fred pleitgen, cnn, moscow. >>> cnn's selma abd abdelaziz i following the story from london. the power generating facilities, that is according to the head of the country's power grid, what more are you learning about this? >> yes, rosemary. ukrainian officials accusing russia of failing on the battlefield, as you saw in that package from fred pleitgen. the difficulties their soldiers are facing on the front lines. in the absence of a victory on that battlefield, ukrainian officials accusing russia of intentionally targeting its civilian infrastructure of inflicting more and more humanitarian suffering, even far, far from the battlefield. in fact, the world health organization's europe regional director was in kyiv earlier this week to assess the damage, particularly on the power grid. you mentioned there the ukrainian officials saying that a colossal attack last week, over 100 rockets fired have left most of the country's hydroelectric and thermal plants completely destroyed. half of the ukrainian power grid is either damaged or destroyed in these sustained attacks. again, g

live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with rose marie church. >> thanks for bee putting with us, we begin incredible new images out of china as protesters gather across the country in defiance of beijing covid 19 restrictions. some protests like this one in shanghai were peaceful crowds sang the anthem elsewhere crowds called for xi jinping's reviewing nation, they were quick to control the crowds, sunday took a violent turn in shanghai with police dragging people away and loading them into vans. a bbc journalist was among those arrested in shanghai sunday, it's unclear what caused his arrest but this video obtained by rider shows him being dragged to the ground by multiple officers, the journalist has since been released but the bbc said he was beaten, authorities have not made any public statements on the matter so far. >> anger against beijing spread after a deadly fire killed ten people in the province thursday, some people 0 covid measures were the reason firefighters arrived too late to save the victims. in a rare c

i'm crying, i'm shaking, the daughter told cnn. i had just talked to her about buying turkeys for thanksgiving, then his text came in. the mother is still in shock, understandably. but she has been reunited, thankfully with her daughter. walmart has released a statement saying we are shocked at this tragic event at our chesapeake, virginia, store. we're praying for those impacted, the community, and our associates. and we're working closely with law enforcement and we are focused on supporting our associates. well, cnn's brian todd is on his way to the scene. he joins me now by phone. brian, i know you're not there yet. but what more are you learning about this mass shooting at a walmart in chesapeake virginia that's resulted in these multiple fatalities and injuries? and we don't have confirmations on numbers at this juncture. >> right, rosemary, and of course, that's the key information we are waiting to hear from law enforcement. they are indicating that there may not be able to give it to us for maybe a few hours now, at least,

cnn's drew griffin. thanks so much. >>> well, other news we're following for you tonight, sources tell cnn trump adviser kash patel must testify before a grand jury investigating the handling of classified documents at mar-a-lago. a federal judge has granted patel immunity for any information he provides to the investigation. cnn's paula reid has more on this story. so what are you learning about this deal to get patel to testify? clearly doj thinks he's an important person in this. >> reporter: exactly. he is of course one of former president trump's closest advisers. prosecutors believe he has critical information for this investigation. not only is he a former trump administration official, he worked in national security, in defense, he's also one of the people that was designated to deal with the national archives and the justice department as those agencies were trying to get back these classified documents that former president trump took after he left office. now, publicly patel has also insisted

cnn has obtained the call never made public until now. a warning to our viewers, it's painful to hear. we're choosing to play portions of the audio with chloe's parents' approval. >> 911. >> there's a school shooting. >> are you there? are you with officers? >> no. i'm in the classroom. 112. >> 112. >> 112. 112, yes. >> what's your name. >> chlore torres. there's a lot of dead bodies. please. please help. >> you can hear injured people in the room crying out in pain. the dispatcher asks khloe to tell her classmates to stay quiet. she does her best. >> tell them to be quiet. >> in these situations my dad taught me when i was a little girl. please help. some of my teachers are still alive but they're shot. >> less than 12 minutes they sent an urgent message to students. >> that child's information. relay it. >> the child is advising he is in the room full of victims, full of victims at this moment. >> 10-4. can you confirm to see if that shooter is still standing? >> reporter: if active shooter protocol had been followed, this dispatcher sh

