can buy milk. prices for food, clothing, houses and more jumped sharply. i bought a sandwich at one point, not even a fancy shop, it was $22. driven by lingering pandemic supply issues, stronger manned, and perhaps some price gouging to. it has hit every american at some point, whether is you personally or someone you know. worst constant reminder, gas prices. the nationwide average for a gallon climbed over $5 at one point, a new record. filling up my suv sometimes cost over $100. that s part? some parts of the economy that were just coming, unemployment very low. wages, up, significantly for the first time in a very long time. so, is a recession coming? i think it s a different no. if you listen to a lot of the economists. i don t even care if there s a recession coming. it already feels like we are in a recession. despite topping 1 million deaths in the u.s., the covid pandemic brought some good news. more than 80% of all americans have now received
live in concrete cells with no bathrooms. this as cnn gets access to evidence that putin doesn t want anyone to see. plus, it s debate night in america, one of the most highly anticipated face-offs of the year. fetterman versus oz. how much will fetterman s health be front and center this evening? we have new reporting from both camps. and where is former chinese president hu jintao. video that appears to be russian soldiers banished to a dark con concrete cellar for refusing to go to the front line in ukraine. you can see soldiers dressed in russian military fatigues, packed into a small windowless room. that s why there is not much light there. one of them explains how they re being treated. listen to it. translator: well, here we are. they arrested us. this is october 2nd, 22. we are part of the third battalion of the 488th motorized rifle regiment. we were arrested for refusing to follow orders. yes, refusing to follow orders. they sent us to a basement of a militar
top of the hour, i m erica hill. good to have you with us this morning. election day, two weeks away exactly. today there is a major focus on pennsylvania. voters gearing up for a key senate debate tonight. republican mehmet oz and john fetterman will face off in the first and only debate. this is a new poll showing fetterman leading with a narrow margin. we re on the ground in harrisburg with a preview of tonight s debate. plus overnight in florida, governor ron desantis vying to keep his job facing off against challenger charlie crist in their debate, the two trading barbs, insults, on a number of topics. charlie crist will join me in just a moment. but let s begin with what is expected to be the fiery debate tonight in pennsylvania. jessica dean is on the trail in harrisburg. and it is important, this is the only debate for voters between oz and fetterman. what are we expecting them to tackle tonight in addition to the expected fireworks? right. well we re going to see
the fake elector scheme. then there is the foam pillow guy, mike. for lindell, pillow talk involves subverting democracy and subverting the will of the american people. like other trump associates in the weeks following don t trump s boston 2020 election, he crisscrossed the country spreading the big lie and other this information. just days after the violent insurrection at the capitol, he was spotted coming out of the white house holding a stack of notes about martial law. like his fellows, his anti-democratic claims are all fluff, no substance. this week, he revealed while in line at a harvey s drive-through fbi agents served him a warrant and seized his phone as a part of its investigation. here is why you should sleep on the story, the last primaries took place on tuesday, which means november s general elections are now set. this november, election deniers will be on the ballot in 27 states with dozens running for top positions like secretary of state, attorney general,
of power to subvert the will of the american people. our democracy is being tested and strained time and time again, so i m sure doesn t shock you to hear that according to a new nbc news poll, voters actually ranked threats to democracy as the most important issue facing the country today. and while that fear is warranted, democracy and justice have racked up some notable winds lately. in defiance of his long held nickname, teflon don, donald trump has found himself backed into a legal corner in recent weeks, facing mounting re-legal peril on three important france. in new york, the states attorney general has filed a civil lawsuit, accusing trump and trump of massive fraud. in georgia, the district county seems to be closing in on trump and his efforts to subvert the 2020 election there. and the department of justice investigation into classified documents, stored at mar-a-lago, secured a major win this week and a federal appeals court granted their request to resume re