white house correspondent peter doocy live on the ground in hi roche a ma with the latest. reporter: griff, that s what he told the world 4r50eders gathered here in japan, but for months he s been telling us zelenskyy doesn t feed need f-16s fighters. we re finding out why it is that president biden is changing his tune. we ve reached a moment where it is time to look down the road and say what is ukraine going to need as part of a future force to be able to deter and defend against russian aggression as we go forward. f-16 iss fourth generation fighter aircraft are part of that mix. reporter: the u.s. is not sending f-16s right away, instead they are supporting a plan to the train ukrainian pilots in europe, and we are being told that at a later date the united states and other partners from the g7 will decide when the ukrainians can take those jets and who will be providing them. the number one thing though that president biden is getting a lot of questions about he
president biden has for a long time been reluctant to send those fighter jets. yesterday the administration announced he will support american allies in their treatment ukrainian pilots on the advanced aircraft. that could eventually lead to other nations sending f-16s to ukraine. jon kirby on the president s decision when he was asked by the president doing this now who resisted clues from ukraine for more than one year. nothing change what we have been evolving our support for ukraine as the war has evolved. we are talking about fighter aircraft group that is not designed to help us in the immediate future with the counteroffensive. peter doocy s trouble with the presence joining us live. so peter, do you tell what is happening there? you have all the details give it to us a problem with questions after you start. press arthel the plan here is not to just give the ukrainian fighters fighter jets. instead is to train ukrainian pilot summer in europe once they re up to spee
hello and welcome to our viewer here is in the united states and all around the world. i m michael holmes. appreciate your company. coming up this hour on the program, the home stretch. candidates making their final pitch to voters ahead of the u.s. midterms. we re following all the key races that could tip the balance of power in washington. but the shadow of 2020 still hanging over the ballot box in some parts of the u.s. why there are growing fears some candidates might not accept the election results. plus, ukraine bracing for a bitter winter as russian strikes hammer the power grid, leaving millions in the cold and the dark. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. and we are now just one day from the critical midterm elections in the united states, and the stakes couldn t be higher. the candidates now making their final pitches ahead of election day. up for grabs, all 435 house seats and 35 of the 100 senate seats. the outcome of this elec
capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. ryan, also with us, frank figliuzzi, former assistant director for counterintelligence at the fbi. he is also an msnbc national security analyst. ryan, what do we know and not know about the attack at this hour? reporter: well, the biggest open question right now, jose, is motive. there doesn t appear to be a lot of clear answers right now as to why paul pelosi was targeted inside his san francisco home early this morning. we do know that the attack was violent, and it was enough for him to be rushed to the hospital. he is in the hospital now and the spokesperson for pelosi s office says that he is receiving excellent care and is expected to make a full recovery. the speaker herself, though, was not in san francisco at the time. and of course, jose, this comes against the backdrop of an increasing number of threats directed at members of congress and their families. capitol police put out a report over the summer that said there s bee