u.s. economy to begin losing tens of thousands of jobs a month beginning early next year, to the tune of 175,000 job losses a month in the first part of next year. but the bank does see that -- the bank thinks that the recession will be mild, but i'll tell you what, any mild recession, we don't want to see any recession, but mild means fewer job losses. victor? >> give me some good news about holiday discounts. >> reporter: you want a holiday discount? then you better start shopling soon. because i don't know if you have noticed, but retail chains are pulling out the stops already. christmas trees are on the floor at costco's, lowe's, you're seeing target offer their earliest access to holiday deals beginning october 6. did you notice amazon is hosting a new prime day sales event? so we're get thing holiday creep. what we're seeing happen is

retailers are trying to jump-start holidays to get consumers kind of in the groove early to start buying, teeing them up because they know that consumers are going to be getting hit with higher prices. so they want to get retailers in the mood to shell out their money earlier. victor? >> three weeks ahead of halloween and folks are already buying christmas trees. alison, thank you. thank you for staying with me. i'm victor blackwell. jsh joe biden and world leaders are condemning russian missile strikes that targeted civilians in ukraine. [ explosions ] >> wow.

overnight, russia unleashed a barrage of missiles in kyiv. multiple other cities too across the country, knocking out critical infrastructure. at least 11 people are dead, dozens more injured. today, putin is boasting about the attack and vows there will be more. he says this blitz is retaliation for the weekend attack on a key bridge that links annexed crimea to russia. joe biden says russia's attacks demonstrate the utter brutality of putin's illegal war. fred pleitgen is with us now from kyiv, one of those cities hit by the attacks. fred, what's the situation there? >> reporter: well, it's still a tense situation here in kyiv, victor. as well as many other cities across ukraine. we are one hour away from a curfew that goes into effect here every night. but the streets here on the ukrainian capital after those missile attacks, they were

really empty throughout the better part of the day, even though it was a beautiful day here in kyiv. kyiv's mayor urged people to stay indoors and he urged people living outside of kyiv and commute here to the city, to also not do that if they don't have to today. really a difficult situation. i was out in the city, as a lot of these missile barrages were taking place. one thing, it wasn't a nice feeling to have those booms go off as we were reporting from the scene of one of the missile strikes that took place. and one of those places we were at, it was an intersection that was hit, again, during rush hour. five people were killed in that place alone. and it was a scene of utter carnage. there were a lot of destroyed cars, rescue crews tried to save people. and then bodies that were being taken away by those rescue crews. so definitely a tough day for the ukrainian capital. but i was also able to speak with some senior ukrainian

officials. all of them said that none of this would derail the gains they've been making on the bo battlefield the past couple of months and said they feel more emboldened to defend ukraine from the russian military. e >> fred pleitgen there for us in kyiv, thank you. michael is a senior fellow at the atlanta council and joins us from odesa, ukraine. michael, let me start with you. once there was that explosion on the kerch strait bridge, was this expected? is this a surprise at all? >> good to be back with you. yeah, i think so. as i stated in my cnn opinion piece today, i think despite all the jubilation that took lace here in odesa and in ukraine

after that explosion, deep down people knew there would be retaliation that's just the russian playbook. we all watched the images today. it's hard to believe that we are in 2022, the capital of a thriving democracy, as well as many other cities in ukraine, are seeing such bloodshed. striking during the middle of the commuter hour in many, many cities. i've got to tell you, i talked to a lot of my ukrainian friends today. all this did was just embolden them. they said it's nothing like the beginning of the war when we were a little afraid. now they're saying we have to press to the end. indeed, one ukrainian official said recently, let's go for crimea by the end of the year. we at least will have to have entered crimea. so i think it's a huge miscalculation on the part of the kremlin. >> let me come to you, general, on the embarrassment, the practical loss of this bridge

and why, even after the counteroffensive losses territorially didn't get this type of response, but the kerch street bridge did. >> i think michael has it right, that this is more of a personal insult to vladamir putin than battlefield losses. unfortunately, i think it's taking us into a new campaign that could be putin's next playbook, and that's going from a tactical bombing campaign for battlefield targets, moving to a strategic bombing campaign against civilians, infrastructure, and government centers. >> does he have the equipment, the smart bombs, those guided missiles to be able to pull that off? >> well, strategic bombing doesn't necessarily require that, but it requires heavy bombers, a lot of dumb bombs. again, strategic bombing is more of a terrorist operation. so to a greater extent, dumb

