ready to face-off. cnn is live in pennsylvania for the debate showdown between john fetterman and dr. mehmet oz. also tonight, president biden is warning russia that it would be a serious mistake to use a tactical nuclear weapon, vladimir putin raising new fears about his war plans as moscow doubles down on its disputed claim that ukraine is planning to deploy a dirty bomb. and corporate america turns on kanye west for his antis-semitic remarks. we ll take a closer look at the impact as adidas and the gap cut ties with the controversial rapper also known as yay. welcome to the viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re the situation room. let s get straight to the midterm countdown right now. we re just, what, two weeks, two weeks out from election day. candidates in a slew of pivotal contests preparing to clash in high stakes debates tonight with millions of voters already casting their ballots early. cnn congressional correspondent jes
to hit this weekend. it may not be as powerful as a hurricane, but it s moving as a crawl which means new orleans canals and levees will be tested by a prolonged rain, up to 15 inches or more are expected, plus a storm surge. we ll get a live update. but first today s stunner from the labor department. the country saw a net gain of no jobs in august. plus no change in the unemployment rate, still 9.1%. it is the worst jobs report in a year. wall street cratered, the dow industrials, s&p and nasdaq all lost more than 2% today. president obama didn t even try to put a positive spin on the news. no on camera statement, not even a written one. we did catch one glimpse of him today as he left for cam david without even turning to wave good-bye. with us now, the president s former economic adviser, christina romer, she s now an economics professor at the university of california. proofgs or, thank you for being here. let me ask you first off whether you saw any good news inside thi
comeback. that s a brilliant kind of peremptory strike. he takes a bush doctrine but he strikes against the conservatives. when it comes to romney he has nothing to do but talk about an apologize tour but these are the same people who refuse to apologize for slavery. they refuse to apologize for mistreating women and native-americans. no surprise then that they are averse to apology. what obama did was not apologize for america. he apologized for american excesses and promises to be a better america. the man is brilliant when it comes to designing policy with some caveat. indeed. the romney campaign had a conference called prebuttal to joe biden s speech. take a liberty. the vice president seems to focus on a fantasy narrative, if you will.