know. we do, indeed. pennsylvania candidate john fetterman suing in court to try to keep thousands of mail-in ballots from not being counted. he wants them counted. we ll explain why. the issue, they were not properly dated. an exclusive cnn interview. house speaker nancy pelosi sitting down for the first time after that attack on her husband paul pelosi in her san francisco home. weighing in whether or not it s going to affect her on political future. we ll get to to that. let s see. 6:00 a.m. polls other in connecticut, kentucky if you re there, living on sirius, have your phone out. new york here good to see you. opening in 30 minutes in ohio and north carolina. ohio, though, democrat tim ryan and trump-backed j.d. vance locked in a senate race. the president said it well. we got to get out there and run up the score on these guys, because we need to win and win big and take our country back. that s why these elections are so important. especially taking on such
that s why these elections are so important. especially taking on such an extreme group of people who are trying to hijack it and jam their ideology down the throats of everybody else in the country. cnn has all the battleground states covered with a team of reporters. we begin with the one and only mel li zanona live in columbus, ohio. a very breezy columbus. sun s not up yet. good morning to you. what s the mood like there. reporter: good morning. you really hit the name on the head here. it is competitive and also contentious. this race is a lot closer than a lot of people expected it to be. especially considering this is a state, a red state, that went for donald trump in 2020, and, yes. j.d. vance is still seeing having the edge but tim ryan kept it really competitive and views himself as the underdog in this race and has done that by having a consistent economic and jobs message from the beginning. he s didn t a very prolific fund-raiser and also tried to