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Forward to the visit. making new memories as a family, the news continues check topper on cnn tonight starts now. >> thanks anderson >> thanks anderson, this is cnn tonight im jake temperate in washington. election day is just 12 days away, but many democratic officials seem to believe barring some major seismic event, control of the house of representatives is all booked on. democrats can feel the house seats slipping through their fingers, as some experts project republicans could pick up mayb...

Base. democrats, for instance, did that with sweeping gun reform measures, even though they need to build a past would not even get 50 votes in the senate, let alone 60. the other kind of legislation is actually legislating. last month, house republicans laid out their legislative priorities, calling it their commitment to america. so lets break it down and try to figure out what exactly republicans will try to do. a big focus obviously will be the economy. republicans are vowing to repeal the 8...

Enriched by the crisis, facilitating it and pushing fentanyl across. so its got to be bipartisan. enough has got to be enough. this is why i think its actually important for us to actually talk about the courthouse. this is a common enemy. this is a common enemy that is slicing street drugs with poison and killing nearly 80,000 americans a year. we should be funding a tax force that directly targets. this why are we seeing big arrest for these cartel members that are not only pushing fat no acro...

Democrats and republicans is republicans want to focus on border security, and democrats want to focus on treatments and some other causes for dependency. i am wondering, is there a willingness, will there be a willingness, assuming you take over the republicans take over, and you are running for chairman of the homeland security committee, if you take over in that position, if you and our role -- is there a willingness to, even if you dont want to work with democrats in the house, to reach out ...

Times. nobody likes them but they are necessary evils in a sense because its the only time that you can actually negotiate ways to get our budget under control. we have to all agree on this, that a fiscal cliff is near, and its difficult to predict when that will happen, but we have spent a lot of money on these last couple of years. getting a budget under control, getting our debt to gdp ratio under control, its got to be a priority. >> one of the things that i look back on the last congress an...

Enthusiasm for democrats among democratic groups and demographics, right now, that appears a real challenge as senator bernie channels -- sanders told me two days ago. >> i am worried about the level of voter turnout among young people and working people who will be voting democratic. i think we have to do is contrast what a strong -- with your corporate agenda of the republicans. so, the headwinds are discouraging those voters from voting democratic and among key swing voters, democrats who con...

To pull over the finish line. midterm campaigns entering their final stage with early voting under way in several key states. georgias secretary of state released early voting figures sunday. over 740,000 georgians have cast their ballots in-person so far. 300,000 more than at this point during the 2018 midterms. over in arizona two armed men dressed intact cal gear were spotted at a ballot drop box in maricopa county, which left election officials concerned. the sheriffs office responded and th...

Already been featured in a series of digital and radio ads in key battleground states. he will hit the campaign trail later this week with his first stop in georgia where a nail biting senate raef between rafael warnock and her she will warnock could determine control of the senate. georgia is one of seven battleground senate seats up for grabs. over in pennsylvania tuesday republican mehmet oz and democrat john fetterman will debate for the first and only time since fetterman suffered a stroke ...

Contrast their economic plan with the republicans. what are the republicans talking about? they want to cut social security, medicare and medicaid at a time when millions of seniors are struggling to pay their bills. do you think thats what we should be doing? >> reporter: president joe biden for his part criticizing the republicans economic plan head-on. >> mega maga trickle down. mega maga trickle down. the kind of policies that have failed the country before and will fail it again. >> reporte...

This morning just 15 days now until the midterm elections and early voting is breaking records. in one key battleground state in georgia more than 750,000 people have cast their ballots so far. yesterday alone some 18,000 people came out to vote. thats another record according to georgias secretary of states office. cnn national politics reporter eva mckend is in atlanta with more. what more do we know about this voter turnout there in georgia? >> reporter: well, erica, candidates are really pus...