newsroom. i m jim acosta in atlanta and the key battleground state of georgia. right now we are in the final sprint before those critical midterm elections, and the balance of power in congress is on the line. today the biggest names in politics are out on the campaign trail. president biden and his two predecessors are all stumping today, and they are all in pennsylvania. moments from now president biden and former president barack obama, there you see the live picture right there, they will take the stage in philadelphia to rally for democratic senate nominee john fetterman. in a couple of hours from now former president donald trump will be in latrobe with republican senate nominee mehmet oz. pennsylvania is one of the three toss-up senate elections and it is a must-win for both parties to have control of the senate. cnn s jessica dean is in latrobe ahead of trump s rally and we begin with cnn s phil mattingly in philadelphia. phil, we have been talking to you throughout
8.6%. americans, you, we, are feeling this nearly everywhere, nearly everything is more expensive, including the cost of gas which remains at historic highs. the biden administration taking new steps to lower those gas prices. this morning presidentiesident calling on energy companies to do more. also this morning, the january 6th committee is teasing ahead to its next hearing, tomorrow, they released a portion of a taped deposition with a former white house lawyer. now the committee is saying that thursday s hearing will focus on president trump s effort to pressure then vice president mike pence to block the certification of the election. we will have much more on that, in just a moment. let s begin this morning with cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz. arlette, president biden is making strong demands from oil companies, this morning, as he tries to do something about the soaring gas prices. reporter: yeah, president biden is trying to ramp up the pressure on
guns in this country. we ll bring you all the breaking developments from the supreme court as they all happen this hour. that s right. also this morning, we follow several economic stories. hours from now, we could potentially see the biggest interest rate hike in decades. experts believe that the federal reserve is poised to hike rates as much as 0.75%. that may cool inflation, american consumers would feel the impact in many other ways. mortgages, car loans, credit cards and student borrowing would all become more expensive. also this morning, in an effort to drive down historically high gas prices, the biden administration is putting pressure on oil companies for, quote, concrete ideas, lower rising costs. we are following all of that. also, new details on mike pence to block the certification of the election. vice chair of the committee. congresswoman liz cheney teasing ahead to tomorrow s hearing releasing a portion of a taped deposition with former trump white hou
welcome to one nation, i am thrilled you re watching. tonight is a great one, eric trump, front desantis senator marco rubio the first, our to state the race for the white house, three things we can count on this election season for speculation on whether president biden can or will run, who will emerge from the republican primary battle royal and what charge will be thrown at president donald trump. every time i am indicted i consider it a great badge of honor because i m being indicted for you. the result of these three things are as follows, biden s poll numbers dropped from a primary filled fans and donald trump s chance of winning the election growth. the first two extents, president biden has been an epic fail into many ways especially as of late. tradition for primary filled defendant but how do you explain legal charges helping the campaign? i ll give you my perception, the answer? the perception that this is all political. it s all political, look at the time
provisional ballots eligible to be counted. the deadline for that is not until wednesday. we might be here for another few days. jim, back to your question about adam laxalt. we ve been monitoring the margin here. and he s been ahead since election day. his advantage has been shrinking. it started off with 22,000 votes after the election. we saw it go down to 15. then 8,900. right now he s ahead by 862 votes. wow. reporter: it s razor-thin margin of .1%. back to you. that line of pessimism has been blown to bits the last couple of days. back to the action in arizona. bill gates, the chairman of maricopa county board of