them neville. former president obama just wrapped up a rally with democratic senate candidate john fetterman in pittsburgh. mr. obama will team up with president biden for another rally later this afternoon in philadelphia, and former president trump stumping later as well for senate candidate mehmet oz and gop gubernatorial candidate doug maas try january know. we ll have full cover coverage with lauren wright standing by in philly, bryan llenas on former president trump hitting the trail, but first, rich edson on the democrats rolling out their big guns, and he is live in pittsburgh. hey, rich. reporter: hey, good afternoon, arthel. it is a wealth of former presidents here on the western part of the state. president obama just finished here close to the university of pittsburgh where he s trying to turn i out voters, college students, folks in the area to vote for john fetterman for u.s. senate. also campaigning for the house candidates and the governorship that s also up
are in pennsylvania, aishah hasnie in georgia and alexis mcadams is following the new york governor s race. first to rich edson live for us in pittsburgh. rich. reporter: good evening, jon. well, i guess western pennsylvania s going to have to be big enough for two former prime ministers. first it was former president obama, now 40 miles away and about an hour from now you re going to get former president trump. he will be campaigning in latrobe, pennsylvania, for a number of republican candidates including dr. mehmet oz who s running for senate and doug mastriano who s running for governor here. he has supported oz since the republican primary. he was the one, the former president, babbed in that backed in that primary in mayment. oz has trained his campaign on crime and inflation. mortgage rates are through the roof. couples all over the commonwealth, new families are worried about crime in their communities, and they re worried about fentanyl in their mailboxes. it d
the race is so close. it is all about crime. listen. one of the big problems when they arrest people they can t do anything. even if they do put cops in the subways and such things they can t make a difference because it s a revolving door. that was a voter i just talked to a half hour ago. that s what people are saying here as they come in and out of the polls. hochul shifted her focus to crime launching a new subway safety initiative saying her opponent is trying to scare people to get votes. i have been in the subways and stood there with mayor adams a few days ago talking about an intelligent plan not just scare people to say you can scare people but i m working on the real solution. congressman lee zeldin who cast his ballot this morning has been talking about crime since day one and worked to tie
record on taking illegal guns off the streets saying new york is one of the safest cities in the country. my opponent is working so hard to keep people scared and i m working so hard to keep people safe. congressman zeldin has been talking about crime since day one and worked to tie hochul s policies to the rise in crime across new york telling voters the incumbent is just pretending the city is safer than it really is. republicans, democrats and independents have had enough. they don t want to be gas lit or look away. they want boldness and courage from their elected officials to make the streets and subways safe again. polls close tonight at 9:00 across new york. we look forward to hearing from both candidates on election day. dana: a pretty day today. bill: i want to show some folks advance early vote. a big deal. i was popping around a bunch of different states. not conclusive at all. here is what i find.
scared. i m working hard to keep people safe. congressman zeldin has been talking about crime since day one. he hopes to tie hochul s policy in the rise in crime across new york, hammering it home for voters saying she s trying to make the city seem safer than it is. kathy hochul chose to try to focus on other issues other than the issues that matter to new yorkers. she will pay a hefty price for that at the polls. in recent weeks, you can seed that kathy hochul has has been disappearing. she said she s running as an underdog. the voters still have time to come out and cast their ballot. the poll close tonight at 9:00. neil? neil: thanks. let s go to gianno caldwell. he said this is personal for him