candidate to declare victory any way. inflation jitters are turning into tremors on wall street. the dow has its worst day in nearly two years amid a crash in retail stocks. and a new report warns the world is coming closer to catastrophe as four key climate change indicators set new records. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. good to have you with us. the fiercely contested republican senate primary in the key state of pennsylvania is likely to drag on for days while every last vote is tallied. it s a critical showdown that could affect which party controls the u.s. senate come november. tv personality doctor mehmet oz is holding on to a very narrow lead over establishment republican dave mccormick. just over 1200 votes separate them. the race could go either way and a recount is looming. but former president donald trump doesn t want to wait. he encouraged mehmet oz to declare victory now. we can see the path ahead. we can see vict
retail ceos say they are getting crushed by rising prices. we re live in london with a look at the impact on global markets. and a stand still on the battlefield as russia s offensive appears to have stalled. could ukraine have the upper hand to regain territory? we are live in lviv with the latest. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with rosemary church. good to have you with us. well, the high profile u.s. republican senate race in the key swing state of pennsylvania remains too close to call, and it will likely be days before a winner is announced. tv dr. mehmet oz holds an extremely narrow lead, some 1200 votes over former hedge fund executive dave mccormick. but former u.s. president donald trump, who endorsed oz, is already urging him to declare victory. last week and having a defibrillator implanted on election day. now, you may have noticed, i am not john fetterman. the next senator of our great state. reporter: the ballot counting here in lancas
tuesday. the winner will face john fetterman who won the nomination from his hospital bed after pacemaker surgery. that pennsylvania race and others have been largely seen as a referendum on former president trump. but whether or not his influence has a hold on the republican party, still very much up for debate. let s go to north carolina now. trump endorsed the encumbent, but to no avail. there will not be a second term for madison cawthorn. in the pennsylvania governor s race, doug mastriano, a win, although he was ahead in poll before the trump endorsement. david chal-ian joins me now. the pennsylvania primary, let s talk about the outstanding votes first. take a look at where we are. this is about a 2,400 vote race. that s how many votes mehmet oz has in front of david mccormick. where are we looking? one key place is lancaster county, pennsylvania. we know there are potentially thousands of votes out. you see 87% of the estimated vote is in, so that s a big chunk of v
investors a scare by reporting a stunning drop in earnings, largely because of supply chain turmoil and rising costs. target lost 25% of its value today alone. its worst day since black monday in 1987. this comes a day after walmart sounded the inflation alarm, also suffering its worst day since 1987. the big concern is companies are having trouble passing along higher costs consumers and that perhaps corporate profitability has peaked. that s normally something you only see during big economic slowdowns. put all this together, you have the s&p 500 losing the most in one day since june of 2020, in nearly two years. the nasdaq plunging even deeper into a bear market. i should note markets were up big yesterday, but the wild swings really speak to the deep uncertainty about what comes next for the economy. and matt, a new conference board survey suggests, you know what, let s move on. matt egan, thank you so much. turning to our politics lead and an election cliffhanger in pe
bret: 100 percent not. thanks. good evening, welcome to washington. i m bret baier. breaking tonight the key prosecution witness in the criminal trial. concluded his testimony and the prosecution rested its case today. but, before that former trump attorney and self-described fixer admitted to stealing 10s of thousands of dollars from his boss company. when the defense took over, cohen was followed on the stand by one of his former legal advisers. now, there has been a request by the defense for the judge to dismiss the case from the bench. correspondent nate foy is outside the new york state supreme court again tonight, good evening, nate good evening, bret. todd blanche requested that the judge dismiss this case on the grounds that prosecutors did not prove that trump falsified business records or did anything illegal to influence the 2016 presidential election. the judge reserved his decision and trump spoke about that while leaving court tonight. hopefully the motion