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it's the top of the hour on cnn news room. it's good to have you. i'm 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 putin's 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 how to boost ukraine's air defense systems. ukraine is facing a third day of intensified air ass...

i'm sure a lot of people are having fun. i am tied to. >> i'm ashley strohmier import carley shimkus and a lot of people don't say white. jackie is in white. you are kind of in white. >> todd: ashley, i wear a white shirt every single day on air, so i ignore the don't wear white after labor day. that is my jam and what i do. a story to begin the newscast, really tough stuff. >> ashley: we turn to a desperate search to find a kidnapped billionaire artist takes a new turn as suspected doctor refuses to talk. >> todd: a judge sets bail for the accused doctor with $500,000 as the police ...

17 days away, president biden pulling out all the stops to try and keep democrats from losing their jobs. good morning, everyone. glad to have you on what plans to be a very busy news weekend. we're going to be seeing a lot of candidates everywhere, debating, meeting and pumping the flesh and getting ready to see whether in these next 17 days history itself can be changed and it can alter what's been happening in so many place abroad. right to it with kelly o'grady on all of those ceos warning of turbulence ahead pretty much everywhere. >> reporter: yeah. right now it's not a good si...

>> stunning admission? >> did we know? >> no. >> people lost their job and live livelihood. >> high to right. and to the wall. it's out of here, yankee dugout loving it. >> ainsley: fox news alert, five police officers shot in two separate incidentss in illinois and pennsylvania. >> brian: three males in custody after three swat officers were hit by gunfire while serving hom homicide arrest warrant. >> two police officers and one suspect in illinois shot during a traffic stop early this wednesday morning, rushed to the hospital and the investigation is ongoing. we'll have a live repo...

federal reserve. >> bill: that is only more bad news for americans trying to pay for gas and groceries. it comes after opec slashed oil production. the economy seen as the achilles heel for democrats in november. the president now admitting there may be more pain on the horizon to come. >> should the american people prepare for a recession? >> president biden: i don't think it will be a recession, if there is one a very slight one. >> aishah hosley live from the state department and we'll begin with edward lawrence on the north lawn of the white house. >> we hear the beep, beep, beep...