president biden is expected to slam election deniers into a surprise speech tonight. the lead starts right now, six days from the midterms president biden has something to say, adding a prime time speech to his calendar taking on the heightened political climate. as the election rolls in candidates are rolling out their closing message. plus, the plan to rope supreme court clarence thomas into the 2020 election. why a trump lawyer called thomas the only chance to delay the process. and north korea is firing off its longest short-range missiles in one day as cnn also learned the rogue nation is secretly supplying russia with weapons. hello and welcome to the lead. i m brianna keilar in for jake tapper. the countdown is on in our politics lead. just six days left until the votes are counted in the congressional balance of power decided. a brand-new cnn poll suggests republican candidates have the momentum. 51% of likely voters say they ll vote for the republican can
we saw the assault on our nation s capitol january 6. people across the country, rightfully so have been discouraged in many ways but there s always this opportunity to get it right. we saw that happen in 2020 with record turnout in the election. and people have to remember that the most important election day will be on tuesday. so, i know that we are looking at early turnout numbers and that s a snapshot. what we need to look at will be the final numbers that we see on tuesday night, after all of the polls have closed. mika il terry ellis who is our senior writer here at cnn found that political analysts and black male researchers say they re failing to meet black men with messages that resonate with them and their communities. there s a short coming she writes that could particularly hurt democrats in the upcoming