show @cnnsitroom. it's also available as a podcast. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. out front next men fleeing russia over fears of a draft in a war they say they want no part of. putin giving direct orders himself to a military that's deeply divided. trump's hand-picked special master calling the former president's bluff for a second time, now ordering him to prove these claims of fbi tampering in the mar-a-lago case. president biden preparing for a republican governors meantime in democratic cities as questions grow over how ron desantis pulled off that martha's vineyard stunt. let's go out front. i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, putin backlash. the russian president tonight is facing fear and fury inside his

own country. russian men fleeing russia to avoid military mobilization. now the kremlin is calling these reports an exaggeration and fake news, and you may say, are they right? no, they are not, because the pictures don't low. let's show you what's actually happening on the ground. i'll put up the map to show the routes outside of russia. you see the dotted lines. okay, so as you get to each of these crossings, there are long lines eof cars waiting. that's what it looks like. here's the scene in finland. officials now reconsidering banning most russians from entering the country because of the traffic. in georgia, brake lights for as far as the eye can see. reports now that the exit line stretches more than six miles. and this was the scene earlier today along the russian border with kazakhstan. most of the traffic going in just one direction, out of russia. at moscow's main airport, lines. look at that.

how many women do you see? not have many. young men fleeing russia. for those staying behind, they're now being called to duty, and these are the images being posted across russia. many men boarding planes and buses, saying goodbye to their families. these incredible scenes are coming as dysfunction is growing inside putin's military. our katie bow little lis is reporting that the russian president is bypassing the normal chain of command and giving generals on the front lines orders himself. this is not the way it goes in russia or in any professional modern military. it's just not the way it goes anywhere. as the humiliating russian losses mouchnt, russian officer are arguing amongst themselves about the directives they're getting. there's clearly a problem, dissent growing through the ranks.

right now it is not stopping putin from doubling down on the threat of nuclear war. matthew chance is in london tonight. matthew, you spent many years covering russia. in fact, as the dissent has grown, the threats of nuclear war have also grown, far from tamping down, they have ramped up. you spent so much time in russia and ukraine, and now we have a major warning from a top russian official tonight. >> we've always been left guessing, erin, about what vladimir putin plans to do, what his next steps are going to be. i mean, i think, reading the comments of the former russian president dmitry medvedev, who is close to vladimir putin, his side kick, essentially, it sort of sets out what the strategy is. he makes three points. there will be referendums taking place over the next couple of days. and then he says in these donbas republics and other areas occupied by russia and ukraine, they will be adopted to russia, so it's a foregone conclusion that these territories even

before the vote has taken place will be absorbed into russia. the protection of those territories will be significantly strengthened by the armed forces of russia. that's one of the reasons i think why they're calling up so many people, something like 300,000 is the estimate at the moment, troops into the forces from the reservists, put into that area to bolster the ranks that have been depleted by the ongoing fighting. but this is the key bit. russia announced that not only mobilization, but any russian weapons, including strategic nuclear weapons and other weapons can be used for their protection. so that's a specific threat by a close confidant of vladimir putin, that strategic nuclear weapons could be used against, you know, not just ukraine, but, you know, other places in europe and the united states if these territories in ukraine annexed by russia are attacked.

>> all right. matthew chance, thank you very much for reporting tonight. out front now, a municipal deputy in st. petersburg who has called on putin to resign, what are you hearing from people inside russia about putin's mobilization? >> well, that's totally terrible. people are terrified. they are shocked, and now it's something like panic. people try to understand what's going on, what does it mean partial mobilization. so far there is no definition who will be called to war or not. so everyone is in panic and trying to escape. those who can, they try to escape the country right now. yesterday people were so afraid that the borders would be already closed, but so far no closed borders.

