liberal district red, he also joins us coming up on america reports. john: but we begin this thursday on capitol hill where congress is it is moving closer to a government shutdown as republicans shut down securing the border, i am john roberts and happy friday eve do you. when he was welcome at john, i am gillian turner, i am in for sandra smith today with just eight days to go until veteran federal government runs out of motor to make money, house majority leader says he sees this as a moment for his party to strike on border security after nearly two years of record-breaking numbers and migrant crossings. john: the top republican in the house is urging his caucus to go against unless they address the crisis. coverage now kellyanne conway is standing by. but first, teicher has day is live and the border, really has turned into a headache for the democrats. hey, good afternoon to you. yes, you could say that, the border crisis has really turned into a big, major, mid
candidates and top ranking party officials making last-minute pitches to voters. in just about two hours, president biden will hold a campaign event in yonkers, new york, while former president trump will be in miami, florida, hosting a rally there. the dueling stops coming just a day after a high-powered saturday of rallies in pennsylvania. that state could hold the key to a u.s. senate majority, as democrat john fetterman and republican mehmet oz are locked in a razor-thin race. the stakes couldn t be higher, as voters make their voices heard on tuesday. cnn is covering all twists and turns on the campaign trail. and let s get started with cnn s kristen holmes live for us in miami, where former president trump is campaigning for senator marco rubio later on today. kristen, what impact could the former president s presence make in this race between rubio and his democratic challenger, congresswoman val demings. reporter: well, fred, that is a really good question, and on
amounts of money time and star power to pennsylvania where republican mehmet oz and democrat john fetterman have been running neck and neck. sandra: former president obama and president biden appearing with fetterman in philadelphia this weekend while former president trump rallied with oz just outside of pittsburgh. we have you covered over the next two with hours with political analysis you will not want to to and cannot miss. john: plus, our team of reporters on the campaign trail following all of the closest races. we re going to start with bryan llenas in bucks county, pennsylvania. what s dr. oz s message to voters there today, bryan? reporter: hey, john, good afternoon. well, dr. oz s message to philadelphia s suburban message here is simple, elect him and and you ll get bipartisanship and balance in washington d.c. elect his opponent, john petterman, and you ll get a radical. bipartisanship was a focus of a round table discussion here in bucks county featuring senat
here in the uk, the family of cody fisher, who was stabbed to death at a club in birmingham on monday, say their hearts are broken. hello and welcome to bbc news. we start this hour with a special report from ukraine, from the southern port of kherson, which is under increased bombardment from russian forces, and where on tuesday the maternity ward of a hospital was among the places shelled. kherson is often called the gateway to crimea and, because of its strategic importance, it was one of the first places taken by russian forces at the start of the war. it was liberated last month, in a significant gain for ukrainian troops. but civilians are now living with a daily onslaught of russian shelling. 0ur correspondent yogita limaye has spent the last four days in kherson with colleagues imogen anderson, sanjay ganguly and mariana matveichuk and they sent this special report. i should warn you it contains some distressing images. kherson is being pounded. this is wh
wall street journal poll shows republicans gaining support among latino voters and women as president biden s economy deals democrats a decisive blow putting the gop two points ahead of the left on congressional ballot. carley: brooke singman is breaking down the critical races we re following across the country, brooke. brooke: new polling data from the nation s crucial races showing razor-thin margins with just a week until election day. in pennsylvania, new poll shows democrat john fetterman leading dr. oz by single percentage point. fetterman publishing op ed that reads, whether rise in crime or cost, we need leaders who understand problems we re going through in pennsylvania and have the experience and ideas to do something about it. dr. oz pointing out john fetterman s true position on crime to tucker carlsson last night. watch this. taken a strong chance to protect criminals over the innocent and want to release one-third of all prisoners. if he could wave a ma