on brazil s streets. russia says it will veto any un security council resolution condemning its self styled referendums in occupied regions of ukraine. the us intends to bring a draft resolution to a vote in the coming days. earlier, the us secretary of state antony blinken said the west would never acknowledge what he called bogus referendums. moscow claims almost total support in the vote onjoining russia. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, considers what these votes will mean and how that will affect (tx next) the russia ukraine conflict. first, i want to stress the key point here that these so called referendums were not real referendums, they were hastily arranged, kremlin created, kremlin controlled events designed to pave the way to russian annexation of huge swathes of ukrainian territory. we may well see this happen later this week. i expect at some point this week, russia will come out and say, right, this land is now ours, even in the absence of international
grabs, 14 days out. republicans making surprising gains in several key house races as warning signs grow for democrats in the reliably deep blue northeast. hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. i can t believe it, two weeks to the day, john. john: and first it was the west coast where the republicans were making gains, now it s the northeast. who knew. john roberts in washington. this is america reports. good to be with you, sandra. the chances of a majority of the house looking bleak for democrats as we now project republicans to take a 16-seat advantage. four races moving toward the gop since just last week. but the senate is another story. remaining a toss-up, voters in four states will determine which party takes control. and we are watching all of it, right here in new york. the race for governor is moving now from solid democrat to likely democrat. the republican candidate, lee zeldin, making crime his final pitch. to frame the race as an referendum o
john: we are going to talk to the first term assemblyman looking to unseat one of the most powerful democrats in congress and in a district that president biden won by double digits. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. i m john roberts in washington. boy, sandra, getting exciting. sandra: here we go, two weeks from election day. sandra smith in new york, crime is the talk of many here in this city, but it s happening in american cities and towns all across the country. we begin with covid at this hour. president biden and his party accused of exploiting it and what critics called the consequences of their refusal to move on from it. it s a fox news alert. john: kicking things off, more than a month since president biden told the american people the pandemic is over. the damage done from how the president and other democratic leaders handle the pandemic may last forever. sandra: the worst drop in children s test scores in decades, after the most
the iranian president threatens decisive action to stop the wave of anti government protests sweeping the country. and two months ahead of the men s football world cup in qatar concerns that there may not be enough affordable accommodation for fans. sir keir starmer has said a future labour government would reinstate the 45% top rate of tax which the government has announced it is cutting but that they would keep the one pence cut in basic rate tax also announced by the chancellor. as the labour party conference got underway, sir keir said the party would take a very different approach to economic growth, partly by promoting green energy. he dismissed the government s strategy announced on friday of cutting taxes to make the uk more attractive to business and investors. here s our political correspondent, ben wright. for the first time in years, labour gathers for its conference believing power might be in sight. the party now confronts a new prime minister borrow
dollars into failed programs that do little to solve the issue, we ran through the numbers and the amounts spent are just staggering. san francisco spent an astonishing $100,000 for homeless person. new york shells at $58,000 per year for her homeless person, but it hasn t helped. a recent report says homelessness in the big apple has seen the highest level since the great depression and chicago spends about $9,000 per homeless person. the unmanageable homelessness problem putting the mcdonald ceo in a tough spot. they ve been trying to entice employees back to headquarters in chicago and called on city and business leaders to address problems that have arisen since the pandemic. everywhere i go i m confronted by the same question these days. what s going on in chicago? there is a general sense out there that our city is in crisis. the truth is it s more difficult today for me to convince a promising mcdonald s executive to relocate to chicago from one of our other offices