Trying to get to syria, hoping for a safe spot. Hello. It was a rare public appearance by ayatollah ali khamenei, the spiritual leader of iran, and he used it to justify his Countrys Missile Attack this week on israel. He claimed the barrage of ballistic missiles was completely legal and the minimum Punishment Israel deserved for what he called its astonishing crimes for the first time in nearly five years, the ayatollah was delivering Friday Prayers at the Grand Mosque in tehran. He called israel a Vampire Regime and the United States a rabid dog. Meanwhile, us president Joe Biden has said in the last hour that he doesnt think israel has yet decided how to respond to the iranian attacks. He said it should look for other alternatives rather than hitting iranian oil facilities. Another development is that the us military have attacked 15 Houthi Targets in yemen. Houthi rebels, like hezbollah and hamas, are backed by iran. And in lebanon, thereve been more israeli Air Strikes targeting h
months. the city pushed to the brink, and some new yorkers are not happy about it. it s a story you ll see first outfront. and an american citizen sentenced to 16 years in a saudi prison for tweets he sent while he was in the united states. the man s son is my guest. let s go out front. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront front, putin s top commander speaking out saying russia and ukraine are one, upping the ante hours ahead of a major meeting between putin and his national security council. all eyes on what putin will do. this as his top commander in an interview said that, quote, difficult decisions are ahead, seeming to signal that he may pull back from the crucial ukrainian city of kherson. tonight we have new video, it shows ukrainian forces pushing deeper into the russian-controlled area of kherson. so they re in that armored vehicle moving relatively quickly there. that is in the kherson region. you hear the sound of constant gunfire. you see that man
time now for jake tapper and cnn tonight. jake? thanks anderson. welcome to cnn tonight. welcome to cnn tonight. i m jack tapper in washington. captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight we re bringing you a cnn exclusive, brand-new video you ll see here for the first time in just a few moments. it s an incredible story, one that only cnn s clarissa ward can tell, taking place during a rare cease fire in putin s brutal war. getting two hours of cover for this dramatic scene. cnn s crews shuttled by ukrainian intelligence as russia returned the body of an american, an american killed in ukraine while fighting for ukraine. his name was joshua jones, 24 years old, u.s. army veteran from tennessee. he was killed in august while fighting putin s forces alongside the military. this handover happened in a dangerous area known as no man s land, in the zaporizhzhia region between ukrainian-controlled ukraine and russian-controlled ukraine. and jones body will now head back
and cnn tonight. jake? thanks, anderson. welcome to cnn tonight, i m jake tapper in washington. tonight we are bringing you a cnn exclusive. brand-new video you will see right here for the very first time in just a few moments. it is really, i have to tell you, an incredible story, one that only cnn s clarissa ward can tell. it s taking place during a rare cease-fire in putin s brutal war, giving two hours of cover for this traumatic scene. cnn crews shuttled by ukrainian intelligence as russia returned the body of an american, an american killed in ukraine while fighting for ukraine. his name was joshua jones. he was 24 years old, a u.s. army veteran from tennessee. he was killed in august 12 fighting putin s forces alongside the ukrainian military. this handover happened after months of negotiations in a dangerous area known as no-man s-land. it s in the zaporizhzhia region between ukrainian-controlled ukraine and russian-controlled ukraine. and jones s body will now head
intelligence has stark words for what s left of putin s arsenal. plus, the two americans captured in ukraine held for 105 days. we follow their story. and tonight they will tell you what they endured. and a dead heat for arizona governor, a face-off in ohio s senate race tonight. and the republican in georgia still hanging on despite the ugly allegations. john king is here. he says this is the most unpredictable election he s covered in his lifetime. let s go out front. good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, unsustainable. that is the stark analysis tonight from america s director of national intelligence avril haines. she says russia is now firing off its precision weapons at an unsustainable rate. its conventional arsenal, terribly depleted. ukraine s defense ministry posted a video that i m showing here which appears to show russia pulling 70-year-old antiaircraft guns from its warehouses. 70-year-old weapons going to the field. that is the depletion of t