may be tempting just to tune out, just to watch football or hgtv or the great british baking show. you know, whatever floats your boat. but i m here to tell you, pittsburgh, that tuning out is not an option. sulking and moping, that s not an option. the only way to make everything fair is if we, all of us, fight for it. the only way to save democracy is if we, together, fight for it. and it starts with electing people who know you, who see you, who care about you, who ve stood in your shoes. you did that two years ago when you sent joe biden to the white house. he s fighting for you every day, he s got your back, doing everything he can to put more money in your pockets, to make our streets safer, to bring good-paying jobs here to pennsylvania. now you need to do it again. because while there may be a lot of issues at stake in this election, there is one basic question that you should be asking yourself right now, and that is who will fight for you? that s the choice in this
morning. that s how we we just say morning. morning. morning. i always say morn-ting. that s how he comes into the office every morning. good morning, everybody. i m don lemon alongside poppy harlow. i m not going to say her name today we re fighting today. we re fighting because there s a big thing happening, i m not talking about the election. i m talking about lsu versus alabama. did you notice she changed her mug? i noticed. i noticed. how could you not? we have to get to it, though. the candidates and their top surrogates are grinding on the campaign trail with four days left before the midterms. and cnn is with them every step of the way. this morning we ll be joined by new york governor kathy hochul locked with a republican in a tight race, lee zeldin, can you believe that? the justice department is seriously considering the appointment of a special council on multiple investigations if donald trump decides to run for president in 2024. and
economic news. u.s. employers added 261,000 jobs in october. that is more than many economists expected. the report is also showing that the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.7%. and most importantly, this is the last read on the economy, that voters will get before votes start being counted on tuesday. what the numbers mean for the midterms, we ll get to it in a momentch. and we re also staring down the final weekend of the midterms. and major political players are hitting the trail alongside the candidates. including the three last presidents. tomorrow president biden and former president obama and former president trump will all be if pennsylvania for campaign events, all trying to push their candidates across the finish line in one of the cycle s tightest races. and another big name is jumping in. oprah now endorsing john fetterman which is most noteworthy because oprah winfrey gave mehmet oz, gave him his first start in television. let get to it all starting with rahel
just enough jobs added to tout and just enough lost that it may start to cool the economy. but how will voters see today s numbers as they head to the polls? plus, donald trump very big on the very for 2024. i will very, very, very probably do it again, okay? [ cheers and applause ] but will federal investigations catch up with him first very? and kevin durant tries to talk about the anti-semitic comments that got his teammate kyrie irving suspended and now forced to clarify what he meant. welcome back to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper. it s crunch time. four days left for candidates to make their closing arguments to voters before tuesday s election. the trend suggests the republicans are well positioned to take the house, but control of the senate rests on a knife s edge which means every race is criminal. democrats got a moral boost today shows the u.s. economy added 261,000 jobs last month. but a separate measurement of the unemployment rate ticked