May our lawmakers live with such faithfulness that they will be your redemptive instruments at a time when truth seems a rare commodity. May you find delight in those who by faith trust you to make the crooked places straight and the rough places smooth. Lead our senators to a fresh dedication in their service you to and humanity. Grant that justice will roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore amen. Please join me in the please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of americ, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask to speak in morning business for 30 seconds. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley veterans, meaning our veterans of war, our veterans who are
Compromise. If youre being disrespected, its because of the attitude. Put your tail between your legs, go back up on the hill and do your work. Nobody gets 100 of what they want. I am happy to have negotiations with Speaker Boehner. A very good friday afternoon to you, and we close out the week with thousands of American Workers on furlough. Air force one stationary. The president cancelling his planned trip to asia. And the prospect of a financial catastrophe in the form of the debt ceiling deadline. And earlier today, House Speaker john boehner appeared ready to crack under the pressure. This isnt some damn game. The American People dont want their government shut down and neither do i. He says that, but we all know that if the speaker wanted to end the shutdown, all he has to do is to put a clean bill on the floor and it will pass. The president will sign it, and were open for business. But the speakers remarks are part of the gops laserfocus on an anonymous white house official quo
To you. Im jim sciutto. Poppy harlow on assignment, on this Midterm Election eve, a brandnew cnn poll shows a clear preference among likely voters for control of the next congress. On the socalled generic ballot asking which party should be in charge of congress, 55 say democrats, 42 say republicans. 7 in 10 likely voters say their votes reflect their views of President Trump, who is not on any ballot but who tells supporters to pretend that he is. President trumps job approval rating, 39 in our poll. The lowest of any president facing his first midterms in well over 60 years. We will have live reporters this hour on the hottest races, biggest stories as well, beginning with rebecca berg in missouri where the president will show up for his third rally of the day. Close senate race there now. What are you seeing on the ground . Thats right, jim. The president clearly understands how high the stakes are here in missouri for control of the senate. Im at a get out the vote event with josh
Across the u. S. Have been swarming their early vote locations. More than 27 million early ballots cast as of yesterday evening. And that number approaching the early votes in the 2016 president ial election in some states. Lets go live to florida and cnn White House Correspondent Boris Sanchez who is at the president s rally in pensacola. Boris, what are you hearing from the president right now . Reporter hey there, ana. A bit of a different start tonight for President Trump here in pensacola. He started off speaking about criticism that he watched on television regarding his rallies, the criticism that he spends so much time talking about the caravan of migrants moving through central america, moving through mexico, headed to the u. S. Border, attacking them, suggesting that they are part of an invasion, and not mothers and children seeking refuge from political and economic turmoil in central america. And that he doesnt spend enough time talking about the roaring economy. So he star
House officials have warned mr. Trump to brace for serious losses. Ill talk about that and more with congressman Chris Stewart of the intelligence committee. Our correspondents, analysts and specialists are standing by. Lets begin with cnn White House Correspondent kaitlan collins. She is in cleveland where the president held the first of three final campaign rallies. Kaitlan, recently the president has been somewhat distancing himself from the battle for the house. Whats the latest . Reporter thats right, wolf, because hes being advised to do so because essentially they are trying to temper the president s expectations about the Republicans Holding on to the house, warning him that that may not happen tomorrow and they may lose it to the democrats. Now, on the campaign trail President Trump is casting tomorrows vote as a referendum on not only what he has accomplished but also the republican party. Instead of focusing on an economic message as most republicans wish he would, the presi