♪ welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- a fuel truck explodes over europe's longest bridge which links russia to the annexed territory of crimea. we're live in kyiv with the very latest. plus, president biden facing a backlash over his comments calling a potential strike in

ukraine armageddon. and thailand is grieving after a massacre in a day care left 26 people dead, including two children. live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. pro-russian officials are reporting significant damage following a massive explosion on a bridge linking russia with crimea. hours ago a fuel tanker exploded 0 on a strategic bridge causing a fire that's still burning a low pro-russian leader said two have collapsed. emergency crews are scrambling trying to remove the burning train from the structure. have a look here, the moment the explosion was caught on video. russian president vladimir putin is now ordering an emergency investigation. ukraine is not claiming responsibility but making clear

it won't shed any tears officer the development. fred pleitgen is live in kyiv. fred, what more do we know? >> reporter: certainly seemed this was a brazen incident that happened in the very early morning hours of today. we're seeing that cctv video that we're seeing on the screens right now, obviously very dark there in that area, at the kirch bridge where that explosion happened that the authorities are saying. then the explosion also seemed to hit the train on the rail way track and causing parts of the bridge to collapse. you're absolutely right, kim torsion point out this is the longest bridge in europe. it's also an elaborate structure. it has two automobile lanes on the bridge and a railway bridge in the middle. right now, all of that is shut down. it took a long time to actually put out the fire on that train. we saw video of the train

burning for a long time. and then, of course, parts of that structure also did collapse. russian authorities saying that bridge is closed to traffic until the end of the month. and as you mentioned, vladimir putin said a commission has been put in place to find out exactly what happened. and, of course, to make sure that bridge starts working as fast as possible for the russians once again. and, you know, it's hard to overstate how important the kerch bridge is to the russians. it's not just a prestige project for russian president vladimir putin. it was built very quickly. it also links crimea, the annexed peninsula of crimea to the russian mainland and certainly made it a lot quicker and faster not just for people to cross and also for military hardware to cross as well. a lot of that military hardware for trains crossing on those tracks but on the roads as well. one of the things that the russians have said to stave off

any sort of panic that might be happening in crimea, they said there are supplies of fuel there for at least the next 40 days, food stocks as well to trying to prevent people from going to gas stations now and stocking up as fast as possible. but certainly, this is definitely a humiliating blow to the russian military, to vladimir putin also as well. the fact that this bridge was hit in some way, shape or form. it's quite interesting because crimean officials, the one crimean official is saying that the ukrainians are behind it. the ukrainians have not done that yet but as you can imagine, twitter and social media are ablaze with ukrainian officials mocking the fact that this incident happened and a huge blow as well, kim. >> a hugely black eye on russia. fred, on the battlefield, you've been charting the progress of the ukrainian troops. what's the latest there? >> reporter: well, it's been

remarkable over the past and of course, we use the weekend days to take stock of what's happened in the past week and remarkable gains on the part of the ukrainians, and in the eastern part of lyman, and what caught attention is the headway that the ukrainians are making in the south of the country. and there the ukrainians are saying they want to keep up the pace, keep up the pressure as well. here's what we learned. ukrainian forces rolling out for yet another battle, looking to keep up the pressure on vladimir putin's army. i am very worried, the soldier says, but i think everything will be fine. the ukrainians say they've already taken back around 2,400 square kilometers in the south alone. leaving president biden warning of the threat of a possible armageddon, if vladimir putin resorted to using nuclear weapons in case his troops keep

losing. even though the u.s. has not seen a change in russia's nuclear posture. the russians hitting back, seizing on remarks from ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy calling for tougher action against russia. moscow claiming zelenskyy is trying to drive nato into a nuclear conflict with russia, even though the ukrainians have clarified that is not what zelenskyy meant. yesterday, zelenskyy called on his western masters to launch a preventive nuclear strike against russia for minister sergey lavrov said. by doing so, he has given the world more proof of the thoughts emanating from there. and a village captured from the russian army found russian troops seem to be living in a pig shed. food closed and a washing

