Bombardment of ukrainian ports. Michael bossicue is a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Councils eurasia centre. I asked him whether nato could be drawn into a wider conflict with russia. If that is what it takes to stop mr putin form organising food mr putin form weaponising food and hijacking millions of tonnes of grain to go to many poor countries, the egypts, the yemens and iraqs of the world i say lets do it and get armed escorts for carrier ships across the black sea because mr putin and the kremlin cannot get away with this. I just crossed the area across the danube that the russians have been striking and you can see what is happening. The infrastructure and road is packed with trucks because it is affecting neighbouring countries such as moldova. You say its unsustainable, what is the solution . The solution is for ukraine to go ahead with the unilateral humanitarian corridor supported by Surveillance Planes from nato and Western Allies or friendly neighbouring countries and armed
i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, defending the indefensible. tonight, investigators in georgia are trying to determine the motive of an alleged 21-year-old gunman who killed eight people, six of whom were asians. the fbi director says it does not appear to be racially motivated. but it comes in the midst of an anti-asian crime wave in this country that is down right disgusting. in a hearing today on capitol hill, which the whole purpose of this hearing was to raise awareness about the rise of anti-asian violence, congressman chip roy used his time to attack the very community the hearing was designed to protect and then even went on to glorify lynching. hear it for yourself. there s an old saying in texas about find a rope in texas and find a tall tree. i m not going to be ashamed to say i oppose the chicom. whether talking about the chinese communist party, whatever phrasing we want to use, some people say we think those guys are the bad guys, for whatever reason. and
in-person early votes in absentee ballots thus far that would be way above the pace, way, way above the pace, like more than double the pace from the last midterm election in 2014. but we re also seeing in terms of partisan affiliation that look likes republicans may have a slight edge in terms of the number of people bipartisan affiliation who you re turning out. what do you make of the early voting enthusiasm that you re seeing and the partisan balance of those who are turning out? well, i tell you, i m extremely encouraged by what we re seeing on the ground, rachel. we re usually double-digits behind in early vote and in absentee voting in my state at this juncture, this far out from election day. we re only i think something like four points behind republicans right now. and i believe we re going to close that gap. every day we get closer to election day, people are turning out. i campaign in parts of this state that haven t seen a democratic nominee campaign in the final stretch
arresting fewer people. a community that i m extremely proud of, and i got to tell you, my mother and my grandmother raised somebody who is honest, who is forthright, who is direct. and i don t think the president is used to that kind of direct speak. he can dish it out, but he certainly can t take it. i want him to know that he has met his match right here in florida. you mentioned that the core of your strategy in terms of election night eight days from now is that you want to give people something to vote for, not just something to vote against. one of the things that we have seen in florida, like around the country, is a huge enthusiasm for early voting. as far as i can tell, the latest numbers, nearly three million florida residents have cast in-person early votes in absentee ballots thus far that would be way above the pace, way, way above the pace, like more than double the pace from the last midterm election in 2014. but we re also seeing in terms of partisan affiliation that