battleground goes bionic? the lead starts right now. one of the most anticipated debates of the year. john fetterman versus mehmet oz as this political season kicks into overdrive for candidates nationwide. plus, distraction for democrats. the anger and outrage over a letter to president biden now retracted. and moscow shuts down an appeal to release brittney griner from a russian prison. is there any hope left to bring the wnba star home? welcome to the lead. we ll get to the midterms in just a moment. first, a significant step for the justice department and its investigation into the january 6th attack. sources tell cnn the doj is trying to force the testimony of pat cipollony and patrick philbin, the top two lawyers from donald trump s white house, and hear about their conversations with the former president. this is exclusive new reporting, so let s get right to cnn s sarah murray. this is an attempt to break through a firewall of sorts trump has used to avoid scr
hillary clinton, even donald trump. five days out from election day and the political heavy hitters are out in force. the major issues they say you should keep in mind, as more americans head to the polls. plus, setting expectations as the votes come in. why we may not know results on election night. and a biden we don t often hear from, dishing on her anger? hunter biden s struggle with substance abuse and donald trump. welcome to the lead. it is the final countdown. the midterm elections now just five days away. more than 30 million voters have already cast their ballots. today s campaign trail features a splashy lineup of political heavy hitters. president biden stumping in new mexico and california. former president trump on the trail in iowa. and vice president kamala harris with former secretary of state and presidential candidate hillary clinton, trying to boost democrats in new york. clinton slammed republicans on cnn this morning, saying it s, quote, frankly di
if it keeps happening i m good at change this show to the ten. i don t need those people. tonight i want to talk about something might not be on your radar but will be soon, affirmative action that s right and college admissions which has advanced more unqualified people in the last name biden. on monday the supreme court heard of two cases to challenge the policies at unc and harvard are as i called them my safety schools. the unc case argues using race in admissions violates civil rights law and the constitution or what the dems refer to as that pain in the ass scrap of paper, harvard is accused of terminating against asian students, the school that produced joy reid, liz warren, chuck schumer, barack obama, all of whom love to call other people racists. they are more obsessed with color than a bomb tech cutting red and blue wires. i m so glad you got that. i was going to cut it out. while the left loves to defend all minorities from perceived racism with asians, they don
soon as december. and herschel walker now says he s not backing down despite the abortion scandal rocking his campaign. ma maggie haberman joins me this hour on donald trump s decision to back walker despite his checkered past. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s begin our coverage in ukraine where a furious counteroffensive is now sweeping russian troops out of territory. moscow has held for months. cnn is your national security editor. nick paton walsh is joining us live from the war zone. nick, this rapid ukrainian advance comes as vladimir putin laid claim to that troubled nuclear power plant. what s the latest on the ground tonight? ukraine s president zelenskyy clear that half a thousand square kilometers of territory in the kherson region have since the beginning of the month been liberated from russian control. that s a larger number of than officials said earlier today and it s part of the slow drip we saw ourselves just yesterday of territory r
herschel on defense days after denying that he paid for aor the woman making that claim says they even have a kid together. cbs s nikole killion has the latest on his battleground senate race. the shocking scene in new york city, emergency crews respond to a police vehicle hitting multiple pedestrians. and eye on america, more than two months after kentucky s deadly flooding, cbs s manuel bojorquez spoke with some people who are still struggling scwhrmplets. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. duncan: good evening and thank you so much for joining us. i m jericka duncan in for norah. we begin tonight with some breaking news cbs news has learned that the f.b.i. has gathered what it believes is enough evidence to support charging president biden s son hunter with crimes related to his taxes and a gun purchase. the f.b.i. has sent the information to the u.s. attorney s office in delaware. an attorney for hunter biden