announce another big interest rate hike spurring fears of a recession. hello, and welcome. it s wednesday, september 21st. 9 a.m. here in london. 11 a.m. in moscow where we re following a potentially drastic escalation of russia s war on ukraine. vladimir putin is ordering a partial mobilization to boost his military fight. the russian president says it begins today. those in the reserve and with previous military experience will be subject to it. cnn s covering the story from every angle. we re joined in london and nick peyton walsh is standing by. nick, to you first. this announcement of a move, partial prescription isn t entirely unexpected given the losses we re seeing russia suffer on the battlefield. what does this mean? reporter: what s startling is how fast this will go into action but i think it s fair to say relatively limited. for 12 hours we have been awaiting really a speech from the kremlin head and talk had been possibly he might call for mass mobilization
kevin: the president will speak at the un general asem blee a few hours from now, he has collected what he wants to say and sources say this will be a seminole moment in the short biden presidency. he is expected around 10:35 this morning. these things tend to slide as the day goes along, 10:35, could be closer to 11 or 11:30. we ll be watching. he will participate in meeting with un secretary general and have a bilat with the brand-new prime minister of the united kingdom. beijing considers its response to the president s repeated insistence that if china does invade taiwan, the u.s. will act. would u.s. forces defend the island? yes. to be clear, u.s. forces, u.s. men and women would defend taiwan in event of taiwan invasion? yes. kevin: surprised the reporter and many on the team at the white house. the address is expected to place china and taiwan issues front and center today and no, despite his previous comments to the contrary, no change in u.s. policy, tai
he s here to tell us how it happens. here plus the devastation of puerto rico. the island is asking for help as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. donald trump seems to be getting a lesson in be careful what you wish for. today his lawyers squared off with the justice department attorneys in a brooklyn courtroom during their first meeting with the special master, judge raymond dearie. trump s lawyers soon discovered the judge was ready to challenge them. thierry was one of the former guy s choices to review the documents seized at mar-a-lago including several papal this marked as classified. trump vic as publicly declared already declassified some of the material and says the doj has no choice against him in the documents belong to him. but that argument has never been made by trump s lawyers. today is skeptical sounding judge dearie push team trump to describe exactly which documents trump allegedly declassified.
chosen by team trump. and we are getting a look at the former president in a way we have never seen. the book makes a frightening connection between trump and his view of power. then, how safe are your most personal secrets on your phone and the internet? a tv weather man loses his job one very private photos are delivered to his boss and his mother. he s here to tell us how it happened. plus the devastation in puerto rico. the island is asking for help as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. donald trump seems to be getting a lesson in be careful what you wish for. today his lawyers squared off with the justice department attorneys in a brooklyn courtroom during their first meeting with the special master, judge raymond dearie. trump s lawyers soon discovered the judge was ready to challenge them. jerry was one of the former guy s choices to review the documents seized at mar-a-lago last month, including several pap
earlier demonstrated just how powerful those winds can be. there is the wind speed, as i am standing next to the building. i will take a knee. oops. i ll have to take a knee there. okay. you guys got it i m going back out. the powerful winds created record level storm surges in areas like fort myers and naples, florida. over 2 million are without power tonight. and flash flooding is still a major concern, with potentially up to 30 inches of rain predicted in some areas. let s go now to nbc news meteorologist michelle grossman for the latest on hurricane in. michelle, hurricane ian has been downgraded to a category one storm. what should residents in its path expect over the next 24 to 48 hours? i, they re great to see you. they can expect flood and rain we. need to prepare for that flash flooding. when it comes to water and hurricanes, that s the number one reason for deaths in hurricanes, it s the salt water, the storm surge that we talked about, and also fre