newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington, and we begin this hour with a developing situation in russia near the ukrainian border. the russian defense ministry says 11 people are dead and another 15 are injured after two men or two gunmen, i should say, opened fire on russian military recruits during a training session. russia says the two men were from former soviet states that russian state news agency is reporting the incident occurred during a shooting training session with volunteers preparing for a special operation when the unit was attacked with small arms fire. details are still coming in to cnn at this hour. we ll update you as we get more of that information as it s coming in, but we ll bring that to you just as soon as that story develops. in the meantime, the shooting happened as the violence inside ukraine is once against escalating violently. in just the past week, russia launched hundreds of missile strikes, including yesterday and today in zaporizhzhia. they
conspiracy theory about voting machines in michigan, strongly suggesting that machines were compromised to flip trump votes to biden. absolutely false. what happened again was a human error by workers in this right-wing county that resulted in some preliminary, unofficial results displaying trump votes as biden votes. this error was corrected very quickly, and a republican-led investigation by a michigan state senate committee concluded that, ideas and speculation that the anterim county election workers or outside entities manipulated the vote by hand or electronically are indefensible. indefensible indeed, but the former president keeps saying them anyway. jim? okay, thank you, daniel. up next, it was a blockbuster debate in the georgia senate race. there was even an admonishment from the moderator for this moment. you know what s so funny?
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we hear anecdoteally that we have the v.p. debate will have more comedic. which debate will be the most? the first presidential. it s the first time to see mitt romney and president obama. joe biden will say anything, which is why he is so enjoyable. he says everything so much to that debate against sarah palin. if you recall, they wanted him to be careful. same thing true with the paul ryan debate. i think the v.p. debate will draw comparisons to four years ago, which is a blockbuster debate. all right. thank you fore weighing in, great to see you. see you wednesday night. the first debate showdown is just 3 day away. what is your advice for the candidates ahead of the debate in denver? tweet us your answer, advice for governor romney or president obama. we will read your responses all throughout the show.