people. for undefeated tennessee, that s a well-earned spot. they are not alone. no, this is going to be tough. georgia s got a 25-year-old sort of veteran quarterback if you can say that at 25. the two teams are easily matched. it will be a great game. we absolutely will. carolyn, thank you for that. thank you for letting me spend time with you. early start. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. don lemon here alongside poppy harlow and kaitlan collins. it is wednesday morning. we re excited to be here, thank you for starting your day with us. we have a lot of big news. a big day for the economy and president biden s political fate as the fed makes a overmajor decision days from the midterms. and news on the attack of nancy pelosi s husband. we ll take you live this morning to san francisco with the details. it s called a real life house of cards inside the kremlin. why russian mercenaries are fighting for power as putin s military in ukr
soul, in thanking god for this faithful servant of the gospel and the church. australia refuses to let a cruise ship dock after marine growth s found on its hull, leaving hundreds of passengers of the viking 0rion stranded while it s cleaned. welcome to bbc news. brazil s new president, luiz inacio lula da silva, has promised to rebuild his country, and restore protection to the amazon rainforest. two decades after he first held the job, the left wing veteran has been sworn into office at a ceremony in brasilia. he told crowds of cheering supporters that he would reunite society and govern for everyone . 0ur south america correspondent, katy watson, reports. a return to powerfor the man barack 0bama once called the most popular politician in the world. security was tight amid threats of violence by supporters of his far right predecessor, jair bolsonaro. with mr bolsonaro preferring a trip to florida over attending the ceremony, lula was instead accompanied by civil society
as well because the national congress is further right than he is, but lula is also known for being a very conciliating personality, and it is going to be very interesting in this moment because the polarization plays an important role in the brazilian political i was going to say, it is an increasingly isolated country, a very different country from the one that he led 20 years ago. what will be his priorities? his priority is going to be deal with poverty and misery. the recent economy events led to a high inflation and bolsonaro had a hard time dealing with the health issues, education issues and social security issues in general. so there is this big part of the population who cannot afford to eat right now and this is going to be a priority for lula but he will have to deal
one of the many problems driving inflation. so we ve almost got this white house counter programming event to what we re going to see at the fed. just another reminder that this problem has been so intractable for this president. it certainly has. and i think kaitlan put it so well, in the final weeks, even when the polling numbers showing the economy is primary for folks, a lot of democrats have kept running on you know, they ve kept the same playbook, they haven t shifted. maybe to their demise. 13% abortion is the focus for people. 53% economy. what do you think this means in the final week before midterms. it is the second most important issue on the it is. it is. just a big gap. reporter: we are six days out from election day and the president is off the trail for one of those days so he can do this sort of feel good look at one of the good things we re doing for the economy events. one thing i will say is that