at this hour, breaking news, the senate is now voting on a doomed border deal. can critical aid for ukraine and israel, though, still be saved? democrats will make a move to find out. a stinging defeat for nikki haley in nevada, trump wasn t on the ballot, but she still lost by double digits to an option labeled none of these candidates. fani willis s fight, the new support for the fulton county d.a. as trump tries to have her disqualified from his georgia election case. and a big map costs how much? the growing backlash as fast food prices take a bigger bite out of your wallet. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we want to begin with all of the dysfunction on capitol hill. nbc s ryan nobles is following that. a couple of horrible, terrible votes for the republicans last night. but now another vote. tell us what s happening and how this all fits together? reporter: yeah, chris, what we re expecting is actually a series of votes in
democracy, will all be decided today. the candidates have made their final closing arguments to rally an american public that is at once anxious, angry, and exhausted. are you ready to win this election? i m sick of talking about american decline. i think it s time we started to do something about it. please send me to washington, d.c. we re winning this. we ain t talking about no runoff. we re winning this. i believe in democracy. i certainly believe in a free and fair election. this is a transformative election. it s going to send a loud message to washington. we ve always done democracy better than anywhere else. and we are not going to stop now. y all ready to close this thing out? today we stand united as one voice. and i feel thean a massive vict shocks the world. i m ready for it. are you? well, now it s up to the voters. with millions heading out to cast their ballots today, we re keeping an extraordinarily close eye on the voting process nationwid
hours of the race. we re in dangerous times. this is not the first time we ve been we ve been threatened. arizona s kari lake after a suspicious white powder was sent to her campaign office. and a potential tropical storm could impact florida just as voters are heading to the polls. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. today, one final day of campaigning before it s all in the hands of voters. at stake, control of both houses of congress along with dozens of state offices including governor. early voting still under way in 47 states with more than 40 million ballots already cast. here is what some voters have been telling us. i drive a truck. and it does not get very good gas mileage. i had to quit my last job because i couldn t afford to drive all the way out there. why is the price of gasoline where it is today? you can t just overlook that issue. i came up in a union household. my dad was a teamster for 3
pivotal midterm elections. in a little over 24 hours results will begin pouring in, with huge implications for the direction of the country and the future of the biden agenda. also tonight, two election exclusives. cnn sits down with republican leader kevin mccarthy to preview his plans if the gop wins the house. and speaker nancy pelosi opens up to anderson cooper in her first interview since the brutal hammer attack on her husband paul. cnn reporters and kr correspondents are on the campaign trail covering key races, the house and senate and governor s mansions across the country as well. all are at stake. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. first let s go to cnn s kate baldwin standing by just outside of philadelphia. control of the senate could come down to pennsylvania. both mehmet oz and john fetterman are spending the final hours getting out their closing messages. what s the lat
years, marking the central bank s most aggressive move yet to bring down the soaring costs of food and gas and almost everything else. inflation is not easy. just days ago we learned it s at the highest level since 1981. the fed released a darkening forecast projecting more inflation and higher unemployment. joining me now matt egan. we heard from the fed chairman. he signalled more rate hikes. what did you learn? reporter: well, victor, clearly inflation is on fire. today the federal reserve officially called in help for some reinforcements. taking aggressive steps to raise interest rates and fed officials are signaling that even more aggressive steps may be needed to get inflation under control. listen to what jerome powell just said. we anticipate ongoing rate increases will be appropriate. the pace of those changes will continue to depend on the incoming data and evolving out look for the economy. clearly today s 75 basis point increase is an unusually large one. from