reportedly abandons his struggling pick for governor. just left him in the dust. never would have seen that coming. i know. no loyalty. things go back, and he throws him under the bus. who has ever seen that? that s shocking. other than anyone he s ever dealt with. the latest on the war in ukraine. british intelligence reports russia has been firing high-level commanders over the military s poor performance in ukraine. we ll talk a lot more about that. along with joe, willie, and me on this friday morning, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katty kay. editor for the washington post, david ignatius. the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. he is white house bureau chief at politico. willie, we re going to get a lot of news here, but i must say, jonathan and i just shocked. a storied night in major league baseball last night, as the little engine that could just went a half notch up the hill and said, i think i can. jonathan, give us a qu
there. with china in mind. but as biden prepares to head overseas, there are concerns that north korea is preparing to test an intercontinental ballistic missile in the coming days, one more dose of saber ra rattling. the other major story we re following, the u.s. economy in flux, to say the least. wall street set for another rough day, dow futures already down. you see there this morning. after the markets worst day in nearly two years yesterday, ending down nearly 1200 points, 3.5% or so. inflation fears now depressing investor sentiment. many ceos are stating their concerns of a recession could be coming. let s begin at the white house, cnn s john harwood is there. so, first, john to this meeting today, sweden and finland, two countries that avoided membership in the alliance for years, for decades in fact, the invasion of ukraine changed that, the president showing his support today. reporter: that s right. and this is one of a series of consequences that have unfolde
it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell in buffalo, new york. police here say the suspect in that racist rampage that ended with the death of 10 people plan to keep killing beyond the toms market if he had not been stopped. authorities say the suspect, an 18-year-old white man drove more than 200 miles to this neighborhood to kill, to kill black people. many in the community here and across the country are outraged that there is another mass shooting, apparently driven by white supremacy. and of course the tributes are already pouring in for the victims who were killed, they re all black americans ranging in age from 32 to 86. the family of one victim, ruth whitfield speaking out and a loved one collapsing during the news conference, over welhelmedy grief. for those people who do not see us, how dare you not see us as american. we stand here on the blood, sweat and tears of our ancestors, and taught us to be proud of that fac