hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead here on cnn newsroom, air-raid sirens going off in kyiv this morning. civilians warned to seek shelter as russian drones target ukraine s capital. more never before seen video of the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. some candidates are already sowing doubt about the integritiy of the upcoming election. plus it s now been a month of tense often violent nationwide protests in iran, and now the iranian president is accusing the united states of inciting chaos. thanks for being with us. we are following developments out of ukraine where explosions continue to be heard in central kyiv. the first blast came just hours ago, and one official says russia is now attacking the capital with kamikaze drones. cnn s clarissa ward is in kyiv and updated us on the situation just a short time ago. reporter: this started about 6:45 this morning. the seco
viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom, and i m rosemary church. we are following developments out of ukraine where explosions continue to be heard in central kyiv. the first blast came just hours ago, and one official says russia is now attacking the capital with kamikaze drones. cnn s chief international correspondent clarissa ward joins me now from central kyiv. what is the latest on this? reporter: so, essentially, rosemary, people here woke up to the sound of air-raid sirens followed by two loud explosions. then there were at least another two explosions, and we re right in the center of the city at the location or right next to the location of the impact of one of those blasts. you can probably see behind me there s still a lot of smoke in the air from that explosion. we don t know yet how many people may have been injured or possibly killed in this series of blasts here in the capital. we did speak to th
us in the united states and all around the world, i m max foster in london. just ahead will you accept the results of your election in november? i m going to win the election, and i will accept that result. the president lied about the election fundamentally. she couldn t answer. she didn t answer. the united states president told them to go there. we expect him to come in because he has a legal obligation to come in. he is going to re-evaluate our relationship with saudi arabia because they did side with russia against the interests of the american people. everything is going up. double and triple. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. monday, october 17th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 11:00 a.m. in kyiv where at least four explosions have rocked the ukrainian capital and officials say russia s latest attacks have been carried out by kamakazi drones. the city s mayor says rescue operations are under way where two people rem
acres. reporter: as far as these farmers are concerned, they see americans need to decide where we want our food to be grown because the cost of growing these fruits, these vegetables is going up. if we want to know where our food is coming from, they re saying we need to be able to vote for that with what we buy at the grocery store because nay can t compete with prices coming out of other countries. nothing scheduled for that one farmer for next year. shows how scary it can be. great to see you. new day continues right n now. russia unleashing a deadly wave of kamikaze drone attacks on kyiv. i m breaianna keilar. alex marquardt in for john berman. loud explosions rocking the cap capital. so what you re seeing here in this video appears to be an iranian shahed drone coming under fire in kyiv. cnn has not been able to confirm the location. the drones were targeting ukraine s energy infrastructure just before the onset of winter. kyiv and washington have accused
four people are confirmed dead, among them a pregnant woman. ukraine says it managed to shoot down 36 of the 42 iranian-made drones used in that blitz, including this one, which was captured on a police officer s body cam. the u.s. says russia s use of drones will factor in future decisions on how to best support ukraine defend itself. fred pleitgen is in ukraine. you are in one of the regions that was targeted by these strikes. what are you seeing? reporter: you re right, victor. we saw a power plant that was hit by the russians. this is something that happened earlier today and essentially the ukrainian authorities was saying that there was severe damage. it was hit by one of those kamikaze drones. they had to have rescue crews on hand. there was a large fire. they re urging the citizens in a town where i am right now, they re urging them to use less electricity to ration electricity simply because they have to get things back up and running. you can see behind me, it s