a deployment in most time tough situations. not the comparison you want to make. >> $25 million makes folks a little out of touch with things. maybe that's what we're watching here. "new day" continues right now. the russians announce an evacuation from a city they have held since the beginning of the ukraine invasion. i'm john berman with brianna keilar. this morning we're hearing from russia's top military commander in ukraine publically declaring problems that russian forces are having in kherson. this is a key southern city they seized just after the beginning of the invasion. the commander appeared to suggest that the russian hold on that city is tenuous at best.

and we've just heard they're evacuating civilians from the line there. >> and russia continues to target critical infrastructure in ukraine, triggering power and water outages. overnight, central ukraine was hit, quote, all night long by russian attacks. also a new round of kamikaze drone strikes. ukraine claiming it shot down 13 drones in the mykolaiv region. clarissa ward is live with the latest. can you tell us what you're hearing happening near kherson? >> reporter: it's an interesting picture. one we didn't expect to see quite this quickly but what appears to be happening is the mass evacuation of civilians to the sort of left bank, if you will, on the dnipro river.

to try to, in the words of russian authorities move these people to safety because there's a huge ukrainian attack anticipated. although ukrainian authorities are saying that's propaganda and they aren't planning any kind of attack, particularly not on civilian infrastructure or tarts. but nonetheless we do start to see the beginning of this civilian evacuation. i think the question everybody is asking, does this now portend a larger troop evacuation? are we going to see russian forces start to withdraw from kherson? that would obviously be hugely significant for a number of reasons, not least because it's the only regional capital they have held since the beginning of the war. so everyone watching very closely and judging by those comments from russia's top general, who used to be in charge, that was his area of operation, kherson, in that

interview he really acknowledged the difficulties and challenges that russian forces have been facing as the ukrainians have carried out a series of counter offensives. so everyone is keeping a close eye on what will happen. >> if you look at a map you can see where kherson is, this is a city that russia had taken back went they had lofty goals of seizing more territory in ukraine. it was a key strategic city and they held or still hold and control some ground in the southern part of the country there. it could be more loss of territory all the way to the border with crimea. i know the russian security council will meet again today with vladimir putin. what do we expect to hear from them, clarissa? >> reporter: the rumor mill is

going wild right now in moscow, john. a lot of speculation as to what might be announced. it's not unusual, obviously the security council meets on a weekly basis. but what's interesting or a little bit unusual is that they asked the federation council that met earlier today to come back again or hang around until after the security council meeting. that could be an indication that the federation council would be asked to ratify or kind of pass any motion or proposal that the security council comes up with. speculation is that potentially it could be a declaration of marshall law. it could be a declaration of further mobilization. but i want to caution people that we really don't know anything until we know exactly what will be said in that meeting. because we've seen this before where there's anticipation there's going to be big news, a big announcement, and then one isn't actually forthcoming. but i think it speaks more broadly to the mood in russia

that there is so much anticipation and for many people a lot of anxiety as to what announcements we might hear later on today from russia's leaders. >> certainly we'll be listening for that. clarissa, i know we've been talking so much about these drones used inside of ukraine. you have some very closeup access. can you tell us about this? >> reporter: yeah. so this was just a very unusual thing to see up close and up front after all the denials that we've heard from russia, yesterday the kremlin spokesperson saying that only russian weapons with russian numbers are being used here in ukraine. the iranians saying we have not been supplying any weapons to the russians. yet we were taken to see an iranian made drone. it's a large drone. bigger than the sort of kamikaze 136s that have been the focus of

allot of attention recently. and essentially the drone works in conjunction with the shaw heads. it's part reconnaissance but can also carry up to four war heads. but what this military officer told us is they're anticipating the iranians are preparing to give the russians another new generation of drones, those capable of carrying five times the amounts of explosives of the shaw head 136 drones. that could be something that has a devastating impact on the battlefield. >> thank you so much for showing us that. it's really important to see. thank you for the report. so this morning, both parties looking at key races across the country, including in key swing states like michigan. but surging inflation and skyrocketing cost of living certainly at the forefront of the campaign discussion. jeff zeleny is live for us this