we're live in kyiv with the latest. ♪ >>> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom." with laila harrak. >>> donald trump and other republicans are lashing out against the latest move to oversee the criminal investigations he faces. the u.s. justice department has appointed a special counsel to take over two of the most sensitive probes involving the former president. on friday, u.s. attorney general mare rick garland named veteran prosecutor jack smith to take over the mar-a-lago investigation. he'll also handle key elements of the january 6th investigation as they relate to mr. trump. mr. smith has held numerous posts at the justice department and has served as chief prosecutor in a special court in the hague where he investigated war crimes. for more on friday's announcement from the justice department here is cnn's evan perez in washington. >>> attorney general merrick garland appointed war crimes prosecutor jack smith to serve as special counsel to oversee two criminal investigations related to donald trump. now, the decision was triggered in part by the former pr

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the latest from cnn's world weather center. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. >>> first, we are following a developing story out of eastern africa. a commercial aircraft of an unknown number of passengers has crashed into lake victoria in tanzania. the plane was owned by precision air, which said a rescue operation was now underway for possible survivors. the airline said it went down near their airport located on lake victoria's western shore. the president of tanzania has taken to social media to urge calm while rescuers work at the site of the downed plane. the president says that he's saddened to hear of the crash and has sent condolences to those affected. precision air is a tanznian airline and we'll bring you more information as it becomes available. >>> the u.s. is just two days away from an election that will determine the plans of power in congress. on the ballot are all 435 seats in the house, as well as 35 of the senate's 100 positions. now, this year, 36 states are also holding races for governor, which will further shape the p

nic robertson, cnn, ukraine. >> let's bring in jill dougherty, cnn contributor, and put some perspective on what's happening on the ground. she's a former cnn moscow bureau chief and also adjunct professor at university georgetown washington. let's talk about how much of an embarrassment is it for vladimir putin personally this loss of this key city kherson given the region of course was annexed by him? >> yeah, i think definitely it is an embarrassment. there's no question for vladimir putin. but even beyond that, you know, it's a military and a political defeat, especially political. he is the person who really led the charge on this. as you mention that region was annexed by him. and even today, even now the kremlin is still saying it's legally part of russia and nothing is going to change. so the fact the capital of kherson is now held by ukrainians is really an embarrassment. >> is news of russian loss territorial but also particularly young soldiers being killed in great numbers, even described by some in russia as canon fodder. is that getting through to the average russian? i kno

a source tells cnn that the u.s. capitol police first learned about this incident about ten minutes after it happened. an officer was able to see lights and sirens on a live camera feed at the u.s. capitol police command center in washington, d.c. now, in terms of that body worn camera, we understand that the attack was caught on camera and that the pelosis will be able to see it. the san francisco police chief here is crediting the dispatcher on the other end of that 911 call with saving paul pelosi's life. here is what he had to say. >> the dispatcher trying to really figure out and decode what was being said on that call and so she attempted to keep him on the phone in order to do that. i say again i think, you know, her being able to figure that out, along with mr. pelosi's keeping his wits about him. he was heroic and the dispatcher figuring out that there was something more was also heroic. i think that those actions saved his life. >> reporter: now, we've looked through that motion to detain, it was filed by t

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you're watching "cnn newsroom." ♪ >>> welcome back to "cnn newsroom" i'm max foster. you're watching "cnn newsroom." and these are the top stories this hour. authorities are still searching for the motive in this weekend's shooting at an lgbtq nightclub in colorado springs, colorado. at least five people are dead and 25 others injured after gunman opened fire before being stopped by at least two people in the club. >>> in idaho, officials still have no suspect or murder weapon in the murder of four university of idaho students. the fbi is assisting in that investigation. >>> now, we're following new reaction to u.s. attorney general merrick garland's decision to appoint a special counsel to weigh potential charges against donald trump in two federal investigation. house intelligence committee chair adam schiff is hitting back at the former president's suggestion that the move was politically motivated. >> they're still going to say it's political. >> they're still going to say it, but it's the right thing to do. and most particularly, if you ensure that it won't cause

matthew chance, cnn, in bakhmut. eastern ukraine. >> as you saw there, ukraine is denying russia's claims that its forces have bakhmut surrounded. cnn's fred pleitgen joins us from moscow. what do we know about the fighting in bakhmut and explain the strategic importance of the city? >> reporter: strategically important for the ukrainians and russians. one of the things we've seen for months in that place is both sides definitely showing no signs of wanting to back down in that area. for the russian's it's become more important after they've suffered the setbacks in kherson and you can see the russians pouring resources into that place. ukrainians as we saw there in matthew's report, only being able to fight back because they used that modern technology. we ourselves saw that on the front lines about two months ago when we were in bakhmut. so certainly a place where extreme fighting is going on. the other thing we have to keep in mind is the russians are sending some of their most ruthless and most capable forces the

