good evening. with two weeks to go until the 2020 midterms, the control of office in statewide offices around the country is changing day by day. there is no better example than the contest for pennsylvania s open senate seat between lieutenant governor john fetterman, and dr. mehmet oz, his first and only debate just got underway in harrisburg. if you hours ago, the independent challenger efforts turned pulled out of the race through his support behind lieutenant governor fetterman, quoting from his tweet, announcing the decision that i am pulling around 3%, which places democracy at risk. it s not clear what pennsylvania voters will make of that notion, but it certainly one thing that you have to consider, along with what they see from the two main candidates tonight, in a race that could decide the control of the senate and perhaps congress for the next two years. what is true as well as the voters nationwide have more factors to weigh than in most midterms. not just the
say russian forces are preparing defensive positions in a potential retreat from kherson region in the south. it includes the officials as laying mines around the dnipro river. cnn cannot independently confirm the ukrainians military claim. fred pleitgen is in the region with an up close account of the battles on the front line. on route to the front in one of the most active areas of the brutal war in ukraine. with a rocket artillery team taking aim at vladimir putin s forces. they are called light trucks with missile pods mounted on the bed. the rockets carry a message of retribution. this one signed on behalf of a fallen soldier from the which it says. our vehicle is very effective because we can set up quickly, fire and get away again. now they re aiming at russian positions several miles
used as a shelter. how is morale right now? morale is very strong. russia taking civilians will only make us angrier, if that s even more possible, and gives us the opportunity to fight back. so russia has suffered absolutely catastrophic losses. our military claim that they have loss more than 400 tanks and twice as many armored fighting vehicles. and most likely this figure is very correct. so even the independent groups, which enter russian losses based on social media, they were able to count 234 lost tanks, which can be independently verified, each and every one of them. and interestingly, 60% of them were captured by ukrainians that were just abandoned by the russians. their morale is pretty low. but that being said, the russians are hitting from the air. i know your president zelenskyy and many others including members of the ukrainian
it is strange credulity to believe no one on walker s team was aware of the abuses. stapleton says he is staying in the race and will court delegates this weekend at the colorado g.o.p. assembly. if you want alecia, thank you. up next, the panel on house speaker paul ryan s decision to retire after his current term and what it may mean for republicans in the fall. first, beyond our borders tonight. an algerian military claim soldiers families and refugees crashed after takeoff. in a field. 250 heaven people were killed in what appears to be the north african nation s worst ever aviation disaster. four men were killed in kashmir when government forces fired on protesters. one soldier was killed. separatists have called for a shutdown of the region on thursday and friday to denounce those killings. a court in burma is refusing to dismiss a case against two
the middle east, this was a ruthless attack. islamic militants have been conducting attacks in the sinai but a attack against a mosque crosses a new threshold. the mosque is in sinai province, now a war zone that isis is trying to take over. two years ago in the skies over sign i-isis brought down a plane killing 224. this year isis has attacked dozens of christians. including inside of a church. a tax egypt security forces seem unable to stop. president trump condemned the horrible and cowardly terrorist attack. egypt s presidencisy said it makes it more determined. and he sent in bombers, war planes destroying vehicles said to of been used in the attack and bombing what the military