good morning, boris. i m amara walker. georgia senate candidates rah fafl warnock and hershel walker square off. what walker had to say when he was claimed to have pressured a mother to get an abortion. and cnn exclusive. what lawmakers were doing as the capitol was being ransacked on january 6th and their determination to get back to the important work of certifying the election. it was like going to a museum that you never wanted to go to, that you would never in your life buy tickets to go to. that s what it was like. we hear from a juror in the nikolas cruz trial about the horrors of seeing evidence from the parkland shooting firsthand and the heated debate, the tense moments in that jury room as they tried to decide whether or not to spare cruz s life. welcome to the weekend. we re so grateful that you re starting it with us this saturday, october 15th. amara, great to see you as always. great to see you. you always sound so chipper and happy in the morning.
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
voting to subpoena the former president in his role in the capitol insurrection. he must be accountable. he is required to answer for his actions, is required to answer to those police officers who put their lives and bodies on the line to defend our democracy. he is required to answer to those millions of americans whose votes he wanted to go throw out as part of his scheme to remain in power. so it is our obligation to seek donald trump s testimony. and then they voted unanimously to do just that. let s bring in margaret taylor, tim bellmont, and john miller. great to see you guys. margaret, that was quite a finale, where the each unanimously and buy voice voted that they are going to subpoena donald trump. for sure, it was a historic moment. it paves the way for the potential of that committee to make criminal referrals all the way up to the former president. liz cheney didn t say that s what they re gonna do but they certainly suggest that they were gonna make ce
. cnn has this exclusive never before seen footage that shows how congressional leadership was scrambling to save the capitol as rioters were running wild, here s moment speaker of the house nancy pelosi was talking to then acting attorney general jeffery rosen about the risk to human life. concern we have about personal. safety. personal safety is just transcend everything but the fact is on any given day, theory break the will you in many different ways. . i mean, that s a part we think about how this will have lasting consequences that was kind of the meat of the matter for so many people watching it real time the idea of what s the doj going to do about this this question lingered. i appreciate it in terms of being able to see the true feelings in that moment, not that i agree with violence but the idea here when you heard speaker pelosi in this never before seen footage, you see her talking about in this raw state of emotions what that he planned to do if the
world. it is friday, october 14th. i m christine romans. we begin this morning with the january 6th house committee escalating its showdown with donald trump. our institutions only hold when men and women of good faith make them hold. committee vice chair liz cheney closing down the hearing calling for them to subpoena the former president. trump is not expected to comply. jamie raskin tells cnn s jake tapper, if he s innocent, he should. but even if he thinks that it was a righteous manifestation of pro trump sentiment, then he should come forward if he really wants to be the musi linnie of a mass right wing populus movement. he should come forward and explain that. cnn s jessica schneider has more from the hearing. we are obligated to seek answers directly from the man who set this all in motion. an extraordinary move. those in favor will say aye. aye. reporter: unanimously voting to subpoena former president donald trump for testimony and documents in the