machine stored in the midst of pig stalls. you were deceived and betrayed, ukraine's defense minister said kraefg russian troops in the video. you promised an easy walk but you were sent into a trap. you pay in blood for someone's fantasies and false goals. and the kremlin's goals appear increasingly out of reach, as ukraine continues to make progress taking back territory from vladimir putin's army. and, of course, they want to deep that progress up. they want to keep up with the pace of that as well, kim. one of the reasons why it's so urgent for the ukrainians, they obviously understand as well that the russians are mobilizing, as the russians themselves have said, hundreds of thousands of russian men, of course, only a matter of time before those are sent to the battlefield as well. kim. >> thanks so much, fred pleitgen really appreciate it. so with us now from london to discuss all of this is doug

claman, the fellow at the atlantic council. thanks so much for joining us here. i want to start with that developing story, we're following the bridge explosion, still plenty we don't know about how it happened or who's behind it. but i'm curious to get your take on it, the significance or reaction we're seeing. >> thanks for having me, as you said there is still a lot we don't know, we don't know exactly what caused this explosion yet. but it's clear in the story of this war, this is one of the great victories for ukraine. this is a massive personal humiliation of vladimir putin. while ukraine has not claimed responsibility for the strike, ukrainian officials have spent days of hinting on something big on the horizon. yooublg government accounts are comparing this to the sinking of the black sea flagship moskva, and the service has announced the commemorative step to

celebrate. i think the ukrainians are watching very closely to what president zelenskyy will say today. >> absolutely, we've been seeing a lot of crowing from the ukrainians. let's go to the growing fear of nuclear confrontation in the news recently. why do you think that putin has increasingly resorted to nuclear intimidation and blackmail? >> so putin's nuclear tlits at this moment are really an act of desperation. russia is losing this war and ukraine peace forces are making significant gains. the war is not going in putin's favor so he's resorting to these nuclear threats. just this week, u.s. president joe biden warned that the risk of russia using nuclear weapons is very real and should take it seriously. but important to recognize that nuclear threats are a tried and true tactic that russia uses to scare the world away from helping ukraine. so we can take the threats seriously without letting them set a new precedent that nuclear

weapon as allow a state do do whatever it wants. the ukrainian officials have said that a nuclear strike will change only the cost of this war but not the outcome of an eventual ukrainian victory. >> yeah, this comes, obviously, in the context of russia's failures on the battlefield. as well as the protests against mobilization. you've written a piece about how the russian mobilization is, in your word, doomed to fail. i'll quote you here that sending untrained, underequipped largely unwilling men will be a slaughter with little precedent in modern war. why is that? >> well, because there's a fundamental difference between russia and ukraine's militaries. russia's army still looks much like the soviet union's military did. it's influxable and bureaucratic and they have little training especially now for the fresh recruits. ukraine's military, on the other hand, well up to 2014 but since

2014, ukraine has spent a lot of time and resources transforming its military, making it look more professional, much more like a nato-style military with better resources, better professionalization, better training and we're seeing the impact of that on the battlefield. when ukraine's forces are given state of the art weapons from the west, they're putting them to very good use, they know how to win. >> now, there have been growing calls for negotiation. elon musk's largely derided proposal got a lot of media attention but he's hardly the only one calling for some land for peace deal. president zelenskyy said that's not a nonstarter, and you agree, why is that? >> it's up likely that elon musk will be a peacemaker but the suggestion that ukraine trade for peace now is a faulty idea that has gained traction in the west.

it's faulty for a variety of reasons. most of all because ukrainians would never accept it. we've all seen the horrors that have happened. in places infamous, bucha, and irpin, and the victims have come forward to share the horrors. so ukraine knows any territory it trades away to russia the people on that territory would be consigned to these horrors. so why would ukraine trade these people away, when ukrainian forces are winning on the battlefield. perhaps a better way to bring peace to ukraine, in my opinion, is that ukraine should be given the weapons to keep liberating its territory. that's what we've seen already that works and seems like a better strategy than trading the people away. >> we'll have to leave it there, doug chain with the atlantic council in london. thanks so much. russian officials have declared three public figure foreign agents over the

opposition to the war in ukraine. it includes russia's most popular rapper and he's been holding anti-war concerts but now being investigated under anti-extremism laws. and investigators went after a man facing charges under a law that bans false information about the military. the writer is currently out of russia. and the crackdown involved a women's activist alena popova. and lethal drone strikes will now require the president's direct removement of the launch but only to areas outside of the traditional war zones. countries like yemen and now afghanistan, where the urs continues to carry out counterterrorism strikes from afar. the new policy follows a separate pentagon initiative announced in august to help reduce the number of civilians killed by u.s. military

