we know consumers switch to store brands, switching to smaller items that doesn t cost as much, a smaller bottle of ketchup. nathaniel myersohn, thank you. i m christine romans. thanks for joining us. cnn this morning starts right now. your this year we are. this year i hope you ll make the future of our democracy an important part of your decision to vote and how you vote. good morning, everyone. welcome to the program, i m don lemon alongside poppy harlow and kaitlan collins. can i say good morning. good morning. this is down to the wire. yeah. this is for all the marbles pretty soon in just a couple days. it s notable that is the speech president biden chose closing the race in the final few days. that was president joe biden putting democracy front and center and warning of the dangers of election deniers. the question is, is this the right closing argument for his party? better be. former president trump returns he will make his closing pitch to vot
the merger of kroger and al albertson s. they want to merge to take on walmart and amazon. they had more than $200 billion in sales, nearly 5,000 stores and more than 700,000 employees, but this week senator amy klobuchar, democrat of minnesota, mike lee, republican of utah held a bipartisan hearing and they were very critical of the merger. senator elizabeth warren tweeted that the ftc should block the me merger. she said it would increase consolidation, drive out smaller mom and pop grocery stores and raise prices for consumers. competition. they want to make sure there s enough competition. nathaniel myersohn, thank you. the bills picked up their third straight win in new england last night. andy scholes has this morning s friday edition bleacher report. hey, andy. good morning, christine. after a bit of a rough patch, the bills are back on top of the
we know consumers switch to store brands, switching to smaller items that doesn t cost as much, a smaller bottle of ketchup. nathaniel myersohn, thank you. i m christine romans. thanks for joining us. cnn this morning starts right now. your this year we are. this year i hope you ll make the future of our democracy an important part of your decision to vote and how you vote. good morning, everyone. welcome to the program, i m don lemon alongside poppy harlow and