erica hill. a critical night of debates, candidates making their final push just 13 days to go until election day. in pennsylvania one of the most crucial senate races this year, the first and only debate between democrat john fetterman and republican mehmet oz. the two sparring on a number of topics. it was fetterman s health, though, that s really controlling the headlines this morning. fetterman of course is still recovering from a stroke he suffered in may. he did struggle at times during the debate. we are going to take a closer look. plus, a crime of major a he can focus in new york where kathy hochul faced off with lee zeldin. the two exchanging bashsrbs ove abortion rights and the 2020 election. hochul s lead is shrinking. we will break down all the headlines from last night s debate. let s begin with cnn congressional correspondent jessica dean who is in harrisburg, pennsylvania, this morning. jessica, john fetterman s health was a major focus before the debate las
the lead starts right now. the day after the heated debate in pennsylvania, how john fetterman struggles after a stroke going over with voters plus the new ad attacking mehmet oz and his awkward answer on abortion rights. they got him therapy, tried to take his gun. still, it was not enough. a family s actions before a gunman s rampage in a school with a rifle and 600 rounds of ammunition. plus, new protests in iran mark 40 days since a woman died in police custody accused of violating the country s dress code. could this be the start of a revolution? welcome to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper. a new report in our politics lead. a second woman claimed that herschel walker of georgia pressured her to get an abortion. she s not revealing her identity out of fear of reprisal, she says. her attorney, gloria allred, helped lay out her claims a short time ago. eva, what are we learning here? reporter: we are getting incredible detail from this woman who says sh
kennedy and the cuban missile crisis, i don t think there s anything as the ability of using a nuclear tact cal weapon and not end up with armageddon. this is stark language and comes as the u.s. considers how to respond to a range of potential scenarios. let s bring in white house correspondent jeremy diamond for more. reporter: u.s. officials say there s been no change in russia s nuclear posture. one senior u.s. official telling cnn that the u.s. didn t detect anything yesterday that would indicate an escalation in russia s nuclear posture, that s why it s striking to hear the language that president biden used last night talking about the prospect of armageddon should putin use nuclear weapons and making clear he doesn t believe the russian leader is bluffing. here s a snippet of the president s comments from the fund-raiser in new york last night, off camera. saying, quote, we have a guy i know fairly well within he s not joking when he talks about potential use of t
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.
it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m pamela brown, and we begin the hour with a travel nightmare. thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed across the country today. the hardest hit, southwest airlines, which has scrapped more than 60% of its flights. take a look here. these are some of the long lines of southwest passengers in raleigh, atlanta, and denver airports. in a statement to cnn, southwest airlines said it is, quote, experiencing disruptions across our network as a result of the winter storm s lingering effects on the totality of our operations. carlos suarez is on the southwest side of the terminal. what are you seeing? what are you hearing from passengers? reporter: well, pamela, i m hearing a great deal of frustration from a good number of passengers who are stranded, and are flying southwest airlines or at least they were hoping to today. the airport here in atlanta has seen well over 200 canceled flights and a majority of those flights have