just enough jobs added to tout and just enough lost that it may start to cool the economy. but how will voters see today s numbers as they head to the polls? plus, donald trump very big on the very for 2024. i will very, very, very probably do it again, okay? [ cheers and applause ] but will federal investigations catch up with him first very? and kevin durant tries to talk about the anti-semitic comments that got his teammate kyrie irving suspended and now forced to clarify what he meant. welcome back to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper. it s crunch time. four days left for candidates to make their closing arguments to voters before tuesday s election. the trend suggests the republicans are well positioned to take the house, but control of the senate rests on a knife s edge which means every race is criminal. democrats got a moral boost today shows the u.s. economy added 261,000 jobs last month. but a separate measurement of the unemployment rate ticked
president biden is expected to slam election deniers into a surprise speech tonight. the lead starts right now, six days from the midterms president biden has something to say, adding a prime time speech to his calendar taking on the heightened political climate. as the election rolls in candidates are rolling out their closing message. plus, the plan to rope supreme court clarence thomas into the 2020 election. why a trump lawyer called thomas the only chance to delay the process. and north korea is firing off its longest short-range missiles in one day as cnn also learned the rogue nation is secretly supplying russia with weapons. hello and welcome to the lead. i m brianna keilar in for jake tapper. the countdown is on in our politics lead. just six days left until the votes are counted in the congressional balance of power decided. a brand-new cnn poll suggests republican candidates have the momentum. 51% of likely voters say they ll vote for the republican can
ukrainian tactics designed to make every step forward come at a heavy price. despite the battle nearby, this sol soldier is certain of how the war will end. to be honest, in the first days i had some doubts, because according to the news, russia has the strongest army, he says. but since we pushed them back from kyiv and kharkiv, i m confident we can win. for the few remaining civilians near soledar, exhaustion. nine months it s like this, says valentina, flying back and forth over my head. with conflicting rumors coming from the town, paulina said her family is leaving. the soldiers are surrounded, she tells me. my sister, who is pregnant, decided to leave, so we ll follow her. late afternoon and ukrainian marines prepare a prefresh salvf rockets. the battle for soledar is not over yet. and for an army that s on the defensive, what we saw was that the ukrainian troops are pretty well dug in, pretty well organized and morale surprisingly high. now, it seems the russians are r
for help investigating the mysterious illness. what they are asking for in a cnn exclusive. they are democrats, republicans, business leaders and moms. the historic year for women on the ballot in 2022. hello and welcome to the lead. i m casey hunt in for jake tapper. we begin with president biden getting a firsthand look at the damage caused by hurricane ian in florida. he made it clear the federal government is committed to helping the state, which he predicts will take years to recover. earlier in his visit, he met with ron desantis who briefed him on the destruction. the two men on opposites ends of the political spectrum. biden s visit comes as the u.s. death toll from hurricane ian rises again to at least 110 people killed. search and rescue teams are working nonstop to find survivors. for first time, residents and businessowners from sanibel island are allowed to return. only to survey the damage. they can t stay. local officials warn that conditions on the islan
yet. that is it for me. the lead with jake tapper starts now. kevin mccarthy playing an intense version of let s make a deal. the lead starts right now. promises and concessions as kevin mccarthy s bid to become house speaker comes down to the wire in a group of republican hard liners continue to push their demands. plus, those tragic idaho college murders. how police tracked down a suspected killer through dna evidence, the web, and his hyundai elantra. and air pressure. passengers still trying to get their bags back. how easy is it to get a refund if you were a stranded passenger? the points guy is here with answers. we begin today in our politics lead. time is running out for kevin mccarthy and his dreams of wielding the speaker s gavel, making the possibility of a real floor fight increasingly likely. that s something that has not happened in the united states since 1923. right now, he is in deal making mode. working the phones, trying to win overholdouts, including adw