. a federal judge last hour handing down that four-month sentence bannon will remain free while an appeal plays out. outside the courthouse minutes after learning his fate bannon thanked the judge and immediately attacked democrats. november 8th on november 8th on november 8th there s going to have judgment on the illegitimate biden regime and, quite frankly and, quite frankly, that nancy pelosi and the entire committee, or they are about to be beaten like luria and others, or they will lose their power and become a minority. the american people are weighing and measuring what went on with the justice department and how they comported themselves. we re going to take you straight outside of the courthouse where cnn s sara murray has been covering all of the developments inside. sara, the judge seemed pretty dismissive of bannon s efforts to defy the subpoena, but ultimately bannon got jail time, which is had more or less what the government wanted. reporter: that
to voters. moments ago, in pittsburgh, president obama rallied with democratic senate nominee, john fetterman, saying that voters have a clear choice on tuesday. pennsylvania, you ve got a choice between politicians who seem willing to say anything and do anything. to get power. people who see you and know you, and care about you and share in your values, i want to make your lives better and move this country forward and bring people together. that was just one of the major events today and which a trio of u.s. presidents, are bringing their star power to the campaign trails just last hour, president biden wrapped up a speech in joliette, illinois. that s where he focused on social security, also lowering prescription drug costs. but he also employed americans to make sure they vote. later today, president biden and former president obama, they re going to reunite in philadelphia, rallying of course for the democrats. also, tonight former president trump will rally for re
hillary clinton, even donald trump. five days out from election day and the political heavy hitters are out in force. the major issues they say you should keep in mind, as more americans head to the polls. plus, setting expectations as the votes come in. why we may not know results on election night. and a biden we don t often hear from, dishing on her anger? hunter biden s struggle with substance abuse and donald trump. welcome to the lead. it is the final countdown. the midterm elections now just five days away. more than 30 million voters have already cast their ballots. today s campaign trail features a splashy lineup of political heavy hitters. president biden stumping in new mexico and california. former president trump on the trail in iowa. and vice president kamala harris with former secretary of state and presidential candidate hillary clinton, trying to boost democrats in new york. clinton slammed republicans on cnn this morning, saying it s, quote, frankly di
With the momentum in new hampshire. also a state where everyone votes on election. day they don t have the robust early voting, or mail-in voting that we see and other states. that goes further new hampshire than other. very good reminder not mine. which makes for very exciting tuesday night. what are you going to be monitoring as polls close and the results begin to come in in general. we have georgia, new hampshire closing at seven eastern time, pennsylvania clock, nevada 10 pm. as this entire night unfold, steve, what do you look at in particular as an indicator of what party is going to win? i look at the states where we expect the votes counted on election night, you have on your chart there. pennsylvania closet clock at night. we know that we re not going to get counted and pennsylvania on election night. you ll recall in 2020, it took until the saturday after election day before news organizations like nbc news were able to project a winner in the presidential election.
Senate race because governor sununu is almost certain to win and he could help pull bolduc over. one thing to keep in mind next week probably for all the debates we have see seen snippets of tuesday night in harrisburg pennsylvania when john fetterman and mehmet oz are coming face-to-face for a debate. i think that will help shape that race. all eyes will be on pennsylvania on election night. georgia into the next month because georgia is the only state of those battle grounds that has a runoff election so they have to get 50% so that will if control of the senate hinges on georgia we will be at this at least for another month. look, we are three weeks out, the momentum can shift a few times between now and november 8th. so everybody stand by on all of that. coming up next for us, president biden makes his own midterm prediction for democrats and he tests out a new midterm slogan.