300,000 additional troops will be called up to fight. this comes as russia has suffered ahumiliating losses to ukraine with troops retreating from territory. putin used his most direct language to date regarding the possible use of nuclear weapons. translator: this is not a bluff. the citizens of russia can be sure that the territorial integrity of our homeland, our independence and freedom will be ensured. those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the prevailing winds can turn in their direction. the comments come across the backdrop of the u.n. general assembly here in new york. president biden set to speak just hours for now, as multiple kremlin backed authorities announced referendums on joining russia this week. ukraine and its allies dismissed the moves as a sham driven by fear of defeat. i want to bring in kylie atwood here in new york, nick paton walsh is live in ukraine for us. this speech we thought it was going to happen yesterday, i
i m poppy harlow. and i m jim scuitto, live from the united nations, where minutes from now president biden will deliver his global address. hanging over this assembly are new and alarming threa from russia. a major public escalation in the war in ukraine, as world leaders meet here at the u.n. this is a harrowing time for ukraine, for europe and the wo world. president putin announced he s calling up 300,000 reservists. he also said he s not bluffing. let s begin on the ground in ukraine. nick paton walsh is in the eastern ukraine. this is not the first time the russian president has threatened nuclear weapons. ukraine would be the center of this, what s the reaction. reporter: there always have deep concerns, but also a reality is setting in, possibly a leader in defeat and possibly using rhetoric where he doesn t have capacity, but it doesn t reduce the fear this was essentially response there have been none, but also key one of the words he said was using the
it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. today the attorney general accused donald trump, his family and organization of a pattern of fraud and deception that was, her word, astounding. letitia james is suing the former president for $250 million, alleging fraud that spanned years before he entered the white house. also named in the suit, three of trump s adult children and two executives of the trump organization. they re all accused of inflating or deflating assets for their gain. over the course of our investigation we found that mr. trump, his children, the trump organization, created and used more than 200 false and misleading asset valuations on a statement of financial condition over that ten-year period. here s just one case cited in the 200 plus page lawsuit. ag james said trump claimed his florida estate was worth $739 million, when it was only worth $75 million. now she is not only demanding a quarter billion doll
very slowly. that s what happened to puerto rico. this storm was moving at 8 miles per hour. that is in the bottom 10% of forward speed of any hurricane ever as we list them out and that s why they picked up so much rain. that s why there was so much flooding. 32 inches. that s just one town on the south shore where you get the word san juan and it was less than 10. that s the north side. still more rain to come but probably less than a couple of inches. the storm now taking aim at the turks and caicos battering that island nation and on up towards bermuda as we work our way into the rest of the week. it s going to get stronger. this is going to be 140 mile per hour storm. right now the storm surge in the turks and caicos. up towards nova scotia. it won t be that strong. 5 to 8 feet in the low lying islands. they re only 10 feet tall. we ll be watching that. chad, thank you. hurricane fiona gathering speed as you heard chad there. it s climbing over the warm atlantic wa
bermuda before moving out to sea. let s get right to puerto rico. you just got back from touring some of the serious damage with the national guard. what all did you see? reporter: we actually got our first chance to get into the interior part of the island. we went where we could see mud slides were blocking the road and keeping some communities out there isolated so we went in with the national guard as they tried to clean that up. where i am right now, ana, we are in the southern part of the island and the cleanup here continues. take a look at the mud on the van as the cars go by what folks in an area that was completely inundated just a few days ago are dealing with now and that is because of the water. let s talk about the power because that s something that the governor just addressed minutes ago in a press conference. he says that he feels pretty confident that a good chunk of the island will have power by the end of tomorrow. one exception the south where we are ri