people. for undefeated tennessee, that s a well-earned spot. they are not alone. no, this is going to be tough. georgia s got a 25-year-old sort of veteran quarterback if you can say that at 25. the two teams are easily matched. it will be a great game. we absolutely will. carolyn, thank you for that. thank you for letting me spend time with you. early start. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. don lemon here alongside poppy harlow and kaitlan collins. it is wednesday morning. we re excited to be here, thank you for starting your day with us. we have a lot of big news. a big day for the economy and president biden s political fate as the fed makes a overmajor decision days from the midterms. and news on the attack of nancy pelosi s husband. we ll take you live this morning to san francisco with the details. it s called a real life house of cards inside the kremlin. why russian mercenaries are fighting for power as putin s military in ukr
the current political mood. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start with a special report from ukraine as russia has again targeted ukraine s energy infrastructure in a wave of missile strikes across the country including the capital kyiv where the mayor says four out of five people have been without running water. ukraine says russia fired at least 50 missiles but it was able to shoot most of them down. our international editor jeremy bowen has spent the last week travelling through ukraine from the front line battlefields of the donbas, to the villages in kherson, where some of russia s best troops are concentrated to try to stop the ukrainian offensive. his report contains some deeply distressing details. for ukrainians, this is a fight for national survival. the hardest test any nation can face. it upends every life. it has ended the lives of thousands. this is bakhmut, under heavy shelling. at the moment, the centre of the artillery wa
that s raised questions among u.s. officials whether or not because his military is faltering he d result to the use of nuclear weapons. what s happening because of the russian war heightens what this means for everyone. let s talk about what s happening in other places because it affects what s happening here. what s happening in russia and brazil. he lost the election but not clear whether brazil s president plans to leave office. jair bolsonaro hasn t conceded or congratulated the winner. so joining us now the cohost of newsroom, max foster and bianca nobilo. why isn t he conceding? reporter: he hasn t contested it. we know during the election
brazil s president, jair bolsonaro, has yet to accept defeat in sunday s presidential election, despite several of his political allies acknowledging the victory of the left wing challenger, luiz inacio lula da silva. in his victory speech, lula pledged to clamp down on illegal logging and mining that have driven the surging deforestation of the amazon over the past four years. for more on this, i am joined now by mark langevin in washington. he is director of brazilworks, an advisory and analysis firm. hello to you. good morning. first of all we should mention jair bolsonaro hasn t do you expect him to? it jair bolsonaro hasn t do you expect him to? expect him to? it has been 24-hour expect him to? it has been 24-hour and expect him to? it has been 24-hour and he expect him to? it has been 24-hour and he hasn t - expect him to? it has been i 24-hour and he hasn t uttered expect him to? it has been - 24-hour and he hasn t uttered a 24 hour and he hasn t uttered a word which is s