with election day fast approaching. is his message resonating right now as cnn s exclusive new poll drives home voters worries about the u.s. economy. also tonight, the trump organization s tax fraud trial is now under way in new york, after years of investigation. jurors being chosen to decide if crimes were committed by the former president s business. and as the battle for southern ukraine rages, russia is now accusing ukrainian forces of planning to detonate a nuclear-laced dirty bomb. the claim is being denial by officials in kyiv and here in washington. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, president biden hammering home his party s closing message just 15 days before the midterm elections. let s go straight to the white house where cnn s phil mattingly is standing by. as the president makes his push, a new cnn poll shows what voters care about most. give u
reality. the iranians haven t even set a date to come back to vienna, and mid east negotiations usually have two speeds, slow and slower. so i wouldn t put a whole lot of money in the bank on a quick return, plus an agreement. what does it mean that angela merkel called for the meeting when she s on the way out? well, i think merkel led on this issue, i think she was in many respects tough on the iranians, but she the importance of keeping the allies unified and the importance of negotiating an accord. but i think the premium is on your last several words, on the way out. this is now going to be left to her successor and macron, who in a leaderless year in many respects, is now going to play an increasingly prominent role should he win election. phil, the united states, the
quickly restore the iran nuclear deal, despite talks stalling out over the summer. the u.s. withdrew from the agreement in 2018, but there s still so much more on president biden s plate as the summit continues tomorrow. let s go to rome right now. cnn s chris cuomo continues coverage from there. hello again, chris. reporter: how are you? it is an evolving scene here. let s bring in cnn senior white house correspondent phil massingly, diplomatic editor nick mattison and david miller. let s first not ignore what s happening back in the united states. this idea that, well, hope this happens, phil, that is not the kind of situation it is. if they have a vote of any kind after all the missteps that doesn t happen, i mean, that s almost going to be disastrous
the wall he said that is 100 feet high separating the countries without really border security, that is, you know but that s not the latest request from the white house. that s not what the president has been talking about for at least the last ten days or so. he s been talking about a wall. would a vote for that type be immoral? again, i m saying what nancy pelosi said at that time is that we re willing to guarantee once they were not held hostage. negotiations will now start with the conference committee. that will be what will be the determining factor. so, what you re saying is, we re going to see a different kind of negotiation from this point on because the government is open. here s my question, phil massingly, cnn, talked to a democratic senator on thursday night. that democratic senator told him there was, quote, zero incentive to give to president trump. and some people would look at that and think, there are about