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nadia romero, cnn, atlanta. >> ron brownstein is cnn's senior political analyst and senior editor at the atlantic. he joins me from nashville, tennessee. not on the west coast tonight. good to see you, ron. rick scott was saying in laze october, he said, quote, i think we can get 53, 54, 55 senate seats if the gop wins the house, it will be a handful of seats. what where do the midterms leave the gop as party? >> michael, it's an astonishing result. first of all, there had been very few first-term midterm elections in which the party holding the white house has done as well as democrats did this year. you know, potentially losing as few as seven or eight house seats, and gaining in the senate and gaining in the governorship that is very rare to begin with. i think it is essentially unprecedented that the president's party to do that well while the president himself was facing majority disapproval from the country. only examples we have of anything like this are years of 1934 with fdr. 1962 with jfk after the cuban missile crisis. 1998 with clinton after the impeachment and 2002 with

cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta explains the latest on this active respiratory season. >> it is really incredible video to watch that and to see that baby be revived like that. thankfully, look, situations like that are going to be rare. but there's no question that we're seeing a lot of respiratory illness out there right now. and sometimes it can be challenging for parents, especially of young babies, to know when a child is starting to develop some sort of respiratory distress. the signals can be subtle. so here's a few of them that you should look for. keep in mind that you know your child better than anyone, so if breathing is different, sounds different, looks different, pay attention to that. the breathing is faster, shorter, quick breaths, that's of concern. if they're making unusual noises, as you see there. if there's any signs of blue or purple around the lips, that means they're not getting enough oxygen. again, it can be subtle. leash a couple of things here. sometimes these videos are inst

tiktok did not respond to a cnn request for comment. >>> coming up on "cnn tonight," jake talks with shawn patrick maloney of new york who is in a tight race and late-night host jimmy kimmel tonight at 9:00 eastern here on cnn. our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> happening now, a top house committee chairwoman demands answers from u.s. capitol police

. >>> cnn now predicts democrats will hold onto their control of the u.s. senate for the next two years. a stunning turnaround from the dire predictions of the republican red wave just a week ago. the critical moment came a few hours ago when nevada's senate race was called for democratic incumbent catherine cortez masto. after the milestone was reached, here's what u.s. president joe biden said from the summit in cambodia. >> i think it's a reflection of the quality of our candidates and they're all running on the same program. wasn't anybody who wasn't running on what we did. they're all sticking with it. so i feel good and i'm looking forward to the next couple years. >> now by claiming at least 50 seats, democrats can control the senate with the vice president's casting tiebreaking vote, but the senate majority leader, chuck schumer, says the vote result should send a clear message to republicans. >> and i'm making a plea to my republican colleagues. we can disagree on so many issues. that's fair, but let's not have this kind of divisive negativity. let

this is "cnn newsroom." lights are slowly coming back on in ukraine following massive russian attacks on its power system earlier this week. right now officials say ukraine has about 70% of the electricity it needs, but repairing the damage is an uphill battle as power crews deal with high winds and sub-zero temperatures. the russian strikes knocked out power to much of the country on wednesday. and this image here shows you how it affected some of the most vulnerable people on the ground. ukrainian officials say this girl well to rush to a gas station to recharge her medical breathing device after power went out. president zelenskyy says despite the progress with repairs, more than six million homes and businesses are still without power. cnn's claire sebastian joins me from london. as we saw there, many ukrainians now coping with the effects of these power cuts and winter just starting. >> reporter: yeah. this is exactly how russia had planned it when they began this strategy of using sort of loitering mun

