safeguards to prevent fraud. but critics say, others don t. how do you see people use technology the phishing scams we have all seen but it s going to sound like somebody you know. reporter: going forward because you hear it, doesn t mean you should delete it. gadi schwartz, nbc news. that wasn t me very cool and creepy. we have a lot to cover in our second hour. let s get right to it. at this hour, high-stakes standoff, russia steps up its assault in eastern ukraine, as volodymyr zelenskyy says the stakes couldn t be higher. president biden getting ready to sign an executive order to increase background checks. relief rally it s been a good day for your retirement account stocks are posting solid gaines after a new report on inflation and easing worries on the nation s banks just ahead, we talk to a key member of president biden s economic team. our nbc news reporters are covering all of the latest developments that s where we begin with nbc news business and dat
biden heading home after meeting with allies from european nations, bordering ukraine and russia and slamming vladimir putin s decision to suspend the new s.t.a.r.t. nuclear agreement. reaction to putin saying he is pulling out of s.t.a.r.t.? i don t have time. no time? no. it s a big mistake. president putin with china s top diplomat. they are considering providing russia with weapons for the war. joining me, samantha power about the humanitarian crisis from the war in ukraine and the earthquake zones in turkey and syria. this hour, stunning new comments from the georgia special grand jury foreperson about their recommendations. do they foreshadow potential criminal indictments against the trump inner circle or even the former president? are there bombshells of who is i don t think that there are any giant plot twists coming. i would not expect you to be too shocked, no. that includes of the former president? potentially. blayne alexander joining us a
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your very busy news day with us. call it a biden racy can you. the federal government swoops in to pay back depositors after a bank goes under. he promises 2023 will not look like 2008. the bottom line is this. americans can rest assured our banking system is safe, our deposits are safe. plus mike pence says president trump was reckless on january 6th. a big question now, whether pence repeats it when he s with gop voters in iowa, new hampshire and beyond. and president biden green lights a giant oil project in alaska. progressives are mad again. the drilling project suggests an early move to the middle with an eye on 2024. up first for us, though, a pair of bank failures and a white house emergency plan the president says will protect the economy but not at your expense. president biden speaking this morning before u.s. financial markets opened for trading and before most banks o
we were getting ready for a big celebration. we were winning everything, and all of a sudden, it was just called off. so we ll be going to the u.s. supreme court. we want all voting to stop. we don t want them to find any ballots at 4:00 in the morning and add them to the list. that, of course, was donald trump on election night, calling for the nullification of mail-in ballots. that was part of the plot to overturn the election. and now, text messages have surfaced from former georgia senator kelly loeffler revealing even more details of that plot. plus, the phony republican narrative that abortion rights is fading as an issue. they re gaslighting women about what s at stake in the midterms and tonight s democracy defender is taking on the powerful maga forces in arizona. who want to control how votes are cast and counted, as the threat of violence increases against election workers. we begin tonight with the midterm elections. now just 19 days away. but here s the thi
your podcasts. the news continues with jake tapper and cnn tonight. welcome to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper. tonight with exactly three weeks until the critical midterm elections here in the united states, candidates across the country in key races are increasingly taking extremism to the extreme. but what exactly is the definition of extremism? obviously that depends on who you ask. in a new ad airing in pennsylvania, republican u.s. senate candidate dr. mehmet oz paints himself as a middle-of the-road type of guy. his opponent fetterman is extreme for supporting criminal justice reform and supporting traditional democratic economic plans. guys like john fetterman take everything to the extreme. extremism on both sides makes things worse. we need balance, less extremism in washington. i m sure fetterman would respond that most of the extremism in contemporary american politics is coming from inside dr. oz s own party, but extremism, extremist, that s an insult we r