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intelligence has stark words for what s left of putin s arsenal. plus, the two americans captured in ukraine held for 105 days. we follow their story. and tonight they will tell you what they endured. and a dead heat for arizona governor, a face-off in ohio s senate race tonight. and the republican in georgia still hanging on despite the ugly allegations. john king is here. he says this is the most unpredictable election he s covered in his lifetime. let s go out front. good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, unsustainable. that is the stark analysis tonight from america s director of national intelligence avril haines. she says russia is now firing off its precision weapons at an unsustainable rate. its conventional arsenal, terribly depleted. ukraine s defense ministry posted a video that i m showing here which appears to show russia pulling 70-year-old antiaircraft guns from its warehouses. 70-year-old weapons going to the field. that is the depletio ....
candidate who doesn t want to commit. the lead starts rile now. with just over three weeks to go to the midterms, early voting begins in a key state that entire country is watching. herschel walker with a new admission today and the republican who wants to be arizona s next governor indicates she might not be interested in the actual results. plus, kamikaze terror, kyiv comes under attack from drones that russia is getting from iran. a pregnant woman killed. could this change how the u.s. gives support to ukraine. and stopped on a mission to kill. a serial killer suspect in california arrested, what ware learning today about his past and how the police finally got him. hello and welcome to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper and we begin with our politics lead. the latest poll of polls shows democrats and republicans in a dead heat for control of the house of representatives. early voting kicked off today in the critical swing state of georgia. democr ....
once again with iranian-built kamikaze drones. we will have a live report from kyiv. and also we will speak with former ukrainian president poroshenko about his reaction and the very latest in the war. and you will hear the exclusive one-on-one interview with georgia republican senate county herschel walker. what he said about claims he paid for an abortion. plus, a california community relieved after police say they caught a suspected serial killer. and xi jinping is poised to win an unprecedented third term in office. we ll get the latest from beijing. we will look into the importance of language in identity. we will go inside what is becoming a big debate about spanish and cultural. and we begin this hour with the breaking news out of ukraine where the country s dam was struck again by another were round of russian strikes overnight. kyiv s mayor says the city was struck by iranian-made kamikaze drones that hit critical infrastructure and a residential buil ....
sans speaker. kevin mccarthy failing again on a fifth ballot to capture the necessary number of votes, the number of opponents among house republicans has actually gone up from 19 to 20, to 21. now republicans are looking for a way out, an exit strategy. is that tossing mccarthy to the curb? is that brokering a deal with democrats to lower the vote? they have to get these 23 rebels on board. me melanie zanona is with us. what s happening here? reporter: republicans are searching for an offramp as it s become clear that kevin mccarthy s efforts to win over his opposition not working. i m told republicans have approached democrats on the house floor and tried to feel them out to see, what would it take for you to vote present or not show up? we re told these are informal conver conversations. it s still early. democrats said they would not bail out mccarthy, but they would be willing to talk about a consensus candidate. we ll see. the fact that republicans are even thin ....
scott desjardins, because he is not negotiating and they are having an amicable conversation, and he is not negotiating, and so maybe he has to change the posture, but jim jordan is about to speak, and the expectation is to signal the supporters to support kevin mccarthy, and he is a close ally of mccarthy, and they have developed a close tie over the years, and this is a key source of the alliance between jordan and mccarthy. will jordan say, come vote and tell his six supporters to vote for mccarthy potentially, yes. will that change the math, no. this is still some paperwork is being done, and once that vote is being officially closed, and they will move on to the second vote, and the clerk of the house is about to make an announcement, and we will have the second vote to take place, and the conservatives is going to announce a potentially second nominee, and we will see if that is going to play out, but kevin mccarthy is certainly to fall short, and not expecting to ....