a spokesperson is here and ready to weigh in. john: first, a battle for control of congress as candidates enter the final stretch just three weeks now until the high stakes midterm elections, and brand-new fox power rankings show republicans hold the advantage in house but neither party breaking through in the senate. i m john roberts in washington. happy tuesday to you. sandra: sandra smith in new york. republicans are forecast to win a 15-seat majority, that is a slight shift in favor of the gop as the party makes gains in key school districts out west. races in the senate up in the air, toss-ups set to decide which party takes control. sandra: early vote counts are passing midterm turnouts in the past. more than 2 million ballots have been cast. ro khanna will be here, he will join us in moments. but alex, how much of this early voting have we already seen underway? most voters in most states can already cast a ballot early, whether that s in the mail or it s in-
coming. a detective knows how to sniff out clues. you are familiar with that face? i don t know. my memory ain t so great. oh, yeah? maybe this will refresh your memory. i don t know. still kind of hazy. how about this. i remember him. i used to see him around why do you want to know. i can t tell that you. maybe this will help. i really don t think i should. you still don t think so? all right. his name is north ridge a cop jesus. jesse: over the weekend i noticed major, major signs. these signs told me november is going to be a blowout. i cracked open the new york times on sunday it said republicans are running away with it. making huge gains with hispanics, blacks and independent women. independent women are falling for republicans like they are in love. a 32 point swing in a month. i love me some independent women. want another sign? barack obama is on tour calling democrats a bunch of buzz kills. there were times where i would get sound like
rescue operations are under way, two people killed, four others injured. the mayor urging people to shelter in place. let s get to clarissa ward live for us in kyiv with the very latest. reporter: good morning. we are standing right near the site of one of those blasts that woke up kyiv residents at about 6:45 this morning. they ve actually now pushed us back from the site because this is an ongoing rescue operation. ukrainian authorities saying they ve rescued 19 people at least three people have been killed. and they believe there may be more people in the rubble back there. i want to stress, this is a residential building that was hit this morning by these iranian drones. ukrainian authorities saying that one of the drones had written on it, on the debris that they discovered in russian [ speaking non-english ] essentially saying it was in revenge for attacks on the russian side of the border that the ukrainians have not officially claimed responsibility for. there had b
candidate who doesn t want to commit. the lead starts rile now. with just over three weeks to go to the midterms, early voting begins in a key state that entire country is watching. herschel walker with a new admission today and the republican who wants to be arizona s next governor indicates she might not be interested in the actual results. plus, kamikaze terror, kyiv comes under attack from drones that russia is getting from iran. a pregnant woman killed. could this change how the u.s. gives support to ukraine. and stopped on a mission to kill. a serial killer suspect in california arrested, what ware learning today about his past and how the police finally got him. hello and welcome to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper and we begin with our politics lead. the latest poll of polls shows democrats and republicans in a dead heat for control of the house of representatives. early voting kicked off today in the critical swing state of georgia. democratic s
truly chilling firsthand look at the destruction caused by russia s increasing use of kamikaze drones against civilian targets in ukraine. cnn s chief international correspondent, clarissa ward, is joining us from kyiv. tell us about what you ve actually seen on the streets of the capital city there. reporter: well, scenes of absolute destruction, devastation, people fearful. people dying and tonight, another impassioned plea from the president here, volodymyr zelenskyy saying in a 12-hour span, wolf, more than 30 of these iranian made 136 so-called kamikaze drones were intercepted as well as several cruise missiles. essentially, zelenskyy begging the international community to give ukraine more sophisticated and more substantial anti aircraft weaponry to protect itself. take a look. a policeman takes aim at the kamikaze drone as it bears down on kyiv. nick nicknamed mopeds in ukraine because of their whine, 28 were launched toward the city on monday. the majority are succe