toward a civil war. president biden, meanwhile, is expected to address the threat of political violence head on as he hits the road today. the white house says the president will call out the far right for its dangerous rhetoric and challenge the republican claim that it is the party of law and order. we re also following major developments out of ukraine, where officials in kyiv say russian forces are in retreat as ukraine launches a counteroffensive in the south. president zelenskyy says, quote, we will chase them to the border. major news out of ukraine. we ll get to that in a moment. boy, it really is something. and you look at the poll numbers. first of all, fascinating it is joe biden s poll numbers that go up, willie, as democrats seem to be doing far better in the midterm elections than expected. the same group of people, donald trump, lindsey graham, those type of people, who challenged the 2020 election, or with lindsey, went back and forth, back and forth, th
investigating the insurrection. and remembering the queen. the coffin will be taken to buk in london. right now king charles and the queen consort are in northern island as thousands pay tribute to the queen. we ll take you there live. and another story we continue to follow. ukrainian forces taking back more and more their territory. president zelenskyy said his country has reca recaptured 230 miles of land. this highlighting how quickly they were able to push out russian occupiers. russia is fighting back. launching heavy shelling that knocked out power in the city of kharkiv this morning. let s begin with the latest from ukraine. melissa bell filed this report from inside of kharkiv. there was a very clever communication about the counter offensive in the south. ahead of its beginning on the 29th of august. and then just about a week ago, the beginning of that eastern counter offensive up here in kharkiv that appears to have wrong-footed russian forces. but there is al
messages of condolence from it members of parliament. we ll have more on the funeral plans for queen elizabeth and take a look at the future of the monarchy. good morning, welcome to way too early on this monday, september 12th. thank you for starting your day with us. we ll begin with the war in ukraine. ukrainian forces are claiming major victories on the battlefield after recapturing large parts of the territories in the eastern partst country. ukrainian troops on saturday took back the strategic city and areas around the country s second largest city. that forced russian forces into retreat. russia initially claimed it was pulling back to regroup. however, moscow yesterday had to acknowledge that it had lost nearly all of the northern parts of karkiev. their forces have retain more than 1,000 square miles of land since the counter offensive began the beginning of the month. that s more area than russian forces have captured in all of the operations in ukraine since ap
president biden yesterday claimed a win when he signed that massive tax and spend bill into law. and given the obvious name about reducing inflation, the administration has been selling it as the solution to inflation. fox news s own neil cavuto pressed white house economic advisor on when and how this law could ever lower inflation. it won t help in any other area including some of the sharp rise in food prices that have now just not gone down. they have not subsided. the inflation reduction act is not the only initiative we re engaged in. why do you call it the inflation reduction act? i think a year from now inflation will be rising at a slower rate than it is now. harris: he thinks a year from now it will still be rising. okay. studies by the congressional budget office and the university of pennsylvania s wharton school of business have found this information. the spending spree that they are on will have technically zero impact on inflation and could make thin
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. just days after the january 6 committee exposed a president whose actions were a disaster, there is little evidence that donald trump has lost his mojo with the far right of the republican party. in fact, he was greeted with a hero s welcome last night in florida. watch this, complete with video and pyrotechnics. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 45th president of the united states of america, donald j. trump! and i m proud to be an american where at least i know i m free and i won t forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i gladly stand up next to you and remember still today but unlike the lyrics to that lee greenwood song, trump didn t gladly stand up to defend the country on january 6. he sat watching tv fo 187 minutes while the insurrection happened and even last night he wasn t letting go of his bogus election grievances. if i stayed home, if i announce that