it was expected to be a huge success if it only slowed the orbit by about ten minutes. but it actually slowed it by 32 minutes. dr. lori glaze and the dark team will explain more about how we confirmed that. now, this is a watershed moment for planetary defense, and a watershed moment for humanity. reporter: so that is an image right there that nasa just released at this press conference, brand new, taken by the huble space telescope on saturday. what you re see thing is the aftermath of this impact, which was more than two weeks ago. you re seeing the bright spot, that s essentially the point of impact on this astroid. and then this tail that stretches for about 6,000 miles. so victor, this definitely proves that if a potential killer astroid were headed towards earth, this is the type of technique that nasa would try to deploy. the only catch is, you would have to deploy it many, many years in advance in order for it to work, victor. now at least we have proof of conc
putin responsible for recent attacks in ukraine. but how? the lead starts right now. a global response as russia bombards ukraine with mass missile attacks for a second straight day. what the president just said about the aggression in an exclusive interview with jake tapper. also this hour, another cnn exclusive, one on one with senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. his take on republicans chances of winning a majority in the midterms, plus the one question he refused to answer about donald trump. and the worst is yet to come. the new recession warning as top economists also predict exactly when the economic downturn will hit. hello and welcome to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper. we begin with world leaders pledging to stop russian president vladimir putin s reign of terror in ukraine. an emergency debate today at the united nations and the g7 heads of government including president joe biden on an emergency call with ukraine s president today, vowing
error. we re looking at a neck in neck race. a closer election. bill: remember when the incumbent runs against the challenger, marjorie, the challenger always wins if it s a dead heat. always, because you have a known quantity against an unknown quantity. so unless the president is up in those swing states by three or four, he s toast! we don t know that. and also we re talking one debate into bill: that s the only the next debate on long island is a quote, unquote, town hall. and that s where people get up and say, mr. president, my cousin otis got laid off and we don t have a car, what are you going to do? that s the kind of debate it is. it s not, you know, as pointed. you can blow the ears off on those town halls. we might get some bill: mary katherine, go ahead. what i think i think the president will show up ready to go on these next bill: ready to go where? i don t know.
i don t know. bill: where is he going to go? he s got to talk to otis. both will run wild and say what they want! he s decent in those situations. bill: yeah, he s good in those situation, but so is romney. let me talk about the depth of his support. when you look at the political, george washington poll that came out, this is taken mostly before the debate when certainly that s going to switch some support to the republicans, the enthusiasm gap is really big. double digits. some people saying they re bill: the polls say the romney voters are more motivated than the obama voters. it s moving more in that direction. bill: marjorie, last word. there is another interesting phenomenon. according to cbs new york times polling, obama has actually edged out the elite on the economy that romney had. that was his strongest point. so where we going into foreign relation, the next topic, obama has bill: i don t know if the president is in good shape in there right now af
exactly. and also within the margin of error. we re looking at a neck in neck race. a closer election. bill: remember when the incumbent runs against the challenger, marjorie, the challenger always wins if it s a dead heat. always, because you have a known quantity against an unknown quantity. so unless the president is up in those swing states by three or four, he s toast! we don t know that. and also we re talking one debate into bill: that s the only the next debate on long island is a quote, unquote, town hall. and that s where people get up and say, mr. president, my cousin otis got laid off and we don t have a car, what are you going to do? that s the kind of debate it is. it s not, you know, as pointed. you can blow the ears off on those town halls. we might get some bill: mary katherine, go ahead. what i think i think the president will show up ready to go on these next bill: ready to go where?