on stage tonight, what might be the most important debate of this entire midterm election cycle, democratic senator raphael warnock versus republican candidate herschel walker in savannah, georgia. a race that could control the party for the next two years. the stakes would already be insanely high even if the republican candidate wasn t facing a major scandal about whether or not he paid for an ex-girlfriend s abortion despite running oen an antiabortion platform. here s how herschel walker addressed his ex-girlfriend s accusation just a few minutes ago. that s a lie. and on abortion, you know, oi ma christian. i believe in life. i tell people this. georgia is a state that respects life. and i ll be a senator, it protects life. i say that was a lie, and i m not backing down. we ll get back to that scandal in georgia in just a moment. but to understand exactly what s happening there, regarding scandals requires a little context because the term scandal took on a whole new
ten years before she died. i haven t talked about her publicly much before, but she raised me and was like a mom to me. again, you can point your cellphone at the qr code on your screen right now for a link to it or find it wherever you listen to podcasts. the news continues. cnn tonight with jake tapper starts now. welcome to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper. on stage tonight, what might be the most important debate of this entire midterm election cycle, democratic senator raphael warnock versus republican candidate herschel walker in savannah, georgia. a race that could very well decide which party will control the u.s. senate for the next two years. so, yes, the stakes would already be insanely high even if the republican candidate wasn t facing a major scandal about whether or not he paid for an ex-girlfriend s abortion despite running on an anti-abortion platform. here s how herschel walker addressed his ex-girlfriend s accusation just a few minutes ago. that s a lie
this line from an op-ed might be most telling, not a word president biden said will pardon his party from a reckoning next week. this afternoon he will deliver remarks on student debt relief and heads to mexico to no word on whether he will visit the southern border. carley: brooke singman has more fallout from biden s speech, brooke. brooke: president biden will avoid the main battleground straights as he heads to new mexico and california, this trip after he blasted maga republicans in a dramatic speech last night. listen. president biden: we the people must decide if rule of law will prevail or if we will allow the dark forces to thirst for power put ahead of principles that have long guided us. american democracy is under attack because the defeated president of the united states refuse to accept the results of the 2020 election. brooke: biden attacking trump supporters. the president also tying the attack on nancy pelosi s husband to january 6. president biden:
documents seized from mar-a-lago. stand by. we have details. also tonight, former president trump lashes out at the january 6th select committee but doesn t reveal if he ll comply with the new subpoena from the committee. this as cnn obtains exclusive extended footage of congressional leaders trying to work around trump as they scrambled to secure the u.s. capitol during the riot. even after a week of deadly russian attacks, ukrainian forces are making major gains in the occupied kherson region, prompting russian officials to announce an evacuation. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news on the battle between the u.s. justice department and the trump team over that mar-a-lago special master. cnn s senior justice correspondent, evan perez, is working the developments for us. he s got the latest information. what ar
leaders scrambling to secure the u.s. capitol on january 6th. we ll be joined by someone who was there, congressman james clyburn is standing by live. and we re closing in on the start of a crucial debate in the high-stakes georgia senate race. will the abortion controversy hanging over republican herschel walker be a factor in the face-off? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. new legal move tonight in one of the many investigations of former president trump involving the special master review of documents seized from his florida home. our justice correspondent, jessica schneider is following this story and here with me in the situation room. jessica, tell us about this formal appeal by the u.s. department. wolf, this is the justice department appealing everything about the appointment of the special master. they re first saying that the judge in this case, aileen cannon, never had the