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
inquiry heats up on capitol hill. last night at the values voters summit, the president threatened to sue nancy pelosi and intelligence committee chairman adam schiff. this comes as new polls show there s more support for the impeachment inquiry, but is it enough movement to get republican lawmakers on board? so far, we haven t see any calling for trump s impeachment and even if the house does vote to impeach him, in the senate where democrats are in the minority, they would need at least 20 republicans to join them to remove trump from office. so what if anything do these polls tell us about what might come next? to absolutely that question antd others, i want to bring in harry enteren. harry, we have seen that the majority of republican voters still support president trump. his supportined co consistent, between 80 and 90%. when you look historically at