world. i m kim brunhuber. this is the final weekend before the critical midterm elections in the u.s. we ll tell you what big names are focused and who seems to be resonating with voters. tornadoes are wreaking havoc in southeastern u.s. at least nine touched down in texas. we ll have more in a few minutes. and a crowd sourcing campaign like you ve never seen before, how people in the world are helping ukraine in its war with russia. the january 6 investigation, the u.s. president s domestic agenda, abortion rights, voting rights are all on the line as americans prepare to vote tuesday in the midterm elections. candidates across the board are pulling all the stops in the final week of campaigning. president joe biden will be in illinois with a message on lowering prescription prices and shoring up medicare. and then he ll head to pennsylvania. the president sounded optimistic. here he is. i know you always ask me how are we doing. we re going to win this time around
polls. the heavyweights are hitting the trail with closing messages as key races tighten. biden, obama, trump, all ending up in pennsylvania, a high-stakes stat race there up for grabs as the woman who made dr. oz famous endorses his rival. maybe you ve heard of her. if i lived in pennsylvania, i would have already cast my vote for john fetterman for many reasons. elsewhere today is the last day of early voting in some states seeing historic turnout, more than 34 million ballots already cast. plus, talk about a tease. donald trump addresses the 2024 elephant in the room. i will very, very, very probably do it again, okay? very, very, very probably. let s get out to the trail now. cnn s dianne gallagher and omar jiminez with us. it s the last day of early voting in georgia. tell us what you re seeing. reporter: you can probably see the line behind me, ana, that s completely wrapped around the building. this is typically the most robust day of early voting, the first
welcome to cnn newsroom. and good to be with you. the last jobs report before election day topped economies east estimates 261,000 new jobs were added in october, a number president biden will likely tout when he speaks this hour. the commit remains the number one issue for voters this election and the white house is hoping to capitalize on this stronger report. democrats are facing headwinds with four days left before the polls close on november 8. and who controls congress will be determined. the latest count shows more than 34 million americans across 47 states have already cast their ballots. and let let s go to matt ega the new numbers. it was a pretty mixed report. the federal reserve is trying to cool off the jobs market to get inflation under control. but the jobs market is not exactly cooperating. there were some signs of cooling. you mentioned the unemployment rate goes up and the pay ral gr payroll growth was slowest since 2020. and wage gains have slowed
debate and others. plus, concern for house democrats in several races. they should have, they believe, locked up by now, including the seat of their campaign chief. we ll have that new reporting. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, october 26th. along with joe and me, former aide to the george w. bush white house and state department s elise jordan. host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico and author best seller the big lie jonathan lemire and eddie glaude jr., a professor and punch bowl news jake sherman, msnbc political contributor. mika is under the weather this morning and hope to see her tomorrow. joe, we ll start it in pennsylvania just your first impressions what you saw there from john fetterman and dr. oz. first of all, mika under the weather, actually means she s going to probably only run seven miles this morning instead of nine. so her devgs of under the weather is a little bit different than ours. you know, it s v
because of the latest round of rail strikes. you are watching bbc news: now on bbc news it s time for review 2022. it has been a year where we ve lost some of the world s biggest names. stars like meatloaf, sporting icons such as shane warne and actors including robbie coltraine and angela la nsbury. and of course her majesty the queen who died in september. for the next half an hour on bbc news, we remember : # like a bat out of hell # i ll be gone when the morning comes # oh, when the night is over # like a bat out of hell # i ll be gone, gone, gone every song is a different character and we don t stop. it s like a symphony. # but when the day is done and the sun goes down # and the moonlight s shining through i refused to allow them to use the words icon, legend, star or rock star. i m just another person. and i have a job. # i don t know anything about you, baby # but you re everything i m dreaming of # i don t know who you are # but you re a real dead ringerfor love