live in concrete cells with no bathrooms. this as cnn gets access to evidence that putin doesn t want anyone to see. plus, it s debate night in america, one of the most highly anticipated face-offs of the year. fetterman versus oz. how much will fetterman s health be front and center this evening? we have new reporting from both camps. and where is former chinese president hu jintao. video that appears to be russian soldiers banished to a dark con concrete cellar for refusing to go to the front line in ukraine. you can see soldiers dressed in russian military fatigues, packed into a small windowless room. that s why there is not much light there. one of them explains how they re being treated. listen to it. translator: well, here we are. they arrested us. this is october 2nd, 22. we are part of the third battalion of the 488th motorized rifle regiment. we were arrested for refusing to follow orders. yes, refusing to follow orders. they sent us to a basement of a militar
Government aid, investigators are taking another look at potential evidence collected as far back as 2015 according to the wall street journal. Minutes ago the president boarded Air Force One En Route to france where hell meet tomorrow with french president emmanuel macron. The last time the president was on Air Force One was a few days ago. It was at the g20 where he held his first face to face meeting with president putin. During that trip the president was involved in producing the false Statement Given to the New York Times about the previously held meeting last summer. A small cadre of president s advisers huddled in a cabin helping to craft a statement for the president s eldest son explaining why he met last summer with a lawyer connected to the russian government. Ultimately, the times reports, the president himself signed off
i wouldnt have even remembered it until you start scouring through this. It was a wasted 20 minutes which was a shame. The president responded to his son
A recap of the days news. Would do. Right . Instead this white house put on a display today in the briefing room. A display intended to send a message to the American People. That message is to convince you that this administration actually takes russias attacks on our democracy seriously. So they trot it out one top official after another. Every one of them pointing the finger at russia, which is all well and good, but obviously there is one person missing. Want to guess who it is . President donald j. Trump who no matter what the members of his own administration say just cant seem to bring himself to blame russia for anything without walking it back in the same breath. Lets compare the director of national intelligence, what he said today to what President Trump said after that disastrous helsinki summit. Here it is. The Intelligence Community continues to be concerned about the threats of upcoming u. S. Elections. Both the midterms and the president ial elections of 2020. Dont. Wha
Quick answer of being prolife. Thank you for watching. Cnn tonight with don lemon starts right now. There he is again. Great words right there. I think thats what i said before the break, right . You said it plays right into that. I have to tell you i was atten event this weekend with a friend who happens to be white. She turned to me and said do you ever does it do you notice or are you aware, does it make you uncomfortable that youre, like, one maybe the only person of color in the room . And i just people have asked me that before, and i said im not uncomfortable about it. I am aware of it, but it happens all the time. And she said well, i wasnt aware of it until i was invited to a Birthday Party where everyone was a person of color. Everyone was black and i was the only white person, and i said is this what its like. She said is this what its like for my friends of color all the time who even in most places yu go, restaurants, everywhere you
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Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. The senator from maryland. Senator, good to see you. Thank you for joining us. What do you make of that quite unexpected News Conference today . It did seem Like Full Court press, agreeing with the fact there was interference, there is interference, and i wasnt as confident that we know exactly what were supposed to do about it, but it seemed like everybody in that room seemed to agree this is something we have to deal with. First, its good to be with you. Youre exactly right, it was very clear that russia interfered in our 2016 elections and it was acknowledged that it was mr. Putin, the russian government, that was behind that. They acknowledged that this campaign is continuing both in trying to influence how voters vote as well as we are concerned that they may even go into our election apparatus. No evidence that theyre doing that yet, but they are certainly exploring that. That was very clear. And they laid o