Stay updated with breaking news from Gun turret. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
the united states and around the world. welcome to cnn newsroom. the final stretch. 16 days to go until the u.s. elections, the candidates are pulling out the stops and pulling in high-profile support. xi jinping secures an unprecedented third term, cementing his iron grip over china s future. we re live in beijing and taipei with the latest. and ukraine s power grid under attack with frigid winter just around the corner. russia takes aim at critical infrastructure. a live report from kyiv is just ahead. the u.s. is just over two weeks away from the tightly contested and deeply consequential midterm elections. at stake this november, control of congress. and by extension, the president s political agenda. joe biden s democratic party currently holds 220 seats in the house, and to keep its majority, it must hold on to 218 of them. right now, though, republicans have a slight lead in the polls with 18 seats still up for grabs. in the senate, 35 seats are in play ....
i ve been asking for syracuse orange highlights for weeks. this wascustomized for you. they are who we thought they were and we let them off the hook. you almost had them. keep the head up, big man. thank you so much. the next hour of new day starts now. good morning. welcome to your new day. i m amara walker. i m boris sanchez. doubling down, the biden administration says they will fight in court to keep the student debt relief program alive. what does that mean for thousands of applicants and how long could that legal fight last? we ll also have the latest on the brutal attacks in ukraine as russia continues to hammer the country s infrastructure. we ll take you inside a secret workshop where ukrainian soldiers are building weapons against russia. residents in jackson, mississippi, still facing problems with the city s water and the epa is opening up a federal civil rights investigation. we ll tell you exactly what and who is getting investigat ....
hatching right now, a deadly shooting at a dallas hospital sparking outrage today. the suspect, on parole and wearing an ankle bracelet. plus, a pledge to keep the student debt relief program moving full speed ahead, just as a court rules to hit the brakes for loan cancellations for now. and which major retailers won t be open on thanksgiving day? you re live in the cnn newsroom. hello, everyone. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. in new york, officials say they re working to tackle the rising crime on the subway system. the city has sewn a seen a wavef crimes like this one. police releasing video of someone pushing someone off a subway platform. police are searching for the suspect. the nypd says subway crimes have skyrocketed 41% from the same time last year. the mayor and governor announcing new plans to address the problems. cnn s reporter is joining us live now. gloria, what are officials saying? reporter: that video you just showed there in man ....
cast with 17 days to go until election day. at stake, control of both champ pwers of congress. the democrats have control now, but whether they can hold onto power is still in question. president biden says he s not going anywhere. at least he doesn t intend to. the reason i m not making a judgment about formally running or not running, as soon as i make that announcement, a whole series of regulations kick in and i have to treat myself as a candidate from that point on. i have not made that my formal decision, but it is my intention to run again. and we have time to make that decision. before that, his party needs to weather the midterms while acknowledging many are on shaky political ground. here s what i think. it s been back and forth with them ahead, us ahead, them ahead. pwaorlgt. and the polls have been all over the place. i think that we re going to see one more shift back to our side the closing days. part of his carefully crafted midterm strategy, tact ....
this is albert keogh we are looking at, 98. he is a royal navy veteran. do i hear applause? applause look at his face as who takes it all in. he hails from scotland and the smile on his face, because the thing is, he survived, james. he understands what the loss is because he had a life. ~ . , , , life. what must they be feeling, thou~h? life. what must they be feeling, though? the life. what must they be feeling, though? the fact life. what must they be feeling, though? the fact that life. what must they be feeling, though? the fact that they, - life. what must they be feeling, though? the fact that they, for| life. what must they be feeling, - though? the fact that they, for some reason, they have cheated, they cheated death in 1944 and had cheated death in 1944 and had cheated it ever since and here they still are. cheated it ever since and here they stillare. how cheated it ever since and here they still are. how wonderful cheated it ever since and here they s ....