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1 ♪ the uvalde school district of texas suspended the police department that left 19 students and two teachers dead. it comes after developments that, quote, uncovered additional concerns with department operations. now, officials didn't specify what those developments were. but it comes after cnn reported that the school's police department had hired an officer who didn't immediately go into the school as the shooting was happening, cnn's shimon propaganda has the details. >> reporter: uvalde school district announcing they have suspended all of their officers

putting them on administrative leave. this comes after a reporting that one of the police officers, a newly hired police officer by the school district was under the investigation when she worked for the department of public safety. for her response to the school shooting on may 24th. somehow, the school district hired her, despite knowing this information. they were told by the department of public safety about this officer crimson elizondo was under investigation. despite that, they hired her anyway. we've also learned that the lieutenant, miguel hernandez was placed on administrative leave. now, he's the lieutenant who has been the commanding officer for the school chief since the firing of pete arredondo, we're told that he vetted the officer, but somehow he did the background check and hired her anyway. then a school administrator, more fallout, from our reporting, ken miller.

he retired after the school put him on administrative leave. of course, you know, all of this is shocking for the families. they certainly did not expect this kind of fallout, this kind of decisive action from the school. and, of course, this is the accountability. this is the accountability that they've been looking for and fighting for, shimon in new york. and from cnn's erica hill, the case featured emotional testimony from family members of the children killed but alex jones seems unrepentant. >> reporter: jurors will resume negotiations on tuesday morning in the damages trial of alex jones. the conspiracy theorist was found libel last year in

defaming several of the sandy hook victims. the jury wrapped up the second day of deliberations on friday afternoon. they're deciding how much jones should pay in damages. the infowars host spent years questioning the 2012 sandy hook massacre which left 20 children and six educators dead. calling the shooting a hoax and crisis actors during four weeks of emotional testimony family victims described how they've been harassed in the past decade both in person and online. and threatening letter, harassment in some cases before they had buried their children. on the end of his only day on the stand, jones got in a heated exchange with the attorney, exploding at one point saying i'm done, i'm sorry. the 15 includes eight victims and fbi agents who responded to the scene. monday is a holiday so jurors will return for deliberations tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. in new york, i'm serik ka hill,

back to you. >> the u.s. labor department reported more than a quarter million people joined the workforce last month. already that would be great news but instead sent wall street into retreat. investigators were disappointed because it shows the u.s. economy is still overheated, despite sharp interest rate hikes. all three major indices took big hits in friday's selloff. of course, the strong economy is wonderful for people who need paying jobs. unemployment has fall ton a 50-year low but the financial markets fear additional rate hikes will cool the economy too much and lead to a recession. even so-called snail mail is trying to slither up in costs. the u.s. postal service is asking for an increase in the price of what used to be called a first class stamp. if the usps gets its way, a forever stamp will go from the current price of 60 cents to 63 cents. the postal service says the

price hikes which includes an extra four cents to mail a postcard are to offset inflation. the price hikes are approved by the u.s. postal service and now have to be reviewed by the regulatory commission. by the way, the cost sending packages may also be going up just in time for the holidays. united in grief, thailand remembers those killed in the day care massacre, how the country is mourning the young lives lost. and hurricane ian left a trail of destruction across florida. and more than a week later, many are still trying to pick up the pieces. we'll have their stories next. please do stay with us. ♪