cnn has this exclusive report. we have to warn you, however, that this story, this report contains details of sexual violence. >> reporter: over these mountains is iran, a regime that has succeeded in cutting many of its people off from the outside world. but disturbing stories detailing the authority's brutal retribution, systemic sexual violence against anti-regime protesters have begun leaking out. we've come here to the kurdish region of iraq to try and find out more. this is hanna, not her real name, a kurdish iranian woman recently smuggled out of iran. she fears for her life. after taking off and burning her head scarf on the streets, she was arrested and detained by iranian intelligence officers. "they choose the women who are pretty and suited their appetites. then the officer would take one of them from the cell to a smaller, private room. they would sexually assault them there." hanna isn't just an eyewitness. she was violated. "i feel shy talking about this. you can see what the police did. look on any

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coming up, we'll show you the biggest plays. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. >>> with the u.s. midterm elections just a few days away, several presidents have descended on a key swing state. in pennsylvania, barack obama shared the stage with president joe biden on saturday. both campaigned if democrat john fetterman in the closely watched sfl senate race and warned that democracy itself was on the ballot. on the other side of the state, donald trump stumped for mehmet oz. in a speech, the retired surgeon argued that he's the right person to heal a divided country. here he is. >> i'm not a politician. i'm a surgeon. and what surgeons do is tackle big problems and we do it successfully. in my case, fixing broken hearts by working with everybody. by making sure that we unify people in the operating room, not divide them. the same will work for our nation. >> the fact that three presidents held rallies in p pennsylvania shows just how important that state has become in this election. cnn's phil mattingly breaks down why pennsylvania matters d

this is cnn newsroom. i from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. this is considered an extreme event, an extreme weather event. that means it is dangerous, it also means that it is life threatening. i want everyone to keep in mind that for the next 48 to 72 hours is a lack of common sense, we know that it is coming, we know we are going to get a lot even if we do not get as much as resource to get. letter first responder, they're gonna be out there for the next 72 hours, they can do their jobs and get things back to normal as quickly as possible. a historic storm is bearing down on western new york, especially the buffalo area. authorities have banned driving in an effort to keep people off the road. the governor has declared a state of emergency for 11 counties. the nfl game between the bills and the brown has been moved to detroit, the frigid winter weather is stretching beyond the northeast and the entire country is looking for freezing tankers to day. cnn meteorologist derek van damme is tracking it for. us so dark, even for areas used to snow,

thanks. >> of course all of our top ten cnn heros will be honored at cnn hero the all-star tribute hosted by anderson cooper and kelly rippa sunday, december 11th. make sure you tune in. >>> overnight clarence gilyard jr. passed away. >> hey, man, we could have had him. hey, we could have had him, man. >> i will fire when i am good and ready. you got that? >> so, this is how you would know gilyard. he was known for his role as a naval flight officer in "top gun" and as a computer hacker in "die hard." he appeared in tv series "walker texas ranger" alongside chuck norris. his death announced on monday in statement from the university of nevada las vegas where he had been working as an associate professor at the college of fine arts. gilyard was 66 years old. he will be missed. >> what a life. >> thinking of his family. >> "walker texas ranger" was a popular role with the hat. >> so many of them. thanks for joining us this morning. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. . >>> good morning, everyone. i'm bianna. >> i'm jim sciutto. >> avoiding a crippling rail shutdown. president biden has called

we are proud to salute our cnn heroes. here are the top ten cnn heroes of 2022. from california, when elderly dog owners can no longer care for their pets, carie broecker helps them stay together, and find these beloved family members new homes. richard casper uses art to heal the wounds of war. he's helping fellow veterans share their stories visually and vocally. nelly cheboi is bringing technology to young people in her native kenya. recycling old computers, she provides tools and education for brighter futures. north carolina innovator nora el-khouri spencer is training women for well-paying careers in construction, while helping seniors age safely at home. from south philadelphia, after spending five years in prison on drug charges, tyrique glasgow is now providing his neighborhood safety and opportunity. alaskan nurse teresa gray leads volunteer medics into global hotspots, delivering global care and support to those in need. meymuna hussein-cattan is helping refugees transition to life in the u.s. while sharing their culture with the l.a. community. aiden