apparently the authorities decided to let the people out, those who can, to avoid some big panic or big protests. >> do you have any sense of who is being mobilized? you said no one understands the criteria. from what you're hearing, who is being mobilized? >> i'm hearing that a lot of men from 50 to 60 years old mobilized. and then the men i just stopped on the street randomly and given this summons, that they are obliged to come to this military office. and also, some must go to work. it goes to everywhere. i can see the messages that a lot of people in the far east regions already -- very many mobilized. i saw the videos of men going to

the buses and they're already sent somewhere. and they say goodbye to their relatives. so everyone can be called to war now. >> you publicly called on putin to resign. and i know you circulated a petition among other municipal deputies like yourself calling for him to step down. you have 71 signatures now. obviously you are in finland tonight. are you concerned about your safety even where you are? >> no, no. in finland i feel quite safe. i'm just scared to go to russia. in the beginning of the war, i was also quite terrified and shocked, as many other russians. i was afraid that i will be mobilization announced, and the military stayed, and that the borders would be closed. so we didn't know what to expect.

well, and now i'm just even more afraid after the petition. so far there were no consequences, as you know, we made a safe formulation, only two sentences. we are just claiming that putin is doing harm to russia's future and citizens, and we don't go into details what harm and we don't use the word "war" so that people wouldn't be accused of spreading fakes, because, according to russian authority, there is no war, there is special operation and we cannot use this word. that's why i got so many signatures because people would like to express their discontent that they are afraid. >> thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. out front now, the former director of national intelligence, retired general james clapper. general, you heard about what she's hearing, people leaving russia, the response to the

mobilization, that she thinks it goes far beyond just reservists. we're learning tonight that putin himself is now giving directions to generals in the field. putin himself. what does this mean to you? >> well, it means -- all this means putin is in trouble and he knows it. i think this mobilization, and i use that with air quotes, is going to be a fiasco just like everything else has been. the image of people leaving town, fleeing russia to avoid the mobilization, i think, speaks volumes. as to putin going directly to the generals thinking he can run the war, to me this is disruptive of what passes for russian command and control of their forces, which hadn't been too good to start with. on all dimensions, i just think

this whole thing and these actions reflect the fact that putin realizes after seven months of this war that he's losing and he's in trouble. >> it's amazing. i'm just looking at these images and i'm remembering the first time i left ukraine. the lines were all women and children. all the men were going back because they wanted to fight russia. in russia all the men are leaving because they don't want to serve. it's a poignant picture. putin's mobilization did happen so suddenly, general, just a sudden announcement to people inside the country. that's why they're fleeing. but it does appear very planned because they're immediately moving. you see that line of men waiting to get on the military aircraft, the mass roundups, men stopped on the street, handed papers. everybody was ready for that. the recipients weren't, it didn't seem. i'm showing some of this images. you just heard that municipal

deputy saying that it seems that putin is mobilizing more than just reservists and men with existing training, that it seems bigger than that. certain provinces are rounding up men in general. what do you think is happening? >> well, you know, that's an interesting revelation because i was under the impression this was reservists, as in people, men who had served before and were being called up for 15 days of refresher training. and it appears to me this is -- they're more desperate than just that. and i think the whole logistics of this doesn't look like to me there's been a lot of planning. i also note that overnight laws passed with pretty stiff penalties for avoiding service or deserting or this sort of thing. so this to me looks like a grab

bag, last-minute action, impulsive direction, i suspect, on putin's part. >> the ukrainians say if you're between 18 and 64, you can't leave. none of them tried to, but he's not doing that. obviously because he's afraid of what would happen if he did. meanwhile those people are fleeing en masse. >> i think that speaks volumes as well to the lack of will to fight. that's been a stark contrast in the case of ukrainians who are earring eager to fight, in contrast to the russians who are not sure individual soldiers are not even sure why they're in ukraine. and i think that extends to the citizenry as well. that is a very important, if intangible, aspect of assessing, you know, the impact of this and how successful or lack thereof the russians are going to be.

>> general clapper, i appreciate your time, as always. thank you, sir. >> thanks, erin. next, the special master trump picked now taking him on, calling his his spoconspiracy theories bogus. the migrants flown to martha's vineyard. an attorney representing some of them says this is not true and they were preyed on by an individual pretending to help. conspiracy theorist alex jones on the stand in the sandy hook defamation trial. it went off the rails today. >> i said i'm sorry and i'm done saying i'm sorry.

