here we go. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, it is monday, october 24th. i m christine romans. we begin with the midterm elections now just 15 days away. early voting already under way with more than 5.8 million ballots cast in 39 states. right now polls and political spending suggests republicans are surging and stand a good chance of retaking the house of representatives with a solid majority. recent surveys show the reason for that surge, the economy. inflation and to a lesser degree crime. early this summer looked like the anger at the supreme court ruling overturning roe versus wade would give democrats a chance to hold back the red tide and keep control of the house. now it looks like that abortion-fueled momentum may have peaked too soon. they have to split their messaging between abortion and the economy are the democrats. nobody said we re doing abortion rather than economy. but it s about both. i can tell you that that issue is ver
Thanks for being here. Here is harris now, byebye. Harris a fox news alert. Powerful democrat brought up on federal charges again. New jersey senior senator bob menendez and his wife arraigned in a New York City courtroom on charges of bribery and conspiracy. Menendez has faced Corruption Charges before, as i mentioned. So we know how some of this will go. Will it take him down this time is the question. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. Federal prosecutor say a Bribery Scheme lasted for years and involved payments in gold bars and Hundreds Of Thousands of dollars in cash and more. The indictment alleges bob menendez was awarded all of that in exchange for his political favors using his clout in the senate. Now a growing list of democrats in Congress Want him to step aside, including the majority of his Senate Colleagues on the left. Well bring you any new developments as they happen. Debate night in america, round two just hours away. Seven republican candidates on
Will hope you join me for my new show state of the race, it will be on cnns international channel. It is at 11 00 a. M. On the east coast, 4 00 p. M. In london. And today im going to talk to u. S. Senator joe manchin about the 2024 race for president and much, much more. So i hope that you will join us there. And thank you for joining us here. Im kasie hunt. Cnn this morning starts right now. Morning. Top of the hour, 6 00 a. M. So glad youre with us. A lot of news to get to. Lets start with the five things to know. Debate night in america, meaning it will be a late night for all of us, but the former president wont be on the debate stage instead giving a Primetime Speech at a Nonunion Auto Parts Manufacturer in grdetroit. This after a new york judge ruled that trump and his adult sons committed fraud. And breaking overnight, more than a dozen people under arrest in philadelphia after a big group of looters ransacked an apple store, lululemon and foot locker. And the Senate Moving Forw
Cnn this morning continues right now. Good morning. Lets start with five things to know for wednesday, september 27. This Breaking News out of north korea. To country has decided to expel u. S. Army private travis king who crossed that the north from south korea in july. And its debate night in america. Seven republican candidates take the stage in california tonight to make their ways to voters. One person will not be on the stage, donald trump. He is going to give a Primetime Speech at a nonunion auto parts manufacturer in detroit as the United Auto Workers strike continues to day 13. With three days and 16 hours left, the Senate Unveiled a bipartisan plan to avoid the loo looming government shutdown. Speaker ke speaker Kevin Mccarthy is trying to get members in line. In philadelphia a dozen people under arrest after a big group of looters ransacked an apple store, a lululemon and a foot locker. This hour of cnn this morning starts now. We begin with the Breaking News out of north ko
today on inside politics, big wins for democrats in ohio, kentucky and virginia last night. the clear message from voters, abortion rights matter. still, big time. but will that be enough to power president biden to reelection a year from now? plus it s debate night in america. five republican candidates will take the stage in miami tonight, absent once again, the front runner. so is tonight s faceoff really just a race for second? and new reporting on the democratic divide over israel. hear when some jewish democrats are saying about members of their own party who voted against the resolution supporting israel s war against hamas. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start with last night s election results. president biden summed it up like this. he said, quote, across the country tonight, democrats won and maga lost. voters vote, polls don t. now let s go win next year. cnn political director david chalian has more from what happened last night at