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Midterm elections in the u.s. take a listen. >> i know im coming in strong, but i know xi jinping. ive spent more time than any other world leader. i know him well, he knows me. we just have to figure out where the red lines are and what are the most important things to each of us. >> reporter: xi jinping of course is coming having secured an unprecedented third term in office. so youve got two kind of politically emboldened leaders who are going to have their first face-to-face in-person meetin...

Because this is a critical juncture for putin. he needs to make it through this winter without losing additional territory so he is weaponizing everything hes got. >> theres so much talk about how difficult this winter is going to be in ukraine, for obvious reasons we just discussed, also in europe as we know, we see the prices, we know whats happening there, we know what the stressors are at that point, but the reality is there has been reporting from the beginning of the war about how low mora...

Those concerns, those angers, that frustration, could very well become a flash point on or near our election day. >> so what is the typical response from law enforcement here? >> the typical response is you flood the zone. you want to take any of these locations that you might be places of potential violence and have an overwhelming presence of police officers, we use b barr barricades, use large fencing, things like that. these are things you cannot do to polling places i think there were over ...

Sitting in one speaks about her in those sort of violent targeted ways. and casts her as, you know, an enemy, rather than just someone you disagree with on political grounds. so, yeah, i think the political climate definitely adds to the threat that people like nancy pelosi and others face every day. >> absolutely. we just have already heard officially from the san francisco police. theyre holding an update at 12:30 eastern time to give an update on the investigation and well learn much more the...

Of an american official. what kind of country is that. >> reporter: experts who track extremism say in recent months there has been an uptick in violent threats, talk of civil war and trump it at the center of it. a major flash point the fbi search of mar-a-lago. >> every time he puts out a new statement it leads to a dramatic uptick in violent rhetoric across fringe platforms. >> reporter: lock and load read one response to the fbi search on a pro trump form. another user replied are we not in ...

Of territory russia claimed in its false annexation. vladimir putin is essentially trying to remind people this is a card he could play, the card, i mean, sort of staged action to some degree. ukraine says, look, there are hundred of russian troops on that site and russian hardware as well. the u.n. nuclear watchdog, the iaea are on the ground. they need to maintain the safety of the plapt, but there was anger from ukraines president about how they hadnt been more forthright in condemning russia...

Bunkers remain a huge proportion of the day-to-day running costs of vessels across many sectors at this time given continued high flat prices combined...

Blocked it just 19 days ago following a lawsuit filed by abortion providers. it was in ohio where a ten-year-old rape victim was denied an abortion just days after roe is overturned, forcing her family to drive her to indiana in order to receive care. that case became an early flash point in the post office abortion rights battle, but it turns out, is not unique. and affidavits filed by part of the lawsuit against ohios abortion ban, medical providers were told of a least two more cases involvin...

Bunkers remain a huge proportion of the day-to-day running costs of vessels across many sectors at this time given continued high flat prices combined...

Safety, in security. and we will have a pretty good idea. >> reporter: alex, he told me that they expect to spend several days on site at the nuclear plant which is something that contradicts what russian officials have said, that theyre only allowing them to spend one day there. well have to see how long they are on the ground there. but the director general says that the goal is for the iaea is to have some kind of permanent presence at the nuclear power plant so they know whats going on in th...