at the united nations headquarters here in new york city. hello, welcome. sandra smith in new york. and as you can expect, the traffic is thick with the u.n. happening. john: never my favorite time of year, no question about this. this is america reports, the president making his annual address to the u.n. general assembly just hours after vladimir putin made a startling speech to the russian people calling up hundreds of thousands of reservists to fight in ukraine, claiming he is not bluffing when it comes to his nuclear threats. the president putting putin on notice. just today president putin has made overt nuclear threats against europe, and a reckless disregard for the responsibilities of a nonproliferation regime. we will stand in solidarity of ukraine, solidarity against russia s aggression, period. sandra: the war in ukraine is not the only international crisis being discussed by the president. he reaffirmed america s one china policy just days after saying th
we will see you again tomorrow. now it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good, evening lawrence. good evening, alex. imagine you have a ticket they don t actually have tickets. but imagine you have that to get to that brooklyn courtroom courtroom today, where draymond dearly held his first special master session in the case of donald j trump versus united states of america. what would you do with your one seat for that courtroom? i d scalp. it no, i wouldn t. i would eagerly use it, because what an extraordinary hearing, elsewhere return to normalcy, to hear adjudged say, no, no. this case, you guys have not been arguing very well. that s a subtext, right? it can be classified campy declassified if you are not obviously classified. i just got so many aspects of what transparent in that courtroom where they ve analysis and discussion, because there was a lot packed in there, and we re getting great indication of where the special master may be headin
plus, desantis s police arresting floridians, the governor stepping away over the line. i will speak to one of. them tennessee, cracking down on abortion rights. putting doctors in legal jeopardy. a doctor joins us to talk about the chilling effect it is having. this is american voices. we begin this hour in the uk and the new monarch for the first time in 70 years. today, king charles the third was officially announced as britain s monarch, bringing in a new era for the royal family. the events today, a heavy mix of pomp and pride tradition were broadcast live for the first time in history. i shall strive to follow the inspiring example i have been set in upholding constitutional government and to seek the peace, harmony, and prosperity of the peoples of these islands. and of the commonwealth realms and territories throughout the world. today s historic events putting the celebrity of the royals on full display. princess william, and harry, joined by kate and megan toget
suspend its entire police force and puts two officials on leave following the school shooting that left 19 children dead. how the families are reacting. and anger and confusion in florida as many left homeless by hurricane ian are stuck waiting in line for hours to get the help they need. we re going to take you there this morning. new day starts right now. amara, we made it. the weekend, saturday, october 8th. we re so grateful that you re with us. before we start, a heartfelt welcome is in order. i hope our viewers will join me in welcoming and congratulating amara walker, the new new day permanent host. i m so excited. truly, there s no one else i would rather be doing this than you especially during these dark and early morning hours, but you and me together, we ve got this. world, watch out. happy to be here. thank you so much, boris. of course. we re following breaking news out of crimea where there s been a breaking escalation in russia s war on ukraine
motivation probably money. price per barrel which was over $120 in march by late september dipped below 80. and it also seems designed to help russia which has been hurt by sanctions since its invasion of ukraine and heavily depends on its oil profits. surely, opec plus knew the move would also impact america s election which is just a month away. when joe biden took office the national gas average was $2.39 a gallon by this summer, it more than doubled, $5. even higher in california, and his popularity plummeted. and then in the wake of the supreme court overturning roe versus wade on june 24th, the democrats have been getting more hopeful signs about the midterms, maybe hoping to hold on to the senate and a slim chance to keep the house which many attributed to abortion rights and that issue. but could the real issue be something else, as nate cohen suggested in the new york times this week isn t st. the gas price, stupid? cohen pointed out ten days before the issue on ab