politics. at this hour president biden looks to change the midterm trajectory. three weeks exactly from election day and the president promises new federal efforts to protect abortion rights but he needs democrats in charge of congress to succeed. plus, the trump tapes. cnn exclusively obtains recordings from a new audio book over the course of 20 interviews, the former president brags about his nuclear button, says he respects vladimir putin and more. and democracy is always on the ballot but this year is very different. three republicans who might win house seats were at trump s january 6th rally and a red state republican senator who tried to help trump hold power takes heat at a campaign debate. any moment now we will hear directly from the president of the united states. his goal today, to shake up the final three weeks of the midterm campaign by focusing on abortion rights. the president s remark, we are told, will include a new promise to open next year with legislati
places lost in the past weeks. so this is about vengeance and spite. this prisoner, this claimed to be local but they think he s a russian soldier deserting or left behind. what else moscow left behind is far uglier. these tiny rooms in their detention center where as many as 400 prisoners were held at one time we were told. eight or nine prisoners per cell. booby traps now in their place, a warning written next to this room. so he s writing grenade there on the wall. as they move through these cells, they re finding booby traps left, it seems, by the occupying forces. that one in there, a grenade left under a tray of half-eaten food. and it just shows you the hazards that ordinary people are going to find coming back. a place like this, sure, used as a key detention center by the russians, but across this town, the damage is extraordinary but also too is the risk of unexploded o rcrdnance and boob traps. they re discovering two other scars from torture. he says he was impr
as we approach the 21st anniversary of 9/11 this sunday, it is america now standing with the british commonwealth, as it mourns the loss of its longest reigning monarch, queen elizabeth ii. this morning, we will remember her legacy and discuss the future of the british monarchy under the reign of king charles iii. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, september 9th. along with joe, willie, and me, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. presidential historian and rogers chair in the american presidency at vanderbilt university, jon meacham. and the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire is with us. the other big stories we re following this morning, and there are many, the justice department appeals the decision to grant a special master in the investigation into donald trump s handling of classified documents. former trump adviser steve bannon indicted in new york city as he turned himself i
west this hour, building on his newest warning to voters that democracy is on the ballot. also ahead for you tonight, a new revelation about the man charged in the attack on the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi. immigration officials disclosing he was in the u.s. illegally and may face deportation. and ukrainian officials fear russia is playing a dangerous trick in kherson as moscow signals a withdrawal from the embattled city. so is it a retreat or a trap? welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m pamela brown, and you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, candidates from both parties in an all-out sprint before election day. with just five days of campaigning to go, cnn reporters and correspondents are covering the key races in all the major battlegrounds across the country. i want to start tonight in albuquerque, new mexico with cnn s arlette saenz. so arlette, you re traveling with president bide
shocking somber news out of japan, a political assassination, japan former prime minister, shinzo abe , down in public, the moment the fatal shot was fired, caught on video. a warning, what you are about to see is chilling. the gunman struck the former prime minister in the back, one bullet penetrated his heart, according to dr. pitt 20 worked to try to save him. but they could not. the former prime minister was pronounced dead number 5:0 3 pm local time. already, a massive investigation underway, police have arrested a 41-year-old man who police say he has confessed to using a homemade weapon to carrying out the assassination. japan has notoriously strict handgun laws, had are extraordinary difficult to get, abe, 67 years old, the longest- serving prime minister in that country s history. cnn reporters are covering the story from all over the globe, and we begin in tokyo. live on the street, a shocking assassination, just a shock to see gun violence in a country in which it