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world. i'm -- live from cnn center in atlanta. we are following two big stories this hour. world leaders hold an emergency meeting after a missile described as being russian-made falls inside of nato territory. and donald trump announces his third run for the white house, claiming he is the candidate who can bring people together. the missile that fell on poland tuesday killed two people, and it's raising fears that russia's war in ukraine could spill over into nato territory. now, it is unclear where the missile was fired from and what fell in poland. but officials say it was russian made. poland has raised its military alert status, and some of the russian ambassador for an explanation. it is also considering whether to invoke nato's article four, which would trigger talks with the alliances decision making body. now, the missile fell in a village about four miles or six kilometers west of poland's
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border with ukraine. it also sent off a storm of diplomatic activity. nato will hold an emergency meeting in brussels in the coming hours. g7 and nato leaders met on the sidelines of the g20 summit in bali, indonesia. after, president joe biden struck a cautious tone. here he is. >> i'm going to make sure we fare out exactly what happened. it's unlikely, in the minds of the trajectory, that it was fired from russia. but we will see. >> all right, let's go live now to cnn's reporter. in indonesia. what more do we know about the origin of this missile? >> well, the white house and president biden are being fairly tightlipped. and i think that does get at the stakes of this moment, the caution that they're demonstrating. because, of course, pullen is a member of nato, an attack on polish soil would potentially trigger article five on the nato alliance. that is the collective defense
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treaty, where an attack on one member state is an attack on all member states. and president biden, they're, speaking after those crisis talks and being extremely cautious about his words as u.s. officials, as other u.s. officials kind of urgently try and figure out where this missile was fired from. what american officials at least say is that their intelligence is actually fairly good on this kind of thing. that the trajectory of this missile would be well-known to them. so, they do want to speak with each other, speak with the polls, speak with the ukrainians as well, and try and determine the next steps. but certainly, this event has now dominated the final days of the g20 summit. it occurred overnight here in bali. and the president's national security adviser, jake sullivan, got on the phone fairly quickly with his polish counterpart. that all led up to a phone call between president biden and the polish president. a photo of that phone call
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really sort of underscored the stakes of it, the tensions in the room. the president was there with the secretary of state antony blinken, what jake sullivan, the national security adviser, trying to determine more information about what had happened. the president also spoke with the nato secretary general jen stoltenberg. so, certainly this flurry of diplomatic activity all culminating in those crisis talks. they were not planned ahead of time. occurring at the presidents hotel. you saw him there at the middle of the table flanked by other members of the g7. also some nato leaders who are at the summit. now, going forward, this nato ambassadors meeting today, that is convened under what is known as article for. article five is the one that gets all the attention. article four is the one where a nato ally can call for consultations among the other member states to try and determine a path forward. so, this will just be the start of intensive diplomacy going forward. but president biden is now at
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his final engagement of this g20 summit. he is sitting down with the british prime minister, rishi sunak. they will certainly want, to be discussing this as well. and this is all before he departs in a few hours for a very long flight to washington. where he will be with his officials, and this will continue to be a very intensive topic of discussion, kim. >> yeah, we'll keep monitoring this intense of story. appreciate your reporting there kevin liptak in indonesia. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> well, we are barely a week past the u.s. midterm elections. but the 2024 race for the white house already has its first contestant. donald trump announced his candidacy tuesday night in florida, promising to defeat joe biden, and the quote, radical democrats with his american first agenda. the former president vowed to bring down inflation, make the u.s. energy independent, and secure the border with mexico. now, if he were to win, trump
