putin responsible for recent attacks in ukraine. but how? the lead starts right now. a global response as russia bombards ukraine with mass missile attacks for a second straight day. what the president just said about the aggression in an exclusive interview with jake tapper. also this hour, another cnn exclusive, one on one with senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. his take on republicans chances of winning a majority in the midterms, plus the one question he refused to answer about donald trump. and the worst is yet to come. the new recession warning as top economists also predict exactly when the economic downturn will hit. hello and welcome to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper. we begin with world leaders pledging to stop russian president vladimir putin s reign of terror in ukraine. an emergency debate today at the united nations and the g7 heads of government including president joe biden on an emergency call with ukraine s president today, vowing
and we ll go live to paris in a few minutes and talk to cnn s jim bittermann, who watched the entire interview. and now on u.s. soil, investigators in nevada may have found clues that could help them figure out what caused the deadly plane crash at an air race in reno. they recovered parts from the plane s tail and right now the death toll stands at nine. dozens of other people were hurt and today we re hearing more from witnesses. just happened so fast, just split second event so, you know, you think, is this it? am i going to die? dan simon is in reno. dan, tell us what investigators have found so far and how they re piecing together the puzzles of this mystery. reporter: fredricka, first of all, this was to be the final day of the event. there would be thousands of people in attendance behind me, but it is relatively quiet today. a few planes on the tarmac and they ll probably be leaving pretty soon. no doubt the economic loss to reno is in the tens of millions o