hello. i m victor blackwell, welcome to c cnn newsroom. and i m bianna golodryga. for the first time we re hearing from house speaker nancy pelosi. she sat down with our anderson cooper. pelosi returned to washington last night after being at her husband s bedside in california. she says that he has a long road to recovery ahead and recounted to anderson that the moment d.c. police broke the news to her, watch. i was sleeping in washington, d.c. i had just gotten in the night before from san francisco. and the i hear the doorbell ring and think, it s five-something. they must be in the wrong apartment. it rings again and bang, bang, bang, bang on the door. i run to the door and i m very i see the capitol police and they say we have to come in and talk to you. i m thinking my children, any grandchildren. i never thought it would be paul because i knew he wouldn t be out and about, shall we say. and so they came in at that time, we didn t even know where he was
it is the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. good afternoon, everyone. it s good to have you. election day, it s tomorrow, and the biggest names in both politics both political parties i should say are crisscrossing the kucountry in frenetic pitch to get out the vote. republicans believe they ll have what it takes to regain the house. all 435 house seats are up for grabs. 35 senate seats also on the ballot. control of that chamber is anyone s guess at this point, plus three dozen governor seats will be decided, and scores of other state and local positions. let s start in wisconsin and cnn s lucy kavanaugh. republican senator ron johnson fighting to hold onto his seat from mandela barnes, the lieutenant governor there. how are they making these final pitches to voters? reporter: that s right, victor. there is a close race for the governor as well, but all eyes on the senate race. the outcome of which could determine the balance of power in congress. we have two-term
the historically high inflation and crushing rate of soaring interest rates all robbing people of any chance to realize the american dream any time soon. and the cost of food is sky high. the white house finally now trying to convince voters that they care about the economy, the democrats. and it s actually the republicans who are the enemy. that will be their battle plan. they are trying to take away the gains we ve made. the plans that they have put forth is not a plan to fix inflation, it is actually a plan to increase inflation, not lower it. harris: however, right now democrats are still in power across capitol hill and the white house, of course. with the new gdp numbers out this morning not much for them to work with still. the gross domestic product showed some improvement. remember, this is the most common measurement of a recession. well-known moody s chief economist saying we re treading water at this point. we had two quarters of negative growth. now this slig
how the border crisis not only affects texas but impacts the entire country. essentially every state is a border state. we re seeing record number of immigrants coming across that border. record number of deaths from immigrants not only crossing the river but being smuggled and being killed during the high speed chases and also in different situations like we saw in san antonio, where we lost 53 immigrants smug nulled a smuggled in a trailer. migrants continue being smuggled into the country in staggering numbers and dangerous ways. for the migrants themselves as well as the people in these texas border communities. a group of 300 migrants just crossed the border into eagle pass. right before the sun rose this morning a group of 300, mostly single adult men from cuba. something we have seen every single day this morning. in fact, we re seeing two groups per day, which is the case again today. i want to show you the video you just teased with. an exclusive video from a pol
late word that the agency might temporarily disable texting on employee phones while it fixes gaps in how it retains these messages. first, though, what could be far reaching repercussions from primary elections in five states last not. in kansas, a ballot measure to strip abortion rights from the state constitution lost by a wide margin. here s president biden say hailing it as a bellwether for november. in a decisive vote, in a decisive victory, voters made it clear that politicians should not interfere with the fundamental rights of women. the voters of kansas sent a powerful signal that this fall the american people will vote to preserve and protect the right and refuse to let them be ripped away by politicians. well, tonight, we ll look closer at whether that is likely to be the case based in part on who turned out in kansas and what polling. in the wake of last night the former president s clout on the republican party. in michigan, congressman peter meijer, one of