mar-a-lago. and a state of emergency is now in effect in new york city as officials struggle there to house thousands of migrants bussed by republicans to the northeast from the southern border. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to ukraine right now. reeling from russia s heaviest air strikes since its totally unprovoked invasion, and tonight facing a new threat from vladimir putin of more attacks. here s cnn s international security editor, nick wapaton walsh. reporter: this was the day the war came back to all of ukraine. the capital kyiv, like many cities for months, edging toward normal, hit by multiple missile strikes. carnage at rush hour, central streets hit. the target unclear. the aim utter horror. over 100 missiles and drones. the civilian death toll rising, along with global fury that there was nothing the kremlin would not hit. even this kyiv walkway t
please follow the show at jdbalart msnbc. thank you for your time. peter alexander picks up with more news right now. good morning. i am peter alexander here in washington. parts of ukraine are under fire in the dark and running low on water as russia unleashes a new barrage of air strikes overnight. president zelenskyy says 30% of his country s power stations are destroyed by russia part of what he says is vladimir putin s strategy to plunge ukraine into brutal conditions just as winter approaches. we are in ukraine with the very latest ahead. plus, just 21 days out from the midterms, president biden is going to put the spotlight on a crucial issue the democrats hope will motivate their voters. abortion rights. and he is ready to make this promise. codifying roe v. wade into law will be his first big legislative priority in the new congress. if he hopes that ll be enough to keep control of congress in democratic hands, that actually may hinge on a series of other issues. r
tell it yourself. i m michael smerconish. the crisis manager wrote a whole book called truth to tell on how to handle a public crisis. davis advice the exact opposite of the approach of the biden white house to date around the discovery of the classified documents in its possession. they didn t tell it early. they waited nearly two months. they didn t tell it all, in fact, a statement released on monday, and the president s words on tuesday, were almost dishonest by omission. and as for tell it yourself, instead of the president telling the full story it has fallen to karine jean-pierre. saying he takes it seriously doesn t make it so. it seems like a series of unforced errors turning what might be a benign situation into something that will surely be the focus of the subpoena power republicans now possess after winning the house. here is how we got here. on november 2, biden lawyers discovered classified documents in an office the former vice president used in washington,
That the admission of ukraine to nato the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation , could trigger world war three. Meanwhile, turkey has been trying to act as a mediator in this war. Buy does all of this lead the people of ukraine . Could p still prevail miss with me in the studio is our security correspondent frank gardner, and orysia lutsevych, head of the Ukraine Forum at chatham house. And wee are also delighted to welcome professor kata ryna wolczuk, from the university of birminghams centre for russian, european and eurasian studies, Drjustin Bronk is a Senior Research fellow at the london based military think tank rusi, he is an expert in airpower and technology, and from the bbc s Russia Service olga ivshina. Well be hearing from each of our special panel in a few minutes, but first frank is going to set the tone for this discussion by reminding us of the key recent developments and statements and what they might tell us about the risks of escalation. The war in ukraine is intensify
this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you so much for being here. i m kate bolduan. at this hour president biden s trip to the middle east. the president vowing the united states is not going to, quote, wait forever for iran to rejoin nuclear talks. biden making those comments during a press conference alongside israel s prime minister, both leaders pledging their commitment to never letting iran develop nuclear weapons. the leaders did make clear there is still disagreement on the best approach. biden also reaffirming the importance of a jewish state and a two-state solution ahead of tomorrow s meeting with the palestinian president before heading to the most controversial portion of his mideast visit flying to saudi arabia. joining me right now for more on all of this cnn s wolf blitzers and kaitlan collins live in jerusalem. it s great you re there. the leaders today made very clear they are united in their goal that iran cannot get a nuclear weapon but also in