it comes as new figures show the task in hand with the price of some household basics soaring. tonight with the context, anand menon, director of the think tank uk in a changing europe and jack blanchard, the uk editor for politico. welcome. rishi sunak has become the uk s third prime minister in seven weeks, saying he ll unite the country, not with words, but with action . he promised stability, integrity, professionalism and accountability. his first day in office began with a trip to buckingham palace to meet the king and formally be invited to form a government. after travelling the short distance to downing street he addressed the nation, emphasing the scale of the economic task ahead and also finding some kind words for liz truss before talking about the problems she left behind. i want to pay tribute to my predecessor, liz truss. she was not wrong to want to improve growth in this country. it is a noble aim. and i admired her restlessness to create change. but some
ready to face-off. cnn is live in pennsylvania for the debate showdown between john fetterman and dr. mehmet oz. also tonight, president biden is warning russia that it would be a serious mistake to use a tactical nuclear weapon, vladimir putin raising new fears about his war plans as moscow doubles down on its disputed claim that ukraine is planning to deploy a dirty bomb. and corporate america turns on kanye west for his antis-semitic remarks. we ll take a closer look at the impact as adidas and the gap cut ties with the controversial rapper also known as yay. welcome to the viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re the situation room. let s get straight to the midterm countdown right now. we re just, what, two weeks, two weeks out from election day. candidates in a slew of pivotal contests preparing to clash in high stakes debates tonight with millions of voters already casting their ballots early. cnn congressional correspondent jes
are warning this winter could be extra hard. not just for covid, but for flu, and now a childhood respiratory virus that s going around. it is an important message and we re going to go to the white house when he begins speaking. speaking of the president and midterms, biden is going to syracuse this week. yes, syracuse, yes, new york. yes, new york, in the last two weeks before the midterms. he s coming here because as blue as new york is, some of the congressional races are looking a little more purple. after a haywire redistricting process, new york has more congressional battlegrounds than nearly any other state in the country. even the democratic campaign chairman is locked in a dead heat, forcing the house campaign arm to spend a lot of money to defend its own chief from republican michael lawler. it s not just malone in westchester. nine of new york s seats from the tip of long up to pew kip see are in play and now the governor s race is tightening. kathy hochul, once
They fail to stand up or condemn the threats to democracy. That was part of President Bidens speech yesterday in arizona focused on the threats to our democracy, the former president and the Maga Movement. Well have much more on his remarks including his most forceful and direct criticisms yet of donald trump. Speaking of the former president , his defense team made a Surprise Move in the Georgia Election interference case. Well explain that, and well have the latest from capitol hill on any last ditch efforts to prevent a Government Shutdown before sundays deadline. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, september 29th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. A busy day, and well begin this morning with President Bidens speech on defending the nations democracy. The president delivered the address in tempe, arizona, to celebrate a Library Being built in honor of the late republican senator, his friend john mccain. It came just one day after the sec