morning in saginaw, michigan with a look at the races there. jeff? >> reporter: good morning, john. the economy has always been a concern shaping the midterm election races but now it is the primary concern with just 20 days left in this midterm election campaign. it certainly is not the position that democrats wanted to be in as they're trying to hold the control of congress, which is increasingly giving republican optimism about their chances. >> the deal with inflation, you have to reduce costs for the american family while we get through this for sure. >> congressman dan kilde is talking about inflation still three weeks before voters decide whether democrats should retain control of congress. by now, president biden and his fellow democrats hoped that high costs from the spring and summer would have eased. but the fierce economic headwinds seem as strong as ever. >> is it a challenge for us, people tend to hold the party,

the white house responsible for everything. we ask folks to think carefully about what the alternatives are. look at the current condition of the republican party, look at their policies. >> reporter: he's sounding the alarms about the possibility of republicans taking over the house. even as paul young is trying to keep the economy at the center of the race. >> everywhere i go, gas prices, grocery prices -- >> reporter: the battle for congress runs through michigan's eighth district. a battleground in a battleground, voted twice for obama, once for trump and once for biden, one of only 25 counties like this in america. tom roy, a republican who blames biden for gas prices and inflation. >> we can't continue to spend, spend, spend.

it's like a credit card. you can only tap it for so long before it's over the limit. >> reporter: and from a democrat who said there's plenty of blame to go around. >> i want to scream from the mountain tops it's not one guy doing this. >> so don't blame the democrats, the president. >> no. blame corporations and the corporate greed. and yeah, don't blame politics for every single thing that happens in our world. >> reporter: with early voting under way, campaigns are taking final shape. and in michigan, abortion is also on the ballot as voters are asked whether to inshrine the protection of abortion rights into the state constitution. democrats believe it could motivate voters and boost kildee and alyssa slotkin, both of whom made abortion rights central to their campaigns. two years ago, junghe narrowly

losted to slotkin. >> 46 years of kildee in congress comes to an end this november. >> he said he's running to perform economic checks on the biden administration. >> when one party has the white house and two parts of congress it's too extreme. >> reporter: kildee first elected to congress a decade ago after his uncle held a seat for 36 years, implored voters to see it as a choice. >> i don't walk lock step with a political party. but what's the republican brand we're running against? it's a party that's lost its soul, if not its mind. >> reporter: gas prices come up repeatedly in conversations with one voter after another. it's one reason that president biden is announcing he'll be

tapping into the strategic petroleum reserve. but democrats are trying to make the case this is a choice between them and republicans. and again, in michigan, abortion is on the ballot. so we will have our eyes here on saginaw county three weeks from this morning. >> they want this to be a choice election not a referendum on the economy. >> they do. where is the beef? that question asked by the court-appointed special master. ray beyond dearie expressing frustration with the justice department and trump lawyers in the case. what are the two sides hearing from the special master here? >> reporter: where's the beef, he fold that by i need beef. when you think of that, that's judge speak for i don't have enough information here to make a decision. what's happening now is document

by document the special master in the situation is going through the documents, the trump team is making claims to keep them out of the investigation, the justice department wants them in the investigation. and dearie has to make document by document decisions and right now he's not getting enough arguments or details or facts to say yes, this should be part of the investigation or no, there's enough reason to keep it out of the investigation because of a personal claim, an attorney/client claim that trump is trying to make. one of the questions here is it the trump team that's not putting up enough information or is it the justice department? the judge yesterday in this discussion with both sides, he was frustrated with both. but a lot of the burden does fall on the trump team to come up with reasons to keep these documents that were seized at mar-a-lago out of the criminal probe. and so now they're going to continue to get to work. they say they're going to provide more information, they have a month more, can go

through the documents, and judge dearie into december is going to make decisions. >> couldn't be more clear, where's the beef? i need the beef. thank you so much for that. >> there will be beef production there no doubt. today former president, donald trump, scheduled to be deposed in the defamation lawsuit brought by e. jean carol. she accused him of sexual assault. cara joins me now. what do we expect to hear from donald trump today? >> the deposition is taking place behind closed doors so unless he says something we won't know what he's answered or was asked or said in response. carol first sued trump in 2019 for defamation when he denied her claim for rape. he went beyond it and said she wasn't his type and made it up to boost sales for her book. a federal judge said trump was

