well, did remain longer than liz truss. the lead starts right now. liz truss resigns as prime minister only 44 days in, making history for shorten newer at 10 downing. you ll never guess who is vying for her job. president biden hitting the road for the midterms. he s in pennsylvania touting infrastructure alongside democratic senate candidate john fetterman but would it be better for democrats if biden stays at the white house? then breaking news for the search for a missing princeton university student. police have recovered a body. hello and welcome to the lead i m john berman in for jake tapper. and we begin with our politics lead as president biden hits the campaign trail with just 19 days until the election. biden making a road trip to pittsburgh, pennsylvania today. his 18th trip to the commonwealth since he became president. and the 19th is next week. this week it was to highlight how the bipartisan infrastructure law is rebuilding the nation s crumbling roads
desperate measures to try to hold the front line. vladimir putin inspecting his troops and firing a rifle himself in a new wartime show of force. also this hour president biden is in the critical midterm battleground state of pennsylvania touting infrastructure spending as many voters are stressed out about inflation and the economy. i ll ask former treasury secretary larry summers for his up to the minute assessment of the recession threat. and new turmoil right now in britain after the prime minister liz truss abruptly announces her resignation after six short but troubled weeks in power. we ll get a read on the instability and what it means for the uk and the world. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. all right. let s get straight to the new developments out there on the battlefield in ukraine. we re tracking very fierce fighting in occupied territory, especially in the south, as moscow s
pro punishing protesters forcing some to fight in the very war they want to stop. and crisis of democracies, a warning to the world from french president macron, and his message to donald trump after being wrapped up in the mar-a-lago case. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. and we begin with our politics lead. and just in, special master of the trump mar-a-lago documents case opens the door to hearing witness testimony. this, coming after yet another legal defeat for former president donald trump. three judges from the 11th circuit court of appeals unanimously reversed district judge aleene cannon s decision. three-judge panel, one obama and three trump appointees. a special master s review of that subset, about 100 records is now partially stopped after judge cannon amended her ruling today. and just a short time ago, a special master deliver a new order to trump s legal team to prove one notable aspect in the former president s public claims. an in
evidence. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. russia s military said to be divided tonight over ukraine s stunning military offensive, retaking thousands of square miles from moscow s forces, which are now on the defensive in eastern and southern ukraine. cnn s senior international correspondent matthew chance has the latest for us. matthew, cnn s reporting that putin himself is giving directions to generals on the battlefield as russia s military appears increasingly divided on how to proceed with this war. tell us more of what you re learning. reporter: that s right, wolf. tonight another illustration of just how much intelligence u.s. authorities have, the u.s. intelligence has, on the thinking of what s going on inside the russian command structure. they re talking about intercepts that they ve sort of made available to cnn. we re reporting on that. about how there are disagreements on the
and california. the colorado river supplies drinking water to an estimated 40 million people. follow me on facebook, instagram, threads, x, formerly known as twitter, blue sky if you have an invite. tweet the show @theleadcnn. coverage continues with wolf blitzer in the situation room. happening now, an arrest warrant for donald trump has been issued in georgia after the historic fourth criminal indictment of the former president. we re breaking down the sweeping new charges in the state s election interference case and the da s strategy for putting trump on trial. also indicted in georgia, 18 codefendants, including former trump lawyer rudy giuliani and former white house chief of staff mark meadows. meadows filing notice just a short while ago that he wanted to move the case to the federal court. all of this is hanging over the