some leopard tanks to ukraine while holding back the american-made abrams model. what s the difference, and can ukraine get some tanks before russia ramps up its war in the spring? plus, a new investigation opened in new mexico into a republican candidate s campaign possibly being laced with money from fentanyl sales just days after his arrest accused of plotting to shoot the homes of his democratic rivals. and julia roberts made her a household name. coming up, the real erin brockovich is here on a mission to help military families. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper and we start with the world lead in what appears to be a standoff between the united states and germany when it comes to giving more heavy weapons to ukraine. more than 50 countries and organizations met at ramstein air base in germany led by top military leaders but the group failed to come to an agreement on one of ukraine s most pressing request, whether or not germany will send the leopard tanks to i
in the house is up for grabs. brian: that means you have got to vote. going to hear from candidates in key races. marco rubio, yeah we are name dropping. lee zeldin who wants to be the next governor of new york. sarah huckabee sanders seems well on her way of being of governor of arkansas. j.d. vance also on the docket. don bolduc making history in new hampshire shocking the world is he going to go the rest of the way and then there is tudor dixon who seems to be rising in the polls with each passing day. steve: that s right. you have heard from so many analysts and pundits, we want to hear from you today on election day. so we are having breakfast with friends in four different crucial states where we will directly hear from the folks at those diners about the things that matter to them. ainsley: let s start with will cain is he live at the morning glory eatery that s in satellite beach, florida. brian, who is next? brian: you want to start with will. i like rachel c
days have just been released. let s go out front. and good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, putin threatening nuclear war amid humiliating losses in ukraine, russian president vladimir putin today ordering a military draft and warning that he could use nuclear weapons against west. during a rare televised address to the russian nation, the russian president summoned 300,000 more troops to fight and threatened nuclear retaliation. translator: mobilization will begin today, september 21st. i am instructing the heads of the regions to provide the necessary assistance to the work of the military recruitment offices. this is not a bluff. the citizens of russia can be sure that the territorial integrity of our homeland, our independence and freedom will be ensured. i emphasize this again with all the means at our disposal. and those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the prevailing winds can turn in their direction. the prevailing winds c
and it s used to resupply russian forces. russia s government insists the damage was under control. ukraine is not claiming responsibility. but they are directly mocking russia. the ukrainian government s official twitter account, tweeting sick burn. also, a famous scene of titanic to show the bridge. ukraine sent a birthday greeting to vladimir putin, next to marilyn monroe, singing happy birthday to u.s. president john f. kennedy. happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday, mr. president happy birthday to you fred is following this from kyiv. how are russia and ukraine reacting? well, both sides are essentially blaming each other. you say that the russians are saying it s the ukraine ons behind all of this. a senior official calling it c ukrainian vandals behind this. and figures in moscow making the same allegation. the ukrainians, this is an adviser saying they believe it might have been infighting within russian security services that wa
call or go online today. tonight on the reidout. when true democracy goes away, people get hurt. it has real life consequences. it s not some abstract political science question. we are all affected. and we take this for granted and we can t. and he s not kidding around. after 240 years after peacefully transferring power, every presidency since george washington ended his term after the second one, we re reminded our democracy really is a fragile construct. and taking a look at some. overlooked races this cycle, a reminder that anyone can win if enough people vote for them. and later rob reiner and michael moore join us to give us their takes on this tumultuous mid term and who they think won the week. we begin four days from an election with massive consequences for our democracy. the stakes in this election could not be higher for so many reasons. in her first public remarks, speaker of the house nancy pelosi thanked supporters for their good wishes for paul pe