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
savagely attacked by an assailant who intended to hold and harm her, house speaker nancy pelosi has spoken on camera about the ordeal. paul came home yesterday, that enables me to be at home with all of you. thank you, thank you, thank you for your kind words, your prayers, and your good wishes for paul. it s going to be a long haul, but he will be well, and it s just so tragic how it happened, but nonetheless, we have to be optimist you can. he s surrounded by family, so that s a wonderful thing. she sent out the video in a tweet which reads in part with a grateful heart i thank all who sent kind words and prayers for paul. it s a long road but he will be well. our security, our democracy, our planet, our values are on the ballot. we re in something of a unique moment in american history it seems. there s much that is familiar and normal in a midterm election, and at the same time there is so much that is not normal. normal is candidates criss-crossing their stauts state
optimistic. he s surrounded by family, so that s a wonderful thing. she sent out the video in a tweet which reads in part with a grateful heart i thank all who sent kind words and prayers for paul. it s a long road but he will be well. our security, our democracy, our planet, our values are on the ballot. we re in something of a unique moment in american history it seems. there s much that is familiar and normal in a midterm election, and at the same time there is so much that is not normal. normal is candidates criss-crossing their states in districts making closing arguments with control of congress for the next two years at stake. normal is big name surrogates campaigning with the interest they bring and the questions about the difference they might make. normal is having economic issues front and center with republicans focusing on high inflation hoping that will work against democrats. democrats pushing back today on new strong job numbers hoping that will give them a
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