the united states and around the world. welcome to cnn newsroom. the final stretch. 16 days to go until the u.s. elections, the candidates are pulling out the stops and pulling in high-profile support. xi jinping secures an unprecedented third term, cementing his iron grip over china s future. we re live in beijing and taipei with the latest. and ukraine s power grid under attack with frigid winter just around the corner. russia takes aim at critical infrastructure. a live report from kyiv is just ahead. the u.s. is just over two weeks away from the tightly contested and deeply consequential midterm elections. at stake this november, control of congress. and by extension, the president s political agenda. joe biden s democratic party currently holds 220 seats in the house, and to keep its majority, it must hold on to 218 of them. right now, though, republicans have a slight lead in the polls with 18 seats still up for grabs. in the senate, 35 seats are in play. cnn
tragedy to push for radical ideology. it s our lowest income communities and our communities of color that are most impacted by these extreme conditions. we have to address this in a way that is about giving resources based on equity, understanding that we fight for equality but we also need to fight for equity. not everyone starts out at the same place. jesse: spokesperson for rhonda santos accusing harris of causing undue panic and demanding that she clarify her remarks. elon musk tweeting resources should be according to greatest need. later ignoring reporters. can you clarify what you meant about equity? jesse: like always, the white house is trying to clean up her mess. we are committed to quickly getting resources to all communities impacted, period. we also know some people particularly in lower income communities have a hard time accessing that health. that s why this administration has also made it a priority to remove barriers and ensure that everyone rega
Through this. Judge jeanine i know you will get through it. You people are hard working people in texas. You dont want to be someone who is taken care of. You take care of yourselves and your family and friends. But i want to tell you, congressman. Our family lost our home in a flood. So i note havoc and devastation. How are you and your family dealing with this. What if anything is lost in your home or is your home lost totally. My home was not flooded. We had water around it. Thousands and thousands of our constituents have lost their home. And you said it best. Texans are very tough and resilient and selfsufficient. But we need help. We cant do it alone. We havent brandnew doing it alone. Neighbors helping neighbors. I cant tell you what a great feeling i had to see these churches, individuals, cooperation. People from out of state. Everybody pitching in and helping one another. All around my district today except for the parts that are inaccessible. Its even incredible feeling to s
ukraine. i asked him, what can be done if the energy situation gets even worse as winter sets in? we hope that there will be some moderation of electricity. we hope there will be enough fuel to create heat. if not, we ve got to simply provide coal and power generators to get them through the winter. it is a cold country. eight months of the year are cold. the middle three and four can be subzero on a regular basis. more so in the northern part of the country. we have got to raise money to go ahead and buy the coal, do what we can to take care of this in advance of the coming winter. we re doing the best we can. but it s going to take everybody pitching in to help from the outside world as well. i want to get your take on some deeply disturbing reports that we re getting of ukrainian children from orphanages in russian-occupied territories being taken to russia, which is,
left has replaced equality with equity. equality seeks to get a leg up for everybody. equity is about everybody getting a leg down, forced equality from above. rather than an on-ramp on the ladder of opportunity. punish everybody, put everybody down a rung. everyone is going to be treated crappy. the american response to disaster is impressive because there is no team sport, no race card, no gender debate. everybody pitching in. they don t ask you who you voted for. kamala proves you can inject politics and woe gives him an us versus them ideology into everything. it s like a poison. this is one of most powerful aspects of america, the melting pot. other countries don t have this. it s it attracts the most interesting people because we self select for risk takers.