making too much efforts to delay this, no need for trump to run out the clock noting they're both already in their 70s. today will be the day trump had the deposition, carol gave hers last week? >> what are the next legal steps for carol and trump here? >> this case has been so interesting because it's working its way through the system. we're waiting for an appeals court to rule. if the appeals court rules in trump's favor, game over he will have won this case. but a federal judge said we're not going to wait for that, we're moving ahead. carol just recently informed the judge and trump that she intends to sue him under new york state law that allows them to sue civilly years after the encounter. she feed up when the law goes into effect next month she's going to file the lawsuit. the judge said another reason

for this deposition to take place. >> this is a defamation case today but there could be a civil assault case in the months ahead. >> that's right. >> thank you very much. a big setback for special council john durham who spent more than three years looking for misconduct in the justice department's probe in the links between russia and the 2016 trump campaign. a russian expat who provided the material for the anti-trump dossier was acquitted after a week-long trial. why is this significant? former president trump promised his followers that john durham was going to uncover the crime of the century. last month trump spoke at a campaign rally for jd vance where he promised durham had something big. >> just this week it was revealed that i governor

denchanko i think that's a foreign name, the one who ridiculoused the lies in the phony steele dossier, it was phony. i hope they make a big deal out of this, not sweep it under the carpet. it's one of the biggest stories in 50 years. >> that's not the case after three and a half years of durham investigating. durham has faced many setbacks, at the very start the case was almost thrown out by a judge. later tdurham's own witnesses turned against him. and late last week a judge threw out one of the five counts of lying to the fbi. and then yesterday the jury returned not guilty verdicts on the remain charges which lawyers celebrated immediately following the verdict. >> so we've known all along that he was innocent. we're happy now that the american public knows that as

well. we thank these jurors for their hard work and deliberation in reaching the right result. that's all we have at this time. >> this isn't the first time that special council durham went to trial and walked out with defeat. earlier this year, a former lawyer to hillary clinton's campaign was also found not guilty. and susman wasted no time in declaring his win against durham. >> i have a few thoughts to share now that the trial has ended. first, i told the truth to the fbi and the jury clearly recognized that with their unanimous verdict today. i'm grateful to the members of the jury for their careful and thoughtful service. i'm relieved that justice ultimately prevailed in my case. >> in total two cases of durham's have gone to trial. both have ended in acquittal. after more than three years looking for misconduct, durham

has secured one conviction and that's the guilty plea of a lower level fbi lawyer who got probation for altering one email about a search warrant. so he's wrapping up his investigation and will be giving a report to the biden doj so it's tbd how much of the report will be revealed. this morning, video shows officers element apologetic for arresting voters. it was part of a crackdown by ron desantis on supposed voter fraud. leyla santiago is live for us in miami. what's going on? >> reporter: i've spoken to two of the individuals who were arrested as part of this crackdown. they told me they thought they were voting legally. they had no intention of doing anything illegal.

they thought they could vote because the state issued them a voter id card. governor ron desantis called this crackdown as a justice to ensure election security. but his critics calling this a political stunt. >> we have a warrant for your arrest. >> for what? >> voter fraud. >> reporter: newly obtained body camera video shows police officers arresting ramona only ver for allegedly voting illegally in the 2020 election. >> i know you're caught off guard but that's how this works. >> what the -- >> all right. i voted but i ain't commit no fraud. >> that's the thing, i don't know exactly what happened with it. but you do have a warrant, and that's what it's for. >> the video first reported by

the tampa bay time provide a glimpse in a statewide operation in florida to clamp down on voter charge. >> they're in the process of arresting 20 individuals across the state for voter fraud. these folks voted illegally in this case and there's other ground for prosecution in the future. they are disqualified from voting because they've been convicted of either murder or sexual assault. >> oliver is a convicted felony, she served 20 years for second degree murder according to her attorney. her attorney told cnn oliver was approached on a bus stop by someone registering voters she told them she was a felony. the person then told oliver, she could fill out the form and is if she was eligible she'd get a card. he said oliver later received the card in the mail and

therefore thought she was eligible to vote. >> like i said, i don't know what happened. all i know is you have a warrant. all it does is say you have a warrant and i have to go arrest you. >> her attorney said, quote, she served her time and got out and got out around the time amendment four was passed. her understanding what that felons had their rights restored. she pleaded not guilty and has a trial set for november. these were the first arrest by the newly formed office of elections crime and securities, which was an agency to probe irregularities. almost immediately, questions surfaced about whether the individual knew they were violating the law by voting. wplg spoke to one of the individuals arrested, ronald miller. >> i got it out the mailbox

thinking my rights were restored as the guy told me when i filled the paperwork out. >> reporter: a convicted felon also said he received a voter id card in the mail and was arrested in august for allegedly violating the state's voting laws. >> like this, my house surrounded. >> reporter: and john, here's something important to note. here in the state of florida, state law requires the state to notify local election officials if a voter is convicted of a felony or not eligible to vote. in the five counties where the arrest took place, the local election supervisor tell them the state did not inform them these voters were not eligible. >> terrific report. seems like people caught in the middle here. more reporting to come i am sure. thank you so much for that. next, arkansas governor asa

