serious. . also this hour, the latest developments from the southern border as homeland security officials report a steady decrease in migrant crossings after days of record setting entries following the elimination of the title 42 policy. it is too early but the numbers we have experienced are markedly down over what they were prior to the end of title 42. and ron desantis takes center stage in iowa over the weekend making the case against another four years of donald trump while the former president postpones his own iowa rally due to severe weather warnings. we must reject the culture of losing that has infected our party in recent years. if we focus the election on the past or other side issues, then i think the democrats are going to beat us again. hello and thank you for joining us. i m in for andrea in washington where the white house is juggling major foreign policy challenges to begin a critical week. there is cautious optimism among officials over the sou
Hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the United States and around the world. Im bianca nobilo. And im max foster joining you live from london. Just ahead joe biden will be in michigan to walk the picket line with striking members of the United Auto Workers. Saturday night is to overt a crisis here in washington. Kyiv now climbs to have killed commander of the Black Sea Fleet. Makes perfect sense that ukraine would want to hit strategic targets inside crimea. There are still big groups of people coming in. Loud speaker invite each migrant to sing of their country last hint. Live there london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. It is tuesday, september 26, 9 00 a. M. In london, 4 00 a. M. In detroit where in the coming hours joe biden will join members of the United Auto Workers union on the picket line. The president is splitting his focus from an impending Government Shutdown to support of the autoworkers who are striking for better wages. They are
Pamela brown in the situation room. Ukraine reports significant damage from a massive and deadly russian attack while also claiming it struck a major blow to mass cow by killing the commander of russias black sea fleet. Well get an assessment from key white house official john kirby. Senator bob menendez speaks out for the First Time Since his indictment on Bribery Charges, defiantly rejecting fellow democrats calls for him to resign. Donald trump is ramping up his appearances in key battlegrounds as hes set to skip another republican primary debate. Stand by for a new snapshot of the 2024 raisin colluding a Swing State Showdown between trump and President Biden this week. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im pamela brown and youre in the situation room. We begin with ukraines claim that it has killed the commander and other officers in russias black sea fleet, potentially crippling the kremlins naval forces. Kyiv now accusing
germany, france, great britain, i m coming home with new defense packages, more new powerful weapons for the front, more protection for our people, more political support. there was a massive aid package that germany says they will be giving. the largest they have offered to give, worth about 3 billion u.s. dollars. promises for more equipment, more weapons from the u.k. as well as promises for armored vehicles and other things from france. one thing zelenskyy was advocating for on these trips were advanced fighter jets. that s something the west seems hesitant to give but he is coming back with a lot of promise from these western allies. in ukraine, the fighting really hasn t shifted one way or the other. the heaviest fighting is still on the eastern front around bakhmut, but what we have seen in recent days are some positions ukraine had. for the first time really in about nine months, they have made for them, fairly
climate in the u.s. for investment and job creation, and they intend to be a part of that with these investments. similar to this is a great vote of confidence in the united states in the business environment in the kingdom of saudi arabia, as they continue to advance in their own reforms and seek new opportunities for their own people to create jobs as well. so strong economic relationships are the foundation for strong security relationships as well. the intended sales of the defense packages in particular fall into five broad categories. border security and counterterrorism, maritime and coastal security, air force modernization, air and missile defense, cyber security and communications upgrades. and i think you can surely identify in all of these the importance all of those areas have to u.s. national security as well. obviously along with this will go a lot of training and support to strengthen our partnership