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removal from the republican primary ballot in maine. the secretary of state who made the decision to ban trump joins us with her reaction this hour. also breaking, another federal indictment of senator bob menendez, accusing the democrat of accepting bribes from a second foreign country. stand by for details on the new charges tied to an alleged corruption scheme that prosecutors say lasted for years. plus there s new audio of air traffic controllers giving instructions shortly before the fiery crash at a tokyo airport. what the recording reveals as the investigation gets under way. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news. donald trump formally challenging the to remove him from the primary pal lot in maine based on the 14th amendment s insurrectionist ban. we ll speak live with maine s secretary of state, shen that bel ....
the moments paul pelosi was viciously assaulted. the lead starts right now. we re moments away from the first court appearance for the man accused of attacking speaker pelosi s husband. new this hour, what cnn is learning about the call for help from paul pelosi and video captured by police. biden, obama, pence, and more. the big names making their pitches one week before the midterms. also this hour, polls closing in israel s fifth election in only four years and netanyahu eyes a comeback. while in brazil, supporters of jair bolsonaro won t back down as the defeated president breaks his silence just moments ago. welcome to the lead, i m brianna keilar in for jake tapper. we start with our national lead. moments from now, the man accused of beating and fracture paul pelosi s skull with a hammer will appear in a san francisco courtroom. david depape faces a long list of federal and state charges including attempted murder and kidnapping for what prosecutors call a ....
Trump s talking points. is that a mistake? i guess we ll see the ultimate answer when voters weigh in. it s not been a strategy that has been proving to be a good one thus far for the desantis campaign. i think it sort of gets at a key conu conundrum, a problem for desantis to solve here. how do you overtake the guy you re trying to overtake, who s 30 points ahead of you in the polls, but not only are you not making the case directly against him, you re actually using his own lines because you are in this tension between his dominance in the race and what republican primary voters are eager to hear. and desantis just seems to be stuck in this problem that he hasn t yet solved for. kevin madden is with us as well. we see these new dueling ads. we just saw some from the hailey and desantis sides attacking each other. does that change the dynamic of the race when trump, according to all the polls, is still very much the dominant front-runner? ....
Cnn s jessica dean in suburban philadelphia for us. jess, both senate candidates launched dueling ads today, tell us about that. reporter: the ads are flooding the air waves as they are in battleground states, here the most expensive senate race in the country, millions and millions and millions of dollars in ads, and here we are a week out and we are getting the message now from the two candidates, democratic nominee john fetterman, and republican nominee mehmet oz. take a watch. i ve spent my career fighting for people. oz has spent his life taking advantage of people, making himself rich. i have taken on the powerful, been different, oz will only work for himself in washington, just like the rest. politicians point fingers, doctors solve problems. together we ll stand up to extremism on both sides and bring balance to washington. reporter: we re just outside a get out the vote event for ....
Razor-thin margins and extend that far and have that many votes in the balance, they have to be postmarked today but could wait as long as friday to be counted. this could be a long haul. chris? well, in virginia beach flipping from biden in 2020, what are i hearing from voters? . reporter: you and i have been out here a few days. all we hear is the focus of the dueling ads from candidates. all the youngkin voters we talk to, that is the first thing they mention, and today we re seeing even some of those who say they could have been persuaded are now mentioning this issue of education. how did this happen? you can tie a lot of it back to a recent youngkin ad that we ll talk about on the other side of this voter sound bite. ....