bulletproof vest and where they ve installed panic buttons. all of this as president biden warned in his speech that the issue of election safety, preserving democracy, he says, is on the ballot this year. terry moran tonight. the three states that could determine control of the senate. the new polls tonight. where those races stand right now. and why this will all come down to turnout. rachel scott and the eye-opening numbers tonight. the attack here in new york city. that woman jogger sexually assaulted, running along the hudson river. news of that arrest coming in now. and what we now know about the suspect linked to multiple cases. tonight, the warning from south korea and the u.s. that if north korea ever uses a nuclear weapon, they will end the kim regime. martha raddatz is here. james longman in ukraine tonight. the new concern at europe s largest nuclear power plant inside ukraine. international monitors tonight calling the situation extremely precarious. he
bulletproof vest and where they ve installed panic buttons. all of this as president biden warned in his speech that the issue of election safety, preserving democracy, he says, is on the ballot this year. terry moran tonight. the three states that could determine control of the senate. the new polls tonight. where those races stand right now. and why this will all come down to turnout. rachel scott and the eye-opening numbers tonight. the attack here in new york city. that woman jogger sexually assaulted, running along the hudson river. news of that arrest coming in now. and what we now know about the suspect linked to multiple cases. tonight, the warning from south korea and the u.s. that if north korea ever uses a nuclear weapon, they will end the kim regime. martha raddatz is here. james longman in ukraine tonight. the new concern at europe s largest nuclear power plant inside ukraine. international monitors tonight calling the situation extremely precarious. he
food the russians may have taken much, but among what they left behind is resolve ukraine is a major exporter of wheat and corn the disrupted planting season will not only impact people here, but president zelenskyy warns it will also provoke a food crisis in africa and asia lester okay. gabe, thank you. now to our look inside russia, where president putin s support among the russian people is rising sharply keir simmons is there. and i have to remind you, russia is cracking down on the media limiting what reporters can say under threat of imprisonment reporter: inside russia tonight, president putin s approval rating is soaring, according to independent polling. in places, these signs have appeared, supporting russia s army when russian state television shows images of bucha,
and it is bound to get more bloody and brutal, david. and martha, i know you re learning more tonight about what your sources at the pentagon believe about vladimir putin, perhaps his state of mind and you ve learned that he s gone to the military command center several times, demanding repeated updates? reporter: he has. putin is described as erratic, but totally intent on seeing this war through. a senior official says he is spending more time in the military command center, basically a bunker under the kremlin, asking for constant updates on the fight, david. martha raddatz with us from washington tonight. martha, thank you. and tonight, of course, tightening the squeeze on vladimir putin s inner circle. president biden targeting a new group of oligarchs today, as well as some of their relatives and close associates, blocking their travel to the u.s., moving to seize their assets, yachts, and jets seized. while inside russia tonight, the ruble has now lost half of its value.
back with more coverage of the full-scale russian invasion of ukraine now under way. inside russia tonight, president vladimir putin remaining defiant even as he faces growing protests keir simmons is in moscow reporter: protests tonight across russia. in more than 50 cities, according to an ngo vladimir putin unbound, confidently declaring russia remains part of the global economy, reassuring russian business leaders his comments made before president biden s latest sanctions announcement his early morning television address was unscripted and often ominous. saying his security demands were ignored by nato and america. referencing russia s nuclear capability