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would be the first u.s. president elected to non consecutive terms since grover cleveland in 1892. more now from cnn's kristen holmes. >> tuesday night, former president donald trump launching his third presidential bid. despite the warnings of many of his top advisers and aides who said he does not have the momentum coming out of the midterms, those lackluster republican results. as well as concerned that he would overshadow the georgia senate runoff and cause republican candidate herschel walker to not win the race. now, trump's speech was uncharacteristically low energy. he seemed to stay mostly on message. but he did say it would likely be 30 minutes, it was much longer. take a listen to some of what he had to say. >> in order to make america great and glorious again, i am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the united states. [applause] >> now, this is a historic for
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a multitude of reasons. not only because there has only been one person to successfully run for a non consecutive term and win, but also given the nature of donald trump. this is a man who is facing several federal investigations. embroiled in multiple legal battles. additionally, he sought to overturn the 2020 election. still does not recognize that he lost that legitimate election to joe biden. and this is -- 2024 presidential race, sets up a potential rematch for him against current president biden. but kristen holmes, cnn, palm beach, florida. >> and joining me now from cambridge, massachusetts, cnn political commentator and republican commentators alice stewart. and from los angeles democratic strategists occidental college presser karen and men. thank you so much for being here with us. start with you, alison. no surprise that donald trump
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has formally announced. maybe surprising the way he did it. what stood out to you? >> look, it is no surprise. this is the worst kept secret in politics. but he did it in trump style at mar-a-lago, around his great admirers. the problem is he does not have widespread support among the party. and he certainly doesn't have a widespread support among a general electorate, which he'd face in a national election. one thing that stood out to me in what he said, obviously as efforts to make america great again, but he also said we need to go far and fast. the problem is he has gone far any. failed he's lost the white house, he's lost the house and the senate. and republicans had tremendous losses this cycle, in large part due to candidates he nominated. and their efforts to re-litigate 2020. an election deniers and conspiracy theories. look, i applaud his objectives, what he talked about in his
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speech to reduce inflation and secure the border and gain energy independence. that is what we need to do. but i think there are plenty of other positive republicans that can do just the same and also when a general election at the same time. >> yeah, caroline, alice just mentioned there the losses that the republicans, you know, they were supposed to do a lot better. donald trump tried his best to deflect a deny any responsibility for the republicans poor showing in the midterms. >> well, he absolutely has responsibility. in fact, this is the third election cycle, as alice pointed out, it has been a few election cycles now that he has cost elections in swing states and in swing districts. so, anything purple -- i mean, it was a 40 seat lost in 2018. he lost by almost 8 million votes in 2020. and that hurt down tickets. he certainly had losses in the midterm elections but that he should be held personally responsible for. not only the weekend it is in the senate, but mitch mcconnell for half a year has been saying
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it would cost him in the senate. but also the election deniers in close races. they lost 2 to 1. so, yes, donald trump, trump-ism is absolutely not working with independent voters in purple areas. so, him running for the ticket, it is not good news for the republican party. >> but maybe good news for democrats? they're already turning the announcement into a fund raising opportunity. are they rubbing their hands at the chance, possibly, to run against him in 2024 to make that election a referendum on donald trump? >> i would imagine that democrats are very happy right. now it's going to be a bloodbath between desantis and trump. i can imagine they will weaken each other. whoever makes it to the final will, yes, this is a dream for democrats. >> alice, what -- go ahead, go ahead. >> no, i agree completely. look, democrats would love nothing more than donald trump to be a republican nominee.
