stunning new numbers about just how many migrants border patrol has released back into the united states. now they are in a backlogged system, sometimes in the u.s. waiting to find out their fate for years. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, destruction and failure as president zelenskyy warns that putin is potentially preparing to go nuclear. it is because of video like this russian tanks and other fighting vehicles you can see all destroyed in ukraine s lightning-fast advance in the east. ukrainian president zelenskyy saying today that ukrainian forces have liberated nearly 1,000 square miles in this offensive. and you can see the destruction that happened in that wake. that destruction tonight is actually forcing russian cities like st. petersburg to cancel a celebration. we are learning that those soldiers have literally been living in pig stys in occupied parts of ukraine. this was a village pig shed that became home to those russia
select committee, congresswoman zoe lofgren. and the uvalde texas school board suspends its police force, and it s expected to discuss the superintendent s retirement, all following cnn s exclusive reporting on the school massacre. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with the firestorm over president biden s surprise warning of a potential armageddon following russian president vladimir putin s nuclear threats. let s get straight to our cnn white house correspondent, mj lee. mj, we ve heard the administration say they take the nuclear threat from russia seriously. we have not heard talk of armageddon before. does the white house now think americans have reason to be concerned tonight? well, wolf, anybody who was listening to the president s comments last night may have had good reason to feel concerned, because this was a pretty remarkable warning that we heard directly fro
wisconsin showing no clear leader in the democrat mandela barnes. pennsylvania with democratic lieutenant governor john fetterman, very narrowly ahead of dr. mehmet oz, just outside the margin of error. time to square the importance of this day, we learned today that former president obama will be campaigning their final weekend before election day. party officials familiar with the planning telling cnn they ve got appearances scheduled for pittsburgh and philadelphia with the possibility of having more. early voting is underway there, and 38 other states. so, far turnout has been heavy 2018, midterms with nearly 7. 3 million ballots already cast. with, it we ve already seen multiple reports of voter intimidation, including two armed men dressed in tactical gear spotted about a drop box in mesa, arizona, friday night. attorney general merrick garland was asked about it this afternoon. to prevent, to guarantee a free and fair vote by everyone was qualified to vote. and
i am carley shimkus. todd: i am ashley strohmier and for todd piro and merry christmas with your families and friends or whatever you are doing. currently, we did get to spend some time with our loved ones. look at that. this is may be yesterday santa claus gifted those onesies but we had so much fun on s fox & friends first and we got to hang to 2 mike hang out with santa and to his sleigh, his roster next year if they passed the past but never touched a reindeer before, but that did happen. we got to have a christmas breakfast after i got done with work yesterday but look at maggie. that is my little miss maggie. she was so when enthused of course, ialways get the nicee i m that nice win. but we had some problems with our electricity. ashley: because it stormed? carley: we didn t have power 72 hours and kind of blew up again so we have to go back brand-new, mind you. ashley: were you freezing? carley: we had icicles inside and it was a complete disaster so i fee