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all of you for getting up way too early with us on this tuesday morning. we re one week from the midterms. morning joe starts now. it s sad to see we are in a point in history where people belief it s okay to express their political sentiments through violence, and so i think it really demonstrates that we have to calm things down. we have to decide that we are going to be more respectful as an american society, that it s okay to disagree. san francisco s district attorney makes a plea for decency and discourse following the politically motivated attack on nancy pelosi s husband, and now we are learning more about what the suspect had planned for the speaker of the house. also this morning, president biden is hitting the campaign trail again as we are now one week away from election day. we ll tell you where he s headed today, and why. meanwhile a member of the group who tried to overturn the elections expresses remorse for his actions. and we ll have the latest ....
we ve never seen. we are spending way too much money to use to hide behind a veterans bill on an unrelated $400 billion spending spree is wrong. the first grain to depart from ukraine s black sea ports under this new agreement. resuming exports could be a critical first step in easing the global food crisis. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it s monday, august 1st, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. we begin with extreme weather fueled by a climate crisis unraveling in real time in the united states. in california, the mckinney fire has burned more than 52,000 acres. the governor has ordered thousands of people to evacuate leaving their homes to burn as high temperatures and drought make the blazes more intense. a heartbreaking realization for some that the fire has taken everything. i watched it from my bedroom. i watched everything come. it was headed right straight towards our property. that s w ....
russia. we will look at how the vote could have a real impact on the war. canadians now are preparing for what could be the strongest storm ever to hit the eastern coast of nova scotia. we are tracking hurricane fiona at the cnn weather center. plus. walking out on court. having the chance to play with the likes of raf or novak in the past has been an amazing experience for me. tennis great roger federer gets ready to say good-bye to the sport. we have a look at the final match today. it s 10:00 a.m. across ukraine where occupied parts of the country are voting today on whether to become a part of russia. ukraine and the west call the referendums a sham. but, the votes could result in russia annexing about 15% of ukraine s territory already controlled by russian armed forces. vladimir putin s mobilization of 300,000 russians to join the fight is already underway across the country. video from social media shows families in the country s far east saying tearful goo ....
sparked protests across russia leading to more than 130 0 arrests. we ve seen the emotional farewells. look at this, russian men leaving behind families to board buses for military service. others trying to get out of the country altogether. in this video long lines of traffic are growing as men seemingly are trying to escape the war. the demand for flights out of moscow is spiking dramatically. tickets to countries where russians don t need a visa are sold out. and on google trends the term leaving russia saw a spike in searches over the past 24 hours. according to a ticket agri gaiter one way tickets out of moscow to istanbul start at $2,000 a ticket. before putin s announcement, the tickets cost about $350. let s bring in ben wedeman live for us in kharkiv, ukraine. you re in the region where the gains by the ukrainians seem to have prompted this new phase by vladimir putin, ben. reporter: ye and you know, as these referendums go ahead. yesterday we were in areas ....
ended well, charles? what happens? yeah, good thing for that eric. airport officials here in atlanta tell us fortunately all of the passengers on board that spirit airlines flight from tampa to atlanta are okay following a fire that broke out during the landing process this morning. eric, it was quite the sight to see. take a look at the video taken by a witness who was there as this all unfolded. you can see dark heavy smoke and bright orange flames shooting from the underbelly of spirit airlines flight 383, shortly after it landed at hartsfield-jackson atlanta international airport. according to spirit airlines, a brake got a little too hot as the flight from tampa to atlanta was landing around 9:30 this morning, and that s what s believed to have ignited the flames. as you can imagine, it was quite a scary situation for those folks on board, many of whom were confused and on edge as flight attendants tried to keep them calm. [inaudible]. please remain seated righ ....