during anti government protests. hello and welcome to bbc news. a russian air base hundreds of kilometres from ukraine has come under attack for the second time in less than a month. the russian defence ministry says the engels base in the southern saratov region was targeted by ukrainian drones during the night. russia says it shot down the drones, but that three of its servicemen were killed by falling debris. the base is host to long range russian strategic bombers, the type of which have launched numerous missiles strikes on ukraine. from moscow, our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. caught on cctv. an explosion at a russian airbase. russia says it shot down a ukrainian drone but that three russian soldiers were killed. engels airbase is deep inside russian territory, hundreds of miles from the ukrainian border. the base hosts long range bombers which are believed to have launched missile attacks against ukraine. state tv reacted to the news with a familiar warning
stumping in arizona warning voters that conspiracy theorists and election deniers are putting democracy on the brink, the former president using a heckler to make his case. watch this. this is part of what happens in our politics these days. we get distracted. we got one person yelling and suddenly everybody s yelling. you get one tweet that s stupid and suddenly everybody s obsessed with the tweet. we can t fall for that. we have to stay focused. obama is not the only former president on the campaign trail. form are president trump is also set to hold a rally in sioux city, iowa. he s not the only potential republican candidate in the state. mike pence, nikki haley, mike p pompeo have made appearances, maybe even testing the waters for themselves. jeff, a lot of airplane traffic that is happening there. reporter: there certainly is. iowa is not the hottest 2022 battleground but it s the opening bell of the 2024 presidential race. this republican wave of optimism is swe
west this hour, building on his newest warning to voters that democracy is on the ballot. also ahead for you tonight, a new revelation about the man charged in the attack on the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi. immigration officials disclosing he was in the u.s. illegally and may face deportation. and ukrainian officials fear russia is playing a dangerous trick in kherson as moscow signals a withdrawal from the embattled city. so is it a retreat or a trap? welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m pamela brown, and you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, candidates from both parties in an all-out sprint before election day. with just five days of campaigning to go, cnn reporters and correspondents are covering the key races in all the major battlegrounds across the country. i want to start tonight in albuquerque, new mexico with cnn s arlette saenz. so arlette, you re traveling with president bide
jacqui: president biden touts the massive spending plan in oregon this weekend. we learned that president obama will be giving democrats much-needed star power at high profile events in atlanta, detroit, milwaukee in the coming weeks. we ve got coverage with dan springer in portland, but we ll start with the heated georgia senate battle. heated indeed. reverend warnock faced hershel walker running for senate as a republican. the two met in a debate in savannah last night and there were fireworks sparring on a range of issues, including abortion, take a listen. that a patient s room is too narrow and small and cramped a space for woman, her doctor, and the united states government. i just a neat talker, but did he not mention that there s a baby in that room as well? on the topic of election integrity, hershel walker acknowledged that president biden legitimately won the 2020 election. senator warnock dodged the question on whether he d support the president if he seek
the grotesque and cynical politics behind the florida governor s migrant stunt. just like the racist reverse freedom rides of the 1960s, these migrants were lied to every step of the way, so desantis could own the libs. also tonight, new reporting from the washington post on how trump s team grossly mischaracterized the nature of the documents that he was keeping at mar-a-lago. when the national archives first asked for them back. and what a way to end the week. fresh from her triumphant victory at the emmy awards, sheryl lee ralph from abbott elementary joins me tonight. we begin with the freedom riders. the group of white and black civil rights activists who rode buses across the south in 1961 with the goal of integrating public transportation and bus terminals. one of the original 13 freedom riders was the late great congressman john lewis. it was a bold act of resistance to challenge the segregation laws and the riders encounters violence, beatings, and yale time.