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
candidates in wisconsin race has new tv ads making last final appeals to voters and tony ibus was on at tack against his chag challenger and with mandela barns blasting the republican incumbent senator ron johnson. but neither gop candidate is mentioning their opponents in their ads. cnn correspondent omar jimenez joins us live from wisconsin. omar, so quite different messages. tell us what they re saying. reporter: they are, jim. all of these candidates are trying to paint a final message with a few days to the election here in wisconsin and across the country. and the senate race, mandela barns is clearly trying to bring the fight to senator ron johnson, saying that he is someone that is only in it for himself and not for wisconsinites. senator ron johnson has tried to paint himself as someone who