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away and amara, we can see the finish line now. >> yes, we can. it feels like it's been a long last several weeks. we are finally here. this is the last weekend of campaigning before tuesday's elections as the candidates and their surrogates make their final push for votes. in the battle for control of the senate it comes down to a handful of key states, including pennsylvania. president biden, barack obama and donald trump all campaigning in the state today. >> the president keeping his focus on democracy and the economy. he says he is optimistic about the midterms, but polling has ...

Made that the closing argument. i notice last night the white house september out an email talking about one of biden's stops today in illinois and they were -- a white house official was emphasizing social security and medicare and bread and butter issues and warning about republican party policy radicalism, not democracy. so i think the big set piece speeches they think it's important to talk about, but on a day to day basis they recognize that inflation and the economy are the things they need to tell voters how they are addressing those issues. >> ryan, we got updates are from georgia and ...

Mastriano and they say, you know, i can't do that. i think that's a very interesting strategic calculation on their part. in georgia, look, this was the state that gave democrats the senate two years ago. so i would say the biggest remaining question, does it go into a runoff or not. you get a second shot at this if neither candidate hits 50%. so we could all be down in georgia and watching that as, again, the race that decides the election. worth noting senator schumer in the hot mic moment recently thought georgia was going slipping away from the democrats. >> yeah, really a revealing remark...

Make their voices known. but this today is all about riling up the base. this is about the two biggest stars, the three biggest stars in their representative parties talking to their base, turning out the base, and then that tiny sliver of independent swing voters that exists here in pennsylvania in a big way, that's what's up for grabs, that's likely what will determine the outcome of this very, very critical senate race. guys. >> and what could determine control of the u.s. senate as well. jessica dean from pittsburgh, thank you. >> let's break down these important races with cnn senior poli...

Believe members of congress knew what was going to happen, some members knew. i certainly believe some members instigated this. >> joining us now cnn senior political analyst ryan and co-author of the political playbook and author of madam speaker, nancy pelosi and the lessons of power. ryan, there is a caveat. he hedges a little bit. he said it's not based on anything he sees in the committee yet. but he does say he certainly believes republican members of congress may have instigated the insurrection? >> well, yeah. look, there's a very important piece in the "new york times" today that gets...