live pictures right now to pittsburgh, pennsylvania. you are looking at the state s second lady, gisele, fetterman. she is speaking now, stumping for her husband in a very tightly watched race right now. much later you will also see and hear from the former president barack obama who will be stumping for fetterman in pittsburgh. we ll keep an eye on the races there in that state. so it is the final weekend before midterm elections and candidates are hitting the trails hard to get their last messages out to voters. one of the most closely divided states, biden flipped wisconsin blue in 2020 by less than a point after trump marnarrowly w the state in 2016 and now the pressure is on for republican senator ron johnson and democratic governor tony evers,
line. one thing in addition to the house and senate, the white house has been focusing on these democratic governor seats across the country as those governors would be key to enacting so much of the president s agenda. all right. we ll keep tabs with you as you travel with the president there. thank you. don t forget on election night join cnn for special coverage starting tuesday at 4:00 p.m. eastern time. we will have up-to-the-minute results on what s happening all across the country, particularly in the key races, in your state and around the country. still ahead, we re live in georgia where the race for u.s. senate could determine the balance of power in washington. republican herschel walker and democrat raphael warnock holding rallies this hour. we ll take you there straight ahead. plus, search and rescue efforts underway after multiple tornados swept across three states overnight. the latest on the severe storms we re watching next. new dove body wash withth microbiome
both running competitive re-election campaigns. cnn s omar jimenez is joining me live from the campaign trail in wisconsin. so, omar, what are you seeing out there today? reporter: well, one, we have been just about all over this state, and there is a constant joke that elections here in wisconsin are close. i have a feeling come three days from now that joke is going to become a reality here in wisconsin. both of these candidates at the senate level, ron johnson and lieutenant governor mandela barnes have been hitting the streets to try to secure as many last-minute votes or at least as many last-minute commitments to votes as they can because the margins are likely going to be that close. we just finished up a canvassing event here for lieutenant governor mandela barnes where supporters along with volunteers launched out into the neighborhoods to knock on some of those doors. i mentioned they are on the final stretch bus tours. earlier this week senator ron johnson, we caught up wi
in a town called cronin, wisconsin, we are learning about a lot of places here in the state of wisconsin, while we were there he was asked point blank if he would accept the result of tuesday s elections an didn t say yes. instead, he said i sure hope i can. i don t know what the democrats will have planned. he didn t elaborate what he meant by that in particular. part of what he alluded to in that answer was a case out of nearby milwaukee here where a now former election official was criminally charged after she allegedly obtained military ballots for fake voters and sent them to a republican state lawmaker allegedly because she wanted to prove a point. now, many people jumped on that say, look, here s fraud, it s happening, while the wisconsin election commission, which is the state election body here, said, holt on a second. the system worked as should have. it caught an attempt like this and, of course, they emphasize that the november 8th election was affected in no way.
in both respective parties and then they are both after these pennsylvania swing voters, independents, people who are willing to vote for different parties and that happens here in pennsylvania. they ve got a lot of independent and swing voters. both candidates are looking for any edge they can possibly get and they are certainly hoping that these last-minute rallies are going to fire up the base and get them where they want to go. one more thing to keep in mind as we head into the next couple of days. both candidates heading back to the suburbs of philadelphia. that s where a lot of those independent voters are. keep an eye on that ln election night. that will be very pivotal for both these campaigns. we will check back with you throughout the day. a busy state today. all right. so for more on this very important race in pennsylvania let s turn to john, the editor-in-chief for the pennsylvania capitol star. so good so see you. so we are seeing a lot of presidential firepower in your