midterm elections here in the u.s. i ll tell you where the big names are focused and whose message seems to be resonating with voters. tornadoes are wreaking havoc in the south central u.s. at least nine touched down in texas. we re live at the weather center in just a few minutes. the united states is going to be with ukraine for as long as it takes in this fight. there will be no wavering, no flagging. no flinching, in our support, as we go forward. a top u.s. official meets with president zelenskyy in ukraine and announces a new round of military aid. i ll have a live report from kyiv, just ahead. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. the january 6 investigation, the u.s. president s domestic agenda, voting rights, abortion rights all on the line as americans prepare to vote in next tuesday ease midterm elections. candidates across the board are pulling out all of the stops in the final weekend of campaigning. president joe biden mlb
indicating human intelligence sources, this was found in a box or some sort of crate and container. hammering home the extreme sensitivities that trump took from the white house. the justice department laying out a series of objections to trump s request among them that he lacks standing to even participate in the case because the materials seized by the fbi do not belong to him, they belong to the united states government. the department also describes an effort to obstruct the fbi s investigation. it claims documents were, quote, likely concealed and removed from a storage room at mar-a-lago before trump s own lawyers searched it for classified material. the filing also takes aim at team trump s assertion that it cooperated fully with the probe and in one account it says investigators visiting mar-a-lago in june were prohibited by trump lawyers from looking inside boxes to confirm no classified documents remained. in fact later fbi search proved that there was still classif
kim, that both sides are really gearing up for that the battle for the all-important strategic rege of kherson. i just want to pull up a map to show you why it is important and what we are hearing as we talk through it. if you look at that map, the dnipro river cutting through kherson, the russian-backed officials have opposed an evacuation, a forced evacuation, to create a 15-kilometer buffer zone all along the river. they also say, ukrainian officials, that any boats, any water-crossing equipment are being destroyed by russian forces. essentially that they re trying to gain full control of that river, of that vital supply line as russian forces really dig in and prepare for this battle. on the ukrainian side, president zelenskyy has absolutely vowed to win back these lands for ukrainians, he says that they are preparing as well for that battle. there have been reports earlier this week that russian forces might be pulling out of the city of kherson. ukrainian officials have denied
dnipro river cutting off key supply lines for the russians. translator: we continue to try to set up a ferry crossing, but the whole area where it can be deployed is also under fire control. reporter: russia s claimed to have held off an offensive in which it lost at least four villages in 48 hours. maria and her husband stayed on her farm in the frontline throughout the war to feet their livestock. but months of shelling have left her shaking. this week she s. has endured jets streamingover head as ukrainian fighters attack. my heart was jumping out every time, i was screaming on loud when the planes were flying over, i was so scared. god save us. reporter: for now survival means getting the harvest in.