vladimir putin showing an increasing reliance on drones that russia is said to be getting from iran. or clarissa ward the only reporter seeing what ukraine has shot out of the sky. plus, roe v economy? president biden s midterm pledge today, if democrats can keep control of congress. he will get an abortion rights law on the books. but the reality check on that may rely on what is on the minds of most voters. and hunting the injured. protesters shot and breaten in iran. fear of going to the hospital, where police could be waiting to capture them. the desperate mrlengths some demonstrators are going to to get treatment. welcome to the lead, i m john berman, in for jake tapper. and we start with our world lead. today, a top ukrainian intelligence official predicted an end to putin s war. quote, russia s loss is inev inevitable. by the summer, everything should be over. that despite putin s attacks on ukraine s power plants. nearly a third have been destroyed. some of th
people. for undefeated tennessee, that s a well-earned spot. they are not alone. no, this is going to be tough. georgia s got a 25-year-old sort of veteran quarterback if you can say that at 25. the two teams are easily matched. it will be a great game. we absolutely will. carolyn, thank you for that. thank you for letting me spend time with you. early start. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. don lemon here alongside poppy harlow and kaitlan collins. it is wednesday morning. we re excited to be here, thank you for starting your day with us. we have a lot of big news. a big day for the economy and president biden s political fate as the fed makes a overmajor decision days from the midterms. and news on the attack of nancy pelosi s husband. we ll take you live this morning to san francisco with the details. it s called a real life house of cards inside the kremlin. why russian mercenaries are fighting for power as putin s military in ukr
after u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi s visit to the self-governing island. details plus the warnings from china about how volatile the situation is. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with lynda kinkade. right now it s 10:00 saturday morning in gaza, where israeli warplanes continue to pound islamic jihad for a second day. israel s military says its air strikes on friday hit militants inside gaza who were allegedly about to launch a terror attack. 19 members of islamic jihad were reportedly arrested saturday in the west bank. islamic jihad says one of its senior commanders was killed in the strikes. a short while ago the israeli army said militants in gaza have fired nearly 200 rockets toward israel since friday evening. it claims almost all of those rockets were interseptembered, fell short or landed in open areas. no casualties have been reported. according to the palestinian health ministry, at least 11 people were killed since friday s air strike
and explosions and sirens burglary throughout the night as palestinian fire rockets in response to deadly air strikes. we ll go live to southern israel for more on the escalating tensions. well, the crucial part of president biden s ledgislative agenda appears to be closing in on the closing line. it s set to begin today in the senate. the so-called inflation reduction act includes a $369 billion investment in energy and climate programs. it s the largest in u.s. history. the democrats are still waiting to find out if they can even pass this with a simple party line vote. and it all comes after a week of big achievements for the biden administration. cnn s jeremy diamond explains. today we received another outstanding jobs report. reporter: tonight president biden hailing another strong jobs report and promising more relief to americans struggling with stubbornly high prices. today there are more people working in america than before the pandemic began. in fact, there
good morning, everyone, and welcome to your new day. i m amara walker. and i m phil mattingly. and today all eyes are on capitol hill after days of deal-making. democrats get ready to vote on a critical part of president biden s economic agenagenda. we ll tell you what s in the bill and what it means for millions of americans. plus it was a week of twists and turns in the courtroom. now a jury has ordered conspiracy theorist alex jones to pay up to the parents of a sandy hook shooting victim. and war of words. tensions heat up between the u.s. and china after nancy pelosi s trip to taiwan. antony blinken s warning it could have major consequences. good morning and welcome to your new day. it s august 6th. amara, we did it last hour. i ll do it again because we re not sitting next to each other. what s the status? three of the four kids are awake. we re on track to an early start. i have access to all the cameras, and i am doing my best not to check because i don t