could be cut off from electricity, get this, for another month. also tonight, ukrainian forces are making stunning gains on the battlefield, reclaiming territory illegally annexed by vladimir putin just days ago. we will get an update on the war from white house national security official john kirby. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m pamela brown and you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight with new developments in the mar-a-lago investigation. an emergency appeal from former president trump to the u.s. supreme court. trump s attorneys are pleading with the justices to intervene in a dispute over more than 100 documents marked as classified. our senior crime and justice reporter has more on this filing. kaitlyn, what exactly does the former president want from the high court here? reporter: well, pamela, what he is asking for is essentially he wants to turn back time. he wants to go
days from today. we re seeing key developments here in the final stretch shaking up the battleground states with power in the senate hanging in the balance. we ll watch day-by-day as we get closer. new hour starts right now. dana is off today. back tomorrow. i m bill hemmer. good morning at home. sandra: cruised through the first hour. i m sandra smith. election day is now just five weeks away. democrats are losing ground in one key state, pennsylvania, where the senate race is getting tighter there. democrat john fetterman watching his lead slip away as dr. oz gains momentum and closing the gap. it dropped from 11 points in mid-summer to 4.3 in the latest real clear politics average. as that race gets tighter, both sides arguing who is tougher on crime. i m sick of oz talking about john fetterman and crime. the truth. john gave a second chance to those who deserved it. john fetterman has the courage to do what s right. dr. oz doesn t know a thing about crime. they endo
bret: we begin tonight with breaking news the u.s. is condemning north korea s firing of a ballistic missile over japan as dangerous and reckless. the weapon reportedly had enough range to reach u.s. troops in guam. so what now chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin tells us what else the u.s. is doing about this action. good evening, bret. the missile flew 17 times the speed of sound. president biden reached out and spoke with his japanese counterpart to assure him of u.s. commitments the defense secretary reached out to his japanese and south korean counterparts. kim jong un is again sending a message don t forget about me. sirens alerted japanese citizens to take cover in basements and bomb shelters after north korea launched a ballistic missile over northern japan its longest range yet. the ballistic missile firing by north korea was an outrageous act that was absolutely impermissible. we will respond as soon as possible with the utmost vigilance.
girlfriend s abortion. a woman who asked not to be identified out of privacy concerns tells the daily beast that after she and walker conceived a child while they were dating in 2009, he urged her to get an abortion. the woman said she had the procedure and walker reimbursed her for it. she supported these claims with a $575 receipt from the abortion clinic, a get well card from walker and a bank deposit received that included an image of a signed $700 personal check from walker. the daily beast independently corroborated details of the woman s claims, but a close friend who she told at the time and who, according to the woman and the friend who took care of her in the days after the procedure, walker who has likened abortion to murder and called for a total ban on the procedure even in cases of rape and incest and the life of the mother is denying the allegations, calling it a, quote, flat-out lie. nbc news has not independently verified the allegations or seen the docum
president biden yesterday claimed a win when he signed that massive tax and spend bill into law. and given the obvious name about reducing inflation, the administration has been selling it as the solution to inflation. fox news s own neil cavuto pressed white house economic advisor on when and how this law could ever lower inflation. it won t help in any other area including some of the sharp rise in food prices that have now just not gone down. they have not subsided. the inflation reduction act is not the only initiative we re engaged in. why do you call it the inflation reduction act? i think a year from now inflation will be rising at a slower rate than it is now. harris: he thinks a year from now it will still be rising. okay. studies by the congressional budget office and the university of pennsylvania s wharton school of business have found this information. the spending spree that they are on will have technically zero impact on inflation and could make thin