group with the very latest polling numbers with now 48 hours until election day. then, the senate contest that the everybody is watching, two of the most competitive races right here with football great and georgia peach senate candidate herschel walker closing in on his democrat opponent and north carolina senate story y all candidate and current congressman ted budd with closing arguments, coming up live. all of this as desperate democrats get personal and bring out the big guns in the final days to try and convince voters inflation and spiking crime are not really impacting american families after all. herschel walker was a heck of a football player. i mean, some of you are a too young to remember, but in college, he was amazing. one of the best running backs of all tile. all time. but here s the question, does that make him the best person to represent you? they don t care about keeping you safe, they want to keep you scared. and the thing about kathy hochul is sh
happening now, early voting is underway in the critical midterm election battleground state of georgia. we await the start of a high- stakes debate in the governor s race and a dustup in the senate showdown, as well. republican herschel walker s on the defensive for using an honorary sheriff s badge as a political prop. russia intensifies its attacks on civilians, unleashing a swarm of kamikaze drones on the ukrainian capital. i will ask a former cia director, david petraeus, about the u.s. response to this brutal phase of russian president vladimir putin s war. cnn is on the scene with an all-female fighting unit supporting protesting against iran. the battle and why they take it personally. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you are in the situation room. we are hitting a critical stretch for the candidates of both political parties. the final chance to make an impression on voters with early ballots already being cast. natio
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president biden is expected to slam election deniers into a surprise speech tonight. the lead starts right now, six days from the midterms president biden has something to say, adding a prime time speech to his calendar taking on the heightened political climate. as the election rolls in candidates are rolling out their closing message. plus, the plan to rope supreme court clarence thomas into the 2020 election. why a trump lawyer called thomas the only chance to delay the process. and north korea is firing off its longest short-range missiles in one day as cnn also learned the rogue nation is secretly supplying russia with weapons. hello and welcome to the lead. i m brianna keilar in for jake tapper. the countdown is on in our politics lead. just six days left until the votes are counted in the congressional balance of power decided. a brand-new cnn poll suggests republican candidates have the momentum. 51% of likely voters say they ll vote for the republican can