ukraine armageddon. and thailand is grieving after a massacre in a day care left 26 people dead, including two children. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. pro-russian officials are reporting significant damage following a massive explosion on a bridge linking russia with crimea. hours ago a fuel tanker exploded 0 on a strategic bridge causing a fire that s still burning a low pro-russian leader said two have collapsed. emergency crews are scrambling trying to remove the burning train from the structure. have a look here, the moment the explosion was caught on video. russian president vladimir putin is now ordering an emergency investigation. ukraine is not claiming responsibility but making clear it won t shed any tears officer the development. fred pleitgen is live in kyiv. fred, what more do we know? reporter: certainly seemed this was a brazen incident that happened in the very early morning hours of today. we re seeing that cctv vide
midterm elections here in the u.s. i ll tell you where the big names are focused and whose message seems to be resonating with voters. tornadoes are wreaking havoc in the south central u.s. at least nine touched down in texas. we re live at the weather center in just a few minutes. the united states is going to be with ukraine for as long as it takes in this fight. there will be no wavering, no flagging. no flinching, in our support, as we go forward. a top u.s. official meets with president zelenskyy in ukraine and announces a new round of military aid. i ll have a live report from kyiv, just ahead. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. the january 6 investigation, the u.s. president s domestic agenda, voting rights, abortion rights all on the line as americans prepare to vote in next tuesday ease midterm elections. candidates across the board are pulling out all of the stops in the final weekend of campaigning. president joe biden mlb
i m boris sanchez. i m an marie walker. tornado ripping through three states, leaving one dead and 10 others injured. a seven is under way for the missing and 100,000 people remain without power. plus, the final sprint. only three days to go until election day. we will tell you where candidates are making their final pitch to voters as we get a deeper look at the closest and most contentious races on the map. and a missed deadline. former president trump fails to hand over subpoena documents to congress. now, the skrapb 6th committee is giving him a new deadline. twitter slashing staff. thousands are now without jobs. what does it mean for the platform s future? it is the weekend. we are grateful you are starting it with us, this saturday, november 5th. good morning, amara. we have a new look but the same faces. we are just a few days away from the midterm elections. we will begin with severe weather after a tornado outbreak hits three states in the last 24 hours.
away and amara, we can see the finish line now. yes, we can. it feels like it s been a long last several weeks. we are finally here. this is the last weekend of campaigning before tuesday s elections as the candidates and their surrogates make their final push for votes. in the battle for control of the senate it comes down to a handful of key states, including pennsylvania. president biden, barack obama and donald trump all campaigning in the state today. the president keeping his focus on democracy and the economy. he says he is optimistic about the midterms, but polling has indicated that the momentum is on republicans side. another race that could decide who controls the senate is in georgia between senator raphael warnock and former football star herschel walker. millions of voters have already cast their ballots. in fact, early voting is up compared to the 2018 midterms. almost 35 million people in 47 states have voted early. and our reporters and correspondents
voting? reporter: well, fred, president biden has tried to hammer away at his message that he believes republicans would pose a greater risk if they take vol of the house and senate. all of this coming as democrats control could be in jeopardy over economic discontent among voters. the president was here in joliet, illinois campaigning alongside house democrat in a competitive district. and he really zeroed in on on plans to lower prescription drug costs and preserve social security and medicare, programs that the president has argued would be on the chopping block if republicans get control of congress. and the president, as he talked about social security and medicare, had choice words for protesters on the issue of those who say democrats are part of socialism. generations of americans have counted on it, and it works. you didn t have social security, the poverty rate for those over 65 would be four times what it is now. four times. i love those signs when i came in,