putin responsible for recent attacks in ukraine. but how? the lead starts right now. a global response as russia bombards ukraine with mass missile attacks for a second straight day. what the president just said about the aggression in an exclusive interview with jake tapper. also this hour, another cnn exclusive, one on one with senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. his take on republicans chances of winning a majority in the midterms, plus the one question he refused to answer about donald trump. and the worst is yet to come. the new recession warning as top economists also predict exactly when the economic downturn will hit. hello and welcome to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper. we begin with world leaders pledging to stop russian president vladimir putin s reign of terror in ukraine. an emergency debate today at the united nations and the g7 heads of government including president joe biden on an emergency call with ukraine s president today, vowing
of scaled back celebrations because of covid. many parts of the world have already ushered in 2023 with dazzling celebrations. just seconds from now, the clock will strike midnight in paris, the city of lights, especially tonight. let s go live to paris right now. now let s go to times square. how is the crowd looking there, gloria? reporter: pamela, it s so exciting. six hours to go. the big crystal ball is being put up right now. i just want to direct our viewers attention right to the top of one times square. that is where the big crystal ball is coming up. you can see it on the screen. 11,000 pounds of waterford crystal. this tradition goes all the way back to 1907. that is when the first crystal ball went down to mark the beginning of the new year. people here are excited. they have been waiting for hours. six more hours to go. i want to show you some of the crowd here. people have been lining up, bundled up. they re excited. this is a really big moment. we re get
after the deadly insurrection at the u.s. capitol, the panel tasked with investigating the attack is now out with its final report. and the committee points to one man as responsible for the riots. former president donald trump. nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles has the latest. reporter: overnight, the january 6th select committee releasing its final report. a more than 800-page narrative that concludes former president donald trump is directly responsible for the violence on that day. it was something that i think for most americans it was beyond imagination. reporter: the report providing evidence trump and members of his inner circle in an effort to cling to power and overturn his election defeat, quote, engaged in at least 200 apparent acts of pressure and condemnation in the two months between the election and the attack on the nation s capitol. if it had not been for the encouragement of donald trump, it would have never occurred. it would have been
And lots of questions to answer. So, lets get started. A big week in politics as we raced towards the midterm elections with early voting already underway, and many high stakes races across the country. The national dont say gay bill, a federal abortion ban and cats was for the future for the super wealthy. With the gop agenda could look like if the gop takes back control of congress. Plus, Debbie Waterman schultz joins us to talk about the january six subpoena of former president donald. Trump how they plan to hold on accountable as he continues to hint at a another white house run. Likely been seeing a lot of political ads talking about rising crime across the country. Is it really as big of an eight issuers candidates claim . The notion of an unsafe americas dominating campaigns in the home stretch. All that and more is coming right up. Right up and a good Sunday Morning to you all. I am sam stein, men in for katie faye. Just 16 days away from election day. A stretch of campaigning.
And thats us, by the way. Went away but maybe you can see, maybe you cant, this is belle isle, to the top of the screen is you will see it in a moment is going to be canada. Thats, it right there on the horizon. Behind us, is detroit, michigan. And we are right in the middle of the detroit river, 9 am in the, east examine the, west i am ali velshi, coming to 16 days before election day in belle isle state park in detroit michigan and were bringing you a very Special Edition of velshi 2022 on friday. I had an enlightening conversation across the political spectrum, as the election day approaches, im gonna share more of it with you in just a bit. We kick off this hour with breaking news. Brandnew msnbc news polling, showing you the voters recognize that high stakes, next months Midterm Elections, registered voters are expressing high interest in the election. Tied for the highest ever, ever, in the decades long history of this poll, 57 of registered voters say this coming Midterm Electio