and the u.s. justice department issues a scathing report of the louisville police, finding a pattern of excessive force and racist conduct within the department. we ll bring you the disturbing results of the federal investigation launched after the killing of breonna taylor. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, russian mercenaries claim they have gained new ground in bakhmut, now a flashpoint in vladamir putin s war against ukraine. president volodymyr zelenskyy tells me his forces are vowing, vowing to stand strong, even as they acknowledge theeadvancing city. but first, to the war zone. melissa bell has the latest on the battle for bakhmut. reporter: bakhmut, now a place of horror and death. before the war, bakhmut was about life. its sculpted hedges and rose gardens regularly instagramed. a picture of peace. and one of the oldest cities in the donbas. its genteel facades buil
nearly 12 million voters across the country have already cast their ballots for the critical midterm elections. more than 4 million of those ballots have been turned in throughout florida, california, georgia, and texas. the candidates are facing off in some of the final debates of the campaign season after the highly anticipated showdown in pennsylvania. john fetterman released a new ad criticizing mehmet oz s response to abortion. oz barely mentioned the debate during a gcampaign event in the last hour and says he focused largely on crime. in a race to control congress, both sides are narrowing to the most competitive races. new money is being injected from both sides as well, a sign of just how high the stakes are in these midterms. our cnn editor joins us now. where do things stand for the battle for the control of the bo what we re looking at. let s go to the map broadly. i m going to write on this. there are 35 seats up. 21 of those are republican. 14 are democrat. fu
so from that respective, i don t have to go to ukraine to understand. i will continue [ inaudible ] my point has always been i don t write a blank check for anything. you can see all of my conversation with ukraine s president later tonight. join me for a cnn primetime exclusive. the zelenskyy interview at 9:00 p.m. eastern later tonight. we have breaking news just ahead. more revelations about fox news as new court documents are now made public. the pressure building on the network as we learn that fox executives and hosts didn t believe the election lies being spread on air. stay with us. you re in the situation room. i trusted the experts at safelitite. with their state-of-the-art tetechnology, they r replaced the windshield, recalibrated the car s camera, and then recycled my old glass.
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