Good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington where the candidates crisscrossed seeing the Battleground States heading into the weekend, we are 32 days from election day. But for many americans, voting is already underway, more than 1 Million ballots that have already been cast. But the two men at the top of the Gop Ticket still cannot accept former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. Take a look at this you know, last time, last election, we did great in 2016, a Lot Of people dont know we did much better in 2020. We want the, Donald Trump win he yes, he did so, were you when you can see you can see if your opponent gets your opponent gets more votes. You concede. Really feel bad three alright, fact check, even though its been more than 1,400 days since that election, no trump did not win in 2020, the election was not rigged. And that rhetoric, of course, has consequences in more ways than one unapologetic unapologetic Election Denier and colora
Debate in philidelphia. But lets start this hour, by going to westminster on A Busy Day of politics the result of the latest ballot in the conservative Leadership Race about to be announced. Let s go back to Vicki Young, our deputy political editor. Five candidates become four, Mel Stride being the lowest in terms of those ballots cast. Lets speak to our deputy political editor, Vicki Young whos inside parliament in central lobby for us. Tell us more. We didnt hear the results, tell us more. We didnt hear the results, unfortunately. L the results, unfortunately. Luckily, i have a colleague who is. We have the latest ballot whittling the numbers down from five to four. The result this time around was robertjenrick with 33. He was top last time and remains in that position. Again in the same position of second. James cleverly was 21, which i think is the same that he was last time around, Tom Tugendhat with 21, and as you say, that means that Mel Stride is eliminated, what this means now
Governors. Was she a chinese agent . Also tonight, just one week until the abc News President ial debate. The new poll tonight. Where this race stands after Labor Day. Kamala harris and donald trump. And tonight here, we remember a famous Teen Idol. First tonight, the arrests on long island. A former aide to two new York Governors and her husband both arrested. The former a er aide accused of spying for china. The abc News President ial debate, just one week from tonight. The consequential showdown between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. How theyre pre pairing now in very different ways for this debate. And the new Abc News Poll tonight, in a very close race. Who is ahead coming out of Labor Day . Tonight, Breaking News in the war in ukraine. Russia with one of the deadliest attacks on ukraine since the start of the war. More than 50 people killed, nearly 300 injured by two russian missiles targeting a Military Academy and a nearby hospital. In israel to
Like i tempted fate too many times, so i needed to give it up, otherwise, i would have ended up dead. As a result of her addiction, Pagans Daughter was adopted. She had Bladder Surgery and then, ended up going to rehab for the third time in 2022. The beginning was really hard but i was determined this time to stay clean. Ketamine took too much from me, so i wasnt going to let it take my life as well. How are you going . Hey you all right . How are you . Yeah, im all right. Turning point was a massive help with me i couldnt have done it without them, really so, i wanted to give back and help other people. I feel guilty that i let it take control of me again. I guess thats what addiction does, doesnt it . Yeah, it takes everything. It has no mercy. Pagan volunteers at Drug And Alcohol charity Turning Point each week,
Hed openly struggled with Drug And Alcohol addiction and a Toxicology Report concluded he died as a result of the acute effects of ketamine. Deaths from ketamine are rare but for people who take the drug recreationally, around one in four will experience urinary problems as a result. In the last few weeks, i have been speaking to loads of Ketamine Users and people that are addicted on an online forum which has basically been set up for people to support each other, ask questions and just Share Advice as well. On it, there are quite graphic descriptions of the physical impacts it can cause cramps, needing to urinate frequently or not being able to, passing blood and clots are just a few of them. Ketamine is also used by vets as a tranquilliser and injecting just one gram is enough to knock a horse out. I chat to dozens of people, most in their late teens and early 20s