date of birth matches a georgia resident who died in 2020. 2,506 ballots were cast by individuals whose name and date of birth matches an incarcerated felony. 4,502 illegal ballots were cast by individuals who do not appear on the states voter rolls. that s january 4th, donald trump, two days before the january 6th attack on the capitol speaking in georgia and making those claims about election fraud in georgia he knew were false, and now a judge says trump and his legal team also knowingly made those false claims in court. that s a problem. we ll have some new reporting on that. plus, an eye opening conversation with pennsylvania democrats. is abortion really a make or break issue for them in the midterms? and should president biden run for reelection? we ll play for you what voters are saying in a new focus group with elise jordan. and when asked if he would vote for trump if he runs for reelection, former vice president mike pence dodges the question and instead, hint at
minister and a wake-up call for america s schools, how far behind kids have actually fallen during this pandemic. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. it is 15 days to election day and the numbers show there has been a surge in early voting so far. already 7.3 million americans in 39 states have cast their ballot. another state, florida, is kicking off early voting as we speak. today. that state is also set for a very big debate tonight between ron desantis and his democratic challenger charlie crist. this is the first and only debate of the campaign. so let s get started in florida. cnn steve canner is in florida. what are people expecting with this big debate tonight. the takes tonight could not be higher. 1.2 million people have already voted by mail in florida. that is almost half as many as we saw four years ago for the entire election or as you said early voting starts today and this is the only debate so the states
braverman s departure comes five days after truss fired her economic chief over the chick package that started turbulence. chaos. we showed part of the clip where the head of labor said the chancellor of the ex-checker is gone. tax cuts are gone. they re all gone. so why is she still here. a question that not only labor is asking but the torys are asking as well. there was one conservative member of parliament after another going in front of bbc cameras talking about what a complete disaster this has been, and i suspect this is the problem, willie, when you decide to select your replacement for a prime minister that won in a landslide victory by just going to a very small percentage of
out of everything. yes, 50 ministers resigned. i would say the thing that really tipped the balance for him was that bye election in june. that got everybody s attention. they re politicians, after all. yes, there are moral reasons to get rid of him, but if the public turns against him after a really overwhelming victory three years ago, that makes his days numbered. i would agree with kelly that if you re getting someone out of office for moral reasons, don t have him stick around for three months making decisions. have him out. but then who takes over and how, right? i guess the x-checker, some popular people, but no one that has the national projection. no, but that person will be a caretaker. there s a number of people that could do that. you wouldn t have big decisions taken. but having boris in that chair, this is just my opinion, seems like a bad idea. let s talk about the effect of that, of him being gone. certainly the united states and the uk have this historic long
action. reporter: so why is boris johnson in quarantine? the health minister tested positive for covid. he s been vaccinated twice, so has boris johnson and so has sunak, the chancellor of the ex-checker. they have to quarantine. it puts a damper on what would be freedom day, a day of freedom, they have to stay inside. they have to abide by the rules, just like everybody else. matt bradley, stephanie gosk, cal perry, dom chu, thank you for being with us as we juggle a number of breaking news stories all related to the pandemic this morning. we appreciate it. another top story we re following this hour. right now the first felony sentencing connected to the january 6th capitol riot is happening as we speak. paul hudgkins about to face a judge. pete williams, talk to a couple of things. number one, what time he s facing and number two, why this particular sentencing is almost