vladimir putin showing an increasing reliance on drones that russia is said to be getting from iran. or clarissa ward the only reporter seeing what ukraine has shot out of the sky. plus, roe v economy? president biden s midterm pledge today, if democrats can keep control of congress. he will get an abortion rights law on the books. but the reality check on that may rely on what is on the minds of most voters. and hunting the injured. protesters shot and breaten in iran. fear of going to the hospital, where police could be waiting to capture them. the desperate mrlengths some demonstrators are going to to get treatment. welcome to the lead, i m john berman, in for jake tapper. and we start with our world lead. today, a top ukrainian intelligence official predicted an end to putin s war. quote, russia s loss is inev inevitable. by the summer, everything should be over. that despite putin s attacks on ukraine s power plants. nearly a third have been destroyed. some of th
hitting the airwaves just last night. speak of the most dangerous thing facing georgia is four more years of brian kemp. my record has been attacked because miss abrams doesn t want to talk about her own record. talked to a police officer and they will tell you they are terrified of doing the job senator leahy has been doing this thing with a pocket constitution for the last couple of years. it is not a prop. carley: with a jam-packed night, jackie ibanez has more from all the candidates. by the end of this week early voting will have kicked off in 25 states. 17 states have officially opened their polls with iowa, nevada, tennessee set to join them later this week. early voting underway in georgia were republican governor brian kemp and democratic challenger stacey abrams went head-to-head in an intense debate last night. the incumbent pushing abrams on her past and i police rhetoric. listen. how many sher sheriff sherifs have i think you believe it s the truth.
potentially involved in his son s business dealings. republican senator chuck grassley to attorney general merrick garland and fbi director christopher away and as a u.s. attorney leading to hunter biden investigations has he has whistle-blower records that suggest the fbi has significant evidence related to the potential criminality of hunter biden s ventures. grassley writes, the documents in the fbi s possession specific details to specific conversations by nongovernment with potential criminal conduct by hunter biden. these documents also indicate that joe biden was aware of hunter biden s business arrangements and may have been involved in some of them. grassley said he obtained a summary of an fbi interview with tony bobulinski and x business associate of hunter biden which suggested joe biden was involved in a joint business venture. fox business news obtained messages in 2020 showing joe biden met with bobulinski on the sidelines of a california conference in may 2
bill: it s four key races remaining locked in a dead heat. inflation, crime and border security is driving voters to the polls. voters trust republicans way more to handle all of them. republican senator tim scott details how important your vote is. there s no doubt when you look at the midterms in my lifetime. there s not a more important midterm for america s future than this year. we are just days away from putting america back on the right track. we can change the course of american history starting in georgia, starting with herschel by returning common sense insanity to the u.s. senate. it is that important. bill: saw that from last night. watching the closely raced house in ohio. kevin mccarthy is standing by. alexandra hoff is live this d.c. what did we find? good morning, just as interesting we re seeing in the house week to week. in the senate these four tossups remains. comes down to arizona, nevada, and pennsylvania. republicans need 51 to take the majori
exactly three weeks until election day. rankings out this morning show a slight shift in favor of the gop. races in california and oregon have gone from leaning democrat to toss-up. the current forecast of 15-seat majority victory for republicans. that s a wider margin than even a week ago. a path for democrats does still exist. house minority leader kevin mccarthy. you take nothing for granted. we have to continue to fight for the next 21 days. the issues are really very important. these democrat incumbents are the ones who voted for the american rescue plan that brought us inflation. you watch their defund the police what has happened to crime. you watched their ability to look at other way to have a border open that will kill 300 americans today with fentanyl from president biden to nancy pelosi. that is their challenge if they run on their record, they re in trouble. harris: on the senate side, it s anyone s game. we re closerly watching races in georgia, arizona, nev