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those piles or did they do it later? there's no chain of custody with them. >> would that be an videotape potentially? >> no, i don't think so. >> he's the first to say things around videotape. in this case he didn't want to say that. evan perez is out front. the federal government is planting evidence in mar-a-lago, we can joke about it, but this is deadly serious. so what does the judge want from team trump? we huts this allegation out there and the judge says what? and what if trump didn't provide the evidence that the fbi planted this stuff? >> he's given him a deadline, erin, of next week, september 30th for them to come up with a list of items that they would say were not actually seized in the raid, in the search of mar-a-lago that happened a month ago. you know, this is now -- the lawyers are going to have to file an affidavit under oath,

obviously, and they can't lie. and of course the former president has been saying this stuff since almost after the fbi searched mar-a-lago. the fbi, people who were participating in the search have received threats. the fbi has had to take security measures to deal with this partly because of what the former president has been saying, saying that the fbi would have planted evidence in this search. so now they have their chance to finally clear this up. >> so i want to play you one other sound bite that trump said last night in that interview with hannity, a simple question. what was your process to declassify documents? >> you're the president of the united states, you can declassify just by saying it's declassified, even by thinking about it, because you're sending it to mar-a-lago or to wherever you're sending it. it doesn't have to be a process. it can be a process, but it doesn't have to be. >> okay, people have been

mocking this. if i declassify, therefore i am. it may it don't tell a total black-and-white issue. can you explain? >> certainly the extent of a president to declassify, that still never been tested in court, partly because nobody has ever done the thing that donald trump is alleged to have done in this case, right? but the 11th circuit appeals court last night said it really doesn't matter because even if he declassified the items, these documents, he has shut own no rt to possess what is national security information. so that remains a problem for the former president. even if he did indeed declassify, erin. >> evan, thank you very much. out front now, alyssa griffin, former white house communication director under president trump. let's start here with the special master that trump picked and the doj signed off on fwhrks

it's trump's pick. first he says to team trump, you say you've declassified stuff, you need to show me evidence. and now he says you have to show evidence that the fbi planted documents or who knows what, tampered at mar-a-lago. you can't come out and say it, you got to show evidence. what does this mean for trump? >> the power of our courts is they have a way of bringing out truth. perhaps a person can get away with fudging the truth in their public statements, in the media, in their private life, in their business. but when you step into a court, ultimately, the judge or the jury will say, fine, that's your allegation, now prove it. and you can see the tension in donald trump's legal team because they will not say the things in court about declassification and planting that he is saying because lawyers have an ethical obligation. you cannot make a false statement to a court. you can argue aggressively for your client, poke holes in the other side, but you cannot lie. this is really a test for donald

trump. this whole special master process is not going well for him because it's challenging and it's going to ultimately draw out whether these claims are truthful or not and there's no evidence that they are truthful. >> i have never heard trump say there isn't a tape. he's the first one to say there's a tape when there isn't one, but now he can say, wouldn't it be on tape? who came up with this idea do you think to throw out there to say the fbi tampered? >> i tend to think this came from trump directly. one of the tactics he loves to employ -- by the way, he likes to battle in the pr space and deal with the legal later. make the fbi the enemy. and i was stunned by how many republicans very quickly kind of took that tactic as well, saying this is a witch hunt, a banana republic what happened after the raid. and then we only learn after the fact that he had highly classified documents with him. i think he thought it was a way to gin up support, but the fbi

does incredible work, they stop human trafficking, they break up terrorist cells. we as republicans have to back the blue and he's been undermining them left and right. >> judge dearie, the special master, opened up to door where witnesses can be called to testify on this issue. who does that favor? who are those fbi agents themselves? people who work at mar-a-lago? >> nobody is going to like this. the likely witnesses would be exactly those people, people who can talk about the search warrant itself, fbi agents, people who worked at mar-a-lago. when you're a prosecutor, the last thing you want is your agent who is potentially going to be a key witness at trial, getting on the stand, donald trump may not like what they have to say because i presume their testimony, which has established this search was done lawfully and by the book. what we're seeing here, this is a mini trial before anyone's even been charged. no normal case goes this way. normally the time you challenge the search is after you have

been charged. all of this is extraordinary. >> two top republican senators today talked to manu raju. these are serious national security documents. of course there's a process that involves intelligence officials and others to declassify. here is their comments, two of them. >> there's a process for declassifying documents, and i think it ought to be adhered to and followed. >> there's a formal process that needs to be gone through and documented. >> okay, pretty clear. while trump has all but declared he's running in 2024, do these comments from top republicans mean anything beyond that members. gop for one moment take him on and they're quickly back in the fold? >> listen, yesterday -- the last 72 hours were some of the worst days of donald trump's life.