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the clock is ticking with election day less than three weeks away now. nearly 2 1/2 million americans have cast their ballots in the midterm elections. democrats driving abortion rights as an important issue. republicans bringing the focus back to the economy and inflation. let's discuss this now with republican governor asa hutchinson of arkansas. sir, thank you so much for being with us. i know you're watching what your party is doing. you always have constructive criticism. so i wonder what you think these republican candidates should be doing that they're not doing. >> i think what you've seen is a shift of the republican candidates into really talking about the issues that you just identified of inflation, violent crime, those things that are

impacting our families. and as a result you're seeing that there's some momentum on the republican side. i'm more optimistic now than i was three months ago. so today we're focussing on that as well with our idea summit, three weeks out from the election. we've got to be talking about ideas that make a difference in people's lives. ideas that make leading in foreign policy or whether that is dealing with inflation and crime, border security. this is what people care about when we talk about that. we move up in the polls. >> yes, you are hosting this event today in arkansas. you have cande rice, the keynote there. i want to talk about that in a moment. i want to get your perspective on the georgia race, which is so key to see if republicans can change the balance of power in both chambers of congress. in the georgia race versus herschel walker versus raphael

warnock. it's been reported that herschel walker paid for his former girlfriend's abortion, he denies this. do you believe his denials? >> i think in this day and time you take his denial, you take people willing to accept him for what he is right now, in terms of what he believes, what he wants to do for georgia, this is a critical race. i do believe that herschel walker ought to be elected united states senate because that's the best option for our country in the future. this is a decision that people of georgia makes. my wife is from atlanta, so i have some connections there. and i think it's obviously going to be tight. but i believe that herschel walker could make a defining difference in terms of the control of the senate and the checks and balance on this administration. >> why do you believe his denial? >> i think you -- whatever you look at a candidate for office, you have to look at the facts

but you also have to look at their sincerity, what they believe, and are they being genuine. those are judgments the voters of georgia make. i haven't talked to hershel personally, i take what he says at face value and the people are going to have to judge that. but i think it's too important of a race simply to take what happened in the past and say, that's going to define his future. i think the people of georgia will look more deeply than that into him and make a judgment on it. >> so i mean, i just want to be clear here, it sounds like you may -- when you talk about what's happened in his past, are you leaving then open the possibility that this report is true? but that you're saying that it's in the past? >> there's two things, first of all, i don't know the specifics of the facts.

i don't know the back and forth. i haven't talked to any of the witnesses. i don't know those level of details. i don't know that anybody knows that. secondly, hershel does indicate he's a different man than he was in the past and learned from a lot of mistakes. so people evaluate your heart, your character, based upon what people are saying, but also what he's saying and how he's saying it. and the level of credibility and trust. elections are about trust. and who are they going to trust to represent georgia is going to be the current senator, who's going to join in taking a the country left, or is going to look at herschel walker, and say that he's the right one to lead our current and make a difference in the senate. and so, i give him the benefit of the doubt. let's see on election day as to whether the voters do. >> so governor, as you mentioned, you are hosting this

summit there in arkansas, the america leads summit. it's a conservative idea summit and you have condoleezza rice, a supporter of ukraine and america's support for ukraine. this is coming as kevin mccarthy, who could be speaker of the house if republicans are to win the house, has thrown into doubt whether a republican house majority would continue to fund military aid to ukraine. what do you think about that? do you think that's a mistake? that he is saying that, that he is raising that? >> well, kevin mccarthy is reflecting some of the discussions among the republican members of congress. i think that would be a mistake to withdraw funding for ukraine in this extraordinary fight

against russia and russian's aggression against a sovereign territory of ukraine. i'm very much supportive of ukraine. i believe they're fighting a battle that helps reflect a free europe, and that's a reason that nato and the european countries are united together in opposition and in support of ukraine. today we're going to hear from not just condoleezza rice, who is a supporter as you said of ukraine but also a national security panel that's going to look at this more deeply and our relationship with china and what happens in ukraine against russia impacts our relationship across the globe, in terms of whether the united states is going to be in the leadership position that we usually are. and where it can make a difference for the free people of ukraine. >> governor, thank you so much for taking time to speak with us this morning. we really appreciate it.

