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. you are live in the "cnn newsroom." im jim acosta in the battleground state of georgia live in atlanta. the clock is ticking and the stakes are climbing. the mid-term elections are just two days away. control of congress, of course, hangs in the balance. the senate could be decided by three key toss up races right here in georgia. and in nevada and pennsylvania, other crucial states are also in play and are very tight. the importance of pennsylvania, though, came into sharp focus t...

time they hope weeks of handed shakes, stump speeches and rallies will translate to votes. it is time for the final push. live pictures from philadelphia where democrats are bringing out their heavy hitters as they try to hang onto slim majorities in the house and senate. president biden, and former president barack obama will make their arguments a short time from now. both have warned that democracy is on the line this tuesday, denouncing election deniers on the ballot. also in penns...

nancy pelosis husband. deafening silence from brazils defeated president. no concession from boll sonarob >> biden, pence, obama, cheney all campaigning for candidates just one week until mid-terms. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. im christine romans. the man accused of hitting paul pelosi on the head with a hammer has been charged with a long list of state and federal crimes, a among them, assault, attempted murder and attempted kidnapping 467892-...

A lot of things that have come out, that he held a gun to his ex-wifes head, a knife to her throat. it hasnt budged republicans. we spoke to a lot of republican voters. some either dont believe the accusations or they do believe them but they dont care because they dont want joe biden to be able to push his agenda forward. so it makes a big difference. >> one of the things that could happen is we could head to a runoff. were in a runoff situation. donald trump is announcing he will run again. ho...

Michigan. a couple of trends here i think are really interesting. the early voting totals are huge. >> yes. >> also at the same time new polling for "the new york times" shows really tight races in key battle grounds for control of the senate. what are these trends telling us? >> reporter: so i think there are a couple of things at play here. theres a really interesting note in this poll about how the majority, there were a lot of people who want republicans to take over the senate but they li...

But as you know, at the end of the day these house races usually come down basically to party identification. so i do think whoever comes out, if were looking at the runoff situation, its still probably favors the republican in june when that runoff would happen over john ossoff. >> i love that guy, strong republicans and strong democrats who yell at each -- >> and curse at each other specifically. >> any idea when we get results on this race? >> at this point our political unit tell us that the...

His negative numbers are a lot higher than they were two years ago but, blake, you wrote a piece this week and you said we might be underestimating, saying anthony weiner is not a serious contender. >> if you look at poll you just mentioned. its okay to have negative opinions about you when you have a runoff situation where you have five candidates vying to get to that 40 percent. weiner ends up with 40 percent in this primary he will get in the runoff. thats okay to have 40 percent or more thin...

The best list in american politics and he can use that to drive turnout which typically falls in midterm years to get out youth, african-americans and hispanics who may see home. even if you dont see president obama in a place like louisville, you may see the use of his political organization. >> lets talk more generally about the senate. you could argue the future of the obama presidency depends on whether or not they keep the senate. theres no question that they are going to most likely lose t...