Sea, so much closer to home than russia could possibly have wanted. You referred to a russian fighter intercepting what was a russian drone. They submitted that in strict accordance with international law. That comes a matter of hours after Ukrainian Drones have targeted two key vessels. Just this morning, a russian oil cargo ship which was struck by a Ukrainian Drone in the black sea quite some distance off the coast and near a key naval port. There are suggestions that an oil depot was hit on the eastern side of the crimean peninsula. This is a Building Number of incidents occurring in the black sea, an area which russia must have felt was entirely impregnable just two weeks ago. Sochi is a russian holiday resort, and all of those are at risk of war. A dramatic change here where ukraine is projecting its power. It may be a bid to show some element of Military Success given how slow the counteroffensive appears to be at the moment. It certainly must make the kremlin utterly perplexed
the news continues, cnn with jake tapper starts now. welcome to cnn tonight i m jake tapper. tonight the economic alarms are blurring, and i don t mean one of those vaguely known but soft alarms on your smartphone. [noise] no, i mean one of those really have noxious alarms that you might hear if you are he s back on the turn that off. but you cannot turn this alarm off. and as much as you want to wish it away, it is clear that with less than three weeks after the midterm elections, the forecast is doom and gloom. that is why president biden today today gave not one but two speeches on the economy. families are hurting, you have heard me say it before, but i get it. it has been a rough for five years for the country. but a lot of folks here are still struggling, but there are bright spots. i get it, folks are still struggling, but one word that you did not hear from president biden today? the word recession. but he did admit a recession was a possibility during o
appear to be borne out by photographs from the white house bathroom. tonight with the context, the international trade expert rebecca harding, and former adviser to president george w bush ron christie. hello, welcome to the programme. president biden is defying expectations, and earning a reputation as a president who gets things done. despite the toxic nature of washington politics or maybe because of it senate democrats have been working through the summer to bring about an impressive list of achievements and a lot of that has come with the support of republicans. first came the pandemic relief $1.9 trillion, otherswise known as the american rescue plan. then in november the infrastructure bill. injune the first bipartisan legislation in decades on gun safety. then came the chips act, to strengthen semiconductor manufacturing. then new health care benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. a bipartian agreement on nato expansion admitting finland
crisis firsthand. mayor adams declared an emergency in response to 4,000 asylum seekers coming to new york city over the past three months. he says they are straining the city s shelter system. but, according to governor abbott, that is nothing compared to what texas is dealing with. public officials across the country, they do need to realize the magnitude of the chaos created by biden s open border policies. they re up in arms about a few thousand people coming into their communities over the past few months? listen, in any one sector in the state of texas, we have more than 5,000 people coming across that sector every single day. and so, listen, we re full in the state of texas, our committees are overrun and i started bussing people to washington, dc when local officials could not handle the number of people that had come across their border. we have team coverage, david spunt at the justice department with breaking details about the biden administration forcing ill
you. coming up on morning joe, we re looking ahead to first republican primary debate and what to expect when the eight candidates hit the stage tonight. plus, we ll get brand-new polling that s taking a look at the issues that matter most to republican voters. including tough border measures and fighting a woke agenda. also ahead, 2024 white house hopeful vivek is facing scrutiny over comments he made about september 11th attacks. he said he was misquoted. the audio has been released. doesn t appear he was. you re watching morning joe. we ll be right back. g morning we ll be right back.