last night heated debates across the country the economy, crime, voting rights, now remember here, the senate is split 50-50 so every competitive race is crucial. cnn s political correspondent abby phillips joins us now. the senate and the big picture here. yeah, victor and erica, look, this is going to be a very close midterm cycle and every single race counts, here s why, take a look at where the balance of power stands here in the senate in terms of these are the races that are competitive in this cycle, look over here, just three seats, three seats are rated ass to-ups, that mean that are favored democrats likely to be in the democrat column or lean democratic and 20 are leaning toward the republican column likely or solidly republican and that s why you re seeing such focus on just a few of these races, let s talk about some of them, these are the three cnn rates as our toss-ups in the senate. the georgia race, incumbent senator raphael warnock going up against hersc
Tonight, knowing that robert card its no longer a threat to anyone. I know there are some people many people who share that sentiment, but i also know that his death may not bring solace to many. But now is a time to heal. And with this search concluded, i know that Law Enforcement continues to fully investigate all the facts, so we can bring what closure we can to the victims and their families. All 18 victims in wednesdays attack have now been identified. I want to begin with nbcs kathy park, who is at the Press Conference in lewiston tonight. Kathy, thank you for being there. When else you hear from officials . And how are you . This had to be an extraordinary few days. Yeah, and an extraordinary 12 hours, to be quite frank with you, stephanie. So, at 10 00 this morning we got an update as to how Law Enforcement was going to move forward with their investigation. They talked about the law Police Presence in the lisbon area, the boat launch in that area, that is where the suspect aba
sentiment, but i also know that his death may not bring solace. to many. but now is a time to heal and with this search concluded, i know that law enforcement continues to fully investigate all the facts so we can bring what closure we can to the victims and their families. all 18 victims in wednesday s attack have now been identified. i want to begin with nbc s kathy park who was at the conference in lewiston. cathy, thank you for being. they re what else did we hear from officials, and how are you? this had to be an extraordinary few days. yeah, and an extraordinary 12 hours to be quite frank with you stephanie. so at 10:00 this morning we got an update as to how long enforcement was going to move forward with their investigation. they talked about the large police presence in the lisbon area, the boat launch in that area, that is where the suspect abandoned vehicle was located, and that s why they decided to ramp up the activity there, and then at 5:00 this evening, ju
i think i know what he was trying to say there yeah, you hear what he s trying to get to. didn t probably land the way he intended it to. yeah, all right. we ll update you on tom brady again tomorrow. let s go to newark now. a real life version of snakes on a plane. oh, god. a passenger i really want to do the sam jackson line, but i want to keep this job. flight from tampa told our cnn affiliate the business class passenger start ed shrieking as the flight was tax siing. i would have been screaming bloody murder. the garden snake slithering around the plane was the reason. oh it s my worst nightmare. police and operation employees removed the snake. no one yuz inwas injured. plane operations were not impacted. i m not a snake person. really? no, no.