hitting the airwaves just last night. speak of the most dangerous thing facing georgia is four more years of brian kemp. my record has been attacked because miss abrams doesn t want to talk about her own record. talked to a police officer and they will tell you they are terrified of doing the job senator leahy has been doing this thing with a pocket constitution for the last couple of years. it is not a prop. carley: with a jam-packed night, jackie ibanez has more from all the candidates. by the end of this week early voting will have kicked off in 25 states. 17 states have officially opened their polls with iowa, nevada, tennessee set to join them later this week. early voting underway in georgia were republican governor brian kemp and democratic challenger stacey abrams went head-to-head in an intense debate last night. the incumbent pushing abrams on her past and i police rhetoric. listen. how many sher sheriff sherifs have i think you believe it s the truth.
national guard. i really praise him for doing that because it wasn t pressure, intercepted. matt murano pick six buffalo and it s all bills tonight. i want to put on my boogie shoes and boogie with you. brian: tennessee is off to a tough start, warsaw, virginia, you know why people live there, it s where the heart of virginia is. it is the heart of the northern neck. and if you love the northern neck, you are going to feel right at home. if everyone has been in the neck of the woods. if anyone has a neck, i think people realize the benefit. steve: so does virginia, if they have a neck, do they have shoulders? do they have legs? where is their torso. brian: fairfax. then alexandria is the legs. carley: bury that beautiful sunrise that came up over warsaw, virginia. i wonder if they got their name from poland. steve: right this very minute sunrise at 7:01 eastern time] heavenly music] brian: am i the only one that can hear that. carley: no, everybody can
stretch. america reports is looking to a battleground matchup where stakes couldn t be higher. j.d. vance is neck and neck with his republican opponent. he join us live. judging from the opponent speaking this morning the tense political battle is about to hit a boiling point. try to dismiss j.d. as being an extremist weirdo which he is and everybody knows it. extremist weirdo? see how he responds in a closing race that could poachly tip the power out of democratic reports. welcome to america reports second hour. we will get to vance in a moment i m sandra smith in new york. we invited democrat tim ryan to join us any time. he s welcome on the program and hope he will come on to make his case after we hear from j.d. vance. he s been here before and can be here again. we begin the hour with breaking news. the hour at the white house the press secretary will face questions any minute 13 days from the midterm the president announcing plan to tackle inflation vowing to
cnn newsroom starts right now. good morning, it s saturday, december 24th. merry christmas eve. i m whitney wild in for amara walker. and i m martin savidge in for boris sanchez. and you re in the cnn newsroom. we begin with a frustrating start to a holiday weekend. more than 200 americans are under winter alert with an arctic blast with heavy snow and ice. the storm has placed enormous strains on america s energy infrastructure. this morning where more than 500,000 homes and businesses are without power. and authorities in tennessee have ordered 15-minute rolling blackouts to manage demands. now, officials in states are blaming the winter storm for 15 deaths. they re reminding drivers, if you don t need to travel, stay off the road. across the country, snow, ice and powerful winds have caused multivehicle crashes and left drivers stranded on roads and highways. many spent hours in freezing conditions but it is not just the snow and ice. in new jersey, in several co
midterms. dan cox credits his victory to former president trump. trump didn t have to come alongside an outsider but he did. strikes out the side of the ninth inning. and the american league wins the all-star game for the ninth consecutive season. working for a living working working for a living living and working brian: most like live if you are working for a living you would not be on the beach today. you would not worry about the shark sightings that are everywhere on long island. unless you are a lifeguard you are not getting paid. all right? that s why. fire island was actually i did not know this. the first thing a lot of europeans would sees a they would come over to our country the first time they would see this 19th century lighthouse fire island as the population full time of 368 people. but in the surgeon, a lot more. and a lot of them are drunk. i mean, bars. as you know you have to be on foot. intoxicated. ainsley: different neighborhoods. cher