battleground goes bionic? the lead starts right now. one of the most anticipated debates of the year. john fetterman versus mehmet oz as this political season kicks into overdrive for candidates nationwide. plus, distraction for democrats. the anger and outrage over a letter to president biden now retracted. and moscow shuts down an appeal to release brittney griner from a russian prison. is there any hope left to bring the wnba star home? welcome to the lead. we ll get to the midterms in just a moment. first, a significant step for the justice department and its investigation into the january 6th attack. sources tell cnn the doj is trying to force the testimony of pat cipollony and patrick philbin, the top two lawyers from donald trump s white house, and hear about their conversations with the former president. this is exclusive new reporting, so let s get right to cnn s sarah murray. this is an attempt to break through a firewall of sorts trump has used to avoid scr
233 seats total. bill: on the senate side a toss-up expected to come down to four big races we ve been watching all year. pennsylvania, georgia, nevada, arizona. dana: democrats appear to be stumbling in the homestretch. they have failed to put forward a coherent message on inflation and the economy, two issues where the president is seen as a liability. president biden: we the democrats are the ones fiscally responsible. let s get that straight now, okay? we re investing in all of america, reducing everyday costs while lowering the deficit at the same time. republicans are fiscally reckless. i m here to deliver what i believe is a closingment what we need to do in the next 15 days to assure a victory. dana: team fox coverage. karl rove is on deck with analysis. we begin in washington with alexandria hoff. we ll start by taking a look at shifts in two races for governor. interesting dynamics are at play. let s go to oklahoma. you have a democrat who used to be a rep
governor s race. kathy hochul is in a bit of trouble here as lee zeldin nudges this race now from what was a solid dem in that column, now it is just likely dem. so these are moves that we watch closely. hochul is now trying to recalibrate, scrambling to say that everyone deserves a subway ride that is without fear after this horrific scene that we watched over the past several days. so many other beatings that have frightened new yorkers. these two races are also shifting. sean patrick malone, head of the democrat campaign committee, a very important influential democrat is now in danger of losing his seat to mike lawler of the gop who you may have seen on with sandra. then you have john katko s seat a republican leaving office. looks like it could stay in gop control in what is considered to be a part of new york stay that could easily go to the democrats. these are places that joe biden won by double digits. so republican congresswoman nicole malliotakis is running again
key debates going on in pennsylvania for the senate race, in colorado for the senate race and in michigan, the battle for who will stay in power or be the next governor and in new york, a race that shouldn t even be a race in this overwhelmingly blue state where the empire state contestants right now will have their one and only debate tonight. what a night. what a day. what a next two weeks. welcome. i m neil cavuto. this is your world. a very political world where front and center is the rush to close the deal. typically this favors the party that is out of power. growing signs that it might really favor the party out of power. way too early to say. two weeks can produce a lot of difference results. let s go to harrisburg pennsylvania. bryan llenas has more from pennsylvania. bryan? neil, good afternoon. for one night only, a political debate in pennsylvania. fetterman and oz debating in person for one hour. no tv audience. it will be live no audience, live audience.
headlines. the new york supreme court has reinstated all employees who were fired after refusing to be vaccinated for covid-19. justices say the workers rights were violated. they are ordering back pay for those employees. a pennsylvania house committee heavily criticizing philadelphia district attorney larry krasner for policies it believes have contributed to rising crime. the panel is not yet saying whether he should be impeached. workers in arizona are continuing to install shipping containers along another section of the southern border to fill gaps not covered by a wall. last week we told you the governor, doug ducey is refusing to comply with the biden administration order to stop such actions. and russian president vladimir putin is urging his government to cut through red tape and produce enough weapons and supplies for the war effort in ukraine. putin s regime is facing military production delays and mounting losses there and with that we are back to our top story