seen here driving around the ukrainian city of mariupol, despite facing an arrest warrant from the international criminal court. we ll have details, plus a look at where things stand to understand the efforts to charge war crimes against him. here in the u.s., the manhattan d.a. is responding to trump calling for protests in the case he s arrested. and the successionist movement inside of america. why a chunk of one state wants to redraw the map and get absorbed by its neighbor. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with russian president vladimir putin making his first visit to occupied ukraine since the war began. look, this is video of him driving through the city of mariupol, which russia occupied last year. the city suffered heavy damage and fighting and became the symbol of ukraine s resistance to moscow s aggression. the kremlin says putin also stopped in their neighborhood and spoke to residents. they say he was i
days after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for him accusing him of war crimes. he made a stop in mariupol. ukrainian officials slamming the visit saying putin visits mariupol under the cover of night. cnn senior international correspondent ivan joining us live. what else did putin do while there? reporter: right. well, the kremlin says he arrived by helicopter. then he was shown in a pretty long unedited video driving a car, being briefed by a top kremlin aid. driving into the outskirts of mariupol. the aid was describing the situation and acknowledging that much of the city had been destroyed. that there were ruins of buildings being demolished and much of the city was also empty because ukrainians has fled. putin was shown meeting a couple of people who were living in what were described as newly constructed apartment buildings. those people thanked putin for their new homes saying they had had nothing before that. and we ve been hearing some pre
world, i m u.s. officials are tracking a suspected chinese spy balloon that s moving towards the east coast. we ll hear how beijing is trying to explain how it ended up floating above the united states. thunder, snow, fierce winds and temperatures reaching triple digits below zero. all part of the arctic blast that s hitting the u.s. northeast this weekend, and millions will feel it. meanwhile, in ukraine there are signs that russian troops are preparing for a spring military offensive. this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhubber. a suspected chinese spy balloon will finally leave u.s. air space in a couple of days or could be sooner. some new weather models show the winds pushing it over the atlantic as early as today. the pentagon has been closely tracking the object and it s carrying a large payload of surveillance gear. military officials are advising against shooting it down now. china that has apologized and said the balloon entered u.s. air space by accident. bei
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m christina macfarlane in london where the country is waiting to see who will become the nation s third prime minister in less than two months. i m rosemary church in atlanta where we are following the latest developments in the u.s. midterms. voter turnout already hitting record highs, but political divisions running deep . well, here in london we could soon learn who will be the next leader of the ruling conservative party and the new prime minister. one thing is clear, it won t be boris johnson. he announced on sunday he won t be entering the tory leadership race, though he claimed he had enough support to move forward. that narrows the field to former finance minister rishi sunak and penny mordaunt. the conservative party today will announce which candidates had reached the necessary number of nominations and whether a vote will follow to determine the next leader of the party
our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world, i m christina macfarlane in for max foster here in london. just ahead i am worried about the level of voter turnout among young people and working people who will be voting democratic. midterms have mostly been a referendum on the party in power. i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected. he still has his own set of baggage coming into downing street. this is a total joke. we re the laughing stock of europe. it s monday, october 24th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where political developments on both sides of the atlantic are front and center this hour. in the u.s., the critical midterm elections are now just more than two weeks away and key races will decide who will lead in congress and whether the democrats can hold on to their slim majority and whether republicans will make gains. much more on this in just a few minutes. first, here in the uk, we could soo