here we go. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, it is monday, october 24th. i m christine romans. we begin with the midterm elections now just 15 days away. early voting already under way with more than 5.8 million ballots cast in 39 states. right now polls and political spending suggests republicans are surging and stand a good chance of retaking the house of representatives with a solid majority. recent surveys show the reason for that surge, the economy. inflation and to a lesser degree crime. early this summer looked like the anger at the supreme court ruling overturning roe versus wade would give democrats a chance to hold back the red tide and keep control of the house. now it looks like that abortion-fueled momentum may have peaked too soon. they have to split their messaging between abortion and the economy are the democrats. nobody said we re doing abortion rather than economy. but it s about both. i can tell you that that issue is ver
This as cnn has exclusively reported on the Special Counsels 2020 election probe. Also tonight, the u. S. Warns north korea it will pay a price if kim jongun arms, helps arm Vladimir Putins war in ukraine. Ill ask key white house official john kirby about that and the prospect of a kim putin being in russia. The manhunt for a Fugitive Killer expanding right now after a Security Camera catches a glimpse of the escaped convict in pennsylvania. Outside the original search area. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn Breaking News. We begin with Breaking News right now. The former chairman of the proud boys was just sentenced moments ago in connection with the january 6th attack. Cnn senior justice Cover Ant Evan Perez is outside the federal courthouse here in washington. Evan, enrico dario got 22 years, 22 years in prison. Tell us more about this very significant sentence. Reporter thats right, wolf.
The far left sets its sight on the Second Amendment, we focus on the real problem. Im eric bowling. Our cashin crew. Innocent americans having their lives cut short by a deranged madman. This shooter ivan lopez was on a cocktail of antidepressants and ambien and showed extreme anger on his facebook page, green light and finger ready. Thats translated to go time, locked and loaded. Do we ned to know more of whats going inside their medicine cabinets and less inside their holsters . These dont come about because the availability of guns but the Mental Health of a couple of real monsters. No one goes on a killing rampage simply because there was a gun around. They go on it because they are seriously disturbed, seriously deranged people. I think more guns, the more widespread availability of guns in Movie Theaters, military bases, in schools could have stopped some of these madmen before they were able to kill as many as they did. Mental health is the explanation of these terrible tragedie
This thing is going to be extraordinarily expensive to everybody involved nobody is talking about all people who did not have insurance before the law. That was what it was sold as, as this cure all in a mean Spirited Society where tens of millions were left out of the system. That is miniscule numbers. Its heart breaking. Were the millions of people. One of the problems is it was hinted this stuff would be free. Its becoming more and more expensive as each day goes back. The irony was in the beginning to make sure everyone in this country was insured, now with this, we are looking at 40plus million who arent. Maybe we can whittle it down to 30 million that arent. Isnt that what we are going into here . That 30 million numberomeses from the congressional budget office. Its unclear how many of these a little more than 7 Million People that join the exchanges din have insurance, we have a good still only onethird were previously unemployed. You are basically shuffleing the deck chairs if
bizarre and shocking is because the party congress, which happens once every five years is highly scripted and choreographed. everything is meticulously planned. if you look at that video, there is some confusing moments and he is eventually led out of the room. he looks reluctant to leave. he whispers something to xi jinping and pats the premier on the shoulder. they don t buy this health explanation especially because of the timing. this video was taken by journalists in the room. journalists were allowed in the room when this happened. but regardless a symbolic moment. many people see it as a representation of the end of ho and the collective leadership that he wielded why xi jinping is all about one man rule. xi consolidated his power base. what does it mean for china going forward and the world? i think what s important to mention here is that we were expecting him to consolidate power but the extent to which he turned his power near absolute,