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so millions of americans could be in line for some big tax savings next year. the irs plans to make its largest adjustment to deductions in 37 years because of inflation. the highest inflation in 40 years means big changes at tax time. the irs making the largest change to the deduction since it began cost of living adjustments during the reagan administration. this means lower tax rates for some in 2023. the deduction for married couples rises to $27,700 for single it's $13,850. and the irs will adjust income

levels for the seven tax brackets raising from 10 to 37%. it applies to individual income of $578,000 and $693,000 for married couples. the irs raising the contribution of flexible spending accounts by $200 and raising the estate tax and annual gift tax limits. i see christine romans standing there. she can help explain it more. basically what's happening here is the amount that you will be taxed up and down the tax rate -- >> that's right. >> -- you're going to get to keep some more of your money because cost is going up in other areas. >> this is all about inflation. taxes are based on there's a cost of living adjustment, so they're going to change the thresholds for your tax -- all seven tax brackets and also raise the standard deduction. especially at the top end of the

food chain that means the top bracket it's about $40,000 of income taxed at a lower rate, 35% instead of 37%. so that saves some money up there. but also how much money you can give away for gifts and the estate tax also those will be adjusted as well. because inflation has just been so rampant and so meaningful to so many family budgets at tax time there will be changes there. >> you get to keep more of your money but you need it how much the costs are going up. >> you have no idea how excited i was to see you just now. thank you for being here. vladimir putin meeting with his security council this morning. this as russian officials announce setbacks in a key city they've occupied since the beginning of the invasion. and president biden tapping oil reserves as he takes aim at gas prices. we'll speak to an administration official next.

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today president biden is expected to announce the sale of 15 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve, that's in addition to the 165 million barrels released since march. the sale of oil from the reserve is part of the white house plan to lower gas prices which have become a major concern for many americans just weeks before the upcoming midterm elections. with us is the senior adviser for global energy security. thank you for being with us this morning from the white house. i understand this 15 million barrels is part of the initial tranche that was announced. but in this announcement you were also saying it's possible there could be an even further release later on down the line. what will the metric be to determine whether to release even more. >> good morning, it's good to be back with you.

yes, the president has been committed since the beginning of the war in ukraine since russia invaded ukraine and caused a continued spike in energy prices to bring down prices specifically for consumers at home and around the world and to strengthen the american economy. and to that end, the actions that he's taken over the summer took us from a peak of over $120 for oil and today we're down at about $83. so almost $40 over the last period of months. and most importantly gasoline prices in the united states peaked over $5 a gallon, today they're back down. we're seeing again declines down to just over three and a half dollars. so we'll continue to take those steps. the steps today the president announcing 15 million more barrels released and if necessary -- look, the russians have clearly stated we can't be sure what they're going to do

next and we have some measures coming into place in europe over the next several months. so the president is going to keep a careful eye and announcing today whatever we're doing today could continue and see additional spr releases if necessary. >> i'm trying to figure out what makes it necessary? is it gas rising above $4 a gallon, oil prices rising above $120? what can you tell us there? >> you make a good point. it's a combination of things. if there are international actions that are taken that cause a spike in oil prices, which translate into gasoline and diesel and heating oil prices right away. that's what we're trying to stave off and that would be the metric. i can't tell you hypothetically what's going to happen. i think most importantly what we want to see happen, the president announcing more than a release from spr today. the president is also going to

be announcing that we are going to replenish the spr, we're going to buy back the oil that we sold at about $100 and buy back when prices go down to about $70. that's critical. that's what the industry in the united states needs to know, in order to invest today in increasing production. so we want to see, as companies actually increasing production today. >> when will that happen? you say 67 to $72 a barrel is the target. what if it doesn't get to that point? this is not a bottomless pit for the strategic petroleum reserve, what if prices don't go there in the next six months. >> we're asking the industry today, tomorrow, to start increasing production to start investing. they made enormous amount of profits we're not against profits but they've made a lot of profits over the last several months. and what we're asking for is they increase production now. the spr, as you said, we have over 400 million barrels.