bombs are more effectiveizing t population. >> you write about the terror element. he hit lviv and kyiv, where businesses had opened, they were, as you write, they were roaring back. what's the significance? >> yeah, not only that, victor, also today, it was hidden in the headlines, three of those missiles violated moldova air space. the russian ambassador was summoned, and they have a fledgling airport and air space. imagine this there was a collision there. but yeah, these missiles struck far into western ukraine near nato's eastern flank. i put forward a number of ideas in that op-ed piece, but among them is to put more restrictions

on russian travelers, but also immediately to lift those u.s. restrictions on the range of the himars missiles and also to immediately deploy more air defense systems. and if i can, victor, i have to say, my government of canada, i'm hoping we will grow some spine, aside from things like expelling russian diplomats who engage almost every day in misinformation, the europeans have expelled 20. but also creating ukrainian servicemen, closer to the board we are ukraine or inside ukraine. there's no time to waste pushing back russian forces. so that training needs to be done a lot closer to the battlefield. >> general, you just heard from michael specifically, adding those longer range missiles to the arsenal provided to the ukrainians. >> well, i think somewhat we're trying to do is fight terrorism with terrorism. that would be part of an

escalatory cycle that would be going outside of the borders of ukraine. i think that the belief of the nato government is that if we started attacking mother russia, and hitting targets inside of russia, such as cities and militaryencampments would cause the war to spiral that may split nato unity, as some of the countries that are a little wobbly right now would start to pull back. now, i certainly understand the military logic at a tactical level, but we have to differentiate the tactical from the strategic. >> michael, you're in odesa, which is not one of the cities hit. but the psychological element here, that they hit kyiv, they hit other areas. what you're seeing if there's any difference on the streets there where you are.

>> yeah, actually, we were lucky today, because there were missiles and those iranian kamikaze drones sent this way. fortunately, ukrainian forces managed to shoot them down. but yeah, there's a marked difference compared to 24 hours ago when the streets were thriving. i talked to some business owners. it's so sad, victor. they're getting their businesses restarted. some are even renovating. after covid and the war, a lot of businesses here are really on edge, so they can't afford another big interruption like this. so i have to restate this. the ukrainians are among the most resilient people i know, and they're saying to putin, you can do whatever you want, but we have this resilience we're going to show you. i'm even hearing of a symphony show happening here later in

odesa, because they want to show symbolic defiance. so that is very, very heartening to see, given what's going on. >> we have learned over the last seven months that we should not question their resolve, because they are fighting the entire country there. michael, general, thank you both. >> sure. north korea says its recent string of missile launches were a simulation of a nuclear attack on south korea. the north has tested ballistic missiles seven times in two weeks and kim jong-un personally oversaw the drills. so the u.s. has warned north korea over these missiles. the north has ignored those. what is the reaction now? >> reporter: it's more than just the warnings from the u.s., but south korea and japan. after we saw these launches, including a medium range missile that flew over japan, the u.s.

made it a point to conduct joint military exercises. the u.s., south korea, and japan all exercising together. that included some fairly large-scale exercises with the "ronald reagan" aircraft carrier. when these launches continue, the "reagan" would back south korea for more launches, and then we saw weapons tests, as well. a guided bomb, as well as a long-range precision guided munitions. so the u.s. is sending a strong message of its own. the key question, where does this go from here, beyond the united message of deterrence and strength that the u.s., south korea and japan will put out. we saw some sanctions against entities that assist north korea in conducting these ballistic missile tests. north korean said media said kim jong-un led these tactical nuclear exercises from september

25 to novoctober 9, which was yesterday. does that mean these exercises are done or not? we watch all of this play out. this is a point worth making. south korea and the u.s. warn if north korea continues on this path, all that's ahead is more condemnation and isolation. even the u.s. has acknowcknowle that there is a limit to this. they provide the protection and cover to go after north korea and affect their behavior. so that's one of the challenges the u.s. faces in trying to deter or curtail these tests. >> oren lieberman reporting from the pentagon, thank you very much. let's go to riran now and these protests. at least four protestors were reportedly killed over the weekend during a crackdown by authorities.

