crossfire hurricane, the investigation into russia, collusioe,n with donald trump ws fairy dust. f it wasake, fake. it was nothing. as matthew mcconaughey said in wolf of wall street , it was a fugazi. fugazi was it was it was a woozy it was nothing but whato we learned todayda with a longit anticipated release of the durham report is that the fbi worked as he workeda disinformation shop for hillary clinton and the democratic nationaic national ct special counsel john durham s report shows us that the samesap people that lecture you today about threats to democracy nearly destroyed it by usingstre our intelligence agencies to target the then republican nominee for president and then later targg president donald trump . the entire story begins no t not b by rigging the election againstt donald trump , though. it starts with rigging aartsh rc clection ition in support of hiy clinton just weeks beforinee fb invefbi launched a crossfire hurricane investigation, wikileaks releas
the fbi relying on unconfirmed data was susceptible to confirmation bias and ignored evidence that did not fit a preconceived narrative. those were the most damning conclusions of the report, into ties between russia and donald trump s 2016 presidential campaign. special prosecutor writing, quote, the fbi s ability to critically analyze information that ran counter to the narrative of a trump russia collusive relationship exhibited crossfire hurricane is extremely troublesome. the former president for his parts of the report proved that the original fbi probe was a charade started by the democrats. and added that there must be a heavy price to pay for putting our country through this. his allies agreed. there needs to be prosecutions. there needs to be accountability. and the fbi has got to be overhauled now top to bottom. it has got to be completely reformed. it cannot go on like this. jonathan: but with no new prosecutions announced in the report and many procedural r
ever embrace american values. us lawmakers grilled the ceo of tiktok about the wildly popular platforms ties to the chinese government and digging in israel s prime minister vows to push on with a judicial overhaul , despite widespread protests and international criticism. zeye from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with john voyeurs. we begin with it for 10 airstrikes in syria that are having deadly consequences for u. s forces deployed to fight isis, depending on says the u. s has launched a retaliatory airstrike targeting a group affiliated with iran s revolutionary guard in the east . this happened after a drone attack on facility housing u. s personnel in the northeastern part of untr. in a response, u. s defense secretary lloyd austin. said the u. s. will take all necessary measures to protect its people and that no group will strike us troops with impunity. cnn s early even spoke with me a short time ago. a one way drone, essentially a suicide drone carried out attack i
of a football season with a military deployment. he address that at his press conference. earlier this week i made a statement about playing football and the military. it was a very poor choice of words. and i want to express that to any sentiments out there that people may have taken it in a certain way. so i apologize. didn t elaborate further than that. said he knows the difference between the two. smart to apologize. great to see you, carolin. new day continues right now. 19 days until the midterms i m john berman with brianna keilar. some democrats have been keeping their campaign distance from president biden but he traveled to battleground pennsylvania, touting his infrastructure law and raising money for democratic candidate john fetterman. fetterman is neck and neck with mehmet oz in a race that could determine control of the u.s. senate. today he ll be in delaware talking about the student loan relief program. another hotly contested senate race is in ge
democracy itself is on the ballot. plus on the trail, former president trump stumping across several states in the final days of the race, hitting ohio, florida, pennsylvania and iowa. we ll take you there. a cnn exclusive. new 911 audio in a uvalde student trapped inside the classroom as the gunman continued his rampage in the school. what her parents want us all to hear now. let s begin this morning with president biden s stark warning. cnn white house correspondent m.j. lee is on the north lawn. m.j., walk us through president biden s closing election. five days before the midterms he had some very harrowing words. reporter: yes, jim. president biden saying he thinks we re at a generational inflection point, that what we re confronting right now is so much bigger than politics. he said this is not about me, not even about the last election or the upcoming midterm elections. he said this is all about the future of our country. he began his remarks notably by talking a