nearly 12 million voters across the country have already cast their ballots for the critical midterm elections. more than 4 million of those ballots have been turned in throughout florida, california, georgia, and texas. the candidates are facing off in some of the final debates of the campaign season after the highly anticipated showdown in pennsylvania. john fetterman released a new ad criticizing mehmet oz s response to abortion. oz barely mentioned the debate during a gcampaign event in the last hour and says he focused largely on crime. in a race to control congress, both sides are narrowing to the most competitive races. new money is being injected from both sides as well, a sign of just how high the stakes are in these midterms. our cnn editor joins us now. where do things stand for the battle for the control of the bo what we re looking at. let s go to the map broadly. i m going to write on this. there are 35 seats up. 21 of those are republican. 14 are democrat. fu
cnn s chief national affairs correspondent reports on the debate faceoff that s making supporters of john fetterman nervous. the spotlight on pennsylvania intensified. a day after a debate between john fetterman and mehmet oz sharpened the stakes in the battle for control of the senate. i had a stroke. he s never let me forget that. the question is not what oz thinks of his rival. obviously i wasn t clear enough for you to understand this. but whether voters believe fetterman has recovered from a stroke in may and should be elected to a six-year term in washington. i don t think he has recovered from the stroke. jan welsh was watching closely and said she found fetterman s performance embarrassing. i had questions about oz earlier, but after listening with him against fetterman, it s definitely oz. but craig said he was turned off by what he saw as oz picking on fetterman. do you think he s healthy enough to be a oh, my. he gets healthier every day.
if this had been a boxing match the referee would have called this in the first 60 seconds. and now in case you need reminding it wasn t your run of the mill debate because due to his stroke fetterman required special dispensations. may notice these large monitors that are behind us. this is part of our closed captioning system. it was requested by john fetterman to help him process the questions that we are asking him tonight. laura: but right off the bat it was pretty clear that fetterman would need a lot more than that big screen. what qualifies you to be a u.s. senator? you have 60 seconds. hi. good night, everybody. laura: good night? well, scary thought. that might have been actually the best moment of the entire debate for fetterman. one of the most remarkable exchanges was about fetterman s views on fracking. i absolutely support fracking. i believe that we need independence with energy, and i believe i ve walked that line my entire career. you have made
white house walked back the president s declaration on 60 minutes that the pandemic is over. tonight, there are more mix messages from the white house on covid-19, only this time they could democrat the democrats priorities. a letter sent to president biden urging him to directly engage with vladimir putin, offer sanctions relief and end the war in ukraine. now lawmakers said the letters was sent by mistake. matt is live with the debate. good evening, trace, it is one of the most watched senate races in pennsylvania. both candidates faced off in their first and only debate. dr. mehmet oz and fetterman s fitness to serve has been a big focus. fetterman appeared to struggle to complete some sentences. so, it is about supporting and helping young earners excuse me young, young students that give them a break. i believe that supporting all right. fetterman was asked if he ll release his full medical records. he did not give a yes or no answer but said his doctor
shows the candidates separated by a point. john fetterman struggled to communicate and did not commit to releasing full medical records after suffering a stroke this spring. dr. oz did not focus on his opponent s health and hit him on the issues. let s also talk about the elephant in the room, i had a stroke, he s never let me forget that. and i might miss some words during this debate, put two words together, it knocked me down, i will keep coming up. this campaign is about fighting for everyone in pennsylvania that ever got knocked down. john fetterman during this crime wave has been trying to get murderers convicted and sentenced to life in prison out of jail in possible. one thing to legalize drugs and open the border, to raising taxes, i want washington to be civil again and less radical. john fetterman will bring that. todd: brooke singman has major moments from the debate. brooke: john fetterman and mehmet oz s debate was not short on drama. john fetterman was