candidates and top ranking party officials making last-minute pitches to voters. in just about two hours, president biden will hold a campaign event in yonkers, new york, while former president trump will be in miami, florida, hosting a rally there. the dueling stops coming just a day after a high-powered saturday of rallies in pennsylvania. that state could hold the key to a u.s. senate majority, as democrat john fetterman and republican mehmet oz are locked in a razor-thin race. the stakes couldn t be higher, as voters make their voices heard on tuesday. cnn is covering all twists and turns on the campaign trail. and let s get started with cnn s kristen holmes live for us in miami, where former president trump is campaigning for senator marco rubio later on today. kristen, what impact could the former president s presence make in this race between rubio and his democratic challenger, congresswoman val demings. reporter: well, fred, that is a really good question, and on
hurricane fiona continues its dangerous march forth as it churns past bermuda. right behind fiona is a storm that could become a major concern next week. we ve got an update on all of that for you ahead. and the pressure on former president trump is mounting on multiple fronts. now the special master, who trump himself requested to review material seized from mar-a-lago is again putting his legal team on the spot giving the trump team until next friday to back up trump s name the fbi planted evidence during search of his private estate last month. we begin this hour with the growing backlash to russia s first draft since world war ii. joining me now, jay gray from kyiv, ukraine, also former u.s. ambassador to ukraine william taylor. he s vice president of russia and europe at the u.s. institute of peace. welcome all of you. jay, to you first. we ve seeing these emotional images from russia. families are parting, they re drafting men, boarding buses, heading to face a war an
for joining us. biden on the cliff is the focus of tonight s angle. it was a beautiful, somber setting in france to commemo commemorate 80th anniversary of d d-day today. the biden team hoped remarks would resonate with voters back home, showcasing him as a reagan-esque figure. the speech they wrote for him merely demonstrated how muddeled, unserious and unrea unrealistic he is. they think they can convince us that russia and ukraine pose the same existential threat to the west as germany did in 1944. pre-k we will not walk away. if we do, ukraine will be subgaited. ukraine s neighbors and all of europe will be threatened. in their hour of trial, allied forces of d-day did their duty. the question for us, in our hour of trial, will we do ours? laura: this is ridiculous, european nations are so unconcerned about the russian threat that to do this many of them are not meeting their own targets, decided in 2014 to spend 2% of gdp on defense. biden s speech comes across as irre
thanks for joining us. biden on the cliff. that s the focus of tonight s angle. it was a beautiful somber setting in france to commemorate the 80th anniversary of d-day today. the few remaining world war ii vets on their final mission. the biden team hoped that the president s remarks would resonate with voters back home, showcasing him as a reaganesque figure who would unite americans and the rest of the world behind his vision. but, the speech they wrote for him merely demonstrated how muddled, unserious, and unrealistic their thinking is. first, the biden folks seemed to think that they can convince us that russia and ukraine poses the same existential threat to the west as germany did in 1944. we will not walk away. if we do, ukraine will be subjugated and will not end there. ukraine s neighbors will be threatened. all of europe will be threatened. in their hour of trial the allied forces of d-day did their duty. now the question for us is in our hour of trial, will w