that's according to a iranian human rights group. 185 people have died since the protests began, but cnn cannot independently verify that. and iranian state tv was hacked this weekend. a segment on the supreme leader was replaced with a photo showing his face with a target superimposed over it. the image appeared with photos of young women who died in iran over the last month. these protests stem from the death of a 21-year-old woman that died while in custody of the government's morality police for not wearing her hijab properly. former white house aide cassidy hutchinson who gave that testimony in front of the january 6th committee, is now cooperating in the investigation in trump's bid to overturn the georgia 2020 election results.

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she is cooperating with prosecutors in georgia. she could be an informed witness for them. they have been trying to get testimony from mark meadows in georgia. they have not been able to do that. obviously, she worked very closely with them. she may have observations, just what she saw in the west wing around the 2020 election that could be useful for prosecutors. she may know more about the run-up and the aftermath of that phone call between former president trump and georgia secretary of state, where trump asked him to find him votes to win the state. and she may have more information about the surprise visit mark meadows made to a georgia ballot audit site in 2020. she also may have information that we don't know about that didn't come out in the public hearing, because she worked so closely with the former white house chief of staff. we know that the district attorney in georgia, she has been looking into efforts by donald trump to overturn the

2020 election. sources have told us she wants to wrap this up after the midterms and could issue indictments as early as december. so hutchinson could fill in gaps if they cannot work out an agreement to get mark meadows before then. victor? >> thank you, sarah. next, what cnn uncovered about the behind the scenes planning of florida governor ron desantis' migrant flights to martrtha's vineyard and how muc taxpayer dollalars were spent. ts your busininess might go throug. look a at all that talent. ♪

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we're learning new details about florida governor ron desantis' efforts to fly mig s to -- fly migrants to martha's vineyard. we are following these stories. steve, i read that the governor's plan was smaller than the mission he ultimately carried out. what do you know? >> reporter: that's right, victor. we got a look at some documents

relating to these migrant flights that took people from texas to martha's vineyard. after looking through dozens of pages, what's not in there, texas, san antonio, or southern border. rather, when the state put out its call for companies to contract with the state to carry out these migrant flights, they repeatedly said this was about moving people from florida. in fact, the words they used were the program's purpose was to relocate out of the state of florida foreign nationals who are not lawfully present and told company it is you are going to contract with us, you need to come up with a process to guarantee these individuals are voluntarily agreed to be relocated out of florida. even the state's guidelines say this was supposed to take place moving people from florida to other states. when we got a look at emails between the state and contractor it chose, the quotes it received

said they were coming up with plans to move people from the florida panhandle to new york and to california. again, nothing about flights coming from texas. and this is important, because there are legal questions that have been raised about this program already. did it exceed the bounds of what was allowed by state law? there's already a lawsuit filed by a state senator asking a judge to stop these flights on that very question. now, i asked the governor's office to explain these inconsistencies between the flights and what the state guidelines say. they didn't respond. but desantis said we have to get these people from the source, that's why we were operating in texas. that doesn't necessarily provide legal justification for why this program seems to have very exceeded the guidelines that are laid out in these documents. >> yeah. rhetoric and law, separate considerations here.

athena, let me come to you in new york. the mayor in new york has declared a state of emergency to respond to the migrant crisis. tell us about this new migrant crisis center. >> reporter: hi, victor, that's right. the mayor declaring a state of emergency because new york has been overwhelmed by an unprecedented number of migrants who have come into the city since april. at least 17,000 have arrived. here, this is where humanitarian response and relief center is being built. ky tell you, we have only been here a few hours. they have erected almost this entire big tent that you see in front of me. i'm told this is a 24-hour operation. we don't know the exact date it will be opening. but the mayor's office says it will house at first about 500 migrants, with the capacity to expand beyond that. and the idea that it's going to be temporary housing to help people get settled.

