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hello, everyone. i m kate bolduan. at this hour, we are in the home stretch. today is the final day of campaigning before voters start getting counted. candidates across the country are out in force as they should be of course. getting final face time with voters and their final opportunity to lock in any waiving votes. the mood understandably tense with so many razor tight races and so much on the line. republicans are growing increasingly confident they ll make major gains in congress and in governor s mansions across the country. the current and former presidents back on the trail again to try to boost turnout. president biden will be campaigning for democratic candidates in maryland today. former president trump will be in ohio for a rally for the republican senate candidate there. and another sign of justice how focused in voters are on this midterm, more than 40 million americans in 47 states have already cast their ballots in early voting. and when all of the vot ....
reason and basic decency are on the ballot. plus, an important cnn exclusive. an interview with the man in line to replace nancy pelosi as speaker of the house. kevin mccarthy outlining the house republican agenda. i think the first thing you ll see is a a bill to control the border. first thing we re going to do is make sure an economy that s strong. and donald trump reminds mccarthy and every other republican who s on first in the gop. trump stops in ohio, pennsylvania, florida, in the final days to make clear he sees the midterm closed as his 2024 opening act. we re winning big, big, big in the republican party for the nomination like nobody s ever seen before. there it is, thank yorump at 71. ron desanktimonious. at first, election eve and a crossroads for the presidency. already had 1 million ballots cast 41 million ballots cast. the final count will determine which party controls the house. which party controls the senate. also which controls the gov ....
and i m bianna golodryga. the fight for every vote under way with just five days until election day. so far more than 30 million voters have already cast their ballots in 46 states with the most seen in texas and florida. that s a pace that looks like if may exceed the historic turnout of 2018. both president biden and former president trump are making those closing arguments for their parties from the campaign trail. trump is planning four rallies in five days starting in iowa today to slam democrats over inflation and crime. president biden head west. soon lands in new mexico. may echo his consistent call to voters to eject election deniers and preserve democracy. our phil mattingly is covering president biden and jeb bellamy in iowa. why is president biden in new mexico? reporter: the two events he s attending. one a speech about student loans pap clear effort. we ve seen the white house pursuing this over the course of the last several weeks directed at tryi ....