putin responsible for recent attacks in ukraine. but how? the lead starts right now. a global response as russia bombards ukraine with mass missile attacks for a second straight day. what the president just said about the aggression in an exclusive interview with jake tapper. also this hour, another cnn exclusive, one on one with senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. his take on republicans chances of winning a majority in the midterms, plus the one question he refused to answer about donald trump. and the worst is yet to come. the new recession warning as top economists also predict exactly when the economic downturn will hit. hello and welcome to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper. we begin with world leaders pledging to stop russian president vladimir putin s reign of terror in ukraine. an emergency debate today at the united nations and the g7 heads of government including president joe biden on an emergency call with ukraine s president today, vowing
we have another hour of velshi, right now. good morning to you, i m ali velshi. is this saturday october 8th day 227 of russia s war in ukraine. breaking news this morning out of crimea. an explosion has crippled the bridge. this is a remarkable development. take a look at this bridge. look at the multitude of fires across it. it has collapsed part of the bridge into the sea. russians think the truck bomb exploded. it set fire to several oil tankers that were traveling on the bridge by rail. now, here is the important part. you probably never heard about this. it is new. it is the only bridge connecting mainland russia and crimea. this is a pet project for vladimir putin belt after russia s illegal annexation of crimea in 2014. north of crimea, on the battlefield front, ukraine continues to regain its land in the northeast, and east. this week the captured about 2000 square kilometers in the south near the area of kherson. it is the blue areas over here. ukraine has now captu
struggling to explain away reports ease bag for an abortion. everything he says just leads to more confusion. that and president biden answers the republican attacks on law and order by keeping campaign promises all about justice. the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again everyone i m ayman mohyeldin in for stephanie ruhle. right now, breaking news on the mar-a-lago documents investigation, questioning whether the former president is fully cooperating with the feds. the new york times reporting that the justice department is indicated that trump s lawyers that as suspects he still has not yet returned all the documents taken from the white house. the paper says, that skepticism has led to a split in trump s legal team. the times say the doj has declined to comment on this report, but the paper notes that one of the potential requests in the mar-a-lago was obstruction. i and the january six committee is moving far head, just as house again i
and the justice department s january six committee is moving far head, just as house again investigators get ready for what could be the final hearing. now the select committee says it ll take place one week from today at 1 pm eastern, this will be the night session in a series of hearings featuring stunning testimony from allies and aides to the former president. we had also heard about militia groups activities before and during the capital riot. today, a leading member of one of those groups pleaded guilty to suggestions. said proud boys member, jeremy is the first from the group to plead guilty. he s also the first of one of six defendants who of planning to oppose the u.s. government. prosecutors say he will cooperate against the proud boys, their leaders andother remembers. this one against the oath keepers militia. today, one former member told the jury that the founder may have been in contact with the secret service in september of 2020. former federal prosecutor
everything he wanted it to plus, we will take stack of the year that was in the unite states supreme court from th overturning of roe to th numerous ethical concern swelling around certai justices my question, what can we expec from the high court in 2023? and, later, ukrainian presiden volodymyr zelenskyy tell congress that his country is alive and kicking while urging lawmakers to approve more aid. my question is, what shoul u.s. support for ukraine looke like when a republican house takes over all of that and more is coming up, the katie phang show starts, right now. it is no secret that legal trouble has followed donal trump for much of his adult an pet professional life. but, 2022 has been entirel something else for the forme president. his namesake company, the trum organization, was found guilty by a new york jury and a 1 year tax came to pay top executives off the books now order to avoid taxes the company faces roughly 1. million in fines with othe possible financi