guilty verdict. signed by the forelady, 3/2/23. we had no doubt that we had a chance to present our case in a court of law they would see through the one last con that alex murdaugh was trying to pull and they did and we are so grateful for that. prosecution team in south carolina feeling good this morning. they got that verdict in just about three hours. now we are waiting for them to be back in the courtroom this morning because the sentencing hearing will be underway. good morning. alex murdaugh has been found guilty on all counts in the double monitored of his own wife and son. we will find out if he is going to get life in prison. the attorney general is going to join us lufb as the judge is preparing to sentence murdaugh. emotions high in east palestine east palestine last night demanding to be relocated after last month s toxic train derailment. two families brought together by tragedy. the parents of television journalist and 9-year-old girl killed in last wee
campaigning in chicago while governor ron desantis is speaking in florida after months of rallies and handshake lines and fundraising evens, candidates are no longer in a marathon. this is now a sprint. control of congress hangs in the balance. senate could be decided by three key tossup rates here in georgia and nevada and pennsylvania. there are other crucial swing states in play. but the importance of pennsylvania was on full display this weekend as three presidents past and present stumped for party nominees in that state. more than 40 million people have already cast their ballots outpacing early voting in 2018. let s take you to new york and florida where president biden will land soon to headline a rally and donald trump will be speaking in about an hour from now. jeremy diamond is in jonkers with the president. but let s start with kristin holmes in miami. the rally there is competing with events starring governor ron desantis. a one-time trump ally and a potential ch
we have a 50/50 split in the u.s. senate with kamala harris breaking the tie. one seat shift could make the difference in the world. what are key states that we re watching? here are key senate races we re watching. we have wisconsin. we have georgia. we have pennsylvania. we have nevada. we have arizona. not only here and we have new hampshire. let s dive in and get an understanding of a key state. pennsylvania, the commonwealth of pennsylvania. look how tight the polling is th there. john fetterman at 47% and mehmet oz at 47% and to give you an understanding how important the pennsylvania senate race is. the democrat s chance of maintaining control, if mehmet oz wins, they have an 18% chance of holding onto the chamber. if fetterman wins, the democrats chance jump up to 70%. pennsylvania is a really key state. back to you alisyn. thank you very much. i think that would be great for our dueling panel segment. i ll take pennsylvania. set the clock for four minutes, if you w
top of the hour on cnn newsroom. good to have you along. i m victor blackwell. and i m bianna golodryga. today s final jobs report before election day was just what the white house was hoping for. 261,000 jobs beating expectations from economists, but not too high to further drive up inflation. this goldilocks number helps the president make the case for his party in the final sprint to november 8th. former president trump is also on the campaign trail. he ll be in pennsylvania tomorrow pushing for the republican in one of the tightest races for senate that is key to determining who will control congress. pennsylvania has seen more than 1 million votes cast and is just one of several key battleground states where the early vote appears to be record-breaking. in total, more than 34 million americans have already cast their ballots. cnn s correspondents are following it all. we begin in the neck-and-neck race for senate. today is the final day of early in-person vot
stumping in arizona warning voters that conspiracy theorists and election deniers are putting democracy on the brink, the former president using a heckler to make his case. watch this. this is part of what happens in our politics these days. we get distracted. we got one person yelling and suddenly everybody s yelling. you get one tweet that s stupid and suddenly everybody s obsessed with the tweet. we can t fall for that. we have to stay focused. obama is not the only former president on the campaign trail. form are president trump is also set to hold a rally in sioux city, iowa. he s not the only potential republican candidate in the state. mike pence, nikki haley, mike p pompeo have made appearances, maybe even testing the waters for themselves. jeff, a lot of airplane traffic that is happening there. reporter: there certainly is. iowa is not the hottest 2022 battleground but it s the opening bell of the 2024 presidential race. this republican wave of optimism is swe