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race really matters. every seat really matters. every candidate really matters. it is just on a knifes edge on a personal level, for voting this cell for the year. this so it really will matter. the selection is going to be very tight and very very interesting. i will be very consequential. if the polling bears out and election day looks anything like the polls say its going to look today. we will be talking with the man in charge of the democratic parties in the senate are obviously s...

so in terms of control of the senate, control of the direction of the country, every race really matters. every seat really matters. every candidate really matters. it is just on a knifes edge. and i mean, just on a personal level, if you didnt know whether you would volunteer for a candidate yet this year. if you would volunteer to door knock or do some get out the vote work. if you havent committed to voting for sure yourself this year, this year your vote will really matter. this is...

border security which republicans have insisted be added to the package, zelensky met with top lawmakers including the brand-new house speaker, mike johnson, many republican holdout to meet with zelensky say a deal remains unlikely, lets go straight to mj lee who was at the white house, what are we expecting here on the two leaders beyond just a pitch to get this money from congress to ukraine? >> jake, this press conference obviously has been quite delayed but we did just see the ukra...

Built bridge to crimea. crimea, of course, another part of ukraine that russia took over several years ago. the attacks by russia today were not carried out by russian troops making ground advances. the ukrainian military has been pushing russian forces back and retaking the parts of ukraine that russia had invaded. what happened today all over ukraine including in the capital city, in western ukraine far from the front lines. what happened today were these long-range russian air strikes on popu...

Any kind of ground advances are being stopped. the stories that ive seen today are absolutely amazing, in terms of. shooting down paratroopers before they land on the ground. we desperately need air support we desperately need a no-fly zone in this country appeared we are asking americans help us with that. but you know what, if we get a no-fly zone, we will be able to handle things on our own over here. because these russians have absolutely no chance of doing anything in this country. >> marth...

>> its surprising the degree that russia is struggling. the second big ground day. two major night attacks with air power. their air power program hasnt been anywhere year as effective as you would expect it to be. they still stunninglily have not taken down the ukrainian air force in terms of their infrastructure. they are still knocking russian airplanes out. and ground advances are struggling and the air campaign is tied to that. they have not taken out ukraines total air force, they have not...

Front that, yes, were talking. yes, we understand. yes, were going to negotiate over this and that. but i know from my own time here with the osc -- i was here in 2014, 2015. we had multiple talks with the russian-backed thugs in donetsk and representatives from moscow. each time a cease-fire was negotiated, it was broken shortly afterwards. theres a pattern of lying and deceit on the russian side, and i dont think we should expect anything less right now. >> its a bit of a different situation o...

So no matter where we will end up, i will have a candle to light. >> reporter: rosa flores, cnn, orlando, florida. so much -- so much heartbreak. if you would like to help people in ukraine who may be in need of shelter, food, and water, go to cnn.com/impact. at last check, cnn viewers have helped raise nearly $5 million to help in ukraine and neighboring countries with all those basic and immediate needs. now, we are following all the breaking developments here in ukraine where russia is st...

And south eastern parts of the country? does it appear russians are using more crude weapons because they are frustrated in their ground advances? >> yes indeed. theres no doubt. every analyst would now agree. the russian attack has stalled and badly. and they didnt expect to be stopped. when they entered. whats the fourth week of this war. according to were looking at some sort of modern siege tactics. they decide what theyre going to do about the cities. many times previously the best hope for...