and we ve just heard they re evacuating civilians from the line there. and russia continues to target critical infrastructure in ukraine, triggering power and water outages. overnight, central ukraine was hit, quote, all night long by russian attacks. also a new round of kamikaze drone strikes. ukraine claiming it shot down 13 drones in the mykolaiv region. clarissa ward is live with the latest. can you tell us what you re hearing happening near kherson? reporter: it s an interesting picture. one we didn t expect to see quite this quickly but what appears to be happening is the mass evacuation of civilians to the sort of left bank, if you will, on the dnipro river. to try to, in the words of russian authorities move these people to safety because there s a huge ukrainian attack anticipated. although ukrainian authorities are saying that s propaganda and they aren t planning any kind of attack, particularly not on civilian infrastructure or tarts. but nonetheless we do sta
losted to slotkin. 46 years of kildee in congress comes to an end this november. he said he s running to perform economic checks on the biden administration. when one party has the white house and two parts of congress it s too extreme. reporter: kildee first elected to congress a decade ago after his uncle held a seat for 36 years, implored voters to see it as a choice. i don t walk lock step with a political party. but what s the republican brand we re running against? it s a party that s lost its soul, if not its mind. reporter: gas prices come up repeatedly in conversations with one voter after another. it s one reason that president biden is announcing he ll be
summit there in arkansas, the america leads summit. it s a conservative idea summit and you have condoleezza rice, a supporter of ukraine and america s support for ukraine. this is coming as kevin mccarthy, who could be speaker of the house if republicans are to win the house, has thrown into doubt whether a republican house majority would continue to fund military aid to ukraine. what do you think about that? do you think that s a mistake? that he is saying that, that he is raising that? well, kevin mccarthy is reflecting some of the discussions among the republican members of congress. i think that would be a mistake to withdraw funding for ukraine in this extraordinary fight
impacting our families. and as a result you re seeing that there s some momentum on the republican side. i m more optimistic now than i was three months ago. so today we re focussing on that as well with our idea summit, three weeks out from the election. we ve got to be talking about ideas that make a difference in people s lives. ideas that make leading in foreign policy or whether that is dealing with inflation and crime, border security. this is what people care about when we talk about that. we move up in the polls. yes, you are hosting this event today in arkansas. you have cande rice, the keynote there. i want to talk about that in a moment. i want to get your perspective on the georgia race, which is so key to see if republicans can change the balance of power in both chambers of congress. in the georgia race versus herschel walker versus raphael
morning in saginaw, michigan with a look at the races there. jeff? reporter: good morning, john. the economy has always been a concern shaping the midterm election races but now it is the primary concern with just 20 days left in this midterm election campaign. it certainly is not the position that democrats wanted to be in as they re trying to hold the control of congress, which is increasingly giving republican optimism about their chances. the deal with inflation, you have to reduce costs for the american family while we get through this for sure. congressman dan kilde is talking about inflation still three weeks before voters decide whether democrats should retain control of congress. by now, president biden and his fellow democrats hoped that high costs from the spring and summer would have eased. but the fierce economic headwinds seem as strong as ever. is it a challenge for us, people tend to hold the party,