but first we go live correspondent trey yingst and khaki of ukraine. brett, good evening ukraine is on edge tonight. i do to warn her viewers some of the following images are gra graphic. a fireball rises into the air as russian missiles rain down. it is the worst attack on the ukrainian capital since the conflict began. the war against us. he needs ukraine. he attack a couple weeks ago, months ago, a couple of months ago and he was targeted. the mayor calling the strikes with a peer to be. a deliberate intent by russian president vladimir prudent to hit civilians. at least 11 people were killed in the attacks that include drones. the russians say that they were only responding to a bridge explosion over the weekend. the damage the artery between russia and crimea. so far they have not publicly claim responsibility. vladimir putin is threatening to escalate if other things are if attempts to carry out acts of terrorism on her territory continues the response will
president biden makes a promise on abortion rights, as well as another widely supported issue, if democrats can keep control of congress after the midterms. plus, we ll have the big moments from a fiery senate debate down in florida. as marco rubio and val demings go after each other s legislative records. also ahead, the latest from ukraine. the russian forces are now more focused on civilians than soldiers on the battlefield. good morning, and welcome to way too early. on this wednesday, october 19th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. it was a fiery debate for the u.s. senate in florida last night. between republican incumbent marco rubio and democratic congresswoman val demings. they clashed over inflation, abortion rights, immigration and guns. demings who has consistently trailed in the polls was on the attack for much of the night. so a senator who has never run anything at all but his mouth. the senator has obviously resorted to ly
campaign trail this election season. instead, sticking to strict white house schedule focusing on official business. also ice cream. this is one of the reasons his approval rating notching just 40% in a recent gallup poll but democrats cannot detach from the white house. voters are responding to a failed administration here or there is just no way to sugarcoat it. things have gotten worse since joe biden was president. the inflation is at a 40 year high and he waged war on american energy. he bundled the southern border like never seen before. so they are failing and the democrats are still in lock step with him and will not break with extreme policies. and our candidates are offering the better visions. todd: kevin corke live in washington ahead of another busy campaign weekend. a happy friday to you, s or. happy friday, my friend, by the way, nice suit. great to be with you as always. i will show you a map of where the president and former president barack obama and
positions. john fetterman takes everything to an extreme. those extreme positions hurt us all. dana: just one state over in new york another big contest we ve been following. the race for governor. republican lee zeldin going head-to-head against kathy hochul in a state where crime is surging in nearly every major category. here is what they had to say last night. unfortunately kathy hochul believes that the only crimes being committed are these crimes with guns. you have people afraid of being pushed in front of oncoming subway cars and stabbed and beaten on the street with hammers. we need to talk about all the other crimes. instead kathy houck you will is too busy patting herself on the back. we can work on keeping people scared or focus on keeping them safe. i have worked hard to have real policies that are making a difference. bill: wow, it is crunch time, right? new york post calling governor hochul clueless on crime saying give them zell. in a moment dr. marc
now. i will let other see you. it has been one of those days. this is don lemon tonight, by this time tomorrow, we expect to know a whole lot more about what happened behind closed doors at the white house on january six. we know that because we have a couple people speaking to us, but i digress. i will get into that. new tonight is the committees outtakes at then president s message to his supporters the day after the riot at the capitol, showing him having trouble getting to the message, refusing to say the election was settled and attempting to call the rioters patriots. tonight, my colleague anderson cooper got congressman jamie raskin to tell him more about well takes the committee has. in just moments, committee member adam schiff reveals that you will hear people urging the ex president to say things to try to get the attackers to get home, things that he cannot be prevailed upon to do or say. that as one day after the secret service turn by precisely one text exchan