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they basically ran this midterm election against donald trump. and he was not even on the ticket. and they realized his brand of extremism has expired. and people are tired of that. they would love to have him be the person that they run third election against. the truth is, speaking with many people up and down the republican party, whether they're in washington, d.c. or middle america, look, donald trump deserves a lot of credit for reenergizing the base of the republican party. but they realize that it is time to turn a page. he has -- we have lost many peoples because of his rhetoric and his focus on his past grievances, instead of voters future promises. and people who have been die hard trump supporters, they are ready to turn the page and push someone else at the top of the ticket who could truly be a viable candidate against democratic nominees. >> yeah, i don't know about die hard trump supporters turning
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the page. but we shall see. so, we heard our reporter mention this. the senate race here in georgia, what do you think, you know, donald trump throwing his hat in the ring will mean? we heard him in a speech name check herschel walker and urge his supporters to vote for him. but will trump's announcement be a factor here? >> i think it will be a factor. just [inaudible] republicans trying so hard not to do that. they were very interested in making sure donald trump waited to announce. because it would absolutely affect the georgia election. at this point in time, you have both trump-ism, which people are pushing back against, as alice pointed out, and in fact, in polling, 53% of americans say trump, a new morning consult poll says, 53% say trump should absolutely not run. 65% say he probably should not run. but on top of that, you also have this massive swing with row that everyone discounted because they're not looking at this as a long term issue. but i think that 51% the
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american population of women absolutely view it as a long term issue. and so, trump is only going to make matters worse. i think georgia is already favored for warnock. and trump putting his -- in the ring will probably make this something that will happen for warnock. >> alice, you agree? >> i do. look, i'm from georgia. i know the people of georgia. i understand what's going in their heads right now. and i believe the runoff elections we had two years ago were lost in large part because of trump's involvement in that race. and he would be better served to sit on the sidelines. that being said, he will more than likely interject himself. and he can be helpful outside of the atlanta area and the very democratic areas. he can be helpful in parts of rural georgia to encourage people that may not feel the need to get out the vote. encourage them to get out and vote. and i've spoken with walker campaign. they are happy to take help from anyone who can turn out
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voters. but they are going to rely more on people like ron desantis and glenn youngkin and people that are proven republican leaders that have a positive vision for the future. as opposed to someone who has a successful record of electoral losses like donald trump. >> should be fascinating to see it play out. we'll have to leave it there. alice stewart and caroline heldman, thank you so much for joining us. we really appreciate it. >> thank you, kim. >> well, he's the longest serving republican leader in senate history. but as congress returns to the hill after last week's midterm elections, mitch mcconnell is facing his first serious challenge in decades. that is still to come. and we'll have a report from the polish village where officials say a russian-made missile killed two people near the border with ukraine. please stay with us. help you remember that liberty mutual customizes your home insurance, here's one that'll realally take you back. wow! what'd you get, ryan? it's cucustomized home insurance frfrom liberty mutual!!! what does itit do, bud?
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the explosion that killed two people in a polish village on tuesday. pullen said it was caused by a russian-made missile. now, at this hour, it is still not clear who fired it and where it was fired from. the missile landed about six and a half kilometers or four miles west of the ukrainian border, at roughly the same time russia launched its biggest wave of missile attacks on ukrainian cities in a month. a nato official tells cnn that a nato aircraft flying in polish airspace tracked the missile. the polish president says his country is trying to determine who is responsible. matthew chance filed this report from near the scene of the blast in poland. >> well, dramatic scenes taking place here in this relatively remote village close to the border of ukraine on polish territory. for the polish authorities have confirmed two people killed in that explosion caused by rockets or missiles that fell on polish territory earlier.
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at a farm just a short distance from here. it's a one street town, essentially. and that streak has been sealed off all night by the polish authorities, preventing us from actually getting to the scene. because they've got specialist on the ground there, literally trying to piece together the fragments of the ordinance to try and work out where it's from and who fired it. the polish authorities have come out and said it's a russian-made missile. but of course, it does not necessarily mean it was fired by russia. ukrainian military forces also have missiles that were originally made by russia. some of their anti missiles, for instance, fall into that category. what we do know is that two people have been killed. and that has caused enormous trauma to the local community here, which is obviously very small, very close knit. there were farmworkers working on that pharma short distance away when the explosion took place.