as i mentioned, a record number of migrants has led to a record number of people staying in the shelter system. 61,000 people, more than ever, of course, not all of them are migrants, some are the unhoused that new york was already struggling to deal with. we know they're using 42 hotels to temporarily house migrants. more than 5,000 migrant children have been enrolled in schools. one thing about randall's island is that there is access by public transportation, so you can take a bus here. people who are here will not be cut off in any way from the rest of the city and from opportunities there. but the bottom line is, the mayor called a state of energy, because new york is just reaching its capacity. he says they're going to spend at least $1 billion by the end of this fiscal year for an emergency they didn't foresee. there's been a lack of coordination when it comes to the buses being sent to folks like governor abbott of texas. the mayor wants aid from the state, aid from the federal

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with less than one month before the midterm elections, requests are filing up for former president obama to come out and stuff for some candidates in key races. but sources tell cnn he's not likely to hit the campaign trail as much as many in his party would like. cnn has more for us. so what is the former president's strategy here? >> well, what we are expecting to see here will be a targeted burst of campaigning, limited to a number of state where is the president -- where president obama can come in and make the argument for democrats together for races for governor, senator, all the way down to state legislators, secretary of state.

the way he will make the case for democrats is that they are essential to preserving american democracy. that's how he's going to do the basis of his argument here. but there's a feeling that from the president himself on down, among his advisers, that he can come in and light up supporters, but can also light up the opposition. so they're trying to make sure that they think very carefully about where and how to deploy him. >> isaac, thank you. >> thank you. georgia senate hopeful herschel walker continues to face scrutiny that he paid for a woman's abortion and encouraged her to get another one later. a republican who supports a full ban on abortions with no exceptions, has denied the allegations. joining us now, republican strategist alice stewart, and erol lewis. we know that tom cotton and rick scott, they're going to be

stumping for him, doubling down. this is just about math now. if they want the senate, they can't walk away from him. >> that's right. and i think you properly identified the principle at work here, which has everything to do with power. getting it, holding it, keeping it. and in some ways, that's all it was ever about. so we don't need to be distracted by any of the words that come out of the mouths of these republican leaders how attached they are to an anti-abortion position. it's about getting the power, and that's the only thing left in the campaign of herschel walker that's worth salvaging at this point. there are no other policies. he hasn't been part of the debate. we know he's going to lose whatever debate he takes part in. there's no public record or consistency. there's nothing there, just a vote they're trying to salvage. >> alice, what do you think about what we just heard? >> it's true, just making sure the republicans can do everything they can to gain

control of the senate. and what we're going to hear from senator scott and cotton tomorrow is the fact that we need to get georgians out to support herschel walker and his policies because they look at raphael warnock as a rubber stamp for biden's policies, which they say are not working for people of georgia. we're seeing more republicans will be coming into the state of georgia throughout the week and leading up to the debate on friday to support herschel walker. again, this is about making sure that we gape back this seat, and they're going to put the focus not on herschel's past but on what he promises to do for the future of georgia, which is working on fighting against rising inflation, crime, certainly on education, and pursuing the american dream. he wants to put policies in place that help the people of georgia and they view the policies that raphael warnock has been supporting as not beneficial for people. that's the main focus, and

they're looking at this from a political lens and not the personal lens. >> i appreciate you saying that, that this is just about winning the seat, and not looking at his past. but a man with no political experience, what else do you have, if not his past? >> well, you look at what he's vowing to do for the american people. and the people of the state of georgia. and he's put out a plan with how he wants to address the economy, how he wants to look at improving law enforcement, national security and our military and helping americans to improve education and parti parental involvement. that's what the people of georgia are looking at. >> let's be clear. he doesn't understand and can't articulate a single one of the policies you just described. what he's promising to do is simply follow instructions and do as he's told. which might mean something through the lens of party

politics. but we shouldn't pretend this is a guy brimming with policy ideas that he's waited his whole life to suddenly now start implementing at the national level for which he's utterly unqualified. >> i want to play here to that point what we heard from newt gingrich about herschel walker's potential value to the party and value in the senate. let's play it. >> i think he's a remarkable person. i think he's the most important senate candidate in the country, because he will do more to change the senate, just by the sheer presence, by his confidence, by his deep commitment to christ, by the degree to which he has -- he's been through a long, tough period. he had a lot of concussions coming out of football. he suffered ptsd. >> he just needs to be there, right? that's what he's saying. i don't understand, he's had a lot of concussions. is he trying to say we shouldn't expect him to make sensible arguments. >> yeah, you can't lower the bar

