economists are telling a different tale, a much different tale. and remember when vice president harris told meet the press the border is secure? well, there are new warnings tonight of not just one but multiple migrant caravans heading to the so-called secure border trying to get into the u.s. before republicans potentially take back congress. and crime victims here in california are furious after one of the state s biggest counties just dismissed hundreds of criminal cases, many of them for violent offenses all because of a judge shortage. l.a. county sheriff alex villanueva is here on set with us to talk about rising crime and confronting the deadly fentanyl crisis. plus, breaking tonight, elon musk appears to have completed his takeover of twitter ousting two top executives in the process. but twitter s leading advertisers are warning mr. musk his plans to promote free speech might drive users away. but we begin with president biden trying to paint republicans as the ones
todd: biden calling on congress to punish oil companies. the president rails against big oil the same day his adviser is telling the industry more investment is needed. i love your halloween costume. all look like french fry. number one french fry fan with french fries for you. ainsley: so cute. steve: good morning, anna dale terrace, you are looking live at staten island, new york. just across the new york harbor from where we are sitting on mid-atlantic island and a whole bunch of folks greeting rachel campos-duffy great to have you on this november 1st, all saints day. it s my daughter mary s birthday. ainsley: happy birthday, mary, we are glad you were born. steve: thank you, she made it official. brian: one week away from the midterms. next week visiting states across this country to see what voters are thinking before heading to the polls, over of the weekend we found out there were 54 states. so we need to get more. steve: joe biden has been
the headlines will follow at the top of the hour after this feature programme. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur and today i m in skopje, north macedonia, a land subject to countless wars and conquests going back to the time of alexander the great. this young nation was, of course, a part of the former yugoslavia. now it s desperate to get into the european union, but progress is painfully slow. my guest today is prime minister dimitar kovacevski. now he knows that europe s attention right now is fully focused on the war in ukraine. but how real is the potential for new instability here in the balkans? prime minister dimitar kovacevski, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for coming to north macedonia, to skopje, and to the government. it is a great pleasure to be in skopje. but mr prime minister, it strikes me you have a problem. you in north macedonia definitely want to be in the european union. it is still not clear whether the european union truly wants you. do
more people fell, i lost erend. | more people fell, i lost friend. i turn more people fell, i lost erend. i turn around more people fell, i lost friend. i turn around and | the you can t come told the crowd, you can t come this way. people are dying. and how the rock band coldplay is offering its support to the protesters in iran. it s official the left of centre luis ignacio lula da silva commonly known as lula, has won brazil s presidential election snatching victory by a tiny margin from the rightwing jair bolsanaro, who had an early lead as the first votes came in. the final tally was 50.8% to lula with 49.2% to mr bolsa naro. crowds of his supporters started celebrating in the streets. this represents an amazing comeback for the former president who three years ago was serving a prison sentence for corruption, which was lately overturned. but the contest reflected how deeply polarised brazil is. i have faith in god that with the help of the people we will find a wa