represents? you don t want the republican party of mitch republican and mitt romney. we want the trump republican party. we want the american first part republican party. tonight robert draper on his new book and new reporting. why he says the republican party lost its mind in pursuit of power. then, another desantis political stunt cottontail. i know you re caught off guard, i understand. it s voter fraud okay? and dystopian footage of florida s election security force. plus if care about the right to choose then you ve got to vote. the new white house promised to legalize abortion if dense grunting control. and steve kornacki on exactly what the election landscape looks like weeks out. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes, we are three week away from the midterm elections. frankly, we have no idea which party will control the house or the senate. but what we do know is that there will be enormous consequences for the
is a partial mobilization. putin also made an ominous pledge to use all means to, in his words, defend his country. translator: this is not a bluff. the citizens of russia can be sure that the territorial integrity of our homeland, independence and freedom will be ensured and those that try to black mail us with nuclear weapons should know that the prevailing winds can turn in their direction. reporter: putin s rare national address comes amid a fierce counter offensive from ukraine s forces and the kremlin-backed push for referendums that could lead to moscow annexing occupied parts of ukraine. let s go to cnn s international security editor nick peyton walsh. nick, a partial mobilization. i mean, this sounds pretty drastic but could putin have gone even further? reporter: yes, certainly could have. this is not the mass mobilization which many during the 12-hour delay before the speech came out this morning were thinking might have been on the cards. he is, it seems,
country. translator: this is not a bluff. the citizens of russia can be sure that the territorial integrity of our homeland, independence and freedom will be ensured. and those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the prevailing winds can turn in their direction. of course these comments come against the backdrop of the u.n. general assembly here in new york. the war on ukraine dominating those conversations. president biden is set to speak in a few hours from now. ukraine s president zelenskyy set to address world leaders remotely later today. all of this as russia occupied regions in ukraine announced referendums on joining russia this week. ukraine and its allies dismissing that move as a sham driven by fear of defeat. we re covering all the elements. let s begin with barbara starr at the pentagon. frederick layton is in washington d.c. and matthew chance in london. matthew, what do we know this morning? reporter: this speech taking place at
james says the investigation uncovered some 200 examples of false valuations of trump s assets. she thinks this civil case will have serious criminal fallout. we show that they violated several state criminal laws, including falsifying business records, issuing false financial statements, insurance fraud, and engaging in a conspiracy to commit each of these state law violations. we believe the conduct alleged in this action also violates federal criminal law. cnn s kara scannell was at that press conference and joins us now. lay out the key pieces of this suit, some 280 pages long. reporter: yeah, ana. the new york attorney general, letitia james, just completed her press conference a short time ago. she described a sweeping scheme. she says that the trump organization, including former president donald trump, his adult children donald trump jr., ivanka trump and eric trump were all engaged in this. she said that they helped the former president enrich his personal net
the escalation by the rush slan l russian leader today. what does the french president think? he will be here live with his response. your money and the cost to borrow. historic move by the federal reserve, raising interest rates yet again in an effort to get inflation under control. welcome to the lead. we start on the extraordinary legal trouble for donald trump. there s a sweeping lawsuit against trump, three of his adult children and the trump organization, alleging they were involved in a decade-long financial scheme that allowed trump to fraudulently inflate his net worth by billions of dollars, allowing him to leverage the system for his own personal gain at the expense of others. white collar financial crime is not victimless. when the well connected break the law, to take in more money than they are entitled to, it reduces resources to working people, to regular people, to small businesses and all taxpayers. attorney general james campaigned on a promise of