world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. president biden s ability to help democratic candidates is being tested tonight with just 19 days to go before the high stakes midterm election. cnn national politics reporter, eva, has our midterm countdown. democratic senate nominee, john fetterman, getting a boost tonight. john, thank you very much for running. president biden visiting battleground pennsylvania. appearing alongside the state s lieutenant governor to tout the administration s signature infrastructure law. this law is about more than rebuilding our infrastructure. it s about rebuilding the middle class. something john knows a lot about and talks a lot about. and to fund raise for the democrat who is running in one of the most competitive races in the country against mehmet oz. with the clock ticking toward election day, some campaigns taking a sharper approach like in georgia. for you, herschel walker wants to ban abortion. after weeks
but for putin, displays like this are a go to move to galvanize support. in the that s, they put out propaganda images of him riding a horse shirtless, descending in a small submarine, hiking on a hillside, thoughtfully pondering nature on a fallen tree. we ve seen him in organized hockey games, but one analyst says his strong man act has gotten steal. he just celebrated his 70th birthday and i don t think most russians are taken in by the image of their leaders. i think they are scared of the horribleness of the war in ukraine. they re worried about their family members being sucked into it. now part of the irony of putin managing his image and messaging on the war so carefully observers say is that there have been complaints from russian families that the russian government has not always been good about giving information to the relatives of
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you know, fine about putin. he s a powerful leader, a strong leader. he s represented the country, the way the country is being represented. he s actually got popularity within his country. they respect him as a leader. . a lot of folks are saying, what is he doing here? again, what is he doing here? i think it tells us what we know about donald trump, he can t resist a compliment. he can t resist this kind of flattery no matter who it comes from. we know putin, obviously, not very well liked here. certainly not very well liked among republicans. but they do have something in common, right? not to say donald trump would ride a horse shirtless, but that kind of bravado oh, the mental images, nia. yes, yes, so nice. but that kind of strength and ma masculinity and testosterone is something trump is going after
welcome back to the lead. we ve seen russian president vladimir putin doing a lot of, lets say, unpredictable things. riding a horse shirtless. hunting shirtless. fighting children and judo people, and annexing crimea from ukraine and an amazzing troops at the border for a possible invasion. i thought he couldn t do anything at this point that would surprise me but then today, you showed up in cuba to hang out with the castro brothers. has he found new camaraderies? patrick oppmann joins us from havana. what is putin doing in cuba, at least the official version? reporter: you know, vladimir putin s message couldn t be clearer.