with election day fast approaching. is his message resonating right now as cnn s exclusive new poll drives home voters worries about the u.s. economy. also tonight, the trump organization s tax fraud trial is now under way in new york, after years of investigation. jurors being chosen to decide if crimes were committed by the former president s business. and as the battle for southern ukraine rages, russia is now accusing ukrainian forces of planning to detonate a nuclear-laced dirty bomb. the claim is being denial by officials in kyiv and here in washington. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, president biden hammering home his party s closing message just 15 days before the midterm elections. let s go straight to the white house where cnn s phil mattingly is standing by. as the president makes his push, a new cnn poll shows what voters care about most. give u
emerged and slowly we heard reports of people managing to get out. still, that fundamental piece of information about any lives being lost or altered through injury still missing this late on. obviously that kind of accounting is not the first priority here. you have to get people out, rescue them, and there is so much other chaos in this city because of days of russian bombardment and besieging. 350,000 people originally thought in there, it s possible 30,000 got out at some point. today we are just seeing humanitarian corridors sometimes getting people out safely, other times coming under fire. it s just extraordinary to imagine that a bomb shelter would be considered a target for an air strike by russia, jake. nick, how does this attack in mariupol fit into russia s ongoing battle for southern ukraine? reporter: it s just an example that exemplifies how grotesque their tactics have become. we ve seen ourselves a place to
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