welcome to a special edition of "cnn newsroom." thank you so much for joining me on this thanksgiving. and as so many sit down with family today, others not as lucky. the country trying to come to terms with the on going epidemic of gun violence. 11 people ripped from their loved ones after this holiday, after two of the most recent mass shootings in less than a week. one, of course, in virginia. the other in colorado. once again, prompting americans to seek answers on how to stop these killings. president joe biden says that he plans to use the weeks left with both a democratic house of representatives and senate to get an assault weapons ban passed before republicans take control of the house in january. take a listen. >> i'm going to try to get rid of assault weapons. >> during the lame duck. >> i have to make that assessment as i get in and start counting the votes. >> we now know all of the names of the five adults gunned down on tuesday in a walmart in chesapeake, virginia. police did not reveal the name of the sixth victim,

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cnn heroes is back. for the last 16 years the campaign has shined a spotlight on everyday people changing the world. cnn has shared these inspiring stories with you all year long. anderson cooper is here, speaking of heroes, to announce the top ten cnn heroes of 2022. he's the co-host of cnn heroes, an all-star tribute which will air across cnn platforms sunday, december 11th at 8:00 p.m. eastern. hi, anderson. >> i love your dog mug. >> is it all the presidential pets? >> you are such a political nerd. i love that. >> it's really cool. there's a sheep, there's hamsters, a parrot named poly. >> anyway, we'll get back to that. >> i can't believe it's been 16 years. it's extraordinary. we are announcing the who are the top ten kn heroes. people have nominated thousands of potential heroes. we've narrowed it down to ten. the vote starting today at cnnheroes.com. you can vote, like, ten times a day. extraordinary people changing the world. >> these people are doing really great things. what am i doing? readi

cnn correspondent sean has the full story. and again, we worry that wha t you're gonna see here is difficult to watch. >> so how many are still alive now? >> new audio of a recorded conversation obtained by cnn, shows the active uvalde police chief words directly told that police where trapped are the gunman. and needed rescue. and still he failed to take direct action to save them. cnn has piece together multiple body cameras, and new security footage from inside the school hallway. along with is never before heard phone call. to show how a failure of leadership allowed 77 minutes to take by before police killed the gunman. acting uvalde police chief mario, as one of the first police officers to enter robb elementary on may 24th. the chief of the uvalde police was on vacation. which left partners in charge of the city police. parkas arrived at 11 60 8 am, just three minutes after the gunman fired his first shots. his officers run in, ahead of him. and make an initial attempt to breach the classroom. they quickly retreat when

cnn's allison chinchar is live on cnn's weather center. gloria talked about with wet snow, which means it's heavy. there are implications when it comes to snow on roofs and also power lines. >> that's a concern because right now the city of buffalo is getting a shourd window break, so the inherent thing people do is they want to go out. they want to go out when they get a bit of a break. be careful of that. again, this isn't 2 to 4 inches of snow. it's 2 to 4 feet of snow. you don't want to be rushed in the process. know your limits. right now we're getting a break in buffalo. the band is off. look, it's not the only state. new york, pennsylvania, ohio, michigan, all looking at ongoing snow right now. it's going to shift back and forth. we talked about the break in buffalo. it's expected to shift back to the city tonight and then back out tomorrow morning. it's a narrow window. this is a look in buffalo where the cameras are located. it's not snowing, but you can see a mile or two off in the distance, it's coming down in blankets. it was c

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. -- they tell cnn that we remain confident we will win this race. and in nevada, public challenger adam laxalt is still leading katherine cortez masto. out the new reports of a narrowing in the gap. good news for democrats, and joe biden, in bipartisan. here he is. >> i'm prepared for to work with republicans. but the american people made it clear, they respect republicans to work with me as well. >> cnn is on the scene at both critical states out west. we'll hear from gary tuchman in las vegas, nevada in just a bit. but we begin in phoenix, arizona. >> here, in maricopa county, the tedious work of democracy continues. counting the vote, hanging in the balance is control of the u.s. senate. some 78,000 votes results were released this evening by maricopa county. didn't really change the races percentage wise, but the democrats who are currently in a racy razor-thin lead, they got just a bit more vote pad. this is a slow process and it is a careful process, what we are hearing though, on the edges, are some of the republicans on this ballot who are f

