united states and around the world. i m max foster in london. just ahead. those extremists that he runs around with, they just want to stoke this racial violence. we re tired of it. you re so desperate to have a job, it s days graceful. what impact does it have on the psyche of the people of kyiv that there are kamikaze drones attacking your capitol. everyone is so angry. everyone wanted to defend their families and hometown. he was on a mission to kill. he was out hunting. the suspect rein of terror has come to an end. live from london. this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it s the 18th. it s 3 minutes away from the critical mid terms who controls congress. it s now underway. the u.s. senate and governor. and the new cnn poll. and it s a generic. it s holding. it s held in the u.s. senate races. trump-backed republican j.d. vance. their opponents have divisive party leaders. they made the inflation crisis we ve been seeing over the last few months if he hadn t
candidate who doesn t want to commit. the lead starts rile now. with just over three weeks to go to the midterms, early voting begins in a key state that entire country is watching. herschel walker with a new admission today and the republican who wants to be arizona s next governor indicates she might not be interested in the actual results. plus, kamikaze terror, kyiv comes under attack from drones that russia is getting from iran. a pregnant woman killed. could this change how the u.s. gives support to ukraine. and stopped on a mission to kill. a serial killer suspect in california arrested, what ware learning today about his past and how the police finally got him. hello and welcome to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper and we begin with our politics lead. the latest poll of polls shows democrats and republicans in a dead heat for control of the house of representatives. early voting kicked off today in the critical swing state of georgia. democratic s
truly chilling firsthand look at the destruction caused by russia s increasing use of kamikaze drones against civilian targets in ukraine. cnn s chief international correspondent, clarissa ward, is joining us from kyiv. tell us about what you ve actually seen on the streets of the capital city there. reporter: well, scenes of absolute destruction, devastation, people fearful. people dying and tonight, another impassioned plea from the president here, volodymyr zelenskyy saying in a 12-hour span, wolf, more than 30 of these iranian made 136 so-called kamikaze drones were intercepted as well as several cruise missiles. essentially, zelenskyy begging the international community to give ukraine more sophisticated and more substantial anti aircraft weaponry to protect itself. take a look. a policeman takes aim at the kamikaze drone as it bears down on kyiv. nick nicknamed mopeds in ukraine because of their whine, 28 were launched toward the city on monday. the majority are succe
against parliament in just a few hours. and in california, authorities have ordered evacuations as wildfires tear across the state, already struggling with power outages and droughts. life from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemarie church. thank you for joining us. cormack we begin with new details of the ice search of donald trump s mar-a-lago research. we know from court filings and that now famous picture that agents recovered classified and top-secret document. here s what the washington post is reporting. we learned that when the fbi conducted a search on august 8th, obviously, there are two court documents describing a lot of classified material that was taken. we are told that one of the things found in the course of that search was a document that described a foreign government military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities. obviously, that was a cause for some concern, although there is a lot of material in this trench of stuff that they search
my name is giovanni destefano. i m a lawyer, best known as the divot devils advocate. i have defended the indefensible, from salem hussein to charles manson. clients that i deal with you don t want to good, person they want a person who they believe has gotten away with something. if i committed anything that the media had alleged drug, i would not be a free man. am i going to be condemned and convicted? on a television program? devil s advocate, mr. murder, call him what you will the who s who of the criminal world. giovanni destefano is one of the attorneys representing saddam hussein. mr. de stefano, good morning to you. good morning. committed the most serious of criminal offenses. you know, i don t personally know what. do you believe that? i really don t care. i don t live in a fantasy land. the legal world of london is a bit of a village really. very elitist. the judges and lawyers come from the same chambers. they ve been school toget