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welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." it's been just over nine days since hurricane ian made landfall in florida and began leaving a path of destruction. officials say at least 120 floridians have died because of the storm. close to half of those deaths have been attributed to drowning. and more than 85,000 florida customers are still without power, as frustration mounts over the local, state and federal response. cnn's leyla santiago takes a closer look at the struggles people are facing as they try to get their lives back on track. >> here's it's been very stressful and overwhelming. >> reporter: alessa simpson has been living in a shelter for over 11 days. the kids getting cranky, uncertainty is growing. >> it's hard to get your kids to realize what's going on when

they're so young. honestly i don't have a plan, it's a waiting game. >> reporter: the family of three is staying at a mega shelter run by the red cross. camera are not allowed inside here but the red cross provided this video which shows children, hundreds of peoples and cots, organizers say families are here for tonight. >> red cross is here for as long as need be. >> reporter: among those asking for a warm shower, the luxuries that remnants of ian took away. >> i had my first nightmare at 2:00 this morning. a former paramedic and 9/11 dispatcher she's frustrated by how mandatory evasion orders played out. >> if i had known early i would have gotten off the island. i don't have a car, i have a bike.

>> reporter: we asked for accountability. >> we're going to engage. we're not going to criticize our local emergency managers. >> reporter: she says she wants to make sure that people have access to services they desperately need. >> fema has been an active partner every step of the way we're pleased with the response. >> reporter: a long term response to the nightmare. that nightmare you had -- >> water. i love the water, but not like that. >> reporter: everyone we talked to asked how long can they provide a place to stay since they don't have a home anymore and waiting for assistance. the lee county sheriff saying three shelters remain open. and when it comes to progress, florida power and light has said they have restored power for 98% of customers. leyla santiago, cnn, lee county florida. a huge weather system is gaining strength in the southern caribbean sea. tropical storm julia is picking up momentum as it makes its way

across central america. hurricane warnings are in effect for parts of nicaragua, storm julia is expected to make landfall. what you can tell us, brit? >> yeah, around a well-defined center this morning tells you the system is continuing to threaten the process. right now, max winds of julia, 60 miles per hour, with gusts up to 70. not hurricane strength yet, but, again, rather impressive as it takes its turn rather slowly. working its way towards the colombia islands and hurricane warnings being extended as well as tropical the storm warnings, so there's room for strengthening the temperatures. sea surface temperatures in the mid-80s. that's fuel for the system but as it treks west it pushes over land.

and some of the higher elevation is going to tear the system apart. that friction is not good for systems like this. making landfall sometime early sunday morning with winds 90 miles per hour. that's a low-grade category 1 storm but a hurricane nonetheless but the winds of honduras will tear this apart weakening, regardless. weakening, we're dealing with a significant amount of rain, through nicaragua and honduras, all of that coming down to the ground. we're looking at mudslides and life threatening flash flooding. honduras and northern nicaragua, we're talking over 10 inches of rain. not only that, but the storm surge, one of the biggest threats, too, when we get that onshore flow, the colombia islands, 2 to 4 feet. 4 to 6 feet of water pushed on to shore from the hurricane-force winds on the nicaraguan close line. on another note, it's definitely

feeling like fall across the central plains and there are freeze warnings and profit advisories music for many. stretched all the way up to new england now as the next cold front moves through, it just barrels through as high pressure follows. temperatures near freezing in omaha. and in the 30s across the great lakes. 40s and 50s into new england. that colder air is definitely settling in, in the upcoming days. highs today in the 50, for those across the region and slowly trying to warm it up in the upcoming days. kim. >> all right, britley ritz, appreciate it. haiti's government is asking for international military assistance to combat the humanitarian issues plaguing the country. it's not clear which countries haiti is asking for help but the prime minister says haiti is struggling to handle everything from political troubles to economic energy, security and health crises like colholera.

shutdowns have led to that shut downs of fuel and transportation. and then a security alert urging u.s. citizens and u.s. government personnel and their families to leave haiti because of the health and security situation. mourners in thailand have been gathering at a buddhist temple. those families of those killed in the country's deadliest massacre plan funerals. 36 people lost their lives, most of them young children, after an ex-police officer armed with a gun and knife went on a rampage in a day care center. thailand's king visited two hospitals to meet with wounded survivors and families of the victims. >> translator: i'm here today to support everyone. first of all, i would like to express my deepest condolences and sorrow that this kind of incident happened. >> the attacker killed himself after shooting dead his wife and

