but we start tonight with the revolution we saw in congress this week of course it s easy to say at the public drama of the vote was embarrassing for the gop and kevin mccarthy and despite what i thought was a terrific acceptance speech by mccarthy in the early hours of starting morning, the establishment media all week long pushed the narrative. talking about the new depth of dysfunction and the new government and anarchy. as we learn the details of what they were demanding honest observers would have seen this is actually productive fights for substantive report one - reforms to make congress more responsive and less corrupt and more accountable and effective. yes they should have agreed earlier, but despite the preposterous rhetoric of being insurrectionist and terrorist, we cannot see their fight wasn t just good and in good faith the good for the health of our democracy from the sanctimonious leadership about. they want our democracy when it was behind closed doors that
translation: if the territorial integrity of our country is - threatened, then to defend russia and our people, we shall of course use all means at our disposal. i am not bluffing. in the past hour, russia has released 10 prisoners of war captured in ukraine in a deal brokered by saudi arabia. half are britons. also in the programme, new york s attorney general files a civil suit against donald trump and three of his children, accusing them of fraud. donald trump has condemned the lawsuit as a witch hunt . also this hour, the us federal reserve is expected to announce in the next few minutes another hike in interest rates, in a bid to bring down high inflation. we begin with the conflict in ukraine. russia s president, vladimir putin, has announced a partial military mobilisation, making an additional 300,000 personnel available to fight in ukraine from today. he said the call up was necessary to protect russian territory, including occupied areas that moscow is preparing
lottery payouts? if a powerball winner clueses to get paid over time, they ll get 30 payments over 29 years. and guess what happens to the money that hasn t been paid out? lottery officials invest it for the winner. they usually figure on about a 5% return. but remember, right now, the return on government i-bonds is almost 7%. that means the invested money gets a higher return, leading to a higher jackpot. so if you re buying tickets, you might be better off not choosing the cash payout. if you win tonight, you select the cash payout, you ll get this. $782 million. of course, that s an enormous amount, but it is less than half of this. the record breaking $1.6 billion jackpot. so the cash payment, less than half. by the way, no matter what the interest rate is, your odds of winning remain the same. 1 in 292 million. that drawing at 10:59, just before 11:00 tonight. good luck to all of you out there. the next hour of cnn newsroom starts right now. live from washington, d.c.
welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria. today on the program, election day in america is almost upon us. we are going to bring it. at stake, control of congress. it s a choice. between two vastly different visions for america. will the democrats lose their slim majority? i will talk to bill maher about what tuesday s results will mean for the next two years. then the u.n. s annual climate conference began today in egypt. a damning new report tells us the world won t come close to meeting its temperature target for the end of the century. but in all the gloom, there is some good news about climate action. i will talk to an expert. and left wing populism beat out right wing populism in brazil last week, but can lula succeed in getting the economy to grow and bringing the country back together when he comes to power? we ll explore. first, here s my take. as an immigrant to america who has traveled a great deal around the
today on the program, election day in america is almost upon us. we are going to bring it. at stake, control of congress. it s a choice. between two vastly different visions for america. will the democrats lose their slim majority? i will talk to bill maher about what tuesday s results will mean for the next two years. then the u.n. s annual climate conference began today in egypt. a damning new report tells us the world won t come close to meeting its temperature target for the end of the century. but in all the gloom, there is some good news about climate action. i will talk to an expert. and left wing populism beat out right wing populism in brazil last week, but can lula succeed in getting the economy to grow and bringing the country back together when he comes to power? we ll explore. first, here s my take. as an immigrant to america who has traveled a great deal around the world, i ve always been certain that america was the best place for people hike me.