that's a lot of barrels. we're going to use them if we need to. we're asking the industry to increase right now so private sector barrels can come into the market. that's not necessarily the role of the spr. but the price doesn't have to go down. by telling the industry we're going to buy it at $70 or so. that means they're guaranteed that their investments will be profitable no matter what. >> understood. >> so putting that price for them to invest today. >> in terms of production, when you're talking about increased domestic production and you're talking about increased refinery capacity. i bring it up because you're critical for saudi arabia and opec plus for cutting. the saudi minister of state said, don't look at us -- this is what he's saying. he's saying it's not our fault that your gas prices are rising. this is what he blames. listen.

>> the idea that saudi arabia would do this to harm the u.s. or be any way politically involved is absolutely not correct at all. the reason you have high prices in the united states is because you have a refining shortage that's been in for more than 20 years. you haven't built refineries in decades. >> i saw you laughing as that was introduced, why? >> they did just announce a 2 million barrel cut. i'm not here to talk about what they're doing. we're here to talk about what we're going to do to strengthen the american economy and continue to bring down prices for consumers. the reality is when oil prices go up, prices for gasoline goes up, when oil prices go that had some accidents in them and they were down which caused some prices to go up in certain parts of the country. we follow these things very

carefully. we want to make sure consumers have lower prices. today the difference between the price at the pump for a regular american trying to fill up their car is too high. the gasoline price for those who sell the gasoline, for the retailers, that gap between what they -- what their profit gap is too high. it's higher than the norm historic average. we want energy companies to bring the prices down. we think they can bring them down now based on where the price of oil is and the wholesale price of gasoline. i think we should see prices come down for consumers. they're coming down over the last several days. the president wants the prices to come down even further and faster. he'll take whatever action necessary in order to make sure that consumers don't have to pay the price for wars happening in europe, for russia's and putin's actions in ukraine.

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letter to kanye west. he claimed that george floyd was killed by a fentanyl overdose despite the medical examiner saying he died as a result of derek chauvin kneeling on his neck. the attorneys say they do intend to file a $250 million lawsuit claiming intentional infliction of emotional distress. the mayor of el paso, texas, says the white house asked him not to declare a state of emergency over the influx of migrants at the border. he added he didn't think it was necessary himself at the time. the city has seen a spike in border crossers in recent months. joining us now is priscilla alvarez. what have you learned? >> this boils down to the federal government telling the city of el paso that they were going to continue to provide

federal funds when the city was considering a state of emergency. the mayor said in a public meeting the white house asked him not to declare a state of emergency. he said he agreed with that and didn't recommend it at the time. the white house confirmed there were discussions. they said there was no request but they would stand by el paso. brianna, this conversations happen often between the federal government and border cities. that has been the case in el paso where thousands of venezuelan migrants have fled to that city. the mayor said he does not, quote, bow to pressure and said it's critical to work with the federal government and regional leaders when facing a humanitarian crisis of this level. he added the federal government has worked closely with him as he's raised these challenges. the administration last week announced they'll turning

venezuelan migrants back to mexico. they say it's going to drive down numbers. the city has said they noticed numbers have subsided and they don't intend to declare an emergency. >> critics are going to say it's the white house not wanting bad press. are you hearing this from other mayors? is it weird that the white house would say this to a mayor or is this -- is this normal? what have you learned? >> it's common for these conversations to happen. the government is providing federal funds to these cities. there's often a dialogue about whether a city is going to announce a state of emergency so they can shore up their own resources within their cities and counties. we've seen counties issue disaster declarations. just this month new york city's mayor adams issued a state of emergency. it's common to see this. those conversations are always

happening. at this point, there's nothing unusual about the white house having discussed this with el paso. >> thank you so much for that report. "new day" continues right now. >> i'm brianna keilar with john berman on "new day." with three weeks left until the midterms democrats and republicans are trying to get their messaging right. a cnn exclusive, bob woodward will be releasing eight hours of his raw interviews with former president trump in a new audio book coming out next week. we'll play you some of those conversations. russian president vladimir putin announces martial law in territory that russia has seized in ukraine. the climate crisis has wrecked part of the u.s. in terms of wildfires and drought, now the treasury department is releasing