the united states and around the world. welcome to cnn newsroom. the final stretch. 16 days to go until the u.s. elections, the candidates are pulling out the stops and pulling in high-profile support. xi jinping secures an unprecedented third term, cementing his iron grip over china s future. we re live in beijing and taipei with the latest. and ukraine s power grid under attack with frigid winter just around the corner. russia takes aim at critical infrastructure. a live report from kyiv is just ahead. the u.s. is just over two weeks away from the tightly contested and deeply consequential midterm elections. at stake this november, control of congress. and by extension, the president s political agenda. joe biden s democratic party currently holds 220 seats in the house, and to keep its majority, it must hold on to 218 of them. right now, though, republicans have a slight lead in the polls with 18 seats still up for grabs. in the senate, 35 seats are in play. cnn
he joins us now from the capital, kyiv. nic, russia set its sights on ukraine s power grid? reporter: seems to be so. they are targeting, according to the electrical generating company here in ukraine, they re targeting the weaker parts or the easier to access parts transformers, switch gears, the high-voltage to low voltage transformers. the equipment that s on the output and power generating stations. this is the stuff that you see when you drive past an electrical generating power plant or a big electrical installation. it s the stuff that s outside. it s got the big cables going in, the big boxes. and that s easier for the russians to take out because it s not indoors, under a roof, behind bricks, behind concrete. so it s those parts of the network that russia s been most effective against. the difficulty for the ukrainians is, yes, they re repairing them, but big things like heavy-duty power
rescue workers to access parts let s listen in. i welcome to the podium miami-dade county mayor daniela levine cava. thank you. here we are, day 12. it is hard to believe that it is been 12 long days. i m proud to provide an update that last night s demolition of the remaining portion of the champlain towers south was executed exactly as planned. the demolition began at 10:30 p.m. and the building fell as was planned towards collins avenue. only dust landed on the existing pile. and a little over an hour afterward, we received the all clear. and then right around midnight work commenced on the pile and by 1:00 a.m. we were in full search and rescue operation
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