ready to face-off. cnn is live in pennsylvania for the debate showdown between john fetterman and dr. mehmet oz. also tonight, president biden is warning russia that it would be a serious mistake to use a tactical nuclear weapon, vladimir putin raising new fears about his war plans as moscow doubles down on its disputed claim that ukraine is planning to deploy a dirty bomb. and corporate america turns on kanye west for his antis-semitic remarks. we ll take a closer look at the impact as adidas and the gap cut ties with the controversial rapper also known as yay. welcome to the viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re the situation room. let s get straight to the midterm countdown right now. we re just, what, two weeks, two weeks out from election day. candidates in a slew of pivotal contests preparing to clash in high stakes debates tonight with millions of voters already casting their ballots early. cnn congressional correspondent jes
we are getting a clearer picture now about the unstructured raid on mar-a-lago. including on the first ladies and we begin with primary month less than a few months away in november. bret baier is joining us now. good evening. good evening, shannon. you mentioned a governors race there with the trump candidate against the candidate who was endorsed by former vice president mike pence. she did pull off a win in milwaukee county, which was the rest of the state, however, that really backed michael s. and that s setting up a battle between michael s and the incumbent governor. senate side, the surprise, ron johnson wins trying to get reelection there and on the democratic side going away is barnes, that will be an interesting race for the senate. now in vermont we ve got peter welch, the congressman there, this is the heat that patrick leahy, the longest-serving senator is retiring. welsh winning this and jordan maloley winning this over the former u.s. attorney, nolan. an
Of digital markets, on trial for fraud and money laundering. At the heart of the case, whether mr bankman fried unlawfully used Customer Deposits from his crypto exchange, ftx, to cover debts, expenses and investments of his crypto hedge fund, alameda research, and to enrich himself and his inner circle. He has pleaded not guilty. The governments first witness was a former ftx customer who deposited £110,000 on the exchange. The government is expected to call on people who lost money when ftx went bankrupt, as well as at least three former executives at ftx and alameda, who were also personally close with mr bankman fried. The british car market grew in september, according to new figures. The society of Motor Manufacturers and traders says its up 21 on the same period last year. But sales of Electric Vehicles fell sharply, pulling the share of ev sales down to 16. 6 of the overall market. Lets cross live now to mark tisshaw, whos the editor of autocar. Mark, explained this, because w
At least £22. 5 billion has already been spent building the london to birmingham section, while over £2 billion has gone towards the second phase on things such as buying up land and property. Labour manchester mayor andy burnham said ditching the manchester link would be a permanent statement to people in the north that they were second class citizens when it came to transport. Lets discuss the pros and cons. Joining me now is Alexandra Hall chen, whos the principal Policy Advisor for sustainability, skills, and employment at the institute of directors. Good morning to you. This has been such a contentious story. Ever since the leaks came out weeks ago about the future for hsz. What weeks ago about the future for hs2. What do you make of this decision on the part of the government . Decision on the part of the government . The key here is about stability government . The key here is about stability and about stability and Policy Making. Any instability in the business environment, i
and that would help us in that way to get closure on the event. although, as i said, it wouldn t bring victoria back. you ve taken a large - part of our hearts away. at least give us that little bit of closure back. - after more than two decades of questions, it s hoped this latest development in the investigation could now lead to some answers. robert townsend, bbc news. vladimir putin has announced that he will stand for re election as russian president when his term ends next year. the kremlin s official spokesman says an astonishing number of people want mr putin to continue for what would be a fifth term in office. his re election is seen as inevitable, with many of his opponents jailed or dead, and the russian media under his control. bbc monitoring s russia editor vitaly shevchenko explained more. this is what vladimir putin was expected to do and of course it is almost certain to win the presidential elections in march next year, because the whole system in russia,