and as one of the world s biggest esport gaming competitions comes to an end in san francisco, we ll hear from the woman in charge of league of legends. the crucial midterm elections in the us, which will decide which party controls congress, are just three days away. ahead of the vote, the biggest names in us politics three presidents, the incumbent joe biden, barack obama and donald trump are campaigning in the key battleground state of pennsylvania, hoping to tip the balance in a closely contested race. let s give you a flavour of the situation confronting both barack obama and joe blyton, because this is where democrat campaigners and supporters had gathered at their waiting to hear from their presidents past and present, of course. so soon as they come to the stage, we will bring that into you. barack obama has already been making his mark in pennsylvania, he was supporting the democrat senate candidate in pittsburgh and he was saying that only the democrats had an a
top of the hour here on cnn newsroom. the countdown continues to the midterms. 22 days left until election day determining who will control congress, and a new poll from the new york times shows that republicans have a slight edge here. 49% of likely voters say that they plan to back the republican candidate for their house district compared to 45% for democrats. now this poll also found it combined 44% of likely voters are most worried about the economy or inflation. now today, early voting begins in the battleground of georgia. and the race for senate there, one of the tightest in the nation, democratic incumbent raphael warnock casting his ballot you see there. there s also a new twist there in the drama engulfing his republican rival herschel walker who s been denying allegations he paid for an abortion for his ex-girlfriend years ago. well, today walker confirmed the check in question was, in fact, his, but then doubled down the denials in terms of what it was fo
are in pennsylvania, aishah hasnie in georgia and alexis mcadams is following the new york governor s race. first to rich edson live for us in pittsburgh. rich. reporter: good evening, jon. well, i guess western pennsylvania s going to have to be big enough for two former prime ministers. first it was former president obama, now 40 miles away and about an hour from now you re going to get former president trump. he will be campaigning in latrobe, pennsylvania, for a number of republican candidates including dr. mehmet oz who s running for senate and doug mastriano who s running for governor here. he has supported oz since the republican primary. he was the one, the former president, babbed in that backed in that primary in mayment. oz has trained his campaign on crime and inflation. mortgage rates are through the roof. couples all over the commonwealth, new families are worried about crime in their communities, and they re worried about fentanyl in their mailboxes. it d
we re back to president biden giving an update on the student loan forgiveness program. he will be speaking at that podium right there. we ll go there when he begins. first, candidates in some of the most crucial races of these midterms are starting to debate in a few hours. in georgia, brian kemp squares off with his democrat opponent stacey abrams for the first time in the gubernatorial rematch and what they will be telling voters. what will happen there in the first big election cycle since donald trump allegedly tried to overturn the 2020 election in that state. we have a report on what election officials are doing to stress test new security features meant to protect the process. and the senate race is tight in ohio, republican jd vance and congressman tim ryan will debate for the second time and what voters tell us they re looking to hear from the two men. and where it all stands, new numbers out today shows a lot has changed in the last month. can we trust those number
are they going to roll over or say republicans are cheating white wing extremists literal i have a plan to steal the next presidential election they are not making a secret of it. the right wing control supreme court may be poised to rule on giving state legislatures, yes, you heard me that correctly. state legislatures the power to overturn presidential elections. just think, if that happens, the 2024 presidential election could be decided not by the popular vote, or even by the ache critical condition chauvinistic electoral college but by state legislatures. many of them republican controlled. jesse: hillary thinks the supreme court is going to dump the electoral college. that s not going to happen. democrats are getting into their bag of tricks a little too early here. usually you lose and then you claim you got cheated. hillary is premature election denying. bill doesn t have that problem. so, where s the media? this makes three elections that hillary says has been 1208