i m christine romans. new day starts right now . two weeks from today. the midterm elections. brace yourself. i m john berman with brianna keilar. the race for control of the senate looks to be tight. new cnn polling shows democrat john fetterman with a slight edge over republican mehmet oz in pennsylvania. and in wisconsin ron johnson, democratic challenger men della barnes basically even. inflation the top issue. followed by abortion rights. early voting in that state begins today. in pennsylvania 44% of likely voters sight the economy. and more on debates in a moment. tonight in new york, a highly anticipated debate between incumbent democratic governor kathy hochul and republican challenge lee zeldin. zeldin made crime the focus of his campaign. and last night desantis and crist going toe-to-toe on abortion. and theian going poulter wars and may have his eye on the white house refusing to commit all four years if he wins the election. according to a top official,
detective ted williams, a defense attorney in his own right. we re learning everything every hour today, ted. the most scary has to be that he was looking at a follow up attack in madison, wisconsin. we don t know for sure why hi cancelled that. but he was essentially there. yeah, that s very scary. because after he left the scene there in highland park or illinois, he headed to his mom s house, he picked up his mom s car and he headed to madison, wisconsin. from what we ve been told, he is talking to the authorities, neil. he s informed the authorities that he saw a crowd there in madison, wisconsin and he thought very strongly about shooting up that crowd. he thought about it. he then came back, of course, to illinois and quite naturally i m happy and elated to say that he was captured there in illinois. neil: ted, i want to go over the red flag laws in place in illinois that he was violating or at least authorities ignored or didn t have any idea going back to 2019. of
tens of thousands more youngsters will end up in care. it s crucial that when families hit crisis and they ve got difficulties, that there is low stigma, really intensive help on offer. major disruption for rail passengers in scotland with an emergency timetable from today that cuts services by a third. and the chelsea flower show celebrates the queen s 70 years on the throne. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel. the football association say they will be investigating after a pitch invasion at manchester city saw the aston villa goalkeeper robin olsen assaulted by supporters. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. at the first war crimes trial since the invasion of ukraine, a 21 year old russian soldier has been jailed for life. sergeant vadim shishimarin had claimed he was only following orders when he shot dead a 62 year old unarmed civilian. but the court, in the ukrainian capital kyiv, found him guilty of murder. ukraine s go
Happenings in the financial world. Sally is here with World Business report. The boss of the uks biggest business lobby group, the cbi comic gives us her reaction to the Snap Election called for by the british Prime Minister. The cbi, gives. And we talk to facebook about policing violent material on the social media website following the suicide of murder suspect steve stephens. Hello and a warm welcome to you. Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also in the programme well have all the Market Numbers for you as the global slide in shares continues in asia and the Pound Sterling holds its gains. We were sure those numbers at the end of the programme. But first, here we go again. Nine months after becoming Prime Minister, theresa may is ready dice and betting on a strong victory in a Snap Election on june the act. Today, mps are expected to vote in favour of the proposal, which theresa may says will bring greater certainty as britain prepares to leave the european union.
Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. Primary, Cnn Projects State Attorney General Bill Schuette will be the republican candidate in november. Former state legislative leader Gretchen Whitmer will be the democratic candidate. And cnn projects john james has captured the gop nomination for u. S. Senate in michigan. James, an africanamerican iraq war vet endorsed by President Trump. He will face off with democrat Debbie Stabenow in november. Former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manaforts longtime righthand man back on the witness stand today. Manaforts Defense Lawyers expected to pick up where they left off yesterday, trying to undermine rick gates credibility in the eyes of the jury. Gates admitted to a host of transgressions. So far, manaforts defense team has not done much to pin the bank and tax fraud their client is charged with on gates alone. That part of their Cross Examination may come later today. More now from cnns jessica schneider. Reporter christ