now he co-anchors cnn's new morning show, "cnn this morning." please welcome back to "the late show," don lemon! ♪ ♪ ♪ oh, hi, don. >> hey! wow! oh, my gosh! wow! thank you. >> stephen: have a seat, don. >> it's so weird-- hi, stephen, how are you? >> stephen: i'm doing fine. i'll ask the questions. >> it's so weird not having an ear piece in. >> stephen: that's right, when you're on camera, there's somebody going, "why don't you ask him this. cut to commercial." do you like that? i'm deaf in one ear, and i never like to have anything in this ear because then i can't hear the guest. >> i like it. i like being able to rely on someone to be my second brain-- or you know, some people, first brain. they can tell you stuff. >> stephen: did you have a nice thanksgiving? >> i had a great thanksgiving. >> stephen: do you cook? do you do all that good stuff? >> i do cook, but i didn't this time. >> stephen: okay, where did you go? >> i went to my in-laws, soon-to-be in-laws. in long island-- on long island. you have to say it right. suffolk county.

♪ ♪ >>> you are live in the cnn "newsroom." i'm jim acosta in washington and we begin with details about a dinner at mar-a-lago with the former president of the united states. kanye west and a holocaust denier nick fuentes. he was engaged with fuentes and found him, quote, very interesting at one point declaring that he liked him according to our reporting in to cnn. we just get a reaction from president biden and first i want to bring in cnn national political reporter maeve westin. this comes days after trump announced he was running for president again and he's been reinstated on twitter and then he does this. >> and a very swift backlash that we're seeing from leaders with the republican jewish coalition and a very influential group and some of his potential rivals with chris christie saying it's completely unacceptable for him to host someone like this at his private club and sources have told our kristen holmes that trump did not invite fuentes. he knew that kanye west was coming, and it's his private club. they shared a

. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with laila harrak. >>> donald trump and other republicans are lashing out against the latest move to oversee the criminal investigations he faces. the u.s. justice department has appointed a special counsel to take over two of the most sensitive probes involving the former president. cnn's evan perez has the details. >> reporter: attorney general merrick garland appointed war crimes prosecutor jack smith to serve as special counsel to oversee two criminal investigations related to donald trump. the decision was triggered in part by the former president's decision in recent days to declare a third run as a presidential candidate. smith most recently worked as a prosecutor in the hague, overseeing kosovo war crimes. he'll take over investigations stemming from the alleged mishandling of classified documents, which the fbi retrieved in a search from trump's mar-a-lago home as well as portions of the january 6th investigation dealing with trump's efforts to impede the transfer of power after the 2020 election. garland said the

cnn has obtained this call. >> okay. and from the -- one of the -- what is the -- >> she's in room 112. 112. mariano, 112. >> so how many are still alive now? >> eight or nine are still alive. >> how many more? >> she's not sure how many are actually -- we're trying to -- get the information. >> okay. okay. thank you. >> reporter: the recorded phone call proves for the first time that a senior officer at the scene was directly made aware of the horrors happening inside the classroom. parghas walks back in the hall way one more time. >> nine injured. >> reporter: a few seconds later the acting police chief turns his back and walks out, in the doorway he can be seen talking to the texas ranger, christopher ryan cando, cnn reporting currently suspended and under investigation for feeling to form a response that day but parghas doesn't tell him about the 911 information he received. cnn learned from sources familiar with the investigation that a number of law enforcement officials on-scene including high-ranking officers wit

kate bennett, cnn, washington. >> coming up, we are less than half an hour away from cnn's town hall with former vice president mike pence, we have a lot of studio audience, last questions about his political future and whether it will collide with the former president declaring his candidacy last. magic chapter as well. , plus we have new news on whether pence plans to testify before the january 6th committee, we will be right back. plop plop fizz fizz with alka-seltzer plus. also try for fast sinus and pain relief! he always went for bad debt. we had a lot of expenses. the intro offers were hard to pass up. then the interest payments started. the debt just kept getting worse. mmmm so we broke up with bad debt and got a low, fixed rate sofi personal loan for our big expenses. and the couch goes back tomorrow. break up with bad debt. fund weddings, home renovations, or consolidate debt. view your rate at sofi.com sofi get your money right. my father didn't know his dad. with ancestry i dug and dug until i found some information. birth certificate. wow. and then you add it to the tree

