amara walker. and i m boris sanchez. political heavyweights hit the campaign trail this weekend hoping to drive turnout. we ll hear their closing messages. and champions once again. the houston astros claim their second world series title in six years. of course cory wire is standing by with the highlights. and nobody won the power there ball jackpot. and jack dorsey is apologizing to employees. what he had to say in the wake of thousands of layoffs. welcome to a new week. thank you so much for waking up with us. we re grateful that you re starting it with amara and i and i m grateful that she didn t win the billion plus dollars in the jackpot. i was going to share with you. i m pretty sure i would have been up here by myself if you won. that s true. lots of news. first, just two days and counting until the high stakes mid-term elections. the candidates and their heavy hitters are out in force on this final weekend of campaigning, hoping to rev up their suppor
with the people. right now on early start what president biden calls a defining moment for democracy. air raid sirens pierce the air as north korea tries and fails to test a missile. it all adds up to baseball history. here we go. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. president biden about to head to mexico to campaign with the governor and other democrats. expected to strike the same fee. american democracy is under dire threat and laying the blame at the feet of his predecessor. you know, american democracy is under attack because the defeated president of the united states refuses to accept the results of the 2020 election. he refuses to accept the will of the people. cnn s jasmine wright live in washington. good morning, jasmine. so nice to see you. the president, president biden veering from the democrat s 11th hour focus on the economy. zeroing in on the threat for democracy. what s the thinking? reporter
inflation. we break down this historic move and how it could affect you and your family. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. . capitol police say a review is underway after serious questions about the break in in the house speaker pelosi s home could have happened let alone the brutal attack on her husband. i spoke with the san francisco district attorney about the threat posed by the suspect and why she insisted he should be held without bail. this is a person who was willing to go to extreme lengths to plan out this attack. to figure out how to get in their house and then to enact violence even in the the presence of the police. we know he presents a level of danger that s really as high as it gets. let s go to our cnn security correspondent josh campbell joining us from san francisco. josh, the district attorney brook jenkins told me the pelosi family was set to meet with police to
Omar jimenez has the story. reporter: senator ron johnson told his supporters this weekend this election is a fight for freedom, as his opponent, democratic lieutenant governor said he doesn t want to take anyone s support for granted, we need to meet people where they are as he s gone on offense against johnson. johnson instead has tried to paint himself as someone who wants to unify this state. that said, he has into the committed outright of accepting the results of tuesday s election, saying needs to see how the process unfolds implying things may go awry in the election situation, though there have been no signs of widespread fraud and both have campaigned on the country being on the line. judging from a number of themes that voters are enthusiastic, more than 38 million preelection votes have
Unpopular president at the top, josh shapiro is creating sunlight between his state and washington, d.c. i can t speak for national democrats or national republicans. i can speak to what i hear in pennsylvania every day. i would just tell you, i think pennsylvania voters, republican and democrat, they know how to walk and chew gum. reporter: across the battleground states voters are hearing closing messages. ron johnson attacked his opponent on the campaign trail. mandela barnes is demonstrating his contempt and disdain for america, certainly for law enforcement and quite honestly for wisconsinites while presenting a softer side in his closing message in his ads. aren t you tired of the division and anger? i know i sure am. reporter: democrat mandela barnes chose to go on offense against johnson. while our costs are rising he