ready to face-off. cnn is live in pennsylvania for the debate showdown between john fetterman and dr. mehmet oz. also tonight, president biden is warning russia that it would be a serious mistake to use a tactical nuclear weapon, vladimir putin raising new fears about his war plans as moscow doubles down on its disputed claim that ukraine is planning to deploy a dirty bomb. and corporate america turns on kanye west for his antis-semitic remarks. we ll take a closer look at the impact as adidas and the gap cut ties with the controversial rapper also known as yay. welcome to the viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re the situation room. let s get straight to the midterm countdown right now. we re just, what, two weeks, two weeks out from election day. candidates in a slew of pivotal contests preparing to clash in high stakes debates tonight with millions of voters already casting their ballots early. cnn congressional correspondent jes
and to, quote, connect the dots between the former president s election lies and the violence that unfolded that day. images are still so shocking. tonight is expected to include never before seen video leading up to the capitol attack and as it unfolded, as well as clips of taped interviews with trump administration officials and family members, their testimony. we also expect to hear live witness testimony from two people who had an upclose view of the rioters. and this is just the first round. more hearings are scheduled over the several weeks coming with the committee releasing a final report in september, that, of course, a couple of months before the midterms. let s begin with lauren fox on capitol hill. so, lauren, walk us through what we expect on the first day of these hearings tonight. reporter: well, this is the first opportunity for this committee to come back after months of work behind closed doors. we expect all of this is going to kick off with an opening
president trump, was at the center of the conspiracy to overturn the election of joe biden. the committee says it will connect the dots between trump s lies and the violence at the capitol. aides have amassed a mountain of new information. lauren fox is live on capitol hill for us. what are you expecting? how are things going to be playing out? well, kate, this is all going to kick off with opening statements from thompson, the committee chairman, and the top republican on the committee, liz cheney. we re told from aides they are going to run this hearing. they will do most of the talking. there s three areas that they are going to explore tonight. some of which is unseen to the public previously. one of the areas, they are going to play some video from the private and closed door depositions and interviews they did with trump family members and campaign officials, white house aides. we expect that is going to make an impact here. we know there s going to be previous unseen f
do you think it s going to happen again? miah was one of several witnesses who gave heartbreaking and really disturbing testimony at the hearing about america s epidemic of gun violence. mass shootings are on pace to hit record levels this year. the parents of lexi rubio, who was killed at robb elementary we want as they implored lawmakers to change the country s gun laws. we don t want you to think of lexi as just a number. she was intelligent, compassionate, athletic. she was quiet, shy unless she had a point to make. if she knew she was right, as she so often was, she was firm, direct, voice unwavering. so today we stand for lexi and as her voice we demand action. we seek a ban on assault rifles and high capacity magazines. we understand that for some reason to some people, to people with money, to people who fund political campaigns that guns are more important than children. somewhere out there there s a mom listening to our testimony thinking i can t even imagine
will there be bombshells? as the panel begins going public tomorrow night with the results of its insurrection investigation. and a death threat against a u.s. supreme court justice. brett kavanaugh, an armed man is arrested near kavanaugh s home and charged with attempted murder, amid growing fears for the safety of the nation s highest court. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. and we begin with desperate new calls for action on guns by victims families and survivors of the most recent shooting massacres here in the united states. they gave voice to the unfathomable loss, the suffering, and the frustration felt by too many americans right now. our chief congressional correspondent, manu raju, reports. do you feel safe at school? why not? because i don t want it to happen again. you think it s going to happen again? 11-year-old mia cerrillo recounting in harrowing test