a spokesperson is here and ready to weigh in. john: first, a battle for control of congress as candidates enter the final stretch just three weeks now until the high stakes midterm elections, and brand-new fox power rankings show republicans hold the advantage in house but neither party breaking through in the senate. i m john roberts in washington. happy tuesday to you. sandra: sandra smith in new york. republicans are forecast to win a 15-seat majority, that is a slight shift in favor of the gop as the party makes gains in key school districts out west. races in the senate up in the air, toss-ups set to decide which party takes control. sandra: early vote counts are passing midterm turnouts in the past. more than 2 million ballots have been cast. ro khanna will be here, he will join us in moments. but alex, how much of this early voting have we already seen underway? most voters in most states can already cast a ballot early, whether that s in the mail or it s in-
border. criminal back behind bars after pushing a man off a subway platform. the family calling him a menace being arrested two dozen times. no cash bail created a real problem. people are frightened. blitz, throws herbert. blocking, and the touchdown. ainsley: that s great song. never heard that one before. did you all see who sings that? brian: i like it. flo rida. ainsley: beautiful shot of pittsburgh. beautiful day a low of 48. it is the steel city. 300 steel related businesses there. it s the city of bridges. steve: that s why they call them the steelers. ainsley: 436 bridges. skyscraperrens state park. and they watch fox there. brian: do you recognize the other voice in this song? steve: walker hayes. ainsley: can i hear that. flo rida pairing up with walker hayes. who would have thought. brian: like a rapper country guy talk his way through songs. walker hayes. can you look that up, chris? ainsley: what is watt al be e apple be s song
i m laura coates and this is cnn tonight. a short time ago we heard from an emotional and increasingly frustrated president biden. after all it was vice president biden nearly a decade ago who had the distinct responsibility to formulating the government s response to the tragedy at sandy hook. tonight he delivered his first prime time address to the nation on gun violence and the epidemic that has become in america. you may have noticed the 56 candles burning behind him. they re meant to represent shooting victims from all u.s. states and territories. and it came amid cries of enough. after columbine, after sandy hook, after charleston, after orlando, after las vegas, after parkland, nothing has been done. this time, that can t be true. this time, we must actually do something. this isn t about taking away anyone s rights. it s about protecting children. it s about protecting families. for god sake, how much more carnage are we willing to accept? how many more innoce
there s a monster problem and our hero needs solutions. so she starts a miro to brainstorm. “shoot it?” suggests the scientists. so they shoot it. hmm. back to the miro board. dave says “feed it?” and dave feeds it. just then our hero has a breakthrough. shoot it, camera, shoot a movie! and so our humble team saves the day by working together. on miro. the news continues, let s hand it over to laura coates for cnn tonight. anderson, thank you. a short hour we heard from president biden. now tonight he delivered his first primetime address of the nation on gun violence and the epidemic that has become america. you may have noticed the 56 candles burning behind him, they are met to represent shooting victims from all u.s. states and territories. it came amid cry of enough. after columbine and sandy hook and charleston and orlando and parkland and las vegas. nothing has been done. this time can t must be tree, we must do something. this is about protecting our chil
incident as both hate crime and case of racially motivated violent extremism. pure evil, straight up racially motivated hate crime from somebody outside our community. it was just like something out of a war movie, non-stop shooting. people running screaming. he was very heavily armed. he had tactical gear. he had a taqle helmet on. he had a camera live streaming what he was doing. a military style execution targeting people who simply want to buy groceries. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. i m pam will brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom. our coverage of the breaking news out of western new york continues this hour. authorities in buffalo have arraigned an 18-year-old man they say opened fire on a neighborhood grocery store, killing ten people and wouning three others. police say most of the victims were african american and the gunman is white. our athenna jones track the story. athen aire prosecutors charged the suspect with first degree murde