away and amara, we can see the finish line now. yes, we can. it feels like it s been a long last several weeks. we are finally here. this is the last weekend of campaigning before tuesday s elections as the candidates and their surrogates make their final push for votes. in the battle for control of the senate it comes down to a handful of key states, including pennsylvania. president biden, barack obama and donald trump all campaigning in the state today. the president keeping his focus on democracy and the economy. he says he is optimistic about the midterms, but polling has indicated that the momentum is on republicans side. another race that could decide who controls the senate is in georgia between senator raphael warnock and former football star herschel walker. millions of voters have already cast their ballots. in fact, early voting is up compared to the 2018 midterms. almost 35 million people in 47 states have voted early. and our reporters and correspondents
we know consumers switch to store brands, switching to smaller items that doesn t cost as much, a smaller bottle of ketchup. nathaniel myersohn, thank you. i m christine romans. thanks for joining us. cnn this morning starts right now. your this year we are. this year i hope you ll make the future of our democracy an important part of your decision to vote and how you vote. good morning, everyone. welcome to the program, i m don lemon alongside poppy harlow and kaitlan collins. can i say good morning. good morning. this is down to the wire. yeah. this is for all the marbles pretty soon in just a couple days. it s notable that is the speech president biden chose closing the race in the final few days. that was president joe biden putting democracy front and center and warning of the dangers of election deniers. the question is, is this the right closing argument for his party? better be. former president trump returns he will make his closing pitch to vot
january 6th committee zeroing in on what could be a key phone call. a source telling nbc news the call was made from from her president trump to a support staffer, it may be rando but the aid is in talk with the select committee. the backdrop to all of it, 2024, with a new interview out today with the former president, saying he s made up his mind about whether or not to try again for the white house and that announcement may be sooner than you think. one of the reporters behind this group is here live. the abortion law that indiana is asking them to put back on the books and who the state is investigating for performing the procedure there, even though it s legal. we ve got a lot of news on this thursday afternoon. we will start here in washington with senior national political reporter, cofounder of the punch bowl news and jake sherman and former u.s. attorney and msnbc contributor chuck rosen. do we start talking about this deal on the electoral count app, is it going
historic flooding in texas. not seen in decades. the u.s. markets finishing sharply lower for the second day in a row on more concerns about the health of the u.s. economy. can we bring inflation down without triggering a recession, and my answer to that question is i don t know. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. this tuesday, august 23, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington and we begin with exclusive cnn reporting tied to the january 6 investigation. we ve learned the u.s. justice department has issued a new subpoena to the national archives for more documents related to its probe of the capitol riots. it is a possible sign the department is ramping up its investigation into the role former u.s. president donald trump and his staff may have played in the events leading up to the capitol insurrection. here is evan perez with more. reporter: we were told there was a second grand jury subpoena served to the natigs archives t prod
showed up to navarro s home and served him with a subpoena specifically asking him to provide to a grand jury documents related to his refusal to comply with the house select committee. including any communications that he had had with former president trump or his lawyers. peter navarro has been public about his efforts to undermine the outcome of the 20 20 election. he was subpoenaed by the committee last february and refused to comply with that, citing executive privilege. the committee, though, at the time, said look, there s a lot of things we want to talk to you about that you ve spoken about publicly. you have published in your book, and that would not be covered by executive privilege. come in and answer our questions. he refused to do that. he refused to provide any documents. the house voted to refer him to the justice department for criminal contempt. he s been indicted by a grand jury. what happens next in the legal process? he s expected to appear in court la