wisconsin showing no clear leader in the democrat mandela barnes. pennsylvania with democratic lieutenant governor john fetterman, very narrowly ahead of dr. mehmet oz, just outside the margin of error. time to square the importance of this day, we learned today that former president obama will be campaigning their final weekend before election day. party officials familiar with the planning telling cnn they ve got appearances scheduled for pittsburgh and philadelphia with the possibility of having more. early voting is underway there, and 38 other states. so, far turnout has been heavy 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 spotted about a drop box in mesa, arizona, friday night. attorney general merrick garland was asked about it this afternoon. to prevent, to guarantee a free and fair vote by everyone was qualified to vote. and
i m christine romans. new day starts right now . two weeks from today. the midterm elections. brace yourself. i m john berman with brianna keilar. the race for control of the senate looks to be tight. new cnn polling shows democrat john fetterman with a slight edge over republican mehmet oz in pennsylvania. and in wisconsin ron johnson, democratic challenger men della barnes basically even. inflation the top issue. followed by abortion rights. early voting in that state begins today. in pennsylvania 44% of likely voters sight the economy. and more on debates in a moment. tonight in new york, a highly anticipated debate between incumbent democratic governor kathy hochul and republican challenge lee zeldin. zeldin made crime the focus of his campaign. and last night desantis and crist going toe-to-toe on abortion. and theian going poulter wars and may have his eye on the white house refusing to commit all four years if he wins the election. according to a top official,
an epic battle for control of congress is heading into the final stretch tonight. with only two weeks until election day and miles to go for the candidates out there on the campaign trail. let s get right toe hottest battlegrounds. pennsylvania. where the senate race could be decisive for democrats. cnn s chief national affairs correspondent is there for us. on the eve of a critical debate, all eyes are on pennsylvania. in the fight for control of the senate. as democratic john fetterman and republican, mehmet oz, share a stage for the first time. a new cnn poll shows fetterman with a narrow edge. 51 to 45%. just outside the surveys margin of error, as oz works to boost his campaign two weeks before election day. the race to fill the seat of retiring republican senator, pam toomey, has played out as a bitter, long distance duel with a sharp focus on fetterman s recovery from a near deadly stroke in may. it s the elephant in the room. having a stroke. at a weekend campai
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working with fbi officials since mid-may, combing through classified documents taken from mar-a-lago back in january. that s, remember, when trump s team turned those over, as they work to determine potential risk to high level sources and methods. there s been a significant departure from secret service. onato is out, he left the secret service to become deputy chief of staff to president trump. let s let s talk about the latest filing, doj expected to file a lengthy response to trump s request. what more do we know about it and what do we expect to be in it? reporter: today is the deadline for the department of justice to file their brief in response to trump s request for special master, a third party person who would review the material seized from mar-a-lago. doj says they want to be able to take 40 pages to response bec respond because they say they need more room to respond to trump s factual and legal issues. this is all teeing up for the hearing on thursday in we