plus with friends like these, a month until the iowa caucus and on the trail, donald trump is quoting dictators such as vladimir putin. it shows the rottenness of the american political system. in a month will he be his party s de facto nominee? chris christie is coming up. and israel reels after troops kill three of its own hostages waiving a white flag. will that change the way israel is waging war in gaza and affect crucial help from the united states? hello, i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is frankly stunned. watchs the leading republican candidate donald trump quote one of our nation s foremost adversaries, vladimir putin, as a sort of character witness while on the stump in new hampshire last night. vladimir putin, of russia, said that biden, and this is a quote, politically motivated persecution of his political rival is very good for russia because it shows the rottenness of the american political system which can not pretend to
top of the hour. i m jim sciutto. crucial midterm elections less than a week away and president biden sounding at alarm, warning that democracy itself is on the ballot next week highlighting the threat from election deniers. today biden made two notable appearances. campaigning in new mexico and california. other big names on the trail, vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump. he s stumping across several states in the final days of the race hitting iowa, ohio and florida. however, it is pennsylvania that is gaining a lot of attention from several surrogates. a hotly contested race there could determine the balance of power in the senate, a once healthy lead for john fetterman lead has now narrowed with polling showing just a slight edge over mehmet oz. our reporters and correspondents are at the white house and on the trail ahead of the midterms. let let s begin at the white house with m.j. lee. this is a closing message ahead of the mid terps. it was
is cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. thinks of being with us. we are following the developments. this hour, out of the group ukraine, we are learning that a reactor has been shut down. a protection system has been activated because of shelling. this comes as u.n. inspectors are en route to the site, as fears grow that the shelling could trigger a nuclear accident. earlier, we saw the team from the international atomic energy agency head out from the city. before they left, the head of the agency spoke about the significant risks involved in their mission. we are moving. we are aware of the current situation. there has been increased military activity, including this morning. until very recently, a few minutes ago, i have been briefed by the ukrainian regional military commander, here. about the inherent risks. weighing the pros and cons,. having come so far, we are not stopping. we are moving, now. melissa bell is following development. she joins a life in kyiv. this
imperial ambitions. darya dugina died as an explosive device went off as she drove. she is the daughter of alexander dugin, an ally of russian president vladimir putin. for the latest let s turn to frederik pleitgen in moscow. fred. reporter: hi there christine. first of all, the reason why i m standing here is because today is also russian flag day and there is a big celebration here, people coming out and are told to show their patriotism here in central moscow. but of course the killing of darya dugina really is something that continues to dominate the headlines here and especially the question of how it could happen and second of all who might be behind it which is really something that lot of people are debating here. what is being becoming clear is that there does seem to be a pretty high degree of sophistication behind all of this. of course we know that her car blew up on a moscow highway late saturday night. and then engulfed in a fireball, she crashed and was dead
james comer, jim jordan, jason smith and their colleagues have distorted the facts by cherry picking lines from a bank statement, manipulating texts i sent, editing the testimony of my friends and former business partners and misstating personal information that was stolen from me. there is no fairness or decency in what these republicans are doing. they have lied over and over about every aspect of my personal and professional life, so much so that their lies have become the facts by too many people. where is hunter? here i am says hunter biden from the steps of the u.s. capitol. we are covering every angle including waiting on the response from the republicans about whether they will take his testimony. cnn s evan perez was right there listening to hunter biden and let s start with him, evan. that is more than what we ve heard to date from hunter on this subject. absolutely, john. look, it was an extraordinary thing to come to the steps here on the senate side of the ca