anniversary of the january 6 insurrection. and then a few hours later president biden will honor 12 people at the white house including police officers injured in the capitol attack. we ll take to you both events live. also just a few moments from now, house republicans set to hold a conference call as the standoff over who will be house speaker continues. this, of course, after kevin mccarthy failed to get the votes needed after three days and 11 rounds of votes. mccarthy allies continuing to negotiate with the hardliner holdouts. the situation fluid but mccarthy remains confident this morning. we re going to get it done. let s go straight to correspondent manu raju live there on capitol hill. so, this meeting, just about 15 minutes from now as i understand it, it is about to begin. where do the negotiations stand going into that meeting, manu? reporter: well this is a critical moment for kevin mccarthy because he needs to demonstrate that the deal-cutting going on b
welcome to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper in washington. and tonight, make america great again again? we re just four days away from the all-important midterm elections. and with republicans optimistic that they re going to be able to flip both the house of representatives and the senate, donald trump is preparing to ride that wave right into a 2024 announcement. sources tell cnn that top aides to the former president are gearing up for a possible campaign launch around the third week of november, something trump himself hinted on the campaign trail again last night. now, in order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, i will very, very, very probably do it again, okay? those same sources, however, say that trump s announcement could be delayed if republicans do not do as well as he hopes. and perhaps an announcement could come earlier if there s a republican tsunami next week. i mean, who knows? it s donald trump. and there are some major headlines today t
away and amara, we can see the finish line now. yes, we can. it feels like it s been a long last several weeks. we are finally here. this is the last weekend of campaigning before tuesday s elections as the candidates and their surrogates make their final push for votes. in the battle for control of the senate it comes down to a handful of key states, including pennsylvania. president biden, barack obama and donald trump all campaigning in the state today. the president keeping his focus on democracy and the economy. he says he is optimistic about the midterms, but polling has indicated that the momentum is on republicans side. another race that could decide who controls the senate is in georgia between senator raphael warnock and former football star herschel walker. millions of voters have already cast their ballots. in fact, early voting is up compared to the 2018 midterms. almost 35 million people in 47 states have voted early. and our reporters and correspondents
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washington. the death toll grows after a russian missile strike destroys an apartment building in ukraine. the mayor of dnipro says the search for survivors is doubtful. on the eve of martin luther king jr., joe biden tells the church, quote, this is a time of choosing. we begin in ukraine with the devastating missile strike on an apartment building in dnipro. right now the death toll is at 30 and that is expected to keep rising. officials say there could be up to 40 people still under the rubble. cnn is on screen. reporter: we are seeing on the ground complete devastation. obviously a densely populated area. this building here, this residential building was just completely flattened by a cruise missile. people are breaking down in tears at the devastation unfolding in front of them. the ukrainians say they are trying to search for survivors, but, of course, that search is very difficult. the scene, apocalyptic as rescuers sift through the debris searching for survivors