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hours from now. after wholesale inflation, a painfully high 8.7%. we thought we saw everything in the game, and a new friend wants to join our party. i know it s an intense playoff game, but i can t help but laugh at this point. ainsley: a picture of vegas. beautiful they are. it s 69 degrees now, it s going to be 92. not a cloud in the sky. gorgeous weather. brian: this trip is where they call it, where kids go to gamble. steve: kids? ainsley: kids? brian: where young men and women go to gamble and celebrate bachelor parties, bachelorette parties. and you can see raider games now. steve: and supposedly they go to that little white chapel to get hitched in the middle the night. this is prime hitchin weather out in las vegas. ainsley: perfect day to get married. brian: do people still go to vegas the same way they use to? steel and i think so. brian: you can t see any people there. steve: well, it s 4:00 in the morning out there. what s v ....
it is wednesday, october 12th. i m christine romans. president biden says he believes russian president vladimir putin is rational. mr. biden said putin s objectives invading ukraine were irrational and a serious misjudgment. do you think putin is a rational actor? i think he is a rational actor who s miscalculated significantly. so if he s not rational no, i didn t say he s not rational. you said the speech. i think his speech, his objectives. i think he thought they would welcome him with open arms. this is home for mother russia and i think he totally miscalculated. cnn s jasmine wright is live in washington. what else did the president have to say about putin and ukraine? reporter: obviously the president warned of catastrophic mistakes and miscalculations. president putin continues to make these nuclear threats. as the u.s. grows more concerned while looking at the escalations happening in ukraine caused by russia. he warns of armageddon. take a l ....
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 were struck overnight. cnn s frederick pk pleitgen is in kyiv. what can you tell us about the new round of russian attacks. reporter: it doesn t seem as though the attacks are letting up in any way, shape or form. throughout the entire night in the ukrainian capital in kyiv, we heard air-raid sirens that kept going on. it seems as though the ukrainians take down most of the missiles shot at the capital. zaporizhzhia hit by russian missiles. the ukrainians interestingly say it was surface-to- ....
hello. i m 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. it s 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 the economy or the other major issues facing the country. cnn political director david tallian is here to break down the new numbers. let s start with the approval rating. 44%, better than july. still not where he wants to be, under water right now. how could this impact the midterms? take us through the numbers. here s the 44%. you d rather be on the uptick than the decline. biden will take this. but it s not necessarily where a president would like to be this close to the midterm elect ....
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 assault from russia which was condemned by the defense ministers for continuing to target civilian facilities. cnn s kaitlan collins is at the white house. kaitlan, you re up first. let s begin with the president and his just released national security strategy. why is china above russia here? reporter: yeah, it might surprise some people given of course, russia s ongoing invasion of ukraine, ....