we just observed the minute of silence, marked at the beginning by big ben. the final day the queen is lying in state there at the state funeral. that will be tomorrow, with state leaders and dignitaries from around the world attending the funeral there. after ten days, of course, of mourning. we want to bring in nbc s former editor, tim york. both in london for us. and lindsey, let me start with you, as we just marked that moment, that minute of silence for the queen there. talk to me about what we heard from america s president, president biden, paying his respects earlier today ahead of the state funeral tomorrow. before we get to that, i saw somebody walking along the queue here, filing behind us. reminding people, the moment of silence at 8:00 local time, to make sure everybody did pay their respects. and actually, a muffler is being used with big ben, to create a quieter tone. you have mentioned, president biden and the first lady are visiting and paying their respect
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in watershington. we are two weeks out and tonight a one-night only event in a pivotal senate race, john fetterman versus mehmet oz on the debate stage sgl. plus, progressives push president biden to push russia to end the ukraine war. and diary excerpt. a broken promise from a supreme court justice. a new book digs into the life of senator ted kennedy. up first, the midterms. we count your votes two weeks from today. already upwards of 9 million ballots cast across 40 states. big debates tonight remind us the consequences are enormous and many of the key races are remarkably close. 36 governors races. always important but all the more so because of the new politics of abortion rights. all 435 house seats up. republicans now confident they will seize the speaker s gavel from nancy pelosi. and 35 senate contests including a race that s absolutely crucial. john fetterman and mehmet oz square off. it is their one and only
especially tonight. and adidas cuts ties just now with kanye west over his anti-semitic rants. that is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. brittney griner was again before a russian court today and received no mercy. the court upholding griner s nine year prison sentence rejecting the nba s star plea for leniency. she was convicted in august after russian authorities say that they found vape can sifters containing cannabis oil in her luggage at moscow airport. this was swift reaction after the appeal that didn t go anywhere, slamming the court proceeding as a quote, sham, vowing the biden administration is doing everything it could to bring her home. kylie atwood is live at the state department for us. what are you hearing about this now? reporter: the conviction has opinion upheld. meaning that she is still found guilty of smuggling drugs into russia. this trial essentially brings the end of the judicial process for brittney gr
good afternoon, everyone. i m bianna golodryga. welcome to cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. it s good to have you. more than 9 million votes across the country already been cast. election day just two weeks away now. not two days away. two weeks away. and the pressure s on for the candidates to win over every voter. it s especially high in pennsylvania. tonight democrat john fetterman will face off against republican mehmet oz in perhaps the most anticipated debate of the election season. it s also the only chance for pennsylvanians to see the candidates argue the issues side by side. in a 50-50 senate pennsylvania is one of the races democrats hope to gain to retain power over the chamber. many voters there have already made up their minds, though. nearly 640,000 people have already turned in ballots. cnn s jessica dean is in harrisburg, pennsylvania. jessica, give us a preview of tonight s debate. reporter: well, bianna, you really just outlined how critical this
protect raise up and majorities in both the house and senate. republicans are scheming on how to take at least one of those chambers. taking advantage of these trends that tens of favor the opposition party in the midterms. but brand new polling, from nbc, finds democrats tied with republicans and congressional preference. driven in large part by voter disapproval over the reversal of roe versus wade. president biden s approval rating is at its highest mark in the year. and donald trump s approval rating is at its lowest mark in more than a year. still a red flag for democrats on polling showing that americans favor the party on abortion and health care, by giving republicans all-time high marks on the economy, crime, and immigration. the latter issue having been ghoulish really exploited, this week, by the gop governor of texas, florida, and arizona. they re forced relocation of hispanic migrants from red states to liberal cities, horrifying critics on the left while right