one pilot s quick decision that may have averted a disaster. just the latest incident in recent weeks, including a near collision in new york. the state of emergency extended in eastern ohio 48 hours after a train derailment and fire. schools closed, thousands told to evacuate or stay indoors. the warning now about dangerous chemicals. an arrest in a horrifying synagogue attack in san francisco. the suspect accused of firing a handgun loaded with blanks. the attack coming just days after a man allegedly threw a molotov cocktail at a new jersey temple, leaving jewish communities on edge. we re tracking a new cross country storm dropping a foot of snow in the west with severe winds and flooding rain heading east this week. rob marciano times it out. our emotional interview with a widow of an american medic killed in ukraine. why she says he dedicated his life to helping others and a russian defector speaks for the first time about the atrocities he witnessed by his own
the moments paul pelosi was viciously assaulted. the lead starts right now. we re moments away from the first court appearance for the man accused of attacking speaker pelosi s husband. new this hour, what cnn is learning about the call for help from paul pelosi and video captured by police. biden, obama, pence, and more. the big names making their pitches one week before the midterms. also this hour, polls closing in israel s fifth election in only four years and netanyahu eyes a comeback. while in brazil, supporters of jair bolsonaro won t back down as the defeated president breaks his silence just moments ago. welcome to the lead, i m brianna keilar in for jake tapper. we start with our national lead. moments from now, the man accused of beating and fracture paul pelosi s skull with a hammer will appear in a san francisco courtroom. david depape faces a long list of federal and state charges including attempted murder and kidnapping for what prosecutors call a politi
On the border with the state of israel wanted us to live on the border. Wanted him to live on the border and now they should pay back for all these, its like what i said, just need to bring him back and bring everybody back. Im sorry for what youre going through and your family is going through. I hope they all come home soon. Thankou. Cnns coverage in israel continues. The source with Kaitlin Collins starts right now. Good evening. Im Kaitlin Collins. Welcome to the source. A live update on the latest on the ground in israel with Anderson Cooper in just a moment. I want to start with some ominous Breaking News for donald trump. Im not even talking about how a third former lawyer of his just took a plea deal in State Of Georgia earlier today. Which jenna ellis did do in a courtroom through tears. More on that in a second. But according to a new report tonight, Special Counsel jack smith has secured his most valuable witness yet in federal election Interference Case against the former p
Cohen could not be trusted and this entire sham trial has been built on a Foundation Of Sand politicized sand i might add. And today we were proven right, again. In a Bombshell Moment during crossexamination, defense attorney Todd Blanche Masterfully and singlehandedly destroyed what little shred of credibility Michael Cohen may have had left. Now it started earlier this week when cohen testified about an october 24th, 2016 phone call he had with trumps body guard keith schiller. He said he called schiller to talk directly to trump. And he claims that he needed to talk to the boss after he trferredz i mean cohen transferred 130,000 to Stormy Daniels. Well, the entire call lasted 1 1 36 seconds. Text messages from minutes before reveal that cohen wanted to talk to shirley about Something Else entirely. Prank calls from a 14yearold. Blanche says that cohen texted schiller who can i speak to about harassing calls to my cell and office. Shischiller said by calling cohn and texting call me.
ukraine. jim? anderson, thanks so much. this is cnn tonight. i m jim sciutto live from lviv in ukraine, along with the great laura coates in the u.s. the pentagon says tens of thousands of russian troops have now amassed in eastern ukraine. one of putin s commanders claims their new goal is to take full control of not just the donbas region in the east but southern ukraine to provide a land corridor to crimea and perhaps go further. still, president zelenskyy expressed hope and defiance tonight. translator: we will defend ourselves as long as necessary to break this ambition of the russian federation. the armed forces of ukraine continue to deter attacks by russian invaders in the east and south of our country. and i am grateful to each of our defenders who are bravely holding on. in this new offensive, they continue tonight in the region. this is the push and pull of the front lines. the russians launched for air strikes on the southern port city of mariupol earlier.