those attacks in kyiv. friday, explosions in kyiv and elsewhere this morning two days after putin s bridge to crimea was damaged. reporter: yeah, certainly was a rude awakening for us here in kyiv early in the morning. a little past 8 when the first explosion happened. i ll get out of your way so you can see what s going on here, rescue recovery crews have been working this whole time. right now they re taking away some of the cars that were absolutely mangled by the explosion. we believe the impact crater is where those people are standing around there. you can see that water coming out as well. seems as though the water lines underneath were damaged, the explosions were that strong. there s also one person at least was killed here. we have seen the recovery crews remove at least one body from the scene as we ve been working here throughout the entire morning. in total, the authorities have said that at least five people have been killed, but of course, christine, as you c
here live with reaction. the latest fox news poll shall republicans making big gains in several key states even g.o.p. underdogs are closing the gap like in michigan where tutor dixon is on the heels of embattled governor gretchen whitmer. she s here live to make her case. the city council in washington, d.c., will vote on whether to rain on your parade by decriminalizing public and watering down sentencing guidelines for violent crimes. we begin with president biden staying off the campaign trail and choosing to divide the country instead. the white house correspondent kevin corke s live in the nation s capital with a report on this. the president wanted americans had of the midterms that win or lose, mega-republicans are indeed a threat to democracy. extreme mega republicans question not only the legitimacy of past elections but elections being held now and into the future. this element of the republican party which is a minority of that party as i said earlier but it s
world. it is friday, october 14th. i m christine romans. we begin this morning with the january 6th house committee escalating its showdown with donald trump. our institutions only hold when men and women of good faith make them hold. committee vice chair liz cheney closing down the hearing calling for them to subpoena the former president. trump is not expected to comply. jamie raskin tells cnn s jake tapper, if he s innocent, he should. but even if he thinks that it was a righteous manifestation of pro trump sentiment, then he should come forward if he really wants to be the musi linnie of a mass right wing populus movement. he should come forward and explain that. cnn s jessica schneider has more from the hearing. we are obligated to seek answers directly from the man who set this all in motion. an extraordinary move. those in favor will say aye. aye. reporter: unanimously voting to subpoena former president donald trump for testimony and documents in the
final tournament ever. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening those boxes of materials the fbi recovered from mar-a-lago are drawing broad scrutiny both inside and outside the government tonight for items that may not belong, as well as for signs of damage to national security. president trump s lawyers have asked a judge for a set of independent eyes, what s called a special master, to sift through the seized items government lawyers responded today, saying they have already reviewed the materials and separated out items that potentially contain attorney/client privileged information. a judge may decide if it s enough this week. but also tonight, the director of national intelligence has ordered a separate examination of the items identified as classified to determine what damage may have been inflicted by how they were stored and handled. it s where we start tonight with kelly o donnell. reporter: tonight, measuring the mar-a-lago search f
saying. jerry, just remember, it s not a lie if you believe it. [laughter] brian: unfortunately, for us, the media has gone full castanza and refused to acknowledge that a midterm election red wave has been growing since joe biden entered office. americans have felt what it s like when republicans deliver and they are tired of the disappointments under the biden administration. frustration with the failure and direction of the country we have been heading. in even democrats began turning on each other. but, after a series of small victories for the white house, the left has a new talking point the red wave is dying because of all the liberal momentum. some of us have been trying to tell y all the supreme court nuking abortion rights has shifted the midterm momentum to the democrats. politics and the midterms there are some signs that democrats are getting some momentum back. red wave you have been hearing so much about. well it doesn t look like that s going to happ