anti-immigrant rhetoric causing reverberations today. the white house calling the comments, quote, fascist, after the former president said this in new hampshire saturday. they re poisoning the blood of our country. that s what they ve done. they ve poisoned mental institutions and prisons all over the world, not just south america or the three or four countries we think about. but all over the world, they re coming into our country, from africa, from asia, all over the world. they re pouring into our country. the biden campaign saying trump parroted adolf hitler. priscilla, let s begin with you. this is a strong rebuke from the white house. what else is president biden and the white house saying? it s a strong rebuke and it s in line with where they have been on the comments of making a stark contrast, as to the biden vision when it comes to immigration and that of his predecessor, former president donald trump. the white house released a statement this morning, and in
his russian counterpart, defending his illegal invasion of ukraine. for the huge number of casualties. at the center of it, all alliances, some steadfast, some dangerous. nuclear threats no end in sight. in a cnn exclusive. what more needs to be, done to ensure what you say is ukraine s victory on this war. and former british prime minister boris johnson, joins me with his take, on where putin takes this war next. this was a war of choice,. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states, and around the world, i m wolf blitzer, this is a special edition of the situation room. we are developing news tonight on a missile, test conducted by russia during president biden s surprise trip to ukraine, yesterday. and it comes as the leader at the free world, took on the autocrat trying to destroy ukraine president biden delivering a fiery address in poland today to mark the upcoming one year anniversary of putin s ruthless invasion, and on the other side of ukrai
because of an extreme heatwave. people in the us state are being urged to turn down their air conditioning, switch off unneccesary lights, and avoid using major appliances in the afternoons and evenings. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. in three weeks time, italians vote in a general election. now, if the opinion polls are to be believed, the country is about to embrace a political movement with its roots in post war fascism. what would that mean for italy and for europe? well, my guest today, here at the ambrosetti forum a sort of italy style davos gathering is enrico letta, a former italian prime minister and leader of the centre left democratic party. is his effort to keep the far right out of power doomed to fail? enrico letta, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for the invitation. we appreciate your time, particularly because you are in the middle of a fiercely fought election campaign. would you accept
a former italian prime minister and leader of the centre left democratic party. is his effort to keep the far right out of power doomed to fail? enrico letta, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for the invitation. we appreciate your time, particularly because you are in the middle of a fiercely fought election campaign. would you accept that right now, you in the centre left look as though you are going to lose? no, i think we will win. how can you think that, when the raw mathematics of this election look so bad for you? and i say that because the right has coordinated, it has organised, there is a very clear coalition of interests between all the right wing parties. they are fighting as a team. you, on the left, are not. there are two reasons. first reason is the fact that there s 40% of the people saying that they will abstain, or they are not decided. they have not decided what they want to do. second, because the unity of the right is a fake. they are united today, b
66 people are now known to have died and more than a dozen are still missing. others have been left stranded after landslides closed off roads. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. in three weeks time, italians vote in a general election. now, if the opinion polls are to be believed, the country is about to embrace a political movement with its roots in post war fascism. what would that mean for italy and for europe? well, my guest today, here at the ambrosetti forum a sort of italy style davos gathering is enrico letta, a former italian prime minister and leader of the centre left democratic party. is his effort to keep the far right out of power doomed to fail? enrico letta, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for the invitation. we appreciate your time, particularly because you are in the middle of a fiercely fought election campaign. would you accept that right now, you in the centre left look as though you are going to lose? no