arizona s democratic candidate for governor burglarized. i m brianna keilar with alex marquardt this morning. good morning. good morning to you. john berman is off this morning. and police in phoenix are investigating this break in at katy hobbs campaign this week. this is coming amid reports of intimidation, where hobbs is currently the top election official. her campaign claims this is the person who broke in. cnn has blurred the face because police have not yet identified any suspects. hobbs campaign manager saying they ve faced death threats, blaming kari lake. and here is how lake responded. i m saddened that the hobbs and her camp would try to pin this on us. it s just defamatory and it s wrong. and it s so obvious what s happening. her own party is attacking her. she s trying to deflect her own abysmal campaign and the fact that, you know, nobody even knows where her campaign office is. the person who broke in probably didn t realize it was a campaign office.
russia right now, bracing for what they call the heaviest battles ahead in the fight for kherson. cnn is reporting from the front lines as vladimir putin is lobbing new verbal attacks at the west. also tonight, president biden touts unexpected economic growth as he he tries to rev up democratic voters in the blue state of new york. we ll break down his message and his challenges as recession fears persist 12 days before the midterm elections. and former president trump s lawyers take part in a secret court hearing related to the mar-a-lago documents investigation. why did they meet with u.s. justice department prosecutors here in washington, d.c.? 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 get straight to ukraine right now. the front lines of what one official warns will be, quote, the heaviest of battles against the russian invasion. cnn s senior international correspondent fred pleitgen is
the day. we re going to take you live to pa so. and unfolding this morning at airports nationwide, frustrated and confused passengers still stranded with southwest airlines in the midst of that meltdown. transportation secretary pete buttigieg is calling for accountability. it comes as thousands are trying to recover from that once in a lifetime blizzard that left more than 60 people dead. we ll take you live to buffalo for the latest. also this morning, we re keeping a close eye on the vatican. pope francis calling for prayers for his predecessor, the retired pope benedict, as his health worsens. and with covid cases rising sharply in china, two officials now tell nbc news that the white house is weighing new travel requirements for travelers from china. we begin with the ongoing legal limbo for migrants trying to come to the u.s. in search of a better and safer life for themselves and for their families. the u.s. supreme court says the public health measure known as tit
midterms. and in georgia 1 million preelection ballots have been cast. let s bring in cnn s eva mckend live in a polling place in georgia. eva, what are you seeing? reporter: well, a common answer from voters when you ask them why they are turning out early is because they want to take advantage of the opportunity. they don t want work to maybe get in the way on election day. so they are exercising their right early. been record turnout daily since early voting began lasweek. secretary of state brad raffensperger says that this illustrates that georgia has among the best election systems in the country but this democratic opponent still says that voter suppression is alive and well in georgia staking issue with the state s voting law, take a listen. i would put our election system, i would put our georgia election system and our voters up against any other state in the union. we re seeing record turnout. and i anticipate we ll continue to see midterm records broken. j
triple threat of flu, covid and rsv. and trapped underground, wochbtone of the people rescued tells cnn about their wild ordeal. this is what we re watching. and thank you for being here. candidates took to the stage and so what did voters take away from the debates? in pennsylvania, john fetterman and mehmet oz faced off sparring over abortion, inflation and fracking. and it was also voters best chance to see how fetterman performed as he continues to recover from a stroke six months ago. and in new york, governor hochul went head to head with her challenger lee zeldin, and that fight largely centering on crime during the heated debate. let s get started in pennsylvania, jessica dean is there. so they came, they debated and what did voters get to see? reporter: yeah, what did voters see because they will ultimately make the decision here. they are the ones that get to make the decision. so we saw john fetterman and mehmet oz coming together for their first and only deba