stepson, thailand's police chief says he didn't have drugs in the system and that the gun he used was legally registered. authorities in iran are denying that security forces killed a 16-year-old girl during protests last month. they claim she died after jumping from the roof of a home, but amnesty international insists she was fatally beaten by authorities while denouncing the death of another iranianwoman. cnn's jomana karadsheh reports. very the video diaries of a 16-year-old. she could be any teenage girl anywhere in the world. goofing around, dancing, singing. just having fun. but this isn't anywhere in the world, this is the islamic republic of iran where life's expressions are anywhere but

free. three months after that video, serena joined thousands of iranian women and girls rising up to their liberties demanding their rights. serena was forever silenced on september 23rd. amnesty international says based on information it has, security forces beat her, striking her on the head with batons severely beating her to death. iranian judicial authorities denied she was skilled saying sarina died by suicide, jumping from the roof of her grandmother's home. their claim just days after they said another 16 protester who was found dead in tehran also died after falling from a building. arrests have been made in the investigation of her death. family members of both girls have appeared on iranian state media repeating the government's

claim. the u.n. human rights office told cnn they received reports that forced the family to give the interview, amnesty international says families of victims are being intimidated and harassed into silence. this comes three weeks after the death of mahsa amini while in the custody of so-called morality police. on friday, forensics report blamed the death of the 22-year-old on an underlying condition after the operation of a brain tumor as a child. amini's family repeatedly denied the claims. they say she was healthy. they say doctors told her she suffered trauma to the head. anger over amini's death sparked an uprising like no other in iran. too many lives already lost in this battle for freedom, for change.

♪ >> reporter: many young lives ended too soon. jomana karadsheh, cnn, istanbul. banks in lebanon were locked up again friday after a new series of holdups. depositors furious that they can't get hold of their savings have been storming banks and some have been armed. many depositors have been locked out of their savings after being locked out more than two year ago. the bank blames the government for crisis stealing its money. and a new naval drill near the peninsula. the two-day exercise came days after the similar drill held with japan. it's in response to north korea's recent missile tests

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♪ the u.s. justice department has started to receive unclassified documents from donald trump after his legal team determined wouldn't assert confidentiality claims over it. but the doj fears he could still be holding on to documents

marked as classified. they're still requesting all documents from the former president if determined they're mishandled. jessica schneider has the details. >> our team has determined that the justice department has not believed that mr. trump returns all of the materials when he left the white house and that includes classified materials. when federal agents received 100,000 documents, and some classified doj officials believe some may remain at trump's properties. this concern that classified records were still missing has been hinted at in several court filings in recent weeks. we've seen doj lawyers reference those empty folders found with classified banners at mar-a-lago during early august. investigators also raise the red flag after they were initially blocked after rufg the classified materials they did get from mar-a-lago as part of

the ongoing investigation. and they said in their order that this blocking of using materials impedes efforts to identify the existence in additional classified records that are not being properly stored. plus, they told an appeals court that the order was preventing the fbi from taking investigative steps that could lead to the identification of other records still missing. so, they've known about this, and they've hinted at it. so the question is, how did government officials proceed here? do they continue to negotiate with trump's team? do they subpoena trump? or do they perform even another search at maybe one of his properties whether it's mar-a-lago or others? or could they even get him to attest in court whether or not he still has classified materials? a lot of options for the doj. we'll see what their mex move is especially because they do believe that some of that classified material may still be missing. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. a u.s. federal appeals court will decide whether republican

senator lindsey graham has to testify before a grand jury in georgia. prosecutors say his testimony is essential as part of their investigation into efforts by donald trump and his allies to overturn the state's election results in 2020. graham has filed an emergency motion to quash the subpoena compelling him to appear. georgia's secretary of state said the senator hinted that he should discard ballots. graham has denied accusations that they tried to pressure state officials. meanwhile, the judge overseeing the defamation case against trump says that all parties should continue with depositions for now. columnist carroll has filed a claim, and an appeals court must determine whether trump can be held legally responsible personally. he made the comments while he was still president which could potentially shield him from liability. well, there's a new twist in the abortion controversy plaguing georgia's republican

