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viewers in the united states, and all around the world, i am paula newton, ahead on cnn newsroom. the white house, and congressional republicans, said to be inching ever closer to a deal to raise the debt ceiling. but, that could be just the beginning of an effort to avoid a default. new reporting for the washington post, employees of former president trump, allegedly, moving boxes of papers at mar-a-lago a day before the justice department showed up to collect classified documents. russia has, apparently, begun moving tactical nuclear weapons to belarus. what experts are saying abou...

along with katie pavlich, harold ford jr., jesse watters, and she has a restraining order against the elf on a shelf, dana perino. "the five." democrats painting republicans as murderers for simply wanting to have secure borders. check out what is happening in eagle past, texas, right now. a massive migrant snaking around in a line i would make the tsa jealous. thousands waiting to be processed by border patrol after they crossed into america illegally. texas governor greg abbott responding to the insanity by enacting sweeping new powers allowing cops to arrest illegals and put them ...

the world. a i'm john avlon in for kasie hunt. four weeks from today, we'll be waking up to results from the iowa caucus, so this is crunch time in the land of cornfields and presidential politics. donald trump holding a rally there tonight while nikki haley is going on offense. >> i've done well over 120 something, 140 town halls. and i never talk about my opponents. but today i am. >> the former u.n. ambassador and south carolina governor is sharpening attacks against her opponents calling out donald trump last night for his persistent praise of dictators. also the haley campaign a...

world. it is tuesday, october 18th. i'm christine romans. just three weeks to go until the mid-term elections. today president biden will zero in on abortion rights when he speaks at a speech in washington. the latest cnn poll finds it's the economy, inflation, voting rights, guns all ranked ahead of abortion in the minds of voters. cnn's jasmine wright is live for us bright and early in washington. jasmine, what do you expect the president's message on abortion to be? >> reporter: the president is going to talk about how he believes there is an assault on women's bodies and their ri...

and an entire demonstration. >> what result do you want? do you want the democrats to keep control of the united states senate and house of representatives? >> oh, i would love -- you know, i'm not making those choices or decisions. i'm going to work with whatever i have. >> that front democratic senator joe manchin, a short time ago. i'll ask him to play out the scenarios for us on how democrats might hold power, and what could turn that power over to the gop. plus, abortion. it may be the single biggest issue driving voters to the polls, even more than the economy. how is this issu...