hello and welcome to bbc news. the crucial us midterm elections, which will decide who controls congress, are just a couple of days away and president biden and former president obama have taken to the stage together at a campaign rally in pennsylvania. they re trying to get every last vote out for their candidate john fetterman, who s up against republican mehmet oz, who s been endorsed by donald trump. president biden said this is a defining moment for us democracy. this isn t a referendum this year, it s a choice a choice between two vastly different visions of america. vastly different. maybe it s in our blood, butjohn and i believe that all it s all about fighting for working and middle class people. the way i ve said from the beginning of my my objective when i ran for president was to build an economy from the bottom up and the bottom up and the middle out. it s a fundamental shift compared with the oz and the mega maga republican trickle down economics. booing.
and as one of the world s biggest esport gaming competitions comes to an end in san francisco, we ll hear from the woman in charge of league of legends. the crucial midterm elections in the us, which will decide which party controls congress, are just three days away. ahead of the vote, the biggest names in us politics three presidents, the incumbent joe biden, barack obama and donald trump are campaigning in the key battleground state of pennsylvania, hoping to tip the balance in a closely contested race. let s give you a flavour of the situation confronting both barack obama and joe blyton, because this is where democrat campaigners and supporters had gathered at their waiting to hear from their presidents past and present, of course. so soon as they come to the stage, we will bring that into you. barack obama has already been making his mark in pennsylvania, he was supporting the democrat senate candidate in pittsburgh and he was saying that only the democrats had an a
hello and welcome to bbc world news. the crucial midterm elections in the us, which will decide which party controls congress, are just three days away. ahead of the vote, the biggest names in us politics have all chosen to head for the key battleground state of pennsylvania. later on saturday, donald trump will be holding a prime time rally but within the past hour, not one but two democratic presidents, barack obama and joe biden, have been holding a joint rally in philadelphia. they re trying to get every last vote out for their candidate john fetterman. he s up against republican mehmet oz, who s been endorsed by donald trump. president biden laid out his message that this is a defining moment for us democracy. let s have a listen. this isn t referendum this year, it s a choice, a choice between two vastly different visions of america. maybe it s in our blood butjohn and i believe it s all about fighting for working and middle class people. the way i have said from the be
the crucial midterm elections in the us, which will decide which party controls congress , are just three days away. ahead of the vote, the biggest names in us politics have all chosen to head for the key battleground state of pennsylvania. but within the past hour, not one but two democratic presidents barack obama and joe biden have been holding a joint rally in philadelphia. let s have a listen. this isn t referendum this year, it s a choice, a choice between two vastly different visions of america. maybe it s in our blood butjohn and i believe it s all about fighting for working and middle class people. the way i have said from the beginning, my objective when i ran for president is to build an economy from the bottom up and the middle out. it s a fundamental shift compared to the oz and the maga, republican trickle down economics. booing. no, really. if fair economy that gives working people if fair economy that gives working people a if fair economy that gives worki
and later we will take a closer look at the movement to ban certain books in schools and libraries across the u.s. what can be done to fight the bans, that s coming up. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhuber. we begin in the atlantic basin where tropical storm ian continues to strengthen. fueled by warm energizing waters off the caribbean the latest forecast shows it growing to a category 4 hurricane over the gulf of mexico before slamming into florida. now, it would be the first major hurricane to hit the state in four years. president joe biden has declared a federal emergency in the state. florida governor ron desantis declaring a state of emergency as well and residents from the florida panhandle to the florida keys are being urged to prepare for storm surge, hurricane force winds and heavy rain. this is the calm before the storm, i ve seen lines at the gas stations and the natural gas, propane. they re taking it serious and i