president. 19 days to go to election day. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. i m sandra smith in new york, and i point that out, because he does not typically wear a suit. john: i bet it s a hoodie suit. i m john roberts in washington. 19 days until americans decide whether the democratic agenda in washington is working, 19 days for closing arguments and one from the white house chief of staff. first of all, we have done things to bring prices down. passed the inflation reduction act and when you look at where the economy was when we got here, 8% unemployment. we brought that down to the lowest unemployment rate in 50 years. we are putting americans back to work. businesses are open that were closed two years ago, schools are open that were closed two years ago. the president is fighting to bring down prices of everyday things like prescription drugs, gasoline, and i think that s our message to voters at this very tough time. sandra: at this ver
those attacks in kyiv. friday, explosions in kyiv and elsewhere this morning two days after putin s bridge to crimea was damaged. reporter: yeah, certainly was a rude awakening for us here in kyiv early in the morning. a little past 8 when the first explosion happened. i ll get out of your way so you can see what s going on here, rescue recovery crews have been working this whole time. right now they re taking away some of the cars that were absolutely mangled by the explosion. we believe the impact crater is where those people are standing around there. you can see that water coming out as well. seems as though the water lines underneath were damaged, the explosions were that strong. there s also one person at least was killed here. we have seen the recovery crews remove at least one body from the scene as we ve been working here throughout the entire morning. in total, the authorities have said that at least five people have been killed, but of course, christine, as you c
theest eastern city of dnipro and zaporizhzhia as well. officials say at least five people have been killed, at least 12 injured. we re still waiting for more numbers on that. video here, this is a pedestrian bridge in kyiv, a nearby strike damaging it with this explosion here. a missile also hit a children s playground. you can see the crater that it left here. the mayor of kyiv is warning people to shelter in place. this morning the russian president, vladimir putin, held a national security council meeting after accusing ukraine of carrying out a terror attack that damaged that bridge that links russia and russian occupied crimea. take a listen. translator: we have no doubt that this is a terrorist attack aimed at the destruction of the critical infrastructure of the russian federation. and authors, executors and master minds are the secret service of ukraine. ukrainian officials have not claimed responsibility. meanwhile, there is growing concern that russia is gear
starts right now. hi. thank you so much. i am ari melber and whoop there it is. election day within three weeks. early voting has begun, including in new key states. and we begin with something special. i m not going to hide the ball. i m going to show you the two chairs. howard dean who ran the dnc. michael steele who ran the rnc. in our opinion, no two better people to walk us through and it, they are here right now. let me tell you the context. 2 million people cast ballots. when we say election day, it s like rhetoric. this is election month. early voting is showing records smashed in certain states. fluid dynamics. new polls show the house leaning slightly towards republicans, depending on what happens. democrats believe they are still in a strong position to hold the senate majority. and as we ve told you, we cannot accurately cover 400 plus races at once. we will bring you the highlights, the context, the facts and the music. but i will show you some of the deba
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