mar-a-lago. and a state of emergency is now in effect in new york city as officials struggle there to house thousands of migrants bussed by republicans to the northeast from the southern border. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to ukraine right now. reeling from russia s heaviest air strikes since its totally unprovoked invasion, and tonight facing a new threat from vladimir putin of more attacks. here s cnn s international security editor, nick wapaton walsh. reporter: this was the day the war came back to all of ukraine. the capital kyiv, like many cities for months, edging toward normal, hit by multiple missile strikes. carnage at rush hour, central streets hit. the target unclear. the aim utter horror. over 100 missiles and drones. the civilian death toll rising, along with global fury that there was nothing the kremlin would not hit. even this kyiv walkway t
president biden moving to keep gas price s down with the critical midterm elections fast approaching. good morning, it is wednesday, october 19th i m brianna keilar with john berman. today the president is expected to announce he s authorizing the release of 15 million more barrels from the u.s. strategic reserve. the draw down first announced in march to release 180 million barrels. and on the inflation front, millions of americans could see a bump in paychecks next year thanks to an inflation adjustment in the tax code. this comes as president biden and democratic candidates lockdown midterm messaging. the focus now, economy and abortion. president biden was speaking trying to rally voters still angry about the supreme court decision on roe v. wade, pledging to protect abortion rights if more democrats are elected to congress. right now, we re short a handful of votes. if you care about the right to choose, then you got to vote. that s why these midterm elections are
chamber is still the game with four critical toss-up races still neck and neck. you are watching fox & friends first on monday morning, i m carley shimkus. todd: are you ready for this week? carley: it s do it. todd: the final stretch before republican the country needs to get out and vote. the democrats are scared party with good reason that everything is working against them and they are to get people have made clear that they need solutions. if they get their way, they will double, triple, quadruple down to a point we can never return no matter what to the election show. carley: ashley strohmier is live. the inflation in the economy are dominating the terms and midterms. abc washington post poll shows 80% of the economy is the top issue. and republicans over democrats to handle it by 14 points. instead of hitting up battleground states to take, the president will be in maryland to try to hold the focus on abortion. for democrats which has been t
be in control of their reproductive rights? yes, i do. governor, you have my vote. thank you. bring it home, everybody. it s a vote for new york. let me say i was a huge fan of alfred hitchcock and i found the lighting that was a little horror-esque. i m sorry. we were on the stage. look at this. i know. it s terrible lighting. i know. it s bad. that s what you re getting out of this video? isn t that a lesson? do you know where i get it from? where? i heard viewers going, oh, my gosh. great artist skill. stole that from you. please don t turn it around. that makes me sad. anyway, so talk about why this race is so close. new york state. you tell me, joe. you re the expert. am i? am i theers pert? you re the expert on this. he s talking a lot about crime and that s so help me out here. yes. she was on stephanie ruhle s show the other night and she said that there s not a crime problem. steph said yeah, there is a crime problem. r
as vladimir putin announced a major escalation in the war in ukraine. this all happening overnight calling up reservists and threatening a possible nuclear response as he suffers major setbacks on the battlefield, and in the geopolitical landscape. plus, the latest in the trump documents case as it goes before the special master, the former president s attorneys refuse to back up their claim that trump declassified the documents before taking them to his club in florida. we ll have the reaction from the judge and it is quite telling. also, the attorney general of new york is set to make a major aa nounsa-of- announce. we ll discuss what that announcement might be. and new developments in the story of the migrants flown to martha s vineyard with some sent to the massachusetts island now filing a class action lawsuit against florida governor ron desantis. we ll have all of the details on that. with us, host of way too early, jonathan lemire. and former aide of the geo