commanding the attention of the one man on the front lines dealing with every crisis that happens this our country. that s white house chief of staff ron klain. today he made it official, announcing that he is stepping down after two busy years as chief of staff in president joe biden s white house. we are pleased to welcome ron klain, live from the white house. thank you for taking the time today of all days to talk to us. thank you for having me. i appreciate it. we often start with this reality that i m very familiar with, anything that s happening in the country that s very difficult is something that a white house tries to come in and offer some back support. i just want to start with memphis. i know the president spoke to the family today. i know you have access to some of the best intelligence with concerns on the ground, if you could take me through the personal, anything you can say about the call and what the
it is a really problem facing the government. a real pressure point that president putin is putting on them right now. nic robertson, cnn, at a power-generating plant in ukraine. you see a third of the country s power is out. it s getting colder in ukraine right now and the concern is that for civilians there, there s going to be more of these attacks and how will they survive through the winter months? officials in kyiv say the strategy is to avoid a complete blackout. and we ll talk about that coming up next hour. 12 days out from the vote count, both parties are targeting latino voters. this is a critical voting bloc, but it shifted towards republicans in 2020. we ll talk about what democrats are doing to win back support. that s next.