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
ukraine the timing of it, as you say, is coming, i m feeling the chill here standing right now. by the end of the week it will be even colder entering that period where the temperature could drop below freezing. so for ukrainians it seems really callous and that s the point that president zelenskyy is making, these are attacks of terrorism, not on the front line but attacking the pop laying and the way they live but rather than weakening resolve, you know, people are telling us that it s strengthening their resolve and their determination in the fight and will go through a cold winter if they have to. they re not going to give in to these acts by putin. nic robertson live for news kyiv, thank you. any moment president biden will speak on abortion rights at a big democratic event in washington. you see the live shot from the room right there. quick break. we ll be right back.