ready to face-off. cnn is live in pennsylvania for the debate showdown between john fetterman and dr. mehmet oz. also tonight, president biden is warning russia that it would be a serious mistake to use a tactical nuclear weapon, vladimir putin raising new fears about his war plans as moscow doubles down on its disputed claim that ukraine is planning to deploy a dirty bomb. and corporate america turns on kanye west for his antis-semitic remarks. we ll take a closer look at the impact as adidas and the gap cut ties with the controversial rapper also known as yay. welcome to the viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re the situation room. let s get straight to the midterm countdown right now. we re just, what, two weeks, two weeks out from election day. candidates in a slew of pivotal contests preparing to clash in high stakes debates tonight with millions of voters already casting their ballots early. cnn congressional correspondent jes
key debates going on in pennsylvania for the senate race, in colorado for the senate race and in michigan, the battle for who will stay in power or be the next governor and in new york, a race that shouldn t even be a race in this overwhelmingly blue state where the empire state contestants right now will have their one and only debate tonight. what a night. what a day. what a next two weeks. welcome. i m neil cavuto. this is your world. a very political world where front and center is the rush to close the deal. typically this favors the party that is out of power. growing signs that it might really favor the party out of power. way too early to say. two weeks can produce a lot of difference results. let s go to harrisburg pennsylvania. bryan llenas has more from pennsylvania. bryan? neil, good afternoon. for one night only, a political debate in pennsylvania. fetterman and oz debating in person for one hour. no tv audience. it will be live no audience, live audience.
state of the union starts right now. two weeks notice. democrats test a new closing midterm message. look what they re offering. maga maga trickle down. reporter: as voters economic concerns grow will they blame democrats on election day? i ll speak exclusively to someone with urgent advice for democrats, independent senator bernie sanders, next. gop agenda. with republicans growing more hopeful about a red wave they are laying out plans for the potential new majority. what would a republican takeover look like? gop congresswoman nancy mace joins me ahead. plus, he got served. president trump is subpoenaed by the january 6 committee. let s see if he lives up to what the law requires of him. capping off a week of legal blows to the former president and his allies. will donald trump comply and what happens if he doesn t? hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is biting our nails watching the races tighten. we are 16 days out from t
we re just 16 days out from the midterm elections. as campaign 22 is hitting the home stretch, democrats are also facing economic headwinds. i am worried about the level of voter turnout, what democrats have got to do is contrast their economic plan with the republicans. elections are about the future. they re about the economy. nobody said we re doing abortion rather than the economy. it s about both. how much is the economy and the rising prices going to impact your vote in november? it s a lot to do with it. because our economy has got you have control. reporter: so the cost of living is just high. exactly, that s the biggest impact. everything s high. you know, rent, you know, gas, food, all of it it s inflated. i m pamela brown and you are live in the cnn newsroom . just 16 days from now, the dust will be settling in the nation s midterm elections, when voters will decide which party they want to control the house and senate. and polls show voter inte
morning to you, todd. we re coming we re putting our pumpkin carving skills to a test with a competition out there. that s the proper way to clean out a pumpkin. that s how it s done. our reigning champ, lawrence jones, will try to he defend his title. he won last year. we brought him in because of that. todd: what is that dance? i don t remember winning it. rachel: yeah, you did. he wins so much, he forgets. todd: what was your approach? i haven t done this before. what mental approach would you take in? i don t remember winning it. they told me i need to defend my belt. i didn t know about it. i remember doing the dance. they put it in the commercial now. [laughter] rachel: when you dance that well, you know. anyway, i m glad you got to see the power tool, cleaning it out. will: rachel s been talking about it all morning long. this is her jam. she wants to help the american people scoop out their pumpkins this holiday season. will: you re dressed like a duke boy. you