today s republican party exists in is that there s a so-called deep state and that is out to persecute the ex-president, his allies and other conservatives. now having managed to become house speaker by the skin of his teeth, kevin mccarthy is enacting an agenda based entirely off of that warped and delusional world view. one of his first acts, removing congressman adam schiff and eric swalwell from the house intelligence committee. mccarthy denied it had anything to do with the fact that they are critics of a disgraced twice impeached ex-president and his allies. the cardinal sin appears to be i led the impeachment of his master in mar-a-lago, for withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid in ukraine, a nation that was then at war with russia, in order to extort that country and to help donald trump s re-election campaign. you are seeing the fulfillment of kevin mccarthy s corrupt bargain, with marjorie taylor greene, somebody who declared on january 5,
putin responsible for recent attacks in ukraine. but how? the lead starts right now. a global response as russia bombards ukraine with mass missile attacks for a second straight day. what the president just said about the aggression in an exclusive interview with jake tapper. also this hour, another cnn exclusive, one on one with senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. his take on republicans chances of winning a majority in the midterms, plus the one question he refused to answer about donald trump. and the worst is yet to come. the new recession warning as top economists also predict exactly when the economic downturn will hit. hello and welcome to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper. we begin with world leaders pledging to stop russian president vladimir putin s reign of terror in ukraine. an emergency debate today at the united nations and the g7 heads of government including president joe biden on an emergency call with ukraine s president today, vowing
southwest florida as a category 4 hurricane, making it the most powerful storm to ever hit that area of the state. the death toll now standing at 45, but that number could rise as crews reach areas cut off by flooding. people who chose to ride out the storm describe their harrowing experiences. the water was up to my balcony here. it was just you could dive off the balcony. just water everywhere, stuff floating on it. i never stay again. they say evacuate, go. right now the remnants of ian are moving along the country s northeast after the storm hit georgetown county, south carolina, as a category 1 hurricane. let s send it down to boris sanchez anchoring our coverage from fort myers, florida. boris. fred, as the sun rises on another day here in fort myers and southwest florida, the scope of the damage from hurricane ian is becoming more clear. communities are reeling as many folks are getting back to their properties and seeing what was left behind by this near categor
could be called later, after a legal deadline for the resumption of power sharing passed at midnight. prince harry announces the title and publication date for his memoir, promising a raw and unflinchingly honest account of his life. and proof that bumblebees really do get a buzz out of playing with balls. elon musk has completed his $44 billion deal to buy twitter, after months of legal battles. the company s chief executive is reported to be among a number of seniorfigures who ve been fired, sources told us media they were escorted from the firm s headquarters. he has just tweeted, the bird is freed . earlier this year, mr musk, the world s richest person, attempted to back out of the purchase. we ll talk later to our tech correspondent james clayton. the united nations says there s no credible way of limiting the rise in global warming to one of the key thresholds agreed at the paris climate talks in 2015. a new report says governments around the world have been woeful
even though it s actually not part of the grade school curriculum. that same bill requiring the program to teach american patriotism. in florida, ron desantis blocking a new advanced placement course for high school students on african american studies, saying that that course lacks educational value. last year, he also signed a bill restricting how schools can talk about race with their students. governors and legislators, mostly on the right, waging a kind of war on what they see as so-called woke curriculum. others see as the, well, telling of truth and unvarnished truth at that, of our own american history. then there s the war on woke part two. this time it s called the word police. in arkansas governor sarah huckabee sanders has banned the word latinx in all official state documents. and you may have heard that stanton university created a list of harmful language like, you guys, killing two birds with one stone, even the word american. we re going to dig into the quest