defend it signs of disagreement at the cop27 climate change summit over plans by several african countries to extract more natural gas. and the jackpot that seems to get ever bigger the powerball prize now worth nearly $2 billion. of america s crucial midterm elections today. a strong showing for the republicans will put them in a position to block any ofjoe biden s legislation, and would encourage donald trump to run for the white house again in 202a. here s our washington correspondent nomia iqbal. that s certainly the hope by president biden and the democrats that they can work together. the moment president biden became president two years ago, he made a big point of bipartisanship. he is friends with a lot of republicans so he had made a big thing about how we can all get on. when the ukraine invasion happened, there was a rare glimpse of bipartisanship, because both parties agreed that sending aid to ukraine was a good thing. however, many republican candidates runn
voting. the biggest prize the balance of powner congress. for democrats that means the ability to push forward with president biden s agenda. he will be in maryland tonight to rally for the democratic candidate for governor there. and here is a look at what is at stake. 35 spots in the senate. there for the taking and as jim just mentioned, dozens of governor votes will be cast. secretary of state and attorney general as well. voter enthusiasm is soaring into the election. more than 40 million ballots have been cast across 47 states outpacing the 2018 numbers in states where the data is available. it is still too early to know what overall turnout will be. will it reach 2018 levels could. could that be higher. we ll have to wait longer to find out. let s kick off this morning in wisconsin. hotly contested senate race there could be perhaps one of the states that is a decider for democrats in their hopes of keeping power in the chamber. luc lucy kafanov is there. ron johnson
them neville. former president obama just wrapped up a rally with democratic senate candidate john fetterman in pittsburgh. mr. obama will team up with president biden for another rally later this afternoon in philadelphia, and former president trump stumping later as well for senate candidate mehmet oz and gop gubernatorial candidate doug maas try january know. we ll have full cover coverage with lauren wright standing by in philly, bryan llenas on former president trump hitting the trail, but first, rich edson on the democrats rolling out their big guns, and he is live in pittsburgh. hey, rich. reporter: hey, good afternoon, arthel. it is a wealth of former presidents here on the western part of the state. president obama just finished here close to the university of pittsburgh where he s trying to turn i out voters, college students, folks in the area to vote for john fetterman for u.s. senate. also campaigning for the house candidates and the governorship that s also up
supreme court just put a hold on donald trump s tax returns. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. one week until midterm campaigning stops an the votes starting getting tallied and it is one week until we will likely know who will control the house and the senate. this hour president biden travels to florida where advisers are hoping his warning against republican-controlled congress will resonate with voters. former president obama is also hitting the trail in a big way, heading to nevada and something that we don t see on the campaign trail, well basically ever, republican congresswoman liz cheney crossing the aisle to support elissa slotkin in his re-election effort in michigan. mike pence is campaigning today for georgia governor brian kemp. and in a new interview with cnn this morning, kemp made his case for re-election while clearly trying also to avoid talking about the other republican on the tike this cycle. the an
you, i m abby philip in new york. with the political heavyweights ready to go, we are following the key races across the country and the big names rallying behind candidates who could shift the balance of power in washington. let us start in the state of florida where the president is headed today. cnn s jeremy diamond is out there for us. so president biden is bringing a new message, the extreme maga republicans to florida, but privately his aides are telling you and our other colleagues that this is not necessarily about making these two races, the senate and the gubernatorial races competitive this fall. reporter: a spoke with democratic strategists who say they do not have high hopes that the president s visit will shift a race that appears to be heading in the governor s race and in the senate race in republicans direction but a week from election day we are very much in the closing argument phase of this election and the president s advisers have told me that they se