under way, jury selection in the manhattan s district attorney s case set to begin this hour. while former president donald trump has not been personally indicted the trial could impact the future of his business empire. we re live outside the courthouse. across the u.s. rsv infections spreading in children and that is also sparking concern about what the rapid spread of this virus could mean for the weeks and the months ahead. cases now reaching a two-year peak sending more kids to the hospital, in fact, three quarters of pediatric hospital beds now in use across the country. and in the uk a possible new prime minister today. this hour the candidates to replace liz truss will be announced. do either former finance minister rishi sunak or house of commons leader penny mordaunt have the 100 needed nomination their conservative party nominators. we are live in downing street. here in new york the manhattan district attorney s tax fraud trial against the trump organization
minister and a wake-up call for america s schools, how far behind kids have actually fallen during this pandemic. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. it is 15 days to election day and the numbers show there has been a surge in early voting so far. already 7.3 million americans in 39 states have cast their ballot. another state, florida, is kicking off early voting as we speak. today. that state is also set for a very big debate tonight between ron desantis and his democratic challenger charlie crist. this is the first and only debate of the campaign. so let s get started in florida. cnn steve canner is in florida. what are people expecting with this big debate tonight. the takes tonight could not be higher. 1.2 million people have already voted by mail in florida. that is almost half as many as we saw four years ago for the entire election or as you said early voting starts today and this is the only debate so the states
joining us. i m ana cabrera in new york. fighting for every last vote. more than two weeks from now americans will hit the polls and minutes from now president biden will hit his wins in office but is it enough to keep democrats in power? the president is about to speak to the democratic national committee headquarters. the plan, rev up staffers and talk about the economic agenda. gas prices dropping. here is what he s contending with, inflation still crushing americans out pacing wage growth and mortgage rates have more than doubled. today s speech comes as the latest polling shows voters trust republicans more on the economy right now. cnn phil mattingly is at the white house. why does the president need to rev up democrats at the dnc? reporter: ana, this is as hu much a tradition that should tell you we re close to election day as anything else. when the principle whether the president or the senator, wherever the candidate visiting staffers to rally them to get them goi
well, it is the top of the hour at cnn newsroom. 15 days now until election day and candidates are out battling for every ballot. in the florida governor s race, democrat charlie crist hopes tonight s debate will help shift the momentum as he tries to unseat ron desantis. in pennsylvania, there s a debate tomorrow in the much tighter senate race there. polls show the democrat john fetterman has a small lead over his republican rival, mehmet oz. nearly 7.3 million americans have already cast a ballot in 39 states with the early vote turnout in the battleground, georgia breaking records. cnn has just released new poll averages showing just how tight the race for senate is in critical swing states of pennsylvania and wisconsin. president biden just made another pitch to voters coming up on november 8th. that s the midterm election day. he just spoke at democratic party headquarters in d.c. to make his closing argument. cnn s senior white house correspondent phil mattin
he plays the piano, keyboard and guitar. he will be here for our all summer american concert series. brian: wonder if he can play all those instruments. steve: he has been here a couple of times. welcome back. this year we have the addition of the mclemores from masterbuilt. they are out on the square, fox square making us breakfast. there is john jr. john, what are you making today? steve, we are making some burnt end reversed cedar wings. we actually did this for super bowl with you guys. we are spicing it up a little bit for good afternoon mcgraw and the all-american summer concert series. we have got a triple threat sauce. it is a smoked wing, bring it up to temp, 225 degrees for about 45 minutes. and then we have a pineapple chipotle, barbecue. i will show you the absolutely beauty shop. what was that those are the wings? those are the wings, and this is the results that you get right here. it is a perfect, crispy, burnt end wings. what we got for the all-ameri