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we also know there is going to be an emergency meeting now of nato very shortly to discuss what the response should be by poland and its nato allies to this explosion taking place. we also know that the polls are pointing the finger of blame to a certain extent directly at moscow already. calling the russian ambassador into the foreign ministry here for consultations. and again, designating this ordinance as russian made. the russians, for their part, have categorically denied involvement. the kremlin telling me that they've got no information on any russian military strike on territory of poland. and the russian defense ministry issuing a statement saying it's a provocation to suggest this is a russian attack. and so, there's still some questions about what has taken place here. but in the hours ahead, there
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will be a response from poland and its nato allies. >> matthew chance, cnn, near the border of ukraine and poland. >> and for more on this, david singer joins me now from santa barbara, california. he's cnn political and national security analyst and white house national security correspondent for the new york times. thank you so much for being here with us. david, the stakes cannot be higher. take us through what polish and nato authorities have been doing to get answers as to where this came from and exactly what may have happened here. >> well, it's the polish who have identified the missile itself as russian made. but as matthew said, before, that does not tell you very much about who launched it. we heard president biden earlier speaking from bali saying that he believes it did not originate from russian
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territory. it's very possible the russians could've launched it from ukrainian territory. but others could have as well. so, why is this important? first, it's president biden who has said that the united states and its nato allies would defend every inch of nato territory. so, that suggests that if putin attacks in the nato state, then suddenly he is in conflict with nato. but if this was just a -- missile, if it had gone off course, even if it had been aimed someplace close to the border in ukraine, i don't think anybody is going to war for that. if it was a mistake, i don't think anyone's going to war for that. if it had been intentional to hit in poland, you would have thought that there probably would have been several missile strikes. >> so -- >> i think the early indications are that people are
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trying to calm down a little bit. >> but this always was the possibility when the war started. it's what everybody feared. so, if -- you know, a big if, if it was russia that actually fired the missile, maybe it isn't even this one, maybe it's in the future, what than our nato's actual options here? >> while, if there was a sustained russian attack on a nato ally, and poland and romania would be the two most likely candidates, because they're the two shipment points for nato arms to go into ukraine, then all of a sudden the characteristics of the war with change. and this would be nato versus russia. that's one of the reasons putin has been careful so far. he does not want to expand this. he's got his hands full right now just dealing with the ukrainian military. but the big question facing the nato countries would be whether
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there was unanimity to go to ukraine's aid. so far, ukraine has not asked for an article five nato intervention. that is, the intervention that an attack on all. i think in part that's because the polish government itself is trying to figure out who launched this and why. >> so, the cia director and his russian counterpart, you know, just the other day they met in turkey to talk about how to avert a nuclear war. so, how open are the lines of communication between the two countries? are they talking now? >> well, before a few weeks ago, i would say they were pretty miserable. but we have since seen the defense chief, general showing, go call lloyd austin, the american defense secretary. we have seen general prism of,
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who is basically the top military official call general milley, the general of the joint chiefs of staff. we've now seen bill burns meet his russian counterpart. mr. burns, of, course is cia director. so, at least there is a sense now of regular communication. whether they're listening to each other, that is another question. >> yeah, as matthew chance said there, could have been ukrainians firing to stop a russian missile. we still don't know. but anyway you slice it, all of this came about because of russia invading ukraine at the end of the day. >> that's right, that's right. and that's the fear here, that it's a situation like this lends itself to accidents and assuming the worst of the tensions. >> yeah, we'll have to leave it there. but really appreciate your insight and analysis. david sanger, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> well, one week after the
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term, there is plenty of blame to go around for how things went last tuesday. our manu raju has more. >> house republicans nominated kevin mccarthy to be the next speaker of the house. >> this new republican leadership team is ready to get work. >> winning 188 votes, well short of the 218 needed in january to take the gavel. >> now is the time to get all the -- air all the grievances, and that we were ready to go on day one. >> thank you all for being here today. >> facing opposition from far-right members, like arizona's andy biggs, trying to extract concessions. >> we want leadership. i think andy biggs embodies the kind of leadership that we want. >> the infighting comes as the gop closes in on the house majority. democrats expecting two years of internal gop sparring between their moderate and conservative wings. >> i think this version other publican caucus is going to have a very hard time governing in any way, shape, or form. and i think we will see just how dysfunctional they are.
