top of the hour here on cnn newsroom. the countdown continues to the midterms. 22 days left until election day determining who will control congress, and a new poll from the new york times shows that republicans have a slight edge here. 49% of likely voters say that they plan to back the republican candidate for their house district compared to 45% for democrats. now this poll also found it combined 44% of likely voters are most worried about the economy or inflation. now today, early voting begins in the battleground of georgia. and the race for senate there, one of the tightest in the nation, democratic incumbent raphael warnock casting his ballot you see there. there s also a new twist there in the drama engulfing his republican rival herschel walker who s been denying allegations he paid for an abortion for his ex-girlfriend years ago. well, today walker confirmed the check in question was, in fact, his, but then doubled down the denials in terms of what it was fo
obtained by cnn suggest otherwise. cnn s sam kiley has more on a potential diplomatic breakthrough in an attempt to avoid a nuclear disaster. here s more from sam. yes, it could be seen as some kind of diplomatic breakthrough that the russian president has endorsed the idea that the international atomic energy authority, the body responsible for inindividuallating, if you like, nuclear power stations around the world, should be allowed to go to the zaporizhzhia nuclear power station and check it out, and install and reinstall the monitoring systems. the fact of the matter, though, is that this is a repeated russian offer and amidst a russian rejection of the international community s demands that they demilitarize the nuclear power station and the town around it. the reason the international community wants to see that is that this has been the locus of fighting. it s effectively on the front line. we know for an absolute fact, jim, that there are missiles being fired out o
didn t know last week, at the beginning of last week, but these two words don t appear in almost all of the coverage of what is happening at the secret service. the two words are, james marie. james murray is the person who donald trump appointed director of the secret service, when donald trump knew he was going to need the secret service for a lot more then protecting him from death threats. when donald trump made james murray head of the secret service, donald trump knew he was going to need the secret service to help him hold on to the presidency. we will be talking about other things in this hour, you will hear from stacey amen, when she joins us, about the ban on abortion in georgia. which went into effect today. you will hear what happened in the steve bannon trial today. one federal prosecutors confidently rested their case after presenting just to technical witnesses, and you will see and hear, the mother of the mass murderer in uvalde texas, who was confronted by ot
from death threats. when donald trump made james murray head of the secret service, donald trump knew he was going to need the secret service to help him hold on to the presidency. we will be talking about other things in this hour, you will hear from stacey amen, when she joins us, about the ban on abortion in georgia. which went into effect today. you will hear what happened in the steve bannon trial today. when federal prosecutors confidently rested their case after presenting just two technical witnesses, and you will see and hear, the mother of the mass murderer in uvalde texas, who was confronted by other mothers, today, mothers of the murdered children. telemundo captured that confrontation on video and we will present it later in the hour. but we begin tonight with james murray. the director of the secret service who has remained in that position during the biden administration, even though he was appointed by donald trump. the first director of the secret service app
the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, president biden has started trying to convince voters that a much-needed victory for his agenda is a win for them as well. the senate approving the democrats flagship economic package. let s go to our chief white house correspondent, kaitlin collins. final passage is expected in the house of representatives later this week. it will be a very big moment for the president. reporter: it absolutely will, wolf, because it s been a very tough few months for this white house. so this is a welcome change of pace for many of the officials, including president biden as they are now cruising into what appears to be the passage of this major piece of legislation. you re right, going to the house later this week and then the white house hopes on to president biden s desk for his signature. while the bill is very different from what democrats were negotiating over just last summer, wolf, it is still something that is we