thank you for getting up way too early on this friday morning. morning joe starts right now. there s too much political violence. there s too much intimidation. there are more than 300 election deniers on the republican tickets this year for state, federal, and local government. i mean, this is really serious stuff. if a republican nominee for governor in the state of wisconsin wins, here s what he said. he said, if i win, my party will never lose another election in wisconsin. he s either a prophet or he plans on doing something about election law. that was presidential joe biden in california last night. the latest stop in his jam-packed campaign schedule in the final days before the midterms. meanwhile, big name democrats are out on the trail in traditionally blue areas in concerns that gop messaging on crime could flip what were thought to be safe seats. plus, one of donald trump s most loyal supporters calls him out over a huge stash of campaign cash. those comme
this is no way for us to live, and it is not acceptable. police say they arrested 19-year-old ezekiel kelly after a high-speed chase. the memphis mayor says the suspect was previously charged with criminal attempted first-degree murder, pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of aggravated assault in april of 2021. he was sentenced to three years, but only served 11 months in prison before being released in march. let s go to cnn s gary tuchman live in memphis, tennessee, with the latest. gary, what can you tell us? reporter: well, brianna, and john, it was a night that terrorized and paralyzed the people who live here in the city of memphis and the surrounding area. the 19-year-old ezekiel kelly is in this jail behind me in downtown memphis. we are actually standing on street doing live reports about another story we were here for, a teacher who was kidnapped on friday, her body was found monday, and we saw police cars racing up and down the street with lights and we reali
we know consumers switch to store brands, switching to smaller items that doesn t cost as much, a smaller bottle of ketchup. nathaniel myersohn, thank you. i m christine romans. thanks for joining us. cnn this morning starts right now. your this year we are. this year i hope you ll make the future of our democracy an important part of your decision to vote and how you vote. good morning, everyone. welcome to the program, i m don lemon alongside poppy harlow and kaitlan collins. can i say good morning. good morning. this is down to the wire. yeah. this is for all the marbles pretty soon in just a couple days. it s notable that is the speech president biden chose closing the race in the final few days. that was president joe biden putting democracy front and center and warning of the dangers of election deniers. the question is, is this the right closing argument for his party? better be. former president trump returns he will make his closing pitch to vot
top of the hour. i m jim sciutto. crucial midterm elections less than a week away and president biden sounding at alarm, warning that democracy itself is on the ballot next week highlighting the threat from election deniers. today biden made two notable appearances. campaigning in new mexico and california. other big names on the trail, vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump. he s stumping across several states in the final days of the race hitting iowa, ohio and florida. however, it is pennsylvania that is gaining a lot of attention from several surrogates. a hotly contested race there could determine the balance of power in the senate, a once healthy lead for john fetterman lead has now narrowed with polling showing just a slight edge over mehmet oz. our reporters and correspondents are at the white house and on the trail ahead of the midterms. let let s begin at the white house with m.j. lee. this is a closing message ahead of the mid terps. it was
we ve called on the dprk to refrain from further provocations and engage in a sustained and substantive dialogue. this is something we ve proposed going back many months. if they continue going down this road, it will only increase the condemnation, increase the isolation, increase the steps that are taken in response to their actions. let s go live to cnn s paula hancocks in south korea for us. another missile launch overnight. what do we know about this strike group being moved into the waters between japan and the korean peninsula? reporter: well, christine, the information we are getting at this point is coming from the joint chiefs of staff here in south korea. they say that the u.s.s. ronald regan is back in korean waters and has been carrying out naval drills with the south korean and japanese destroyer this afternoon, this thursday. now it was just last week when there were naval drills which angered pyongyang and they are now back in the waters just up the east