hillary clinton, even donald trump. five days out from election day and the political heavy hitters are out in force. the major issues they say you should keep in mind, as more americans head to the polls. plus, setting expectations as the votes come in. why we may not know results on election night. and a biden we don t often hear from, dishing on her anger? hunter biden s struggle with substance abuse and donald trump. welcome to the lead. it is the final countdown. the midterm elections now just five days away. more than 30 million voters have already cast their ballots. today s campaign trail features a splashy lineup of political heavy hitters. president biden stumping in new mexico and california. former president trump on the trail in iowa. and vice president kamala harris with former secretary of state and presidential candidate hillary clinton, trying to boost democrats in new york. clinton slammed republicans on cnn this morning, saying it s, quote, frankly di
west this hour, building on his newest warning to voters that democracy is on the ballot. also ahead for you tonight, a new revelation about the man charged in the attack on the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi. immigration officials disclosing he was in the u.s. illegally and may face deportation. and ukrainian officials fear russia is playing a dangerous trick in kherson as moscow signals a withdrawal from the embattled city. so is it a retreat or a trap? welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m pamela brown, and you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, candidates from both parties in an all-out sprint before election day. with just five days of campaigning to go, cnn reporters and correspondents are covering the key races in all the major battlegrounds across the country. i want to start tonight in albuquerque, new mexico with cnn s arlette saenz. so arlette, you re traveling with president bide
sounding the alarm along florida s west coast. people are urged to get out of florida s way. tampa s mayor tells residents if you can leave, just leave now. officials say the tampa region could see a storm of a lifetime. more than 15 million people are expected to feel the impact of ewh e ian when it arrives. 115 hour with the winds and could cause life-threatening storm surge, and storm surge is the biggest concern right now. so far ahead of the storm, the hospital in st. petersburg suspended service, transported patients, schooled and universities closed, at least three cruise lines re-routed passengers. the tampa bay airport will suspend operations at 5:00 p.m. today and nasa moved the artemis rocket back to the hangar for trekz. look at this video showing a steady stream of traffic leaving the tampa bay area monday night heading inland to safety. people hunkering down as well, though. the storm perhaps testing their patience. one tampa resident waited three hours to get
strategy there a mime carley shimkus. the average gallon of gas in the united states picking up $0.30 and that is not good for you are the democratic party desperately trying to win elections is november appearance of the president will release 10 million more barrels from our strategic petroleum reserve just one day after his press secretary said he would not. todd: may be kevin corke gives to the bottom of this and he is live in washington with more, kevin. so much to get to, now, the white house is accusing opec of saddling up to russia. in the precious, they are hurting the global economy by rg oil production as currently mentioned. they are ignoring the presidents police by cutting 2 million barrels of oil production a day. the president says he plans to release more oil for the strategic reserves here in the states upwards of 10 million barrels in november. however, that is just a drop in the bucket, say critics because the u.s. uses 20 million barrels of petroleum
it isn t just because opec plans to cut oil production. more on the refinery issues in the u.s. that are also contributing. and what we just heard from the president. also this morning, we re following the growing scrutiny of hershel walker scrambling to respond to another bombshell just 33 days out from the midterms. the daily beast reports that the staunchly antiabortion former football star not only urged a woman to have an abortion in 2009, but he also had a child with her, casting doubt on his insistence that he doesn t know who she is. it s a story nbc news has not confirmed and one that walker is also denying saying overnight, quote, there s no truth to this or any other daily beast report. now he s out with a brand-new ad about his mental health battle. we ll talk about that and the rest of the story with the daily beast reporter who broke it all. that s where we start today. yamiche alcindor is in georgia. also joining us, the daily beast reporter who broke the sto