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ukraine. he assumed that he could roll into kyiv. he assumed that ukraine could never mount a counter offensive to retake its sovereign territory in kharkiv and beyond. ladies and gentlemen, if you want to see how mistaken those were, look at the battlefield today. >> there was a new round of missile attacks in ukraine this morning. at least seven people were killed and eight others wounded when russia targeted a market in eastern ukraine in the city of zaporizhzhia and its suburbs wer...

good morning, everyone, inn bianna golodryga. happening right now, west coast swing. this hour president biden departs the white house kicking off a multistate blitz just 27 days from the midterms. in focus this morning the presidents exclusive cnn interview with jake tapper where he sounded off on a number of critical global challenges facing the united states and his administration today, including of course the war in ukraine. president biden calling vladimir putin a rational actor,...

and brett favre insists he is the victim of -- he insists now he is the victim of a smear campaign in mississippi. this is what we are watching at this hour. we begin with cnns exclusive interview with president biden. the president responding for the first time about putins war in ukraine since his warn about a nuclear armageddon. he told jake tapper he doesnt believe the st. putin will actually yew nuclear weapons, but the mistake he believes putin may upon invading ukraine. >> i t...

putin. >> i think he is a rational actor who miscalculated significantly. i dont think there will be a recession. if it is it will be a slight recession. name me a president that has gotten as much done as i have in two years, not a joke. plus the january 6ths argument that donald trump remains a clear and present danger showing new evidence including videotaped accounts from the former presidents words. a sit-down with john fetterman puts a spotlight on his recovery from a stroke....

as russias brutal assault from the sky intensifies. on the front lines ukrainian forces claim five cylvillages h been liberated. no response from russia on this but its whats happening in the air that has ukraine on high alert. fighter jets today patrolling kyiv after news of more russian missile strikes. at a market, suburbs near a nuclear plant, both among putins latest targets. also today reports of arrests now being made after putins prize bridge to crimea was severely damaged a ...

hello. im victor blackwell. welcome to "cnn newsroom." four weeks before the election and cnn has a new poll for what americans think of their government right now. views of joe biden has improved over the summer. its up to 44%, up from 38% in july. but the national outlook on the economy is still bleak. only 22% of americans rate economic conditions as good. most americans have no confidence that biden, congress, really the federal government as a whole, are doing enough to address th...

its the top of the hour on cnn news room. its good to have you. im victor blackwell. president biden just upkdated congress on what his administration sees as the biggest national security threat facing the country. in his new national security strategy, vladimir putins invasion of ukraine is not the top political challenge according to biden. that distinction goes to china. russia was however at the heart of a key global meeting. there was a meeting with 50 other defense ministers on ...

we start with the breaking news. a jury has just awarded nearly $1 billion in damages to sandy hook elementary families and an fbi agent in the connecticut defamation trial against alex jones. eight families and a first responder sued the far right conspiracy theer orists for the lies he told. this is the second of three against jones, concerning the sandy hook massacre, comes after a texas jury decided in august that jones and his company should pay nearly $50 million. the connecticut...

the justice department is considering its next steps after a federal judge today granted former president trumps request for that independent special master. judge aileen cannon who trump nominated to the bench said a third party is needed to review the items that the fbi seized from mar-a-lago. the doj is looking into whether the former president improperly kept classified and top secret documents at his florida estate. joins me now is cnns sara murray and cara skinnal. walk us throug...

is. welcome to this special edition of "the lead." im kaitlan collins in for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and a major victory for donald trump for now. a judge has now granted his request for a special master, allowing a third party attorney to come in and review the documents seized from mar-a-lago last month. the judge cited senchlg reasons for her decision, including the potential stigma that donald trump faces after the search plus what she calls, quote, swirling ...