any further than that. look, it's a faith-based argument and a faith-based candidacy. they're saying trust the guy, he loves jesus, he's taken a lot of shots to the head, so don't expect too much from him. we think he will do pretty much as he's told. it's not a compelling argument, but it is one according to the poles that resonates with people. >> i think it's important to note that, look, herschel walker is a flawed candidate, but republicans don't corner the market on flawed candidates. we see them across the aisle. we'll see more from the walker campaign and from republicans is putting a spotlight on warnock's past. there were allegations about spousal abuse and failure to pay child support. they'll put out an ad that highlights that. so the table also be turned somewhat on raphael warnock on his policies and his personal past, as well. >> let me look at alabama senator tommy suberville and what he said in nevada over the

weekend. let's play it. >> they want crime because they want to take over what you got, they want to control what you want. they want reparations because they think that people that do the crime are owed that. bull shit. they are not owed that! >> black people are criminals, and white people in nevada, democrats want to take what you have to give to these black criminals. that's what the democratic party wants to do. am i hearing that wrong, alice? >> nope, that's what he said, victor. look, that is -- there's no explanation for that. there's no condoning that. that should not have been said. he's making the argument about rising crime in this country, the facts speak for themselves. crime is on the rise in cities across the country. we're seeing that voters as they are polled, with the issues important to them, crime is right up there with the economy, inflation, immigration, and crime. so it would be much better if people out there on the stuff

would focus on the facts instead of embellishing rhetoric that ignites the base, because it distracts from the real issue, which is we have a serious crime problem in this country and we need leaders that have policies and plans to address the rising crime. >> what sit that mccarthy says over in the house, rules for thee but not for me. where are the republicans who condemn, at least elected republicans, condemn what we heard from tubberville? >> yeah, you know, that's the most disappointing part of all of this. what america just saw was a shot of pure alabama politics. this reminds me of what i watched growing up when i first started taking an interest in following politics. you had people like strom thurmond and all the way back to george wallace, that angry racists at the podium shouting obsceneties. that's what it was. that's somewhat segregationist

politics was for decades in this country. normally, you don't take it outside of alabama. in this case, he went to nevada and gave a pure dose of it to america and told a bunch of working class people, democrats and black people, black criminals are trying to take what you have. it has been a stain on american politics for such a long time, and the big disappointment is you can't find republican leadership to step forward and say that's not what we stand for. that, of course, will be -- they sort of wonder, gee, why can't we attract black votes? you have to say this kind of poison has no place in american politics. let's relegate it to the past. >> president obama's approach to the midterm, sources say will be limited and careful. any of the democrats trying to keep a little distance from joe biden, do you think there is anybody, any of those democrats who want obama instead? or does he present the same

challenge for them? >> it's a little bit -- it's tricky on both counts. you know, the former president has been out of office now for six years. there are a lot of young voters you might want to appeal to who don't know who obama was. they don't feel the same excitement that a lot of young voters did in 2008. so he's of limited usefulness when it comes to that. he probably should have hit the road earlier, and tried to stir up and run some voter registration drives. make no mistake, joe biden is the leader of the party. he's the one who is going to make the endorsement. and if there's any daylight between him and obama, if they differ on a candidate, it would lead to a lot of confusion. so i think that's why obama is kind of laying in the background there. >> do you think obama on the road helps republicans? >> they clearly have done the calculation, and poll tested this strategy. they're with the understanding that it would ignite the gop base more so than really

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fatal vehicle crashes are rising at an alarming rate in the u.s. the federal safety officials estimate that close to 43,000 people were killed in car accidents in 2021. that's a 16-year high. speeding is often to blame, like this crash last week in florida. three teenagers were killed in a vehicle that hit 123 miles per hour. well, now there's a push for cars like this one. it has new technology that will not allow the driver to accelerate above the speed limit. an influential top safety board is recommending it for all new vehicles. cnn's pete muntean got a ride in one. >> reporter: in this electric car, a lead foot can only get you so far. it's equipped with intelligence speed assistance. it nose the speed limit is 20

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