president and vice president hit the road. and wisconsin, biden talked about jobs in the economy. we treated 12 million new jobs. just a half million last month. we ve created more jobs in two years than any presidents created in a single four year term, inflation is coming down, take home pay and workers are going up slightly. as a matter of fact, it s rebounding, the fastest rate in over 40 years. economy is going at a solid clip, folks, i hate to disappoint you but it s working. it s working. in minnesota yesterday, vice president talked about jobs and the climate crisis minnesota, this is a transformative moment, climate crisis has presented a historic challenge to our nation, into the world. they ve also presented a historic opportunity to create good jobs, to drive innovation, to generate posterity in all of the communities the president talked about defending entitlements from republican senators who won t stop talking about it. you know a lot of republican
today, the white house announcing the president joe biden will travel to poland later this month to reaffirm the reignited state support for ukraine. it caps off a truly excellent week for president biden, focused on governing and trying to make peoples lives better. after a successful state of the union address on tuesday, the president and vice president hit the road. and wisconsin on wednesday, president biden talked about jobs in the economy. we created 12 million new jobs, half 1 million jobs just last month. [applause] we ve created more jobs in two years than any presidents created in a single four year term, inflation is coming down six month straight. inflation is coming down, take home pay with workers is going up slightly. , manufacturing is rebounding, at the fastest rate in almost 40 years. economy is going at a solid clip, folks, i hate to disappoint you but it s working. it s working. in minnesota yesterday, vice president talked about jobs and the climat
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
may be tempting just to tune out, just to watch football or hgtv or the great british baking show. you know, whatever floats your boat. but i m here to tell you, pittsburgh, that tuning out is not an option. sulking and moping, that s not an option. the only way to make everything fair is if we, all of us, fight for it. the only way to save democracy is if we, together, fight for it. and it starts with electing people who know you, who see you, who care about you, who ve stood in your shoes. you did that two years ago when you sent joe biden to the white house. he s fighting for you every day, he s got your back, doing everything he can to put more money in your pockets, to make our streets safer, to bring good-paying jobs here to pennsylvania. now you need to do it again. because while there may be a lot of issues at stake in this election, there is one basic question that you should be asking yourself right now, and that is who will fight for you? that s the choice in this
top of the hour here on cnn newsroom. the countdown continues to the midterms. 22 days left until election day determining who will control congress, and a new poll from the new york times shows that republicans have a slight edge here. 49% of likely voters say that they plan to back the republican candidate for their house district compared to 45% for democrats. now this poll also found it combined 44% of likely voters are most worried about the economy or inflation. now today, early voting begins in the battleground of georgia. and the race for senate there, one of the tightest in the nation, democratic incumbent raphael warnock casting his ballot you see there. there s also a new twist there in the drama engulfing his republican rival herschel walker who s been denying allegations he paid for an abortion for his ex-girlfriend years ago. well, today walker confirmed the check in question was, in fact, his, but then doubled down the denials in terms of what it was fo