this is perhaps the most anticipated debate of the election season. it s also the only chance for pennsylvanians to see the candidates side by side. they re debating just this one time. the senate is 50-50 and pennsylvania is crucial in the fight to either keep or gain control. cnn s jeff zeleny is in harrisburg where the debate is happening. jeff, what should people expect to see tonight? reporter: well, victor, i think people can expect to see fireworks as we ve seen in debates across the country. more interestingly this has a unique element to it and that is because of john fetterman. of course he s the lieutenant governor of pennsylvania but he s been recovering from a stroke for the last several months. so this debate tonight is going to be slightly different. it s going to have a closed captioning system. john fetterman is still having auditor processing issues. he can t always hear and see things in realtime so he ll be using closed captions as many americans do when
here in the u.s. and around the world. it s monday, october, 24th, i m brianna keilar with john berman. it s it s 15 days until the midterm elections and the races are tightening. in georgia, raphael warnock is looking to hold onto his senate seat in a tight race against herschel walker and brian kemp trying to fend off stacey abrams in the governor s race. early voting off the charts in the state, nearly three quarters of a million have cast ballots. in pennsylvania, the two senate candidates face off tomorrow. john fetterman is locked in a raise with mehmet oz. and in florida, ron desantis debates crisp. and bernie sanders is warning democrats to focus more on the economy instead of abortion rights. nancy pelosi pushing back, why not both. and kari lake is still attempting to sow doubts about the integrity of the system in her race for governor of arizona. are you confident it s going to be a fair election? i wish i could say i have complete faith in the system. i
condition as he recovers from covid. dr. anthony fauci is standing by live. we will discuss. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight with the guilty verdict in steve bannon s criminal contempt trial. the former top trump adviser convicted on two counts of contempt of congress for defying the january 6th committee s subpoena. cnn s senior crime and justice reporter, katelyn polantz is joining us from just outside the federal courthouse here in washington. katelyn, give us the latest. reporter: well, wolf, steve bannon was convicted today, even though he had vowed this was going to be the misdemeanor from hell for the select committee. it was not that. by the end of the day, we had two criminal convictions of steve bannon. now, these were both misdemeanor charges, but congress writes the law, and when they wrote this law, they said that it would be punishable by a minimum
good morning to viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i am brianna keilar alongside john berman. there are so many troubling details of the disturbing past of the man murdering many lives in detroit. the suspect may have planned the attack for several weeks. he dressed in woman s clothing during the shooting to conceal his identity and facial tattoos. he had two incidents with law enforcement in 2019 as we mentioned. first one authorities were notified for a suicide attempt. later he threatened to kill quote, everyone. police removed 16 knives. after that he legally purchased five firearms. since he was under 21 at the time, he was sponsored to do so with his father. prosecutors filed seven degrees. katie goldstein, she was gunned downright in front of her daughter. her father spoke with us. i can t believe how many best friends katie. i looked up and i saw the shooter shooting down at the kids and i told her that it was a shooter and she had to run. i started run
fights criminal contempt charges. and summer sand and shark infested waters. enhanced technology is on the hunt where sharks have been on the attack. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with breaking news in our politics lead. president biden s approval rating hitting a new low in cnn polling. take a look. only 38% of people approve of the way joe biden is handling his job as president. 62% disapprove. this dismal number comes as president biden returns from his middle east trip. the white house touting the trip a success, saying the president renewed support for the region and set expectations that gas prices could steady in the coming weeks. but those successes in some quarters being overshadowed by this moment, biden fist bumping saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman, who the u.s. says is to blame for the slaughter of washington post journalist jamal khashoggi in 2018. biden trying to brush it off from reporters upon his return to the white house.