good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, the horror. ukraine s ministry of defense releasing these jarring and grotesque images. this is before and after. the soldier here is ukrainian. the image on the left is him taken during the siege of the azostal steel plant. that is when they were hunkered down not getting the full food and water that they needed. but there he was fighting. and on the right four months later, that is him now, starved, deformed. it is not even possible to imagine what happened to that man. and yet that picture is the reality. it is how russia is treating human beings. and you can t look the other way when you see that. it comes as putin has taken the war to a whole new level today running a sham election in parts of ukraine that are kind of under russian control. i ll show you the ballot. it reads just one question. the wording varies depending on the region. are you in favor of seceding from ukraine and joining the russian federation? and dow
we will look at taiwan in the moment and the implications of nancy pelosi s trip there. we start with oil and the impact high prices is having on the global economy. nearly every country is struggling with the climbing cost of oil and gas as it fuels inflation and households struggle to pay bills so much so that president biden visited saudi arabia last month to persuade the major oil producer to increase supply and cool soaring prices. saudi arabia meets today with the other members of opec plus to decide on their next move. our middle east business correspondent sameer hashmi has more. another opec plus meeting but this one is a crucial one that comes with them if as of august producing the same amount you are back most members of opec plus in the uae only to members which have limited spare capacity. that boils down to them whether they will be able to boost production substantially to balance the market and bring down oil prices. it s very unlikely they are going to mak
am stephanie ruhle. 181 days to the midterm elections. and presenting protecting the right twos is quickly becoming a key strategy for democrats. today, all 50 senate republicans, with a help from joe manchin, blocked legislation that would have made roe v. wade federal law. now democrats are gearing up to take their case to the courts and the voters. the senate failed to stand in defensive a woman s right to make decisions about her own body. this vote clearly suggests that the senate is not where the majority of americans are on this issue. it also makes clear that a priority for all who care about this issue a priority should be, to elect pro choice leaders at the local, state and federal level. we are going to continue to highlight this issue, where land closely and strongly, between now and november. senate republicans susan collins and lisa murkowski say they are not giving up on a lot to protect the rights upheld and roe v. wade. they have introduced their own
The music mogul speaking for the First Time Since that video emerged of him assaulting his thengirlfriend. I hit rock bottom. I make no excuses. Why the d. A. Says he wont be charged. New details on the investigation into a Superstar Golfer and what else were learning about the moment he allegedly assaulted a Police Officer to get to the course. Houstons heatwave emergency, Hundreds Of Thousands without power after that deadly storm. Long lines for ice and water. The temperatures hitting 90. Oneonone with the ceo of airbnb. Will there be more stunts like this up house to stay in . And his acknowledgment that prices got too high. Do you think you lost the thread on the value piece of it . And finally, to the final frontier. The oldest person ever launched into space today, his journey to the stars after a sixdecade delay this is nbc nightly news with. Announcer this is show nbc nightly news with hallie jackson. Were coming on the air with developing news out of The Middle East, and no w
4.8 magnitude earthquake hitting the northeast was shaking, felt across several states travel is now being impacted in an around new york city was mistaken identification and errors in decision-making that from the israel defense forces, newly released initial findings into the airstrikes that killed seven aid workers in gaza. we re going to tell you how the idf is responding and the biden administration s reaction to the report. numbers from from the new jobs report and come in way higher than expected. there are they so high that the federal reserve might scrap planned interest rate cuts were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central we re following breaking news out of the northeast are rare, 4.8 magnitude earthquake shaking the tri-state area today, the epicenter was in new jersey, but people felt shaking as far north as main all the way down to the washington, dc area? yeah. the good news is the right now at