plus, neck and neck. several key midterm races across the country still a toss-up, just a month out from the election. and later, heroes at the wheel. a pair of quick-thinking bus drivers rescue a todd her after the car the child was in was carjacked. the remarkable story coming up. hello, everyone. thank you for joining us this sunday. i m fredricka whitfield. new today, russia fires a barrage of missiles into the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia, leaving at least 12 dead, another 87 injured, including ten children. these new strikes happening just hours after a massive explosion damaged the only direct road and rail connection between annexed crimea and the russian mainland. ukraine has not claimed responsibility for the blast, but has publicly celebrated it. and new satellite images show the damage from above. but despite that, rush aif says it is resuming some car and train service. f fred, this attack overnight hitting a civilian area. what more are you learning? y
happened. a massive explosion on a bridge that dealt a major blow to russia s military supply capabilitying. ukraine has not claimed responsibility for that damage, but an aide to presukraine s president said this may be an act of retaliation. here s a view of the explosion we didn t see yesterday. russian officials say three people were killed in all of this. nick paton walsh joins me now. it looks like russian retaliation. what more can you tell us? reporter: certainly, the strike in zaporizhzhia, we now know the death toll to be 13 with over 80 people injured. hundreds of rescuers are still working at the site of the apartment block that was hit by six cruise missiles dropped by a strategic bomber, and also an su-35 attack jet. also, some anti-aircraft missiles, s-300s according to ukrainian officials involved, a sign that russia s inventory is getting low. is it retaliation? i should point out, zaporizhzhia where this occurred is being hit over the last week repeatedly,
welcome to our viewers. i don t think there will be a recession. if there is, it will be a slight recession. the three largest economies will continue to stall. we believe we are in a stronger position than many other countries when it comes to dealing with global challenges. do you think putin is a rational actor? i think he is a rational actor who s miscalculated significantly. president putin is failing in ukraine. we re going to continue to work to provide air defense capabilities to the ukrainians. the justice department is now urging the supreme court to stay out of this ongoing mar-a-lago classified document saga. i agree with the justice department. these are sensitive materials and you ought to very closely and very carefully manage who has access to them. this is a new hoax, the document hoax. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it s wednesday, october 12th. 9 a.m. in london, 4 a.m. in washington where preside
it is wednesday, october 12th. i m christine romans. president biden says he believes russian president vladimir putin is rational. mr. biden said putin s objectives invading ukraine were irrational and a serious misjudgment. do you think putin is a rational actor? i think he is a rational actor who s miscalculated significantly. so if he s not rational no, i didn t say he s not rational. you said the speech. i think his speech, his objectives. i think he thought they would welcome him with open arms. this is home for mother russia and i think he totally miscalculated. cnn s jasmine wright is live in washington. what else did the president have to say about putin and ukraine? reporter: obviously the president warned of catastrophic mistakes and miscalculations. president putin continues to make these nuclear threats. as the u.s. grows more concerned while looking at the escalations happening in ukraine caused by russia. he warns of armageddon. take a look at
reentered the building. accounts vary as to what exactly happened next but it seems clear nicole bare s employees were let inside by an ally within the building. that would be a freshman member of congress from massachusetts jake. once on federal property colbert s employees did what they claim do which was disrupt the business of congress and apparently they were not subtle about doing it. they pounded on doors and yelled. whatever they did, it got people s attention. it takes an awful lot for a police force controlled by nancy pelosi to arrest a group of entertainment figures. but that s exactly what happened next. capitol hill police arrested seven colbert employees and brought them to jail. all seven of them were charged with unlawful entry. that s the identical charge that hundreds of january 6th defendants have been prosecuted for. but, unlike january 6th defendants colbert s employees were not sent to jail for a year and a half in solitary confinement they were release