hiss rival office holders killed. the lead starts right now. one city, four homes, each one shot at. police say who the man was who orchestrated the attacks, they say he wanted to cause injury or death and the apparent targets were his democratic rivals. plus, trading in on the biden family name, house republicans ready to investigate presidential son hunter and presidential brothers jimmy and frank biden for trying to use their access to the now president to try to make money. where does the investigatory trail begin? well, cnn is investigating. and, how did two passenger planes end up on a collision course? could this very serious question impact your next flight? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and the white house counsel s office desperately trying to explain why the biden white house has repeatedly given the american people incomplete, late information about president biden and his staff s handling of classified documents. both
of the destruction and the ukrainians say they cleared around 8,500 tons of debris from this area in about 72 hours. and still, more bodies were found including children. while others remain missing. this man servie searching for h grandson venting his anger at russia. there is no mercy for them he says. ly i will curse them until the last day of my lives. they struck the buildings with a cruise missile designed to destroy aircraft carriers. she was in an apartment complex. she filmed the chaos and saw the destruction. we thought it was an earthquake or something she says, unclear what happened. when we opened the apartment, we saw smoke and dust and heard screams. the kremlin continues to deny the forces were behind the attack but moscow does say russian fighters are now making gains on the battle fields. meanwhile, ukrainian forces are still shelling russian troops around solidar the russians say is firmly under their control thanks to fighters from a private military com
top of the hour here on cnn newsroom. the countdown continues to the midterms. 22 days left until election day determining who will control congress, and a new poll from the new york times shows that republicans have a slight edge here. 49% of likely voters say that they plan to back the republican candidate for their house district compared to 45% for democrats. now this poll also found it combined 44% of likely voters are most worried about the economy or inflation. now today, early voting begins in the battleground of georgia. and the race for senate there, one of the tightest in the nation, democratic incumbent raphael warnock casting his ballot you see there. there s also a new twist there in the drama engulfing his republican rival herschel walker who s been denying allegations he paid for an abortion for his ex-girlfriend years ago. well, today walker confirmed the check in question was, in fact, his, but then doubled down the denials in terms of what it was fo
this investigation of the police force and their response, the school police force. they have been very unhappy, at times calling for him to resign, for his resignation, as well. finally now word coming that he does intend to start the process of his retirement there in uvalde. he has been someone who s been part of this community his whole life. he was fairly well liked before all this happened. he s been with the community, he s been with the school for 31 years. his father was the superintendent before that. so people thought there was unfair process in terms of how he got the job. but certainly he could never imagine, you know, what he s faced in the last several months. and just the handling of all of this, how poor the school district has handled this, how they ve disrespected these families. again, this is something families wanted. they were protesting outside that school all week. and now finally word comes that he is going to retire. it will be a process. it s not g
possible impeachment for al alejandro mayorkas. it could begin in weeks. when police call a cartel style execution, six people shot and killed including a baby. and leading this hour, almost a year into russia s war in ukraine, what is amounting to one of the deadliest single attacks, a russian missile tack hitting an apartment building killing 44 people including six children. ukraine s president calling the attack a war crime. we ll start with fred plieitgen where the community is feeling great and anger following this horrific attack. reporter: sirens mark the end of a search and rescue marathon for three days responders worked day and night trying to save lives. now authorities say there is no more hope of finding survivors. there s an erie quiet here now and you can really see how people were just ripped out of their lives as the building crumbled around them.