well, if mr. walker were here, i d ask him about this disturbing history of violence that we ve seen from him. and we re not just talking about one woman, but multiple women. he threatened to kill his ex-wife. put a gun to her head. he s threatened other women, and when asked about that, he really hasn t given account for this kind of violence, and i want to know for him why he thinks he s ready to represent the people of georgia and if he s ready to face up to this history of violence. democratic senator rafael warnock going after his republican challenger, herschel walker who was a no show in last night s senate debate in atlanta. walker has claimed not to remember the violence. last night would have been their second meeting in two days. we ll have highlights from friday night s debate which walker did attend. we ll also preview tonight s governor s debate in georgia as early voting gets underway in that state today. plus, the pro trump election denier running for govern
change chang changing day by day. john fetterman and mehmet oz, their first and only debate just got underway. everett sturm pulled out of the race. quoting from his tweet announcing the decision, i am polling 3% which places democracy at risk. it s not clear what pennsylvania voters will make that have notion but it s one more thing for them to consider along with what they see from the two main candidates in race that could decide rcontrol of the senate ad perhaps congress the next two years. it s true that voters nationwide have more factors to weigh than most midterms, not just the economy or all the other domestic and foreign challenges at the moment. but things never seen before like armed civilians in camouflage lurking in polling places in pennsylvania or candidates they will only consider the outcome legitimate if they win. new reporting later on the voter intimidation as well as a conversation with a top arizona republican about the threat he sees to democracy. the
remaining undecided voters to decide. there s a lot of them out there. with every day comes a new batch of headlines that can help or hurt. today, it is the economy. the job numbers are still strong, gas prices, inflation, and a declining stock market have a lot of folks feeling like this country is going in the wrong direction. and the numbers show that they are blaming the party in power. these are new polling numbers from the new york times and sienna college. republicans are winning on the genericic ballot, 49% of likely voters are leaning red, and 45% blue. it is a small margin, but it is significant because last month, democrats were in the lead. the big shift comes in part from independent female voters. we re going to ask our numbers guy, dave wasserman of the cook political report what accounts for their striking 32 point swing toward republican. and we will figure out how much weight to give the generic ballot and that s going on with the race for the senate? new
erica hill. a critical night of debates, candidates making their final push just 13 days to go until election day. in pennsylvania one of the most crucial senate races this year, the first and only debate between democrat john fetterman and republican mehmet oz. the two sparring on a number of topics. it was fetterman s health, though, that s really controlling the headlines this morning. fetterman of course is still recovering from a stroke he suffered in may. he did struggle at times during the debate. we are going to take a closer look. plus, a crime of major a he can focus in new york where kathy hochul faced off with lee zeldin. the two exchanging bashsrbs ove abortion rights and the 2020 election. hochul s lead is shrinking. we will break down all the headlines from last night s debate. let s begin with cnn congressional correspondent jessica dean who is in harrisburg, pennsylvania, this morning. jessica, john fetterman s health was a major focus before the debate las
nearly 12 million voters across the country have already cast their ballots for the critical midterm elections. more than 4 million of those ballots have been turned in throughout florida, california, georgia, and texas. the candidates are facing off in some of the final debates of the campaign season after the highly anticipated showdown in pennsylvania. john fetterman released a new ad criticizing mehmet oz s response to abortion. oz barely mentioned the debate during a gcampaign event in the last hour and says he focused largely on crime. in a race to control congress, both sides are narrowing to the most competitive races. new money is being injected from both sides as well, a sign of just how high the stakes are in these midterms. our cnn editor joins us now. where do things stand for the battle for the control of the bo what we re looking at. let s go to the map broadly. i m going to write on this. there are 35 seats up. 21 of those are republican. 14 are democrat. fu