Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. Good evening. Right now President Biden is on his way to new york where hes slated to meet with World Leaders at the United Nations General Assembly, including ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The stakes could not be higher for the ukrainian leader as his country faces an Uphill Battle in its counteroffensive against russian forces. Hes expected to seek more support from the u. S. And its allies. But as the president prepares for another moment on The World Stage, hes facing Major Political headaches back here in washington. House republicans are moving forward with an Impeachment Inquiry against him. When asked about it at the white house earlier this afternoon, he laughed and told reporters his response to mccarthy is, quote, lots of luck. And thats just one fight up on capitol hill. A Government Shutdown is also looming as the deadline to get a Spending Bill passed in congress inches closer. Lets discuss that and m
war on american democracy. joe biden is not the defender of american democracy. joe biden is the destroyer of american democracy. this is the latest trump defense against accusations he is being anti-democratic. yesterday, the trump campaign handed out signs to supporters during a rally in iowa. the i know you are but what am i playground retort is a familiar response from the former president. from everything i see has no respect for this person. that s because he would rather have a puppet as president. no puppet. it s pretty clear you are the puppet. you won t admit you are the puppet. with eyes on his next shot at the oval office, trump is previewing aboding message, telling supporters to guard the vote. guard the vote. you should go into detroit and go into philadelphia and you should go into some of these places, atlanta, and you should go into some of these places and we gotta watch those votes when they come in. the anti-democratic comments a
the new york times. and comedian and actor, the outspoken bill cosby on politics and the man who killed trayvon martin. doesn t make a difference if he is racist or not racist. i m candy crowley and this is state of the union . first two break stories we are following, a series of attacks across afghanistan and a deadly tornado outbreak here in the u.s. let s start with those tornados slammed the midwest and the plains overnight. the national weather service says there were 121 reports of possible tornado touchdowns across four states. in the northwestern oklahoma town of woodward, five people were killed two children. in kansas, 100 tornadoes between last night and this morning causing extensive damage there were no reports of any death he is. twisters also caused massive damage in twist iowa in the town of thurman. three out of every four homes were damaged or destroyed. more severe weather expected across the midwest with dangerous conditions affecting wisconsin