tonight. there s new cnn polling of likely voting in two key senate races in wisconsin and pennsylvania. wisconsin showing no clear leader in the showdown between incumbent republican ron johnson and democrat mandela barnes. pennsylvania with document lieutenant governor fetterman narrowly ahead of mehmet oz. we learned late today that former president obama will be campaigning there along with president biden on the final weekend before election day. a party official familiar with the planning telling cnn they ve got appearances scheduled for pittsburgh and philadelphia with the possibility of adding more. early voting is under way there and in 38 other states. so far turnout has been heavy on pace with the record 2018 midterms with nearly 7.3 million ballots already cast. with it, we ve already seen multiple reports of voter intimidation, including two armed men dressed in tactical gear sported at a ballot drop box in mesa, arizona, friday night. attorney general merrick ga
wisconsin showing no clear leader in the democrat mandela barnes. pennsylvania with democratic lieutenant governor john fetterman, very narrowly ahead of dr. mehmet oz, just outside the margin of error. time to square the importance of this day, we learned today that former president obama will be campaigning their final weekend before election day. party officials familiar with the planning telling cnn they ve got appearances scheduled for pittsburgh and philadelphia with the possibility of having more. early voting is underway there, and 38 other states. so, far turnout has been heavy 2018, midterms with nearly 7. 3 million ballots already cast. with, it we ve already seen multiple reports of voter intimidation, including two armed men dressed in tactical gear spotted about a drop box in mesa, arizona, friday night. attorney general merrick garland was asked about it this afternoon. to prevent, to guarantee a free and fair vote by everyone was qualified to vote. and
afternoon. the justice department has an obligation to prevent to guarantee a free and fair vote by everyone who is qualified to vote and will not permit voters to be intimidated. a bit later in the program, you ll meet one arizona grandmother who was not intimidated by those two armed men you saw. she confronted them and as she put it, i take care of business. as to the bigger threat picture, we learned today that the fbi and sheriffs representing some of america s biggest counties have already discussed the possibility of misinformation fueling violence at polling stations during the midterms. late today, samantha vinograd, the former cnn contributor who is currently the department of homeland security s top counterterrorism official described it as, quote, incredibly heightened. we begin with the pennsylvania senate race and tomorrow s debate, which will have real-time closed captioning on the debate stage to accommodate john fetterman s difficulty right now filtering and inte
in mesa, arizona, friday night. attorney general merrick garland was asked about it this afternoon. to prevent, to guarantee a free and fair vote by everyone was qualified to vote. and will not permit voters to be intimidated. a bit later in the program one arizona grandmother was not intimidated she confronted them and she put it i take care of business. that said the bigger threat, we learned today that the fbi sheriffs representing some of america s biggest county have already discussed the possibility of misinformation fueling violence at polling stations during the midterms. late today, samantha former cnn contributor who is currently department of homeland security. ahead of election day as quote, incredibly heightened. that s where we begin tonight. we ll begin with the senate race in tomorrow s debate,