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confronted and killed the gunman. as for how she viewed herb responsibilities that day, how she saw her duty to protect the children inside, listen to this moment from shimons report, as captured on video of her outside the school that morning. >> reporter: an officer asked her children attend robb elementary. elizondos response -- >> my son is in day care. he is not old enough. yeah, no. if my son had been in there, i would not have been outside, i promise you that. >> "my son had bee...

im not going to bite down. the stakes are way, way too high. >> i think every republican knew there was baggage out there. the weight of that baggage is starting to feel a little closer to unbearable. >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster. its friday, october 7th, 9 a.m. here in london, 4 a.m. on the east coast of the united states where we start in new york. thats where u.s. president joe biden gave a stark warning about nuclear talk coming out of ru...

the russian leader. democrat saying we have not face the prospect of armageddon since kennedy and the missile crisis. i dont think theres an ability to use a nuclear weapon and not end up with armageddon. >> look what you just heard from the president, this is stark language. you do not normally hear this from u.s. presidents. not now. and it comes as the u.s. considers how to response to a range of potential scenarios. >> for more lets bring in jeremy diamond. has there been any escal...

kennedy and the cuban missile crisis. what is putins off ramp? where does he find a way out? where does he find himself where he does not lose face but significant power? his military is, you might say, significantly underperforming. cnns fred pleitgen is in kyiv. fred, significantly under performing. there are voices inside russia saying the same thing right now. >> reporter: there certainly are. i think those voices are growing. weve also seen a lot of in fighting, if you will, betwe...

soon as december. and herschel walker now says hes not backing down despite the abortion scandal rocking his campaign. ma maggie haberman joins me this hour on donald trumps decision to back walker despite his checkered past. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." lets begin our coverage in ukraine where a furious counteroffensive is now sweeping russian troops out of territory. moscow has held for months. cnn is your national security editor. nick paton walsh is joining us li...

And making a series of accusations against him. >> ive always loved him. >> reporter: with a little over a month until the midterms and locked in a tight race against raphael warnock, republicans facing questions about the path to victory after the latest revelations. >> i think every republican knew there was baggage out there but the weight of the baggage is feeling closer to unbearable at this point. >> reporter: the former nfl star brushing aside those concerns. >> people told me i couldnt p...

>> this here, abortion claim, is false, its a lie. >> reporter: cnn has not independently verified the allegations reported by "the daily beast." earlier today he appeared on a radio station to defend himself. >> if it happened, i would have said it. >> im done. dont lie. >> reporter: walker was asked about his sons comments calling his father a liar and making a series of accusations against him. >> i will always love him no matter what my son says. >> reporter: with a little over a month until...

Verified the allegations reported by t"the daily beast." >> im done. dont lie. >> walker also asked about his son krchristians comments this week calling him a liar. >> ill always love him no matter what my son says. >> with a little over a month until the midterms and locked in a tight race against rafael warnock, republicans facing questions about walkers path to victory after the latest revelations. >> i think every republican knew there was baggage out there, but the weight of it is starting...