nominee for the u.s. senate. the woman who said herschel walker paid for her to have an abortion back in 2009 tells "the new york times" he also asked her to get a second abortion ten years later. she said she refused and she now has a 10-year-old son. she has to be hell responsible like the rest of us. and if you run for office, you need to own your life. walker who insists he opposes abortion with no exceptions is a key player in republicans' hopes of retaking the senate. cnn's evan mckent has more on how walker got to this point. >> reporter: herschel walker leaning into his legendary football status in run for

senate. >> this little town is where i grew up. weren't one of seven children, walker was born in rural georgia where his football helped to launch him to fame. >> from the university of georgia, herschel walker. >> reporter: a heisman trophy winner and all around georgia football star -- >> there he goes again! >> reporter: -- his collegiate career would ultimately carry him to the pros. >> walker's debut as an nfl player. >> reporter: he played in an nfl alternative in the early '80s where he would meet team owner donald trump. >> i don't want to take a chance, frankly, in losing herschel walker. >> reporter: as president, walker appointed to the president on sports and physical condition. >> the great herschel walker. what an amazing guy. >> reporter: and eventually walker own political ambitions urging him to run for u.s. senate in georgia.

>> you know, herschel is not only a georgia hero, he's an american legend. >> reporter: like trump, walker is also known to go off script and deliver disjointed statements, walker easily won the primary this year, despite a myriad of controversies during his life. he spoke about his battle with disassociative identity disorder. >> you can get angry, but anger where you can go out and really, really hurt someone, that's where you know you got a problem. >> reporter: in that same interview, walker's ex-wife expressed how walker had threatened her with weapons. >> just guns and knives. i got into a few choking things with him. >> reporter: walker acknowledged those allegations. >> herschel walker told us he was troubled by his actions, he will always deeply regret any pain he caused cindy. >> reporter: according to a report, an ex-girlfriend said

walker threatened to kill her. walker denied those claims. it's made its way into the campaign with attack ads. >> new details about accusations. >> reporter: not walker dealing with a different accusation, a claim delivered by the daily beast and "the new york times" that a staunch advocate paid for a former girlfriend to have an abortion more than a decade ago. the woman says she's also the mother of one of his children. >> this year, the abortion thing is false. it's a lie. >> reporter: cnn has not independently confirmed the allegations. as walker repeatedly denies in the report, republicans have rallied to defend their nominee with the outcome of the race deciding not just walker's political future, but potentially control of the senate next year. >> let me tell you this, i'm not scared. and i'm not going to bite down, the stakes are way, way too high. we're going to win this race.

>> reporter: now for senator w warnock's part, he caused the allegations disturbing. and saying georgians have a choice to represent them in the senate and then he shifts back to the policy issue at hand. saying he supports a woman's right to choose. eva mckend, cnn, washington. the know bell committee has now awarded the peace prize. you'll see how the war in ukraine appears to have been an important factor in this year's decision. stay with us. what happens to your body language when you use dove dry spray? [laughing] it s shows. try dove dry spray. our weightless formula with 1/4 moisturizers is effective and kind to skskin. leaving you feeling instantly dry and confident.

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vladimir putin should be held accountable at an international war crimes tribunal. a high-profile friendly took place between england's lioness friday. after a report of sexual abuse and emotional abuse within women's professional soccer in the u.s. both teamed gathered together midfield in front of a teal banner that read "protect the players." all players wore a teal band for survivors of sexual abuse. at the packed wembley stadium england beat the usa 2-1. a painting by a dutch master is now considered an imitation titled "girl with a flute" the small oil on a panel tested for two years, and now scientists and experts believe the work is

believed to be someone as an appreciate. the painting has been at the national gallery since the 1940s. it will be part of vermeer's secret exhibition starting saturday. here's an announcement music fans will be eagerly awaiting, which city will host the eurovision song contest. ukraine can't host the next competition and we know liverpool over the beatles has beaten glasgow, scotland for the duties. eurovision sometimes launches huge stars like abba which won in 1974. before we leave you, we want to tell you of a passing of note -- pebbles, the world's oldest dog, has died at the age of 22. the toy fox terrier was certified as "gthe globe's most

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