Line. Were going to have the latest for you from the campaign trail. And it is said to be the largest Lottery Prize in history, 1. 6 billion is up for grabs in tonights Powerball Drawing. It is saturday, everyone. Thank you so much for waking up with this. Good morning, boris. Thanks to our producers for that reminder that the Powerball Drawing is coming up. Ive got to get my lottery tickets. Are you playing . I am now. Thanks for the reminder. Appreciate that. We begin this morning with the final sprint to the midterm election. The candidates and their surrogates are making the final push with just three days to go before election day. And the battle for control of the senate it comes down to a handful of key states including pennsylvania, barack obama, President Biden, and President Trump also campaigning in the state today. Republicans heading into tuesdays elections, though, with a slight edge. But millions of voters have already cast their ballots. Everything voting is up compared
line. we re going to have the latest for you from the campaign trail. and it is said to be the largest lottery prize in history, $1.6 billion is up for grabs in tonight s powerball drawing. it is saturday, everyone. thank you so much for waking up with this. good morning, boris. thanks to our producers for that reminder that the powerball drawing is coming up. i ve got to get my lottery tickets. are you playing? i am now. thanks for the reminder. appreciate that. we begin this morning with the final sprint to the midterm election. the candidates and their surrogates are making the final push with just three days to go before election day. and the battle for control of the senate it comes down to a handful of key states including pennsylvania, barack obama, president biden, and president trump also campaigning in the state today. republicans heading into tuesday s elections, though, with a slight edge. but millions of voters have already cast their ballots. every
voting? reporter: well, fred, president biden has tried to hammer away at his message that he believes republicans would pose a greater risk if they take vol of the house and senate. all of this coming as democrats control could be in jeopardy over economic discontent among voters. the president was here in joliet, illinois campaigning alongside house democrat in a competitive district. and he really zeroed in on on plans to lower prescription drug costs and preserve social security and medicare, programs that the president has argued would be on the chopping block if republicans get control of congress. and the president, as he talked about social security and medicare, had choice words for protesters on the issue of those who say democrats are part of socialism. generations of americans have counted on it, and it works. you didn t have social security, the poverty rate for those over 65 would be four times what it is now. four times. i love those signs when i came in,
our cbs news investigation: crime without punishment. unsolved murder in america. why cases are going unsolved at record numbers. tonight s other top headlines: stepping up testing for monkeypox in america. a terrifying moment at yellowstone where a man and his son got attacked by a wild bison. and celebrating pride month: the female baseball star going public with her own personal truth at the age of 95. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. there are a number of new questions tonight after that jaw-dropping testimony from cassidy hutchinson, the close aide to then-white house chief of staff mark meadows. some of the revelations could land members of the trump inner circle and the former president himself in legal jeopardy. that includes hutchinson s firsthand account of the former president encouraging h