what she said about a white colleague s black son and why her partial resignation may not by enough to quiet her critics. plus, one of the most inconvenient and important cancer screenings, what a new study says about how well colonoscopies works. welcome to the lead. i m in for jake tapper. russia as bombarded ukraine can more than 80 missiles in eight regions. monday s was the most intense stretch of bombing. russia is clearly targeting civilian infrastructure, walkways, water and power stations, even a playground hit. so far 11 people have died, dozens more injured. putin says it is revenge for this, a saturday morning attack on the bridge that connects russia to crimea. the explosion was a strategic attack, its dependence on rail. and for putin, it s personal. he made it a point to drive across this bridge when it opened back in 2018. the attack came just a day after his 7 0th birthday. frederik pleitgen has this report. reporter: it was in the middle of monday mor
rejects its bid to exclude about 100 documents marked as classified from the special master s review. it seems like this is getting really complicated. reporter: yeah, jake. the lawyer for the government saying that, if they lose that appeal, they will likely appeal this even further. so, again, up to the supreme court. they said that could then complicate the timeline around the turning over and the sharing of the classified documents. so certainly something that could become a not knotty issue as they try to expedite this review of documents and ultimately get to the heart of this investigation. jake. kara scannell in new york, thank you. let s discuss with former assistant attorney general tom duprey and john miller from the new york police department, now workings for cnn. john, welcome to cnn. good to have you. you can connections with many in the intelligence community. how are they responding to all of this? this is making them quite nervous. the ruling by judg
candidate who doesn t want to commit. the lead starts rile now. with just over three weeks to go to the midterms, early voting begins in a key state that entire country is watching. herschel walker with a new admission today and the republican who wants to be arizona s next governor indicates she might not be interested in the actual results. plus, kamikaze terror, kyiv comes under attack from drones that russia is getting from iran. a pregnant woman killed. could this change how the u.s. gives support to ukraine. and stopped on a mission to kill. a serial killer suspect in california arrested, what ware learning today about his past and how the police finally got him. hello and welcome to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper and we begin with our politics lead. the latest poll of polls shows democrats and republicans in a dead heat for control of the house of representatives. early voting kicked off today in the critical swing state of georgia. democratic s
the lead starts right now. the day after the heated debate in pennsylvania, how john fetterman struggles after a stroke going over with voters plus the new ad attacking mehmet oz and his awkward answer on abortion rights. they got him therapy, tried to take his gun. still, it was not enough. a family s actions before a gunman s rampage in a school with a rifle and 600 rounds of ammunition. plus, new protests in iran mark 40 days since a woman died in police custody accused of violating the country s dress code. could this be the start of a revolution? welcome to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper. a new report in our politics lead. a second woman claimed that herschel walker of georgia pressured her to get an abortion. she s not revealing her identity out of fear of reprisal, she says. her attorney, gloria allred, helped lay out her claims a short time ago. eva, what are we learning here? reporter: we are getting incredible detail from this woman who says sh
bombshell cnn report. now the school system is suspending its entire police department. and a new strong jobs report showing more americans employed and earning more money. so might this set up another hike in your interest rates as the fed tries to tame rising inflation? welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. a bone chilling warning of armageddon tops our world lead. president biden made that assessment last night invoking the nuclear brinksmanship of the cuban missile crisis 60 years ago this month. as vladimir putin loses his grip on his bloody unprovoked war against ukraine and threatens to delay catastrophic weapons. senior u.s. officials were caught off guard they say. but by what some might characterize as inartful and perhaps in some views he is callatory comments they insist there is nothing that raises the threat level above where it is been but still president biden doesn t seem a clear off-ramp for putin and u.s. officials thinks even if he uses the smallest ta