you are live in the cnn newsroom. 16 days until halloween. 24 days until the midterm elections. and candidates across the map are working hard to court voters. obviously, the balance of power in congress is up for grabs and there are a handful of states which could determine which party takes control. in arizona the race for u.s. senate is leaning towards the democratic. mark kelly over republican blake masters. in nevada, the contest for u.s. senate is a toss-up as it is in pennsylvania where we see the race between mehmet oz and lieutenant governor john fetterman. in georgia a high-stakes race for the u.s. senate could determine who controls congress. senator raphael warnock and former football star herschel walker faced off in their first and only debate last night. let s take you to georgia now and cnn national politics reporter eve a mccann, she covered the debate. she is in savannah. abortion was a major issue last night in light of some of the allegations these las
was to me it angered me. i have a special needs son. he is who society should be looking out for. not someone like this. this person doesn t deserve to breathe any more air. i would like to play, debra, some of what one juror told cnn about why she voted against the death penalty and what actually took place during those really tense deliberations. listen to her for a second. it took a while. at the last minute when we went around the room and voted right before filling out the paperwork is when i went for life. it was surprising. there were negative, sarcastic remarks. like, oh, we are going to give him life, but he s sick. and some of the small talk i heard comments like we are going to let the families down. i heard comments like, oh, you know, we have to put a stance for florida. in other words, you know, you can t come here and do that and get away with it.
but by the end of the month almost half a million people had had their first dose of a vaccine. she was looking forward to the vaccine coming along. traceyjones turned 50 in lockdown. she didn t make it to 51. she said to me, i feel very, very ill. isaid, i know, my darling, they re going to put you to sleep and you ll be better. she said to me, look after stephen, and those were the last words i ever heard from her. neil and tracey were a team, caring for their son stephen who has special needs. i had to tell him, unfortunately, mum has gone to heaven now, and he hugged me and cried. no one could come and see you. we were left to grieve on our own, really. it s very hard, especially when you have a special needs son, and you don t want him to see you crying, but sometimes you just had to go away and have a little cry. the pandemic has seen too many sad milestones. in november, 2020, the death toll stood at 50,000. just 11 weeks later,