new day starts right now. four ukrainian regions illegally annexed by russia under martial law this morning. the russian military does not even have complete control of the areas, in kherson, the russians are trying to accelerate the relocation or evacuation of some 60,000 residents in the face of ukrainian advances. vladimir putin perhaps struggling to maintain his grip even inside russia. introducing several levels of increased security measures. overnight a russian rocket struck a children s school in a village in zaporizhzhia. and destruction towards the south after another night of strikes targeted the energy infrastructure. here in the u.s. president biden weighing in on the declaration of martial law saying it reveals putin s dwindling options in the war. i think that vladimir putin finds himself in an incredibly difficult position. and what it reflects to me is, it seems his only tool available to him is to brutalize individual citizens in ukraine. the state
was elected by the conservative party. i have spoken to his majesty the king to notify him thati i m resigning as leader of the conservative party. it was just yesterday that truss fiercely declared before parliament that she was, quote, a fighter, not a quitter. but the reaction and the fallout from her government s handling of the current economic and energy crisis in the u.k. clearly forced her hand. truss will now be the shortest serving prime minister in british history. let s get straight over to scott mcclain. he s outside of the prime minister s residence in london. so, scott, what now? reporter: if you ask the opposition labor party, there ought to be a general election but the conservative party has zero incentive to actually call a general election. because if you consult the polls, you will find that the conservative party were an election be held today would be absolutely trounced by the labor party. labor likely getting twice or por than twice the share of t
well, did remain longer than liz truss. the lead starts right now. liz truss resigns as prime minister only 44 days in, making history for shorten newer at 10 downing. you ll never guess who is vying for her job. president biden hitting the road for the midterms. he s in pennsylvania touting infrastructure alongside democratic senate candidate john fetterman but would it be better for democrats if biden stays at the white house? then breaking news for the search for a missing princeton university student. police have recovered a body. hello and welcome to the lead i m john berman in for jake tapper. and we begin with our politics lead as president biden hits the campaign trail with just 19 days until the election. biden making a road trip to pittsburgh, pennsylvania today. his 18th trip to the commonwealth since he became president. and the 19th is next week. this week it was to highlight how the bipartisan infrastructure law is rebuilding the nation s crumbling roads
good afternoon. i m yasmin vossoughian. wow, three days can be believed we made it from the midterms. the actions, fast is furious on the campaign trail. candidates in their highest profile surrogates out in force throughout the country. including the democrat s most potent weapon, former president barack obama spending the day campaigning for pennsylvania senate candidate, john fetterman. i think somebody mentioned earlier we are set our clocks back to probe and our. on tuesday let s make sure our country doesn t get backs set back 50 years. and let me just say, that has to be worth 15 minutes of your time. obama is going to be sharing the stage with president biden, his former vice president in a couple hours. they are both sharing the state with the man who served between them, donald trump. set to hold a rally for dr. oz. we have a flood of nbc news co-correspondents federal cross the country and keep our ground states, of course. including chomping at the bit right n
and really why biden has come back to pennsylvania time time again, this will be the 18th trip to pennsylvania, that is more than every other state if you take out delaware course, maryland where he spends a lot of his weekends. it really is the capstone of what they see as the biden coalition. black voters here in the city of philadelphia, suburban women in the suburbs, where president boma was earlier today. labor, union workers, the joe biden democrats officially prided himself on. and then he looked to places like scranton, the middle class people that he s always affiliated himself. with this is why the city is always been supported. and yes, when you only have to look at what s happening on the republican side as well. for president donald trump campaigning here as well. it is three days until the midterm elections and, yasmin, that means it is about four or five days until we pivot right into 2024. we will be looking at whether trump gets in the race, whether joe biden is gonna