watch. reporter: back here in pennsylvania what we re expecting to see tonight is quite a dynamic at play. john fetterman, of course, recovering from a stroke, has been clear about those auditory processing issues and you saw amy klobuchar saying he s not the best debater trying to set expectations. mehmet oz sent many years on television, a tv personality. we ll see that back and forth. i will tell you, on the ground here in pennsylvania days and days, the arrest has several weeks. talking to a lot of people here. there are still undecided voters. sound like a unicorn but think exist. both candidates hoping to win the needle in thdirection and win in a couple weeks. a close weeks like the ones in pennsylvania all over the board. a few voters can make a difference. thanks so much, jessica dean. a fierce battle in the florida gubernatorial race.
about very specific and having things like this we re going to i need captioning. reporter: senator amy klobuchar appeared alongside fetterman at that campaign event. all of his words will be spoken from the heart. now, he was never a polished debater to begin with. dr. oz has had a show for 20-some years. reporter: a tightening race between the two candidates with fetterman leading slightly, and the poll shows economy among the top. more than double abortion, the next remarking issue. crime ranks fifth only 5% say the it s the most important issue. for oz, endorsed by former president donald trump, crime has been a cornerstone s his campaign. biggest problem i hear in philadelphia is lawlessness. reporter: releasing his plan to combat crime in the state on monday after fetterman lambasted him for not having one.
fetterman receiving a huge push from president joe biden and former president barack obama before election day. the two will make their only scheduled appearances today in philadelphia and pittsburgh according to a democratic party official. biden on monday traveled to democratic national committee office in washington, d.c. and gave his closing argument to staffers. so far we re running against a tide and beating the tide. reporter: so far this midterm cycle mere tln 17.3 million ballots cast so far across 33 states. in new york, republican candidate for governor representative lee zeldin has agreed to debate governor kathy hochul tonight in a race that s tightening given growing kearns about the economy and crime. there is a crime emergency in new york state. i have called on the governor to declare a crime emergency in new york. reporter: lee zeldin saying something does not make it so. crime has gone down under my
what do we expect? reporter: well, john and brianna, this is certainly a very, very important race in the context of things. it s likely the winner of this senate race will determine who controls the u.s. senate. there is quite a lot running on this and a lot of attention being played to this race. you mentioned tonight we are going to see these two men come together in public for the first and only debate of this campaign. a highly anticipated senate debate in pennsylvania is finally here. democratic lieutenant governor john fetterman and republican mehmet oz to face off in the only debate in this campaign in pennsylvania. fetterman, still recovering from a stroke suffered in may will read closed captions to read and hear the questions. i hear and i understand everything in terms of on words, on paper, and understand what i hear, but when we re talking
i m christine romans. new day starts right now . two weeks from today. the midterm elections. brace yourself. i m john berman with brianna keilar. the race for control of the senate looks to be tight. new cnn polling shows democrat john fetterman with a slight edge over republican mehmet oz in pennsylvania. and in wisconsin ron johnson, democratic challenger men della barnes basically even. inflation the top issue. followed by abortion rights. early voting in that state begins today. in pennsylvania 44% of likely voters sight the economy. and more on debates in a moment. tonight in new york, a highly