called a january 6th rioter. plus, what new text messages from mark meadows reveal, and why a former congressman pressed the january 6th committee to press the wife of a supreme court justice. ten straight days of protest in iran for a woman killed over a hijab. now the regime is out with its own crowds pushing a different narrative. welcome to the lead i m kasie hunt in for jake tapper. we start with politics lead, we are less than 48 hours away from the next public january 6th committee hearing. cnn is learning about text messages from then trump chaief of staff mark meadows linking the white house with a pro trump operative who was trying to seize voting machines. we re going to have more on this exchange in just a moment. we re also learning about new links between the white house and a rioter on january 6th. denver riggleman who was an adviser to the january 6th committee is telling cbs 60 minutes. riggleman will join us on the lead in a moment. cnn s sara murr
what we re learning about that call. and the intensifying war of words between the u.s. and russia. top u.s. officials warning vladimir putin of catastrophic consequences just days after the russian leader issued a thinly veiled nuclear threat. all that playing out as outrage builds forcing hundreds of thousands of reservists into combat. the growing desperation leading to violence at an enlistment center. we begin with the threat from hurricane ian. we just got an update on its track and intensity. sam brock is in tampa, florida, and metrologist bill karins has a look at what we can expect. first to you, sam. i understand a mandatory evacuation is being called for the county where you are. what can you tell us? reporter: the threat is starting to feel a whole lot more real. right now for residents of this county in tampa, we re in tampa, hillsboro county is 1.5 million people. we found out that mandatory evacuations have been issued for portions of the county, zones a
saying there is no doubt cleotha abston is involved in this case. jackie ibanez has details. jackie: unidentified body found in the search for eliza fletcher. investigators uncovered a body in the wooded area of south memphis, just seven miles from where cleotha abston was last seen. please have not confirmed the identity of the death. there is a first hearing later this morning and the felon is faces charges of identity theft after stealing a woman s cash app the day before eliza fletcher went missing. my whole family is whacky, they are all perpetrators of something, he says. fletcher sat out for a morning drive and reported missing by her husband just before 8:00 that morning. authorities discovered video of a violent attack, the unidentified body was found three days later. cleotha abston is refusing to cooperate with authorities and is being held on $500,000 bail. back to you. carley: death toll in philadelphia rising by three after string of shootings across the cit
rsv nationwide, in familiar when it comes to kids having to go to the hospital. they are taking drastic measures to deal with the surge. you re seeing some institutions putting up tents. things have gotten worse since we were admitted. it was just about six weeks ago that boris johnson was leaving downing street in disgrace. i want you to know how sad i am to be giving up the best job in the world. now, the u.k. is abuzz with talk of a boris comeback. i m paula reed in washington. pamela brown is off. you are in the cnn newsroom. the balance of power and the power of the vote. in just over two weeks the midterm elections will determine which party will control the house and the senate. the high stakes mean high turnout. nearly 6 million americans have cast early votes in 39 states. in georgia, which tipped the senate to daemocrats two weeks ago, it has been a week of record breaking turnout. 660,000 people have cast early votes with more than 140,000 yesterd
there are chilling new details about his alleged plan to take the house speaker nancy pelosi hostage and break her kneecaps. we re standing by for a live update from san francisco officials. also tonight, the final frantic eight days of campaigning before the crucial midterm elections. tensions ratcheted higher as federal officials now warn of a heightened threat to the election from violent extremists here in the united states. the homeland security secretary mayorkas joins me this hour. plus, growing misery in ukraine right now as russia steps up its attacks on vital infrastructure. much of the capital city is without water tonight and officials warn they re running out of equipment to repair the country s devastated power grid. 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 our top story tonight. the suspect in the paul pelosi attack now facing federal charges. prosecutors