia. dana: trying to tie him to herschel walker in the senate race. aishah hosni ahead with a deep dive into the georgia senate race. jeff mason from reuters join