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world. it is tuesday, october 18th. im christine romans. just three weeks to go until the mid-term elections. today president biden will zero in on abortion rights when he speaks at a speech in washington. the latest cnn poll finds its the economy, inflation, voting rights, guns all ranked ahead of abortion in the minds of voters. cnns jasmine wright is live for us bright and early in washington. jasmine, what do you expect the presidents message on abortion to be? >> reporter: the pre...

inflation and racist rhetoric. >> yes, joe biden is our president. he was chosen in the only election that matters the election held by the electoral college. whether there were errors, whether some states might have conducted their elections better than others, theres always room for debate and questions about that. >> for you to talk about the importance of the electoral college i think is rich. you know exactly how important it is, and i think you knew how important it was when you ...

how they caught him. freeze warnings tonight. 22 states under freeze watches and warnings from texas, all the way to the northeast. more than a foot of snow already falling in parts of the midwest. wind chills set to plunge into the teens in some areas and ginger zee standing by. 22 days now until the midterm elections. tonight, the moment herschel walker pulled out that police badge during the debate. doubling down on his claims he worked in law enforcement. the moderator telling ...

now. now. >> tonight on all in -- an ex president wild attack on american jews condemned by the white house. >> donald trumps comments were antisemitic, as you all know, and insulting what. both to jews and our israeli allies. >> tonight, from donald trump to kanye west, the undeniable antisemitism of maga republicans. then -- >> this is from my hometown. >> is that of arresting authority? or its an honorary badge? >> herschel walkers new explanation for his batch stunt. and then you l...

its donald trump. you know, he tried to ban 1 billion people across the world who are muslim. he told american congressman to go back to their country. we all know what hes like. and we know the republican party were utterly devoted to him no matter what awful awful outrageous things he says. but, heres the thing. this is bigger than that, and i think it is genuinely much more disturbing. so, take this tweet from the staff of the republicans on the house judiciary committee, they ar...

youngstown wouldnt have lost 50,000 jobs and those steel workers would not be coming up to me telling me you failed them. >> ohio senate nominees tim ryan and jd vance face off in youngstown and they werent the only ones to hit the debate stage last night. were taking a look at georgia and utah as well. in ukraine, more russian strikes in kyiv this morning. this time appearing to target the countrys electrical infrastructure. well have the latest from the war-torn country. and also...

and thanks to all of you for getting up "way too early" with us on this tuesday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. the media suggests they are not paying attention to the concerns of every day voters. >> you want to sweep it under the rugment i dont want to talk about this any more than anyone else. >> when the barbarians were at the gate, you were happy to let them in. >> they were people that behaved badly on that day. im not one of them. >> ms. abrams is going to lie about m...

top priority. you heard it just moments ago. he said he would introduce a bill to protect abortion rights if democrats can hold on to congress. its clearly an effort to motivate voters. his last words were vote, vote, vote. but with economic worries, not abortion top of mind for most americans, the question is, will it work? plus, would you pay more than $1,000 for a hotel room? a new house investigation finds that the secret service had to do just that repeatedly because thats what th...

top of the hour here on "cnn newsroom." >> the countdown continues to the midterms. 22 days left until election day determining who will control congress, and a new poll from "the new york times" shows that republicans have a slight edge here. 49% of likely voters say that they plan to back the republican candidate for their house district compared to 45% for democrats. now this poll also found it combined 44% of likely voters are most worried about the economy or inflation. now today,...

candidate who doesnt want to commit. "the lead" starts rile now. with just over three weeks to go to the midterms, early voting begins in a key state that entire country is watching. herschel walker with a new admission today and the republican who wants to be arizonas next governor indicates she might not be interested in the actual results. plus, kamikaze terror, kyiv comes under attack from drones that russia is getting from iran. a pregnant woman killed. could this change how the...