. >>> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with laila harak. >>> they may potentially shift the balance of power in congress after voting. this tuesday, every single seat in the house will be at play while in the senate, 35 positions are up for grabs. right now, democrats controlled both chambers by a thin margin and if republicans take control of either one, they could restrict president joe biden's agenda for the next two years. the outcome could be decided in any one of these six states. five of them are battlegrounds that mr. biden flipped in 2020, including georgia where early voting numbers have been setting records. so far more than 2 million ballots have been cast in that state. and that's about 6% of the nationwide total. well, the number one issue for voters, this election, has been the state of the u.s. economy. according to a cnn survey, 51% of likely voters said that was their top priority, far greater than any other item on the ballot. but those numbers are divided along party lines. according to the polls, 71% of republicans called the economy their top concern. w

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>>> live from london, this is "cnn newsroom." max foster and bianca nobilo. >> hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i'm bianca nobilo. >> i'm max foster. just ahead on "cnn newsroom." >> katie hobbs will be the next governor of arizona. >> this election was the funeral for the republican party. >> trump is saying essentially, i was president and presidents get to decide what are presidential records. >> the notion that a document could be both executive privilege and personal at the same time is completely nonsense. >> my heart is broken for the victims and their families. >> so much pride in these students and the way that they take care of each other. >>> it is tuesday, november 15th. washington. we begin with new key race alerts in the u.s. mid-term elections which are pushing republicans towards the seats they need to win a majority in the u.s. house. now in arizona cnn projects juan sismarni will win the sixth district. his win against democrat kyrsten engel. david

first, let's get right to cnn special correspondent jamie gangel, and cnn counter terrorism analyst phil mudd as well. jamie, you have exclusive reporting on the pelosi familimefamily. tell us what you're learning. >> members of the pelosi family are expected to be able to hear the 911 call that paul pelosi made to police the night of the attack as well as see the body cam footage from the san francisco police that responded, that were at the front door when pelosi opened the door. the assailant attacked him, so that is likely to be on the body cam footage. we're told members of the family may hear and see this as soon as tomorrow. and look, my understanding is for anyone, something like this is going to be very traumatic to listen to, but i'm told that the family really wants to hear and see this. >> might we learn more about what is on this audio or in this video? >> so, you know, i assume that as the case goes forward, depending on what happens in court, typically we do hear in a lot of cases 911 footage and see the body cam footage. look, this was -- we don't know what's on that body

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cnn's m.j. lee has more from the white house. >> reporter: as the white house has continued to grapple with the issue of high gas prices, we've seen president biden continuously return to the issue of oil companies and their profits and we saw him do this again in a speech on monday from the white house where, one, he said the companies that are making the record profits, they need to do something to help lower gas prices and, two, boost production. you see a bit of exasperation in his remarks where he said give me a break. enough is enough. take a listen. >> rather than increasing our investments in america or giving consumers a break, their excess profits are going back to shareholders and buying back the stocks. give me a break. enough is enough. look, i'm a capitalist. you've heard me say this before. i have no problem with corporations turning a fair profit and getting a return on their investment but this isn't remotely what's happening. >> reporter: in the speech on monday the president s

this is "cnn newsroom." ukrainian officials say the city of kherson is taking russian artillery fire around the clock. they released an update about an hour ago, saying at least 15 people have been killed in the last five days and 17 others wounds. and kherson has started moving patients to other parts of the country. the voluntary evasicuates began yesterday. officials are urging people to leave before temperatures drop even further. also on friday, president zelenskyy paid a visit to the site of a russian missile strike near kyiv. officials said the missile hit a building on wednesday setting it on fire and causing casualties. the lights are slowly coming back on in ukraine after massive russian attacks on its power system earlier this week. right now, ukraine has about 70% of the electricity it needs but repairing the damage is an uphill battle as power crews deal with high pinneds and freezing temperatures. they say water supply is back up and running and cell phone service is widely available again, but