President of the united states, and mrs. Trump, accompanied by the honorable jared kushner, the honorable ivanka trump, Oscar Stewart and jonathan morales. [inaudible conversations] thank you. Thank you. Well, thank you very much. Thank you, everybody. And a friend of mine, tim scott, some south carolina, a senator. Where are you . Areas. I said you have big book coming up. I think you want to go back to the senate. So i will tell you without tim this wouldnt have happened. Tim scott, thank thank you ver. We love you. Go back to the senate and vote. Thanks, tim. Milani and are delighted to welcome so many friends and families to this incredible house, the white house, to celebrate this really sacred season and a very special time. To anyone here today, happy hanukkah. [applause] we are delighted to be joined by Vice President mike pence and his incredible wife, karen. A cherished part of our family. Very proud. I would like to recognize secretary steve mnuchin, secretary betsy devos, j
hello and welcome to our viewer here is in the united states and all around the world. i m michael holmes. appreciate your company. coming up this hour on the program, the home stretch. candidates making their final pitch to voters ahead of the u.s. midterms. we re following all the key races that could tip the balance of power in washington. but the shadow of 2020 still hanging over the ballot box in some parts of the u.s. why there are growing fears some candidates might not accept the election results. plus, ukraine bracing for a bitter winter as russian strikes hammer the power grid, leaving millions in the cold and the dark. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. and we are now just one day from the critical midterm elections in the united states, and the stakes couldn t be higher. the candidates now making their final pitches ahead of election day. up for grabs, all 435 house seats and 35 of the 100 senate seats. the outcome of this elec
hi, it s 4:00 in new york. president joe biden is set tonight to weigh in on the issue that is foundational to every other issue and debate we have in this country, democracy and the threats that loom over our democracy more than a year and a half after the ex-president tried to halt the peaceful transfer of power. it s an issue that would not be an issue if it were not for the fact that one of our country s political parties turned its back on democracy and decided to harness the terms of auto considerates. we are talking about the republicans. days before what could be the most important midterm election in history, president biden is putting concerns front and center with a speech just steps away from the u.s. capitol. nbc news can report, while the topic has been on the president s mind for quite some time, a number of developments have added to the urgency, including the growing suggestion by some republican officials that they may not accept the election results an
and compete they ve district. but again, they go coast-to-coast. you go from virginia on the east coast all the way across the country. and you have tilting democrats still. elaine lurie s district is tilting republican. a very well-known progressive katie porter. so the challenges for the democrats, they go from maine to southern california and everywhere in between when it comes to the house and they re back on defense. and it s going to take a while before we learn what these races look like because it s california. it s three hours earlier. remember 2018. it was days. more than a week in some cases before we knew the final number. we ll have a good sense on election night. it a rip ripple? is it a red wave? final details will take days. let s look at the senate. this is obviously right now 50-50. right. it could go so many different ways. the chess game here, you can game it out reasonably. democrats winning here, republicans winning there. 35 election in all. again, we