the doj, the grand jury, the january 6th committee, the civil case in new york, i think that republicans as demonstrated in those answers are thinking they need to leave space in case they need to go a different direction. those are two fairly serious senators who themselves have handled classified information, have security clearances, and know this is not a small deal. i give them credit they're saying the right thing now. you're going to see cracks emerge with republicans is more facts play out. >> and this is happening more quickly than some anticipated since the ruling by the circuit court they could go on with their criminal investigation. thank you both very much. next, what exactly were the migrants who were flown the martha's vineyard by governor ron desantis promised? how did they end up on those planes? the lawyer who is representing the migrants in a suit against desantis is out front next with their story. republicans betting on immigration to energize voters in the midterms. democrats are talking about abortion rights. two totally different plans. which one's working.

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tonight, the white house fully expects and is preparing for more groups of migrants to be sent to democratic cities by republican governors greg abbott and ron desantis. the administration is confirming this to cnn as desantis says he's proud of his decision to fly about 50 migrants to martha's vineyard. >> hopefully we're going to be talking about this a lot more now. this was not an issue of concern even two weeks ago. now it seems to be on the front burner, so we're proud of that. >> desantis, though, has struggled to explain legal rationale which would allow him to move migrants who were in texas hundreds of miles away to another state. they weren't in florida. out front now, a lawyer representing some of those migrants who are now suing governor desantis in a class action lawsuit. desantis says the migrants were moved in a, quote, voluntary basis. that is what he is saying. you say that they were preyed upon by a person who was pretending to help them. tell me more about what they

were promised as you understand it, before they got on that plane. >> well, the first thing to remember is that these are people that were in a very highly vulnerable state when they arrived in the united states. these were individuals who were fleeing persecution in their home country, encountered extreme violence in many cases on their way to the united states, saw this country as a place of revefuge. when they finally reached the united states, they were processed by federal immigration officials and then were immediately preyed upon by desa desantis's accomplices who promised them work opportunities, promises of education for their children, and the list really went on and on, and it was really a shameful misrepresentation and inducement for people to travel. >> so you're saying, obviously,

i understand what you're saying. you can't even use the word voluntary when you were promised things which were untrue. governor ron desantis and others, you say, violated constitutional laws. you say he violated other laws by transporting your clients to martha's vineyard. what specific laws did he break? >> well, there are many, unfortunately. the federal constitution to begin with that has protections against illegal seizure, against deprivation of liberty, protections for due process and equal protection. the federal constitution also makes immigration a federal matter, and so there's state interference in an area that's under exclusive federal control. so there were many different laws that were broken by this inducement, this misrepresentation, and this essentially fraud and deceit that was preyed upon our clients. >> as you know, this goes beyond what happened to your clients.

there's been many thousands of migrants who've been bussed to border states to sanctuary cities, basically from republican border states to democratic sanctuary cities in the north, new york, chicago, and now of course martha's vineyard. now, our rosa flores talked to a few of them who gladly took the rides, not talking about the martha's vineyard case, other bus rides and here's what they said. >> they're saying that they were told that this was a free bus. [ speaking spanish ] is that the reason why you're going, because it's free? si. >> the migrants she was speaking to in that specific case were being bussed from texas to washington, d.c., by governor abbott. does that change anything for you, that they were going by choice because it was free? >> no, absolutely not. there's certainly the freedom and ability to move about the

