will his strategy work as many americans are more focused now on the economy. i ll ask the white house press secretary. and the cnn, cnn gets an exclusive, firsthand look now at a massive attack drone that s part of putin s arsonal. we ll go to kyiv where a critical situation is unfolding as russia strikes again and again. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with our midterm countdown and the crucial choices facing voters. with just three weeks to go. three weeks before the election day. cnn national politics reporter, eva, is following some of the hottest races out there beginning in the key battleground state of georgia. with three weeks until the midterms, voters are already flocking to the polls in large numbers. in georgia, the state set a midterm turnout record for early voting with more than 130,000 voters casting ballots monday. on the trail today, republican se
guess what since nineteen hundred and thirty eight, the republican two point lead on the generic congressional ballot is the best position forlo republicans at this point in any midterm cycle in over 80 years. my estimate for the twentyup twenty three house make if the election were held today which again it isn t we stiller have five months. m on five months from tomorrow would be republicans 200morr thirty six seats to two hundrede and forty one seats. democrats wonmo ninety four to a one hundred ninety nine . that is a stomping or that would be a stop. yes. yes it would and yes of course it s biden who is the drag in nineteen sixty two the president s approval rating jfk 71% bill clinton in nineteen ninety eight it was 63%. is just 41%.it was 63%. why is his approval rating so low? well i think this slide willh give you the answer. this is the net approval ratingp on the economy at this point in a presidency. joe biden minus. twenty six points. that is the lowest high f