good morning. welcome to way too early on this monday, october 10th. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin the show with the war in ukraine. overnight, multiple explosions rocked the capital city of kyiv for the first time in four months. according to the mayor of kyiv, explosions went off near the center of the city in an area that includes the historic old town as well as several government offices. the number of casualties is not yet clear. ukrainian media is also reporting explosions in several other cities including a refuge for many people fleeing the fighting. air raid sirens sounded in every region of ukraine except russia annexed crimea the past four hours. yesterday russia also launched a missile attack that hit a residential building, killing at least 13 people and injuring dozens more. at least ten children were hurt in that attack. according to the ukrainian air force, six missiles were launched from russian occupied areas in the city. the city
attack on pelosi and other threats to leaders. and the escalating rhetoric. mary bruce is live. just six days now until the midterms. the economy issue number one. in nevada tonight, the first latina senator in the u.s., a democrat, fighting to hold opt her seat. former president obama trying to help. and what the voters there told our martha raddatz. plus tonight, georgia, pennsylvania, new hampshire, and ohio. rachel scott on these very tight races. we ll show you the numbers tonight. the fed hiking interest rates three quarters of a per essential today to try to slow down inflation and try to stave off recession. how americans will feel this. in parkland, school shooter nikolas cruz face-to-face with families, formally sentenced tonight to 34 consecutive sentences of life in prison. victor oquendo is there. the alarming escalation by north korea. more than 20 missile tests launched. what south korea did for the first time and matt gutman in south korea. the war i
typical year, we are not often faced with the question of whether the vote we cast will preserve democracy or put it at risk. but we are this year. and the president is also reminding every american that it could take several days to get the final results, saying, that is the system working. because they want to make sure every single vote is counted. david? yeah, always good to remind our voters who have become accustomed to this, it will take days. we might not have all the answers on election night. mary bruce at the white house. mary, thank you. and as mary points out, just six days to the midterms. the economy issue number one. and in nevada, the first latina senator in the utz, a democrat, fighting though hold onto her seat. former president obama there trying to help. and what the voters told our martha raddatz. also tonight, the new numbers from our partners at five fivethi fivethirtyeight. where the senate races stand. control of the senate at stake. very close numbers ton
joining us now, senior campaign and elections editor for politico, stephen shepherd. we are now just four weeks in the day from the mid terms. politico is out with what will first be a weekly check in on where november senate races stand. explain how the results formulated and what states are most likely to flip? we re following very closely 10 senate seats. these are the ten most competitive races, the race that s we rate at politico as tossups, just leaning towards democrats or leaning towards republicans. so of the ten, the party that wins more of them is going to win control of the senate. republicans need to, of course, win one more seat because vice president kamala harris breaks all the ties. it s 50/50 right now. we have four rated as tossups. georgia is one of them along with nevada, pennsylvania, and wisconsin. republicans need to win if they can t steal a seat in arizona or colorado or new hampshire where the republican candidates are behind right now, they need to