country by newly arrived immigrants who've been processed, as our clients had been by federal immigration authorities. there are requirements for check-ins and so forth, but people are free to move about the country, and there are many nonprofit agencies, for example, who help people become reunited with their loved ones in the united states. what happened to our clients is nothing like that. this was deceit and trickery on the part of governor desantis, luring our clients who were in a very highly vulnerable state into thinking that this was people that were trying to help them, when, in fact, it was all a political stunt. so it's the misrepresentation, it's the deceit, it's the trickery that is so problematic in our lawsuit. >> i understand. just to make it very clear, so you're saying, you know, looking at the face of it, you're not saying you would have the same problem if someone was told, hey, i have a free ride to new york and i'm going to bus you and leave you there when you get there, that would be okay if

it's all being honestly presented and it's a free ride to new york? >> people are free to make their own decisions if they have full and accurate information. unfortunately in this case there was nothing like that. it was, again, people that were given free gift cards to try and get people to trust them. and then once they built that trust in that way, then misrepresented what would be at the destination, misrepresented where they would be going. they didn't know where they would be landing until they were actually 15 minutes from landing. so that is at the core of our lawsuit. >> absolutely. can i just have one quick follow-up. were they literally given gift cards to establish trust in texas? >> absolutely. that's what's so heartbreaking about these stories. people who are in desperate need of food and ron desantis' accomplices would buy gift cards

for them to mcdonald's to try and gain their trust. young men we met who needed new shoes because he had walked across mexico to reach our border, the woman who was working with governor desantis offering to buy him new shoes, all these ways to gain their trust when all along it was nothing but a political opportunity. that is what is so shameful and illegal about this. >> areoren, thank you very much. republicans seizing on the issue of border security 47 days ahead of the midterm elections. this as president biden is set to give a major speech tomorrow on abortion, which is the issue democrats think will energize their voters. jeff zeleny is out front. >> two years ago, if you would have said to me roe v. wade would be overturned, i would have said you're crazy . >> for mary lou, the fall election is first and foremost about abortion rights. >> i thought that my generation

had that issue solved, but apparently we don't and we're starting all over again. >> reporter: but for gary hendricks, the november vote is primarily about president biden. >> people are unhappy with what biden is doing, number one. >> reporter: and a chance to put a check on democratic policies in washington. >> he was just anti-oil. i can see you wanting to save the environment, but do it at a pace that the -- that's not going to hurt the world. >> reporter: it's one midterm election, but two decidedly different campaigns are under way here in new hampshire and across the country. democrats are trying to tap into an urgent desire to protect abortion rights and democracy. that message resonates with laura miller a pediatrician who said she paid little attention to politics before the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. did that make you more motivated to vote? >> it did, yeah, definitely. now i feel like, okay, we need

to get out and actually vote. i don't even know that it makes a difference, but i feel now i need to because i have an opinion. >> reporter: was that ever something that you thought could happen in your lifetime? >> no, i didn't. no, that's what scares me with politics. >> reporter: yet republicans believe inflation, crime, and immigration will motivate voters to change course. mike gillespie owns a small business and says economic concerns are paramount. >> my costs to operate my business are astronomically more than they used to be. finding employees is next to impossible. >> reporter: do you hope november brings a change in washington in terms of who controls congress? >> absolutely. absolutely. >> reporter: this tale of two elections is playing out in a kraush of campaign ads from coast to coast. on crime, republicans are hammering democrats. >> he's more worried about criminals than victims. >> reporter: spending more than $21 million on ads in the last month alone.

while democrats have investigated less than $5 million. on abortion, democrats are dominating the airwaves. >> kari lake is serious, serious about criminalizing abortion. >> reporter: spending $46 million over the last month in ads. republicans, only $4 million. in new hampshire where key races will help determine control of the house and senate, election integrity is now also at play. >> the 2020 election was undoubtedly stolen from president trump. >> reporter: inside her store, she says all people voice concerns about the country's deep divide. the question is whether that becomes a voting issue in the final weeks of the race. >> we should all be standing up and supporting this country and this democracy because there are those who are trying to tear it down through their anger and their false information that's out there. >> reporter: usually by now on the first full day of fall, the midterm elections are already taking shape around one

