welcome to cnn newsroom. and i m bianna golodryga. nearly 12 million americans have already voted across 43 states in the midterm elections. inflation, crime and abortion were the topics that dominated fiery debates last night. in pennsylvania senate s race the most high profile of the midterms another factor came into play and that is the health of one of the candidates. the performance democrat john getter han who survived a stroke has put a new intensity into the matchup. some fetterman voters are saying after seeing him struggle they re now worried about on the fence people like independents and undecided voters. another cold cnn, this is the quote, it was tough to watch fetterman, it s kind of like looking at a car accident, you want to look but you don t want to look. however, the fetterman campaign says he raised more than a million dollars in the hours after that debate. fetterman s republican rival mehmet oz is getting negative feedback for his response to a qu
pouring in. the pressure is on and the gloves are off. john, obviously i wasn t clear enough for you to understand this. here s a man that spent more than $20 million of his own money to try to buy that seat. you and donald trump were the masterful covid deniers. you re poorer and less safe because of kathy hochul and extreme policies. with 13 days left, candidates from both parties are scratching, clawing for every last vote. and there s going to be a lot of votes if the pre-election day ballot numbers are any indication. let s start in pennsylvania today. democrat john fetterman and republican mehmet oz facing off in their only debate, some accommodations were made as fetterman recovers from a stroke but both candidates had some bumpy answers. cnn s jessica dean is in harrisburg for us. how are the candidates cleaning things up today? reporter: even more than cleaning up the two are zeroing in on where they think the weaknesses are for the other campaigns from l
court will take on the case or pass and let this trump era public health policy expire. if that is the question at the heart of this and there are big implications depending on which way the supreme court goes i want to bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent, julie. it s become an immigration policy, but the question is if the supreme court decides to pass and title 42 is lifted, the concern is this surge of migrants at the border there s a political context and backdrop to this as well talk us through it i ve been tracking bipartisan negotiations over comprehensive immigration reform on capitol hill for the better part of last year, but even with democrats in control of the house and senate, obviously not those 60 votes they need, they were not able to get that done. so what will make the next congress different with republicans in control of the house? that s where the fear comes down to here. and not only do you have this surge on the border potentially going forwa
especially tonight. and adidas cuts ties just now with kanye west over his anti-semitic rants. that is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. brittney griner was again before a russian court today and received no mercy. the court upholding griner s nine year prison sentence rejecting the nba s star plea for leniency. she was convicted in august after russian authorities say that they found vape can sifters containing cannabis oil in her luggage at moscow airport. this was swift reaction after the appeal that didn t go anywhere, slamming the court proceeding as a quote, sham, vowing the biden administration is doing everything it could to bring her home. kylie atwood is live at the state department for us. what are you hearing about this now? reporter: the conviction has opinion upheld. meaning that she is still found guilty of smuggling drugs into russia. this trial essentially brings the end of the judicial process for brittney gr
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