an explosion on a critical bridge linking russia to the annexed crimean peninsula, crippling a key supply route for russia. here at home, republican leaders doubling down on their support for embattled senate candidate, herschel walker, with two top gop senators heading there to campaign with the former football star tomorrow. and fresh reaction to remarks from tommy tuberville. they want crime because they want to take over what you got. they want to control what you have. they want reparation because they think the people that do the crime are owed that. good day. as russia unleashes a barrage of deadly strikes across ukraine including kyiv, lviv and other cities. the explosions injurying civilians and infrastructure. people forced to take shelter in a key subway station. this for retaliation for damaging the only bridge connecting to crimea. a bridge to important to putin, he personally drove across it when it opened. on russian state tv today, putin saying he had la
at his disposal to defend the now annexed territories. president biden responding with a stern warning of his own. mr. putin, don t misunderstand what i m saying. ukraine s president zelenskyy is now pushing for accelerated admission into nato in the wake of putin s move today. rhetorical back and forth has ratcheted the threat of expansion of the war in ukraine to a new level. retired general jack keane with analysis of the situation. jacqui heinrich with the biden administration s response but we begin tonight with correspondent trey yingst from kyiv with vladimir putin s threats and allegations. good evening, trey. bret, good evening. the war entered a new dangerous chapter today as russian president putin annexed occupied ukrainian territory. under the guise of legitimacy and the kind of pageantry needed to convince people he is winning the war. vladimir putin signs decrees making four ukrainian regions part of russia. putin was joined by the four appointed leader
democrats need good news on the jobs economy. and mass layoffs at any moment. thousands of people who work at twitter this morning might not work there anymore by noon. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. just four days left now until the high stakes mid-term election control of the house. senate and dozens of state governor s offices are on the line. president biden waking up in california. he s on a swing across the west coast trying to rally democrats in key races. mr. president, is your message getting through to the american voters? yes. tonight the president will be in chicago for another campaign event. former president trump also on the road. he held a rally there in sioux city, iowa, backing republican candidates. all but upstaging them with big hints about his plans for 2024. get ready, that s all i m telling you. get ready. get ready. let s begin with the president and cnn s jasmine wright. jasmine,
writing in a brief statement the queen died peacefully at balmoral this afternoon, her summer home in scotland. what comes next as a meticulously planned national memorializing of the queen which was reportedly set in motion with four code words, london bridge is down. and charles iii will deliver a televised address to the united kingdom tonight. and to protect the succession of the church, the saint james palace, ever since james i in 1714. the queens body will be transported back to buckingham palace, for a small funeral procession with government officials and including the united kingdom s new prime minister liz truss sworn in just this week. in the final act of the public duty of the queen. the queen s body is expected to stay there until tuesday before moved to westminster palace where members of the public will be able to pay their respects. simultaneous lick, simultaneously king charles will tour the country before burying his mother. lond-based breaking news rep
queen. let s begin this morning with this breaking news out of the united kingdom. buckingham palace with the statement saying that the queen s doctors are concerned for her health, and are recommending she remain under medical supervision. cnn s max foster is following this from london. cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta with us, also cnn reporter anna stewart outside buckingham palace. max, you ve been chronicling throughout the last hours the steps being taken that raise the level of concern right now that this could be grave that the children, of course, traveling to the palace, family members, also notes being passed to the conservative and labor leaders in parliament. tell us what we know at this stage about the queen s health. well, the level of concern has really been rising throughout the day as you point out. there were rumors this morning, concern last night that the queen had canceled a virtual meeting with crucial privy council to swear in the