good morning. welcome to way too early on this monday, october 10th. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin the show with the war in ukraine. overnight, multiple explosions rocked the capital city of kyiv for the first time in four months. according to the mayor of kyiv, explosions went off near the center of the city in an area that includes the historic old town as well as several government offices. the number of casualties is not yet clear. ukrainian media is also reporting explosions in several other cities including a refuge for many people fleeing the fighting. air raid sirens sounded in every region of ukraine except russia annexed crimea the past four hours. yesterday russia also launched a missile attack that hit a residential building, killing at least 13 people and injuring dozens more. at least ten children were hurt in that attack. according to the ukrainian air force, six missiles were launched from russian occupied areas in the city. the city
the riot once it got under way. we will see them drive that point home today. thank you very much. this morning new testimony from a veteran member of far right extremist group the oath keepers admitting the group had a stockpile of weapons including an ar-15 stashed outside washington on january 6. afterwards, fbi agents were seen carting several gun cases and other evidence from the courthouse. cnn s whitney wild is live with us at the u.s. district court. she has more on. this whitney? brianna, this is quite a moment in court. what this man kerry krucummings testified to, he had not seen that stockpile of weapons like that since he was in the military. he traveled to washington with one of the defendants and brought his own ar-15 and ammunition. it was when he was here in washington that another defendant told him to return to virginia which is where that weapon stockpile was to prepare for what they called a quick reaction force. that quick reaction force has been o
Erdogan: US Senator Menendez's exit from the picture is useful. Turkish media quoted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying that Ankara needs to turn the legal challenges faced by US Senator Bob Menendez into an opportunity. Menendez, a Democrat who temporarily stepped down as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has long opposed the potential sale of F-16s to Ankara. On Friday, Menendez and his wife were charged with taking bribes after a federal investigation into their ties to three New Jersey businessmen with ties to the Egyptian government.
former president still pushing the lie that 2020 election was stolen and supporting election deniers for office. this is really the message that they want to leave voters with as they re heading into the mid terms, john. and what are we expecting in terms of what the most compelling moments today could be? we re going to be looking for whether they include, you know, statements of interviews from people in the former president s cabinet, people like mike pompeo, elaine chao who resigned after january 6 and also looking into what kind of communications they spotlight from the secret service where they have over a million communication from the secret service. in previous hearings, they made a point showing the people around the administration were showing that people were showing up with weapons and aware there could be violence. and the former president was insistent on going to the capitol and did nothing to stop