overarching theme. in refuse it was a rechbld on donald trump. in 2010 it was a vote against obamacare. but this feels so much different talking to voters out here, erin. the bottom line, it is two very different elections unfolding at the same time. of course the winning theory will determine which party determines control in congress come november. >> jeff zeleny, thank you very much from new hampshire. next, conspiracy theorist alex jones's defamation trial, today losing control. jones taking the stand for the first time. plus, ukraine's president with a message tonight for russians. fight back, run away, surrender, or risk death. the farmer's dog , her skin w was better, she was more active. if i can invest in her health and be e proactive, i think it's worth it. visit betterforthem.com

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tonight, done saying story sorry, says alex jones, defiant on the stand today over his lie that the sandy hook elementary school shooting in which 26 people were killed was a hoax. jones was confrontational with the plaintiff's attorney today and was admonished by the judge. he doubled down on an old rezane i think this is situation, your honor. >> erica hill is out front. >> reporter: alex jones on the stand for the first time in connecticut where a jury will decide how much he owes in

damages for lying about the sandy hook school shooting that left 20 children and 6 educators dead. among his claims, that it was all a hoax, that the grieving families and victims, many of them in the courtroom on thursday, were just actors. >> he's right here. he's real, isn't he? >> he is. >> from here, you put a target on his back, didn't you? >> objection to the form, judge. >> you have families in this courtroom here that lost children, sisters, wives. moms. >> is this a struggle session? are we in china? i've already said i'm sorry hundreds of times and i'm done saying i'm sorry. >> an explosive day that grew drew more contentious. >> if you could answer the question yes or no, mr. jones. >> reporter: or remember past statements. the plaintiff's attorney repeatedly jogging jones' memory with clips from an earlier

deposition. >> this was basically just a fake set on which this hoax can play out, right? that's what you're saying? >> yes. >> you acknowledge that among the things that you said about sandy hook was that it was fake, yes? >> yes. >> synthetic? >> yes. >> manufactured? >> yes. >> with actors? >> yes. >> reporter: the emotional toll of those lies, on full display in the first two weeks of testimony. >> it makes it hard to just push that away because you have to push that away, that continual noise of -- of all of the people saying that we faked this and that it never happened. >> reporter: outside the courtroom, jones has used his platform to rail on this trial,

referring to the judge as the tyrant. his website posting this image of her. though on the stand, jones denied any involvement. >> you know you did that? >> i didn't direct that. >> reporter: thursday's sole witness, uncharacteristically quiet after this final reminder from a judge. >> this is not a press conference. this is clearly not your show, and you need to respect the process. >> erin, after the jury was dismissed for the day, the judge did warn both the attorneys and alex jones that there would be a contempt hearing if anybody stepped out of line tomorrow in court. alex jones set to take the stand at 10:00 a.m. on friday. erin? >> thank you, erica. we'll be watching that. next, horrific stories emerging of what life was like in the ukrainian towns that were under russian control for six months. [ speaking non-english ] >> translator: they beat me on my back, my head, and then shoved me on the floor and

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her reaction, pain, she says, shock, pain, terrible pain and bitterness. the fruits of a life's labor withered on the vine. this is what happened to many of the towns and villages caught in the front lines in this war. they were totally destroyed. up the road, residents unload relief supplies trucked into the town. the mayor is back in his office after months away. he says these armbands were handed out to the workers in the local russian-installed administration. food provided to collaborators and newspapers. about 100 people were collaborators, he tells me. when the russians left, most left with them. oleksandr from the mayor's

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it's the last stop on the train line before the russian border. soldiers took over the railway station. these are all letters and pictures sent by russian school children to the soldiers here at the railway station. things like this, pictures, and here is a letter from aleksander in the fifth grade who says "you are heroes. thank you for guaranteeing our safe future." misguided, discarded messages of support for a disastrous war. and with hundreds of thousands of new russian recruits headed to the meat grinder that's the ukrainian front, many more russian school children will be recruited to write more letters. erin? >> ben, thank you very much. live from kharkiv tonight. and next, the situation growing more dangerous in iran. more and more protesters taking

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