There, thanks for joining me. I m alex marquardt in this weekend for fredricka whitfield, and we begin with breaking news. We are learning that seven us troops were injured in a raid that killed 15 members of the islamic extremist group, i. S. I. S. That raid happening on thursday in iraq two of the seven were evacuated from the area for further medical treatment u. S. Central command says that the operation was targeting i. S. I. S. Leaders in order to disrupt the group s ability to plan for their attacks. Cnn s chief international security correspondent, nick paton walsh is joining me now. Live from london. So nick, what do we know about this operation? yeah alex, quite extraordinary development here. Essentially, because of the number of u. S troops injured in this instance, seven 75 of whom apparently during the operation to it seems from a fall separately related to that one of whom requiring followon care outside of theatre. Now we re getting a statement to iraqi military high co
secret service is reviewing visitor logs and checking security footage. they say the probe will wrap up early next week. mike: james comer calling for more details while blasting the discovery as a shameful moment for the white house. let s get right to mark meredith live at the white house. what do we know about the location where the cocaine was found? mike and jacqui, good afternoon to you. drugs were found in the lower level entrance of the west wing, an area officials have been saying is heavily traveled but also area that vip guests, as well as staffers, use to get in and out of the west wing. secret service says it is investigating who brought the drugs into the building, however they believe where he may not get a definitive answer. and they have done fingerprint testing and dna testing on the container the cocaine was found in. president biden has yet to comment publicly and no indication he plans to weigh in. the white house has been sending most questions to
the lies continue. this time george santos caught making up a story about his mother being in the south tower on 9/11, this as republicans reward him in congress. emergency measures are in place today as the nation is hitting its debt limit. why congress may be playing with fire. a warning to vladimir putin. ukraine s president said his country will take by crimea. will alec baldwin be charged the killing of a shooting onset? we ll discuss. cnn this morning starts now. we begin with yet another apparent lie from george santos, a republican congressman from new york who fabricated just about everything on his resume. he s been caught lying about his late mother. santos long claimed his mother was in the south tower of the world trade center on 9/11 and later died from cancer. new immigration records confirm santos mother was in brazil and never in the u.s. and now a navy veteran from new jersey is accusing santos of stealing $3,000 from a gofundme account. santos de
crippled by a mass explosion. what that could mean for putin s next move and strategy. with less than a month to go for election day, we ll tell you who is hitting the campaign trail and look at some key races to watch. and nearly two weeks after hurricane ian ripped through florida, residents from fort myers beach will finally being allowed to go back to home. and what does it mean for companies getting ready for hire for the holidays. happy sunday, everyone. it is october 9th. thank you so much for waking up with us. hello, boris. good morning, amara. good to be with you. your first full weekend as the official new anchor of new day. it s been wonderful. thank you for making me feel so welcomed, boris. we begin with a deadly rocket attack in ukraine. and dozens more were killed in zaporizhzhia last night. authorities actually revised the death toll down. earlier they said 17 had been killed. ukraine s air force says the city was hit by six russian cruise mis
for pennsylvania s open senate seat. the first and only face-off between democrat john fetterman and republican mehmet oz quickly spiralled into a series of biting personal attacks. much of the attention leading up to the debate was focused on fetterman s stroke in may and how it might affect his performance. safe to say it did. at times he struggled for words or lost his train of thought. oz did not draw attention to fetterman s trouble. instead he focused on painting fetterman as, quote, extreme using that word over and over. john fetterman takes everything to an extreme and those extreme positions hurt us all. let s also talk about the elephant in the room. i had a stroke. he s never let me forget that. and i might miss some words during this debate. mush two words together but it knocked me down, i m going to keep coming back up. fetterman especially lost his footing on the subject of fracking when questioned about a 2018 interview when he said he would never suppor