republican leader kevin mccarthy, the house speaker opening up in her first interview since the brutal attack on her husband at their san francisco home. mccarthy also speaking exclusively to cnn detailing his plans for the next two years if republicans win control of the house. cnn reporters and correspondents are following the sprint to the finish line right now covering the key races in all the major battle ground states across the united states. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s begin our coverage this hour in pittsburgh with cnn s jessica dean. jessica, control of the senate could come down to pennsylvania. both mem med oz and john fetterman on are on the campaign trail tonight. what do we expect to hear from them? reporter: wolf, we re hearing their closing arguments to voters here in the commonwealth of pennsylvania as election day is upon us. we have mehmet oz trying to ca
ever since the federal ruling came down friday, all it really does is keeps the status quo in place. illegal crossings continue and they have continued over the weekend in the hours after the ruling. take a look at this video saturday morning. this is a group of 60 here in eagle pass. some waving to the fox news drone. once they get to the u.s. side, it s single adults. many are from cuba, venezuela, nicaragua. the administration is not enforcing title 42 for the most part on those countries, so they know now that they have gotten to the u.s., they won t be expelled backs to mexico. that was not the only group. same day, hours after that ruling saturday morning, this was a single group of 120 that crossed illegally hear in to eagle pass. ones again single a ducts from the same country. cuba, venezuela, nicaragua and peruvians. take a look at this video out of big bend. that desolate remote terrain, this was the texas dps helicopter over a group of 32 illegals. they start ru
Some of our biggest cities and its busiest right here in birmingham. So what does the state of the Construction Industry tell us about the economy . Ill be finding out. In sport, its the tie they wanted. The lowest ranked side left in the fa cup Sutton United will host the 12 time winners arsenal in the last 16. Tastes like burnt rubber and carol has the weather. A cloudy and wet start to the day with rain or drizzle. Brightening up later in Northern Ireland but for the rest of us what you start with is more or less what youre going to end up with during the day. More in about 13 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Donald trump has sacked the United States top Legal Advisor after she told Government Lawyers not to enforce his travel ban. Sally yates was the latest critic to speak out against his decision to stop refugees and citizens of seven mainly muslim countries from coming to the United States. Meanwhile, barack 0bama has made an unprecedented intervention in the immigra
to the extent that it is the most expensive senate race in the country. some $146 million in television ads between labor day and tomorrow. that just gives you a sense of the flooded airwaves here as everyone really looks to pennsylvania to see what the voters and it will be the voters decide. so much at stake indeed. jessica dean in pennsylvania for us. thank you very much. we re also on the campaign trail right now in georgia following that very close contest between senator raphael warnock and herschel walker. cnn s jeff zeleny is joining us live from kennesaw, georgia. what message are the candidates focusing in on during these crucial final hours? reporter: wolf, they re delivering their final messages. senator warnock is in columbus, georgia, right now, talking with supporters. republican challenger herschel walker will be here right outside atlanta in kennesaw, the critical piece of cobb county to rally republicans tonight. it s clear, as jessica was
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