world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. president biden s ability to help democratic candidates is being tested tonight with just 19 days to go before the high stakes midterm election. cnn national politics reporter, eva, has our midterm countdown. democratic senate nominee, john fetterman, getting a boost tonight. john, thank you very much for running. president biden visiting battleground pennsylvania. appearing alongside the state s lieutenant governor to tout the administration s signature infrastructure law. this law is about more than rebuilding our infrastructure. it s about rebuilding the middle class. something john knows a lot about and talks a lot about. and to fund raise for the democrat who is running in one of the most competitive races in the country against mehmet oz. with the clock ticking toward election day, some campaigns taking a sharper approach like in georgia. for you, herschel walker wants to ban abortion. after weeks
viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom, and i m rosemary church. just ahead, under fire from both sides of the aisle over a surge of migrants u.s. president biden makes his first visit to the southern border since taking office. echoes of january 6th in brazil s capital. hundreds of bolsanaro s supporters stormed top buildings in protests against the election results. plus the buffalo bills make an emotional and triumphant return to the field. well, one of the most controversial issues president joe biden faces will be front and center when he iron fence between u.s. and mexico. notably he did not appear to meet with migrants themselves. a senior administration official told cnn that was completely coincidental and the center did not have any that day. his handling of the crisis has been criticized by many republicans including the texas governor. i urge him in the letter to see the real chaos, what everybo
as president putin begins drafting new troops in the fight in ukraine. some flights out of russia have sold out. also in the programme. the bank of england raises interest rates to their highest level for m years it warns the uk may already been in recession. and a fracking ban in england is lifted in a bid to increase energy production but critics say the move could harm the environment and trigger earthquakes. the us secretary of state has said russia s president, vladimir putin, can t get away with shredding international order over his invasion of ukraine. he was speaking at a special meeting of the united nations security council. here s what else he had to say. even the number of nations that maintain close ties with moscow have said publicly that they have serious questions and concerns about president putin s ongoing invasion. rather than change course, however, president putin has doubled down, choosing not to end the war but to expand it. that expansion he was
the economy with its new plan to cut tax and increase borrowing. don t forget, don t forgive. the only way to stop this is with a labour government. applause and nasa has deliberately flown a space craft into an asteroid to push it off course in the first test of a planetary defence system. voting has ended in widely discredited referendums organised by russia in four occupied regions in ukraine. as expected, russia is claiming that an overwhelming majority of residents are in favour ofjoining russia, but not all the votes have yet been counted. ukraine and the west have condemned the five day vote as a sham and an attempted land grab by moscow. russia s president claims hejust wants to help people living there. nearly four million people from the eastern regions of donetsk and luhansk and the southern regions of kherson and zaporizhzhia were to attend polling stations and vote. the areas in question represent 15% of ukraine s territory roughly the size of portugal. b
hello, and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m max foster in london. just ahead. check it. want to punch. i would pay to see that. the way for this, for trespassing on the capitol grounds. i want to punch him out and go to jail and i m going to be ha happy. i m disgusted with our legal system. i m disgusted with those jurors. we will not be dragged into russia s war of choice but we will stand by ukraine as it fights to defend itself. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it s friday, october 14th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. in washington, d.c., where the committee investigating the january 6th capitol riot has voted unanimously to subpoena donald trump for testimony and documents. we are obligated to seek answers directly from the man who set this all in motion. trump is not expected to comply with subpoenas. the panel wants trump to explain his efforts to overturn t