welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is friday, october 21st. i m christine romans. a big question right now after the sudden resignation of british prime minister liz truss. the biggest of all, who will replace her. the ruling conservative party wants a new leader in place in days. truss s campaign took eight weeks which turned out to be longer than she spent in office. cnn s scott mcclain is live. where do things stand right now? reporter: christine, there are no candidates who have officially declared themselves in the race, but the leadership race is well underway happening though largely behind closed doors. that is because candidates will be horse trading, negotiating, trying to persuade their parliamentary colleagues to support them. it will take the support of at least 100 to get into the race. this does not favor more minor candidates with a certain wing, this favors the known quantities already, people who already have a well-establ
erin incredible details talking about firing rifles and, worse, the harsh reality in stark contrast to what we saw from putin today. breaking news. a top trump ally appearing before the grand jury investigating the mar-a-lago classified documents as we learn tonight that trump s former white house counsel testifies. another major investigation involving the former president. a couple trying to vote in arizona allegedly filmed and photographed by a group accusing them off being a, quote, mule. this is beginning of a terrible and ugly election? let s go outfront. tonight, i wouldn t let any of us out there. those are the brutally honest words from a russian soldier sent to the front lines in ukraine. in a phone call with his sister, the soldier revealing the pathetic state of vladimir putin s army. it s important to hear his voice. translator: whatever we wear here, we bought ourselves. they re forcing us to go on camera to encourage the mobilized not to be afraid t
with missile strikes in major ukrainian cities. calling it retaliation for an attack on a vital russian bridge. plus, one of donald trump s attorneys is questioned by federal investigators about her signed statements on classified documents found at mar-a-lago. good morning. welcome to way too early on this tuesday, october 11th. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin in ukraine. we re learning new details about yesterday s massive attack in kyiv and other major ukrainian cities. according to ukraine s deputy minister of defense, russia launched 83 missiles, half of which were neutralized by air defense systems. across ukraine, more than 95 people were injured and in kyiv alone, at least 14 people were killed. the missile strikes damaged critical infrastructure, knocking out power lines and cutting off water supplies to several cities. at least 35 residential buildings were also hit along with museums, parks, and a popular pedestrian bridge in the center of kyiv.
in the capitol city kyiv, russian forces are retreating from this quote, unquote, annexed region of kherson. that s the indication that the civilian leaders there are giving the russian installed leaders. that s the indication that russia s generals are giving as well. putin seems to be trying to take a stronger grip on power there. remember in kherson seven months ago when the rush 1457b troops rolled in, there were street protests. the pernicious rule has led to the arrests, detentions, disappearances of many, many young people who dissented against the russian occupation. now the russian leaders forcing them to leave. russian imposed owe fil offics have told them it s not safe to stay. up to 60,000 forced out. boats used to ferry them away and their homes to an uncertain two days ago. reporter: they re concerned russia is whipping up hysteria compelling people to leave . translator: i ask you to make take my words seriously and to understand them meaning as prompt a
situation i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. plus a cnn exclusive, lawyers for former president trump allowing federal investigators to search mar-a-lago again. and newly released emails between trump and his former lawyer proving his voter fraud claims were bogus. a federal judge calling it evidence of a conspiracy to degree fraud the united states. but let s begin with the breaking news out of the u.k. liz truss resigning after six weeks, 44 days in office. our team is following this breaking story. scott mcclain is outside of 10 drowning street and richard quest is standing by as well. six weeks in office and gone after a disastrous budget plan. so what happens next? yeah, that is a great question. we ll have a new prime minister by the end of next week. i think that liz truss tried everything that she possibly could to save her premiership. that also started to go wrong from the minute that she announced her disastrous eco