retailers are trying to jump-start holidays to get consumers kind of in the groove early to start buying, teeing them up because they know that consumers are going to be getting hit with higher prices. so they want to get retailers in the mood to shell out their money earlier. victor? three weeks ahead of halloween and folks are already buying christmas trees. alison, thank you. thank you for staying with me. i m victor blackwell. jsh joe biden and world leaders are condemning russian missile strikes that targeted civilians in ukraine. [ explosions ] wow. overnight, russia unleashed a barrage of missiles in kyiv. multiple other cities too across the country, knocking out critical infrastructure. at least 11 people are dead, dozens more injured. today, putin is boasting about the attack and vows there will be more. he says this blitz is retaliation for the weekend attack on a key bridge that links annexed crimea to russia. joe biden says russia s attacks demonstrate the
mar-a-lago. and a state of emergency is now in effect in new york city as officials struggle there to house thousands of migrants bussed by republicans to the northeast from the southern border. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to ukraine right now. reeling from russia s heaviest air strikes since its totally unprovoked invasion, and tonight facing a new threat from vladimir putin of more attacks. here s cnn s international security editor, nick wapaton walsh. reporter: this was the day the war came back to all of ukraine. the capital kyiv, like many cities for months, edging toward normal, hit by multiple missile strikes. carnage at rush hour, central streets hit. the target unclear. the aim utter horror. over 100 missiles and drones. the civilian death toll rising, along with global fury that there was nothing the kremlin would not hit. even this kyiv walkway t
a new study laying out the real danger to your health when you do not get enough. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being here. president biden is taking more steps to try to lower gas prices today, and it s no coincidence he s making these moves with the midterm elections less than three weeks away. this afternoon the president is expected to announce he s authorizing the release of another 15 million barrels of oil from the nation s emergency stockpile. gas prices have dropped significantly from the peak this summer, but they are still higher than this time a year ago, and they know it and are taking note. let s start at the white house. jeremy diamond is there. what are you learning that the president is going to say today? reporter: well, kate, president biden is expect to announce 15 million barrels of oil to be released from the u.s. strategic reserve. that would round out the 180 million barrels of oil the president had pledged to release last s
world. i m laila harrak. ahead on cnn newsroom, we re in the closing stretch of an extremely consequent midterm election. it s a dead heat for senate races in pennsylvania, arizona, and georgia. we have a preview of what s at stake for both parties. plus, some spanish-speaking communities are being inundated with election disinformation and conspiracy theories. ahead, a look at how it s spreading so easily. and ukraine is bracing for a bitter winter as russian strikes pound the power grid, leaving millions in the cold and dark. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. we re now just one day away from the critical midterm elections in the u.s., and the stakes couldn t be higher. the candidates are now making their final pitch ahead of election day. up for grabs, all 435 house seats and 35 of the 100 senate seats. the outcome of this election will determine who controls congress. and while democrats currently hold a slim majority, it
pioneering a new way to launch rockets on board a ship. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the russian president has ordered a full investigation into the explosion that destroyed part of his country s only road link to the occupied crimean peninsula. vladimir putin has also ordered the russian secret service to ramp up security on the kerch bridge. ukrainian officials have welcomed the explosion without officially admitting responsibility. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. it is the bridge the kremlin built. and it was under attack. an explosion at dawn. this was the result. russian officials claim a lorry had been blown up here and that the fire then spread to a fuel train. whatever the cause, you could see the damage. this is the bridge that links russia to annexed crimea, and parts of the road had collapsed into the sea. later, investigators announced that three people had been killed. they have opened a criminal case. the i2 mile lo