tonight. there s new cnn polling of likely voting in two key senate races in wisconsin and pennsylvania. wisconsin showing no clear leader in the showdown between incumbent republican ron johnson and democrat mandela barnes. pennsylvania with document lieutenant governor fetterman narrowly ahead of mehmet oz. we learned late today that former president obama will be campaigning there along with president biden on the final weekend before election day. a party official familiar with the planning telling cnn they ve got appearances scheduled for pittsburgh and philadelphia with the possibility of adding more. early voting is under way there and in 38 other states. so far turnout has been heavy on pace with the record 2018 midterms with nearly 7.3 million ballots already cast. with it, we ve already seen multiple reports of voter intimidation, including two armed men dressed in tactical gear sported at a ballot drop box in mesa, arizona, friday night. attorney general merrick ga
good morning. buenos dias and welcome to cnn this morning, saturday, january 14th. i m boris sanchez or as amara called me earlier, sorbi. i think i said sorez. close enough. i like that better. sounds like a dinosaur. a mixture of sorry and boris. are you my boris saurus, sound like a dinosaur. welcome, everyone. thanks for being with us. appreciate your starting your morning with us. great to be with you as always. we begin in the southeastern united states where recovery efforts are under way after severe storms killed at least nine people thursday night in alabama and georgia. at least 37 tornadoes were reported with one twister wrecking parts of selma, alabama, a historic american city known for its role in the civil rights movement. seven of those confirmed fatalities were in neighboring atauga county, alabama, where the storm caused widespread damage to homes and businesses. it was scary, and i thought about you said it was coming, and we just didn t know exa
working to combat asian hate, go to cnnheroes.com. good morning, everyone. welcome to new day. i m amara walker. good morning, amara. i m boris sanchez. we have new video on what happened on january 6th including chilling conversation between nancy pelosi and vice president mike pence. new details about the shooting in south carolina. what we re learning about the victims and the potential charges the shooter could face. and we re going to take you inside the battle of kherson in ukraine, a fight that could be critical to the ukrainian counteroffensive. and ian s devastation on full dissplay on florida s farms. the impact that the storm is having on the state s citrus crops and the families who depend on it. welcome to the weekend. good morning. we are so grateful to have you this saturday, october 15th. great to start it with you as well, amara. we re right in the middle of october. 16 days until halloween. looking forward to it. always good to be with you,
top of the hour. i m jim sciutto. crucial midterm elections less than a week away and president biden sounding at alarm, warning that democracy itself is on the ballot next week highlighting the threat from election deniers. today biden made two notable appearances. campaigning in new mexico and california. other big names on the trail, vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump. he s stumping across several states in the final days of the race hitting iowa, ohio and florida. however, it is pennsylvania that is gaining a lot of attention from several surrogates. a hotly contested race there could determine the balance of power in the senate, a once healthy lead for john fetterman lead has now narrowed with polling showing just a slight edge over mehmet oz. our reporters and correspondents are at the white house and on the trail ahead of the midterms. let let s begin at the white house with m.j. lee. this is a closing message ahead of the mid terps. it was
according to u.s. intelligence the missile tests do not pose an immediate threat to the united states. let s go to seoul and bring in paula hancock. give us the latest. reporter: john we re hearing here from the south korean side that the u.s.s. ronald reagan is off the east coast, carrying off navy drills as north korea fires yet more missiles. as north korea continues to break its own missile launch record. south korea says trilateral naval exercises are back in the water. holding drills to track and intercept missiles, a response to the north s launches. american aircraft carriers cruising around, pretty much nothing. it will probably make some people in the united states and republic of korea happier. but it will have zero impact on north korea s behavior and decision making. reporter: north korea blamed the flurry on the u.s. calling them counter measures against last week s naval drills. it will increase the condemnation, isolation, increase the steps that are