knew where we really were. we were almost home. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha, la, la, la, la, la sha, la, la, la, la, la sha, la, la, la, la, la sha, la, la, la, la anthony: oh, enchanted land of my childhood. a cultural petri-dish, from which regularly issues forth greatness. new jersey, in case you didn t know it, has got beaches, beautiful beaches, and they re not all crawling with roid-raging trolls with reality shows. i grew up summering on those beaches, and they are awesome. jersey s got farmland. beautiful bedroom communities where that woman from real housewives who looks like doctor zaius does not live, nor anyone like her. even the refineries. the endless clover leaves of turnpikes and expressways twisting in unknowable patterns over the wetlands are, to me, somehow, beautiful. to know jersey is to lov
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
president biden s claim the democrats are the fiscally responsible ones but the polls tend to disagree. plus, it seems every day records of the southern border are being shattered. bill melugin has new numbers. the cbp tried to quietly release. the common sense department will take a closer look at what s really behind the staggering new stats. and, as crime surges, the epicenter of the defund the police movement is, surprise, surprise, struggling to hire new police officers. fox news @ night investigates why minneapolis and many other cities are having a tough time recruiting cops. we begin with president biden shifting midterm message in his new claim that the so-called mega maga republicans will crash the economy. the white house correspondent kevin corke is live in the nation s capital with more on this. evening. the list of reasons for the country s economic woes continues to expand, at least according to the biden white house which you know at various times has blam
grabs, 14 days out. republicans making surprising gains in several key house races as warning signs grow for democrats in the reliably deep blue northeast. hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. i can t believe it, two weeks to the day, john. john: and first it was the west coast where the republicans were making gains, now it s the northeast. who knew. john roberts in washington. this is america reports. good to be with you, sandra. the chances of a majority of the house looking bleak for democrats as we now project republicans to take a 16-seat advantage. four races moving toward the gop since just last week. but the senate is another story. remaining a toss-up, voters in four states will determine which party takes control. and we are watching all of it, right here in new york. the race for governor is moving now from solid democrat to likely democrat. the republican candidate, lee zeldin, making crime his final pitch. to frame the race as an referendum o
roger stone openly calling for insurrection violence. one democratic congressman says what happened in two pennsylvania districts will tell us everything about which party controls the house next year. we begin the hoyer with hurricane ian and florida now bracing for its arrival. the cat 3 storm on a direct path for the sunshine state. already packing maximum sustained winds of 115 miles per hour. ian expected to strengthen over the next 24 hours. local officials making urgent pleas for people to evacuate. the storm did make landfall this morning in cuba. heavy rains and winds hammering the area. forecasted storm surges up to 8 feet. the current track puts ian s center ten miles from st. pete. if that holds true, it will be the closest path to tampa for a major hurricane since 1950. carlos suarez live on the ground outside tampa. first let s get to the weather center and cnn s chad myers. the 11:00 advisory came in and the american model came in in the past ten minutes.