line. we re going to have the latest for you from the campaign trail. and it is said to be the largest lottery prize in history, $1.6 billion is up for grabs in tonight s powerball drawing. it is saturday, everyone. thank you so much for waking up with this. good morning, boris. thanks to our producers for that reminder that the powerball drawing is coming up. i ve got to get my lottery tickets. are you playing? i am now. thanks for the reminder. appreciate that. we begin this morning with the final sprint to the midterm election. the candidates and their surrogates are making the final push with just three days to go before election day. and the battle for control of the senate it comes down to a handful of key states including pennsylvania, barack obama, president biden, and president trump also campaigning in the state today. republicans heading into tuesday s elections, though, with a slight edge. but millions of voters have already cast their ballots. every
the democrats, their closing message to you, the american people, is americans that don t vote for us are. you don t believe. take a look. this is what happens in a country that follows what happened in germany. in the early thirties. and as i said, in 2018, they caused a lot of help from a lot of people for having said it without. it was true then and it s true now. this country is on track to repeat what happened in germany when it was the greatest democracy going elected a chancellor who then co-opted the media. i see what s happening here devoid of anything positive at all that they can run on democrats. they re now attempting to gin up fear by dehumanizing half the country. now, this week, alone, they compared, let s see, republican suburban women approaches. they compared conservatives to . they accused of plotting to overthrow democracy. they said that america streets will run red with blood if republicans get elected. we re not exaggerating. we report. you decide.
things off there with the crucial base is happening right now in arizona for senate and governor as well. early voting underway in arizona. with more than 1.3 million early ballots cast so far. in the senate race, the latest one showing mark kelly holding a slightly three-point edge over republican blake masters. and the race for governor, that is neck and neck. with polls showing a narrow one point edge going to republican kari lake. and van miller is with us from phoenix, van, good to talk to you as always in the last hour. as i mentioned from the first lady, we will hear from her again, alongside mark kelly, at this hour, what is the message today going to be about? right, joe biden is going to be here alongside mark kelly. katie hobbs, the democratic governor for about two hours north of here this morning, this is a situation here in which we talk to democrats, you look at the idea that this is a purple state, what did make the stay competitive for democrats in 2018 w
good evening, brett. parts of the president s pitch pitches an actual fairy tale as he tries to make the case that today s economic report is not too cold and is not too hot, but rather just right. new york times media reports, they call it the goldilocks report. i have my shock waiting for the wolf. talking about a strong october jobs report and saying 261,000 jobs created while comments by republican leadership servant sure team to say that they are rooting for a recession as the u.s. economy grows and adds jobs even as gas prices continue to come down. president biden is trusting the federal reserve to address inflation by raising rates, but officials admitted this week that they don t know what will happen next. i am wondering, has a window for a soft landing narrowed? do you still think it s possible? has it narrowed? yes. is it still possible, yes. the president is not ignoring higher prices. we know that folks are still struggling with inflation, it s o
time to fight inflation. plus our report on energy costs skyrocketing a we head into winter. how you can save money. and serving up more than a good meal. a cooked tortilla makes all the difference in the world. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. tonight, president biden is calling on all americans to stand up to protect our democracy amid the threats that election deniers pose to the voting process. the white house says the president is seeking common ground with voters that our country s future is more important than our political parties. all this is taking place as the house continues to investigate the january 6 attack on the capitol, in which thousands attempted to interfere with the verification of the 2020 presidential election. and it comes just days after the alleged attempted murder of house speaker nan