newsroom. this morning early voting location are open across the country and preliminary election data is already showing more than 17.5 million americans have cast their ballots so far. with ten days to go before election day, candidates are bringing out big-name surrogates in their final push for votes. president biden and former president obama are on the campaign trail for democrats in key states. over the next week, former president trump also holding rallies in support of republican candidates across four states. the infusion of political star power is underscoring just how many of these key races are neck-and-neck. in georgia, the senate race between democrat raphael warnock and herschel walker has some in the democratic leadership concerned. here is senate majority leader chuck schumer caught on a hot mic talking about that race. going downhill in georgia. that race in georgia crucial to the democrats chances of holding on to their 50/50 majority in congress. i
six killings in northern california, and at least one possible suspect. we want our communities to pay attention to how he walks. a lot of people are scared to come out at night. it s just scary, period. i m pamela brown in washington. and you are in the cnn newsroom. a massive bridge, the longest one in europe, is crippled in a millisecond, and it s very bad news for russia. look here. this is the exact moment that russian president vladimir putin suffered his latest blow in his unprovoked war against ukraine. the blast from an apparent truck bomb knocking out three of the four lanes of the bridge that links mainland russia to the crimean peninsula. it s annexed territory in the south. now a huge bottleneck chokes a critical supply route for putin s war in ukraine. now we should note, ukraine has not claimed responsibility for in attack, but it is most certainly at the very least celebrating it. ukraine quickly unveiled this commemorative postal stamp that it will
plus, neck and neck. several key midterm races across the country still a toss-up, just a month out from the election. and later, heroes at the wheel. a pair of quick-thinking bus drivers rescue a todd her after the car the child was in was carjacked. the remarkable story coming up. hello, everyone. thank you for joining us this sunday. i m fredricka whitfield. new today, russia fires a barrage of missiles into the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia, leaving at least 12 dead, another 87 injured, including ten children. these new strikes happening just hours after a massive explosion damaged the only direct road and rail connection between annexed crimea and the russian mainland. ukraine has not claimed responsibility for the blast, but has publicly celebrated it. and new satellite images show the damage from above. but despite that, rush aif says it is resuming some car and train service. f fred, this attack overnight hitting a civilian area. what more are you learning? y
civilians. nothing much has changed on that front. reporter: it s an utterly ghastly scene. hundreds of rescuers combing through the damage to the apartment blocks where we now know the death poll to be 13, 80 people injured. bare this in mind, totally innocent civilian block by what appears to have been six cruise missiles and possibly 16 anti-aircraft missiles, fired by a strategic bomber and stealth jet flying into ukraine. the cruise missiles frequently used across ukraine. antiaircraft missiles being deployed because the inventory of other missiles is depleted. this isn t the first time zaporizhzhia has been hit, jim. this week it s one of a number of attacks we ve seen. it forms part of a pattern that ukrainians say is indiscriminate bombing against civilian targets. some wonder if this is retaliation for the attack on the bridge, the vital part of the russian frvgt that feeds the occupation of crimea, the ukrainian peninsula they illegally annexed in 2014. zaporizhzh
energy bosses warn that the government s plan to cap the price of electricity produced by older renewable facilities is risky. hello and welcome to bbc news. ten people are now confirmed to have died, after a huge explosion at a petrol station in county donegal in ireland. a search operation is continuing, as some people are still thought to be missing. eight people were also taken to hospital. police say the cause remains under investigation, but are describing what happened as a tragic accident . the explosion happened at an applegreen service station, in the village of creeslough, yesterday afternoon. from there, our ireland correspondent chris page reports. a rescue effort has now become a recovery operation a sad sign that the emergency services don t expect to find anyone else alive. blown out walls, a crumpled roof, and tonnes of rubble showed this was a lethal explosion. the blast triggered a wave of devastation and desperation. local people hurried to what was lef