thank you for sharing your day with us. joe biden warns democracy is in mortal danger with ballots packed with republican election deniers, the president saying your vote is an inflection point for the american experiment. you must in this moment dig deep within yourself and recognize we can t take democracy for granted any longer. plus, the midterm map offers no safe zones for democrats. solid blue territory in california, nevada, oregon, washington state now looks, well, not so solid. and are lawmakers safe? a congresswoman demands answers on hard questions. why didn t the force prevent the attack on paul pelosi and are capitol police capable of stopping future attacks on members of congress? up first for us, though, president biden making democracy the centerpiece now of his midterm closing argument. we are just five days out from election night. already 30 million votes cast across 46 states. this sadly, this part of it is the united states 2022 which means those ba
america. the countdown to election day november 85 days from now. the president laser focused on that, not on the issues voters have been saying they care about. instead here is what and whom the president says is public enemy number one. president biden: you know, american democracy is under attack because the defeated former president of the united states refuses to accept the results of the 2020 election. it is estimated that the more than 300 election deniers on the ballot all across america this year. we can t ignore the impact this is having on our country. it is damaging. harris: from the president of the united states and republicans with this. i thought it was pathetic and divisive. not one word how to secure a broken border or lower gas prices as president. how i m going to challenge rampant crime. how i will make us energy independent. it was about half the country being political terrorists. it is not going to work. harris: that takes deplorable to a whol
welcome to 10:00 a.m. eastern hour, my friends. i m erica hill. voters will decide who will control congress. president biden announced he ll give a major speech tonight. a lot of big names hitting the campaign trail. former president obama is in arizona today. former president trump stumping for republicans in iowa and both expect to be it s liz cheney making waves in michigan with her endorsement of a democratic candidate, elizabeth slot kin. if we want to ensure the survival of our republic, we need to walk away from politics as usual. we are americans above all else. we re told the president s speech will be about protecting democracy. mj lee is joining us with details, all of this coming on heels of what prosecutors have said was a politically motivated attack of speaker pelosi s home and her husband paul was the one who was ultimately attacked. what do we know? president biden s schedule has been officially updated to reflect the speech he is going to be giving
historic inflation. the decision will likely produce ripple effects on your personal finances and the economy in the months to come. cnn s matthew gin et joins us. we ve been awaiting this decision, what has the fed said? 75 basis points, the fed just delivered another massive interest rate hike, designed to put this inflation fire out. that means higher borrowing costs. this is the fourth straight interest rate hikes. this is historic. we ve never seen drastic actions like this under janet yellen. we never saw this from ben bernanke, or even alan greenspan. you have to go back to the early 80s under paul volcker. i think this says how stubborn the inflation has been. the fed s statement, which is watched very closely, is basically identical to last month, except for one key part. the fed reiterated that ongoing interest rate hikes are likely to be appropriate, but they added that this is going to be the case in order to get policy restrictive enough to get inflation down
a debate coming up. john: begin with the supreme court hearing arguments today on what could be one of the most consequential rulings for higher education in decades. hello, john roberts in washington and hello to you this afternoon. gillian: good to be with you, john, on this spooky halloween. john: good to be with you as well. gillian: i m gillian turner. whether to end affirmative action policies in a pair of cases. john: opponents argue the criteria has harmed millions of students, particularly asian-americans. david spunt starts us off live outside the supreme court. did justice brown jackson recuse herself. that s right, because of her position on the harvard board of overseers, and her connections to harvard university. she thought it was best she sits out. there are two separate cases, overall affirmative action affects millions of students across the country and the justices began hearing two arguments three hours ago. started with the case out of the uni