hello everyone. welcome to the cnn newsroom. today the us and germany announced they are sending advanced level tanks to ukraine. this ends weeks of geopolitical squabbling and introducing what could be a game changer in the russian war in ukraine. it will take months for 31 american abrams tanks to reach the ukraine battlefield and there was no diplomatic arm-twisting behind the decision. they are the most capable tanks on the world and their extremely complex to operate and maintain. we are giving ukraine the parts and equipment necessary to sustain these tanks on the battlefield. .[indiscernible] germany did not force me to change my mind. i wanted to make sure we were all together. germany said it will dispatch 14 tanks to the troops. this move by the most powerful nato members opens the door for other allies to make contributions. the tanks will allow ukraine to go on the offensive and to retake occupied territory germany warns that the approval is extremely
Its own laws, it is smugglers, and Human Traffickers and drugs and weapons and terrorism also people here unlawfully committing seriously, deadly crimes, sovereign nations need secure borders. Strong countries enforce their law ands federal government needs to do its job or someone else will. Governor abbott and ron desantis are highlighting these issues, there are now threats to sue governors and calls for criminal probes. Someone removed governors from office but not remove people here unlawfully . Joining us now is former dhs secretary chad wolf thank you for joining us, your successor said that border is secure how would you describe it. The border is anything but secure, we continue to see month after month high numbers over 200 thousand illegal apprehensions over 900,000 Got Aways This Fiscal Year that is ending in about a month from now, with that much unlawful and uncontrolled migration across the sort of everyone border you have no control over it you could point to a couple o
brand-new fox power rankings are out, republicans holding the advantage and retaking the house. the senate is still up in the air. hello, well come, welcome, i m sandra smith in new york. mike: mike emanuel in washington. republicans are supposed to keep the advantage from the last power rankings but different side in the senate. toss-up races in arizona, georgia, nevada and pennsylvania will decide which party takes control. sandra: tight as ever, we approach the final weeks to election day, all of this as pocket book issues are likely to determine the outcome of many of these key races. recent polls show the economy, inflation, surging gas prices are top of mind for american voters. especially independents. mike: jackie and james in moments, but first alexandria, the election is likely to be decided by independent voters. that is exactly right, often hold the decisionmaking power and we are seeing the area of independent concern aligning more with republicans. the
with more missiles and other weapons after widespread strike killing 19 people. the united nations calling the attack particularly shocking and amounting to potentially war crimes. testimony has begun in the trial of a russian national who is accused of playing a major role in the fabrication of a document. used in the trump-russia probe. igor is accused of making false statements to the fbi. remember that this is the john durham investigation. stocks were mixed today, the dow gained 36 common s&p 500 and the nasdaq fell with a technology lead retreat on fears, the s&p down 24, the nasdaq lost 116. it is a midterm watch four weeks from tonight, and we have a new round of power rankings with ships benefiting both parties as we look at the governor s races, the one shift we have in the governor s race is maine. moving to lean democrats, a battle between income and democrat mills and the former republican governor paul lepage, if we take a look at the shifts in the house, th