midterm election season and an all-out dash to the finish line with many key races coming down to the wire. critical battleground states of georgia, nevada, arizona and pennsylvania could tip the balance of power to either party in washington. many voters have already made up their minds. more than 38 million early ballots have been cast in 47 states. president biden and former president obama and trump alhe of pennsylvania this weekend where a razor close race could hold the key to a senate majority. cnn s jessica dean and jeff zeleny are tracking all the action on the campaign trail. jeff, there you are in georgia, a state that could hold a key for control of the senate. what has been the message today from the candidates? reporter: fredricka, georgia is absolutely essential to democrats holding their senate majority because senator raphael warnock is one of the most vulnerable democrats going down into the final days, the final hours of this election season. you can see
continuing concerns over inflation. how do those two square? we ll have much more on that in just a moment. plus happening right now, an investigation underway in arizona after the democratic candidate for governor katie hobbs said someone broke into her campaign headquarters. kyung lah is following this for us in phoenix. and more on the break-in. and police say there were some items taken. what more are we learning about this break-in and also what was taken from the office? reporter: well the campaign is still trying to sort exactly what was taken. they have to inventory everything and figure out what sensitive material was or was not taken in this break-in. there has been a police report filed and they are looking for someone. the campaign did manage to capt a capture someone who they think did this on their security cameras. we were able to obtain the still images from the security footage which has been handed over to police. as police try to figure out exactly who di
russia right now, bracing for what they call the heaviest battles ahead in the fight for kherson. cnn is reporting from the front lines as vladimir putin is lobbing new verbal attacks at the west. also tonight, president biden touts unexpected economic growth as he he tries to rev up democratic voters in the blue state of new york. we ll break down his message and his challenges as recession fears persist 12 days before the midterm elections. and former president trump s lawyers take part in a secret court hearing related to the mar-a-lago documents investigation. why did they meet with u.s. justice department prosecutors here in washington, d.c.? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to ukraine right now. the front lines of what one official warns will be, quote, the heaviest of battles against the russian invasion. cnn s senior international correspondent fred pleitgen is
we are just three days away from election day. pittsburgh, i am here to ask you to vote. it is no coincidence that we have three presidents in the commonwealth of pennsylvania. you must vote republican in a giant red wave. most important of all is the senate race where democrats are trying to flip a seat. i m running to serve pennsylvania. he s running to use pennsylvania. i want to go to washington and bring balance. georgia is often referred to as the center of the universe as a true battleground state. he has failed as a senator! he doesn t know hard working people. he doesn t know struggling people. the startling new admission from tehran. iran s foreign minister saying iran did provide a limited number of drones to russia, but it was in the months prior to the conflict. i m alex marquardt in washington. pamela brown is off. thank you so much for joining me here in the cnn newsroom. let s begin this hour on the campaign trail. that s where we fin
circumstances surrounding these claims? you have 60 seconds. as i said that s a lie and, you know, i put it in a book, one thing about my life i ve been very transparent. georgia, senate nominee herschel walker questioned about allegations that he once paid for a former girlfriend s abortion. we re breaking down the key takeaways from that closely watched debate. plus, the republican candidate for governor of arizona, kari lake refuses to say whether she would accept an election loss this november. and russia launches a new round of missile strikes on kyiv. we ll get a live report coming up in just a few moments. good morning. and welcome to way too early on this monday, october 17th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day and week with us. we ll begin with the war in ukraine. air raid signs are again ringing out in kyiv after another round of russian attacks against the ukrainian capital. for the second straight week, emergency crews are on the ground