and 30, others wounded when a bomb exploded in a cafe and st petersburg today we are now hearing from russian state media that the explosive device may have been hidden inside a figurine presented to the blogger. the dead blogger had more than half a million followers on his pro military blog, where he aggressively supported the war in ukraine yet openly criticized the setbacks. russian troops face there. let s get right to cnn s matthew chance in moscow. matthew was this looking like a targeted attack. i mean, you ve got to be thinking that way, haven t you, given the circumstances that are being set out by the investigators and the eyewitnesses that are speaking to russian state media, saying that basically this character, this pro war military blogger who was the guest speaker at an event packed with other supporters of the war in ukraine was basically given a statue figurine, a little statuettes by somebody in the crowd. who was supporter of his supposedly and shortly aft
answers, don t you know it, and everything from the crisis at the southern border, to the economy, to those biden family influence-peddling accusations. the white house last week saying not so fast to the oversight requests submitted before the change of power. but it won t be able to hold them off much longer. just until the new majority can decide on speaker. the g.o.p. is primed to hold the biden administration accountable. you already have the white house coming out, playing political games, saying they are going to slow-walk everything. but what we have seen is really just a continuation of what they have done for the last two years. they are going to do everything they possibly can to stop any request from every committee that is an oversight committee, and they are going to do everything they can to turn the spin machine on to misdirect and show the american people that, oh, look over here, there is something going on, when the reality is they are nefarious things
we are live in the cnn newsroom, i m jim acosta in washington. it s the final days before the midterm elections, today is down to 16 if you are counting. president joe biden is planning a rare stop to stump for democrats in florida. the president has kept a relatively low profile on the campaign trail this season as his party fights to win a few crucial races in several swing states, a prominent senator was on cnn earlier this morning warning that democrats need a messaging shift. is the abortion issue important? yes. but we have also got to focus on the struggles of working people to put food on their table. i am worried about the level of voter turnout among young people and working people who will be voting democratic. and i think, again, what democrats have got to do is contrast their economic plan with the republicans. and cnn s joe johns joins me now from delaware where the president is spending his weekend. joe, you ve covered these stretches many times before, w
look for lessons. from the kansas vote as a republican scramble to soften their messaging ahead of the midterms. and later, a popular female politician is quote, not ripe enough to be president. gas was notorious conservative tv personality said that. the right is taking the war on woman to a whole new level and you better believe it, i have some thoughts on that. all of that and more is coming up, so let s get started. we begin this morning on capitol hill. senate democrats are just hours away from starting the lengthy process of passing a signature package aimed at tackling climate change, expanding health care and capping drug prices. and bc, julia jester is on the hill with the details. julia, it s an understatement to say that this is not a long time in the making. can you walk us through what will happen today? saturday in d.c.? good morning katie, that would be an understatement. lawmakers have been working on this bill for over a year and there are a lot of componen
Tuesday night, that will be the first time we hear his response after we know what those charges are, so listen for that and the other thing to listen to does republican messaging shift at all? once they find out what exactly, he s being charged with jim yeah. kristen donald trump likes to be in charge of the narrative, but he s not fully in control of that narrative. not right now. not until they know what that indictment says. our christian. thank you, former federal prosecutor. we re not oh, mariotti joins us now, renato, um media organizations, including cnn, are formally requesting that the judge unsealed trump s indictment early. um obviously, we would like that very much. what do you think? what would be the reason to keep it under wraps for now? well, that s what new york law says so even if the defendant agreed in other words, if trump agreed to unseal it at this point, i don t think that the judge would be able to. i expect we re gonna be waiting until tuesday. that s my unde