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>> but house democrats preparing for their own leadership shakeup. once nancy pelosi decides whether to stay atop the caucus she has dominated for the past two decades. congressman jim clyburn, currently the number three democrat, told cnn he plans to stay in leadership. but will not run for the top position. potentially paving the way for hakeem jeffries to lead the caucus if pelosi steps aside. >> could be the top leadership position you're considering running for? it >> could be that. >> in the senate, democrats take a victory lap after holding the senate. but some republicans taking out their fire at mitch mcconnell. florida senator rick scott plans to run against him in wednesday's leadership elections. >> what's the problem of having mcconnell as a leader for another two years? >> well, if you like the election results, i guess there is no problem. but if you want to be a majority party, clearly what we are doing is not working. >> so you don't think he can get you back to a majority? >> no. >> mcconnell pushing back. >> i think the outcome is really clear. i want to repeat again, i have
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the votes. i will be elected. the only issue is whether we do it sooner or later. >> and republicans also uneasy about the reemergence of donald trump as a presidential candidate. and what that means for their party. >> the world has changed considerably. and just in recent weeks. >> all coming as democrats hold their own and key governors races across the country, including the victory of democrat katie hobbs in arizona over staunch trump backer kari lake. >> we chose sanity over chaos. but [applause] and we chose unity over division. >> now, behind closed doors for over three hours, senate republicans engage in an intense back and forth, including between mcconnell and scott themselves. trading criticism over their handling of the midterm elections. susan collins, republican of maine, defending mitch mcconnell, question scott's spending decisions as head of the national republican senatorial committee. and i asked my conical about
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the -- scott. himself mcconnell defended himself, and pointed to what he said was chaos that came from all the negativity that came from some people in the party's leadership. he did not say who he was talking about. manu raju, cnn, capitol hill. >> ron brownstein is cnn senior political analyst and senior editor for the atlantic. and he joins me now from new york. pleasure to have you on here. let's start with developments in congress that look more and more likely that republicans will control the house. we've seen there just the infighting, the rebellion, from the pro trump maga wing against kevin mccarthy and mitch mcconnell. where do you think this is all heading? >> you know, the narrow majorities in the house, if when all is said is none, it is going to make life very difficult for whoever becomes republican leader. in the, and it's difficult to see how they will move beyond mccarthy, if only because it's hard to see what other figure could be more of a unifying
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force for this caucus. but the divergence between kind of the most -- [silence] >> i think we might have lost ron brownstein there. we'll see if we can get him back a little bit later on. georgia governor brian kemp spent three hours on tuesday testifying before an atlanta area grand jury. prosecutors are investigating whether then president donald trump and his allies try to overturn the 2020 election results in georgia. the questioning focused largely on a phone call weeks after the election in which trump allegedly tried to push camp -- state lawmakers to overturn joe biden's win in georgia. former white house aide cassidy hutchinson is scheduled to offer her testimony before the grand jury on wednesday. senator lindsey graham set to testify on thursday. and a florida judge has ordered the former national security adviser michael flynn must testify before the grand jury. the judge denied flynn's
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request to defer his testimony while he appeals the ruling. world leaders gathered in indonesia to hold an emergency meeting about the russian-made missile that fell in poland. we will have a live report from bali after the break. please stay with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ voltaren. the joy of movement. ♪
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>> congress is returning to capitol hill for the first time since the midterms. and this comes as donald trump has officially put his hat in the ring, announced he will run for president in 2024. so, to discuss all this, we've reestablished contact with cnn senior political analyst and senior editor for the atlantic ron brownstein. great to have you back. so, let's, let's pick up here. donald trump officially running. how much more does that stir the pot and make it even harder for republican leadership in congress? >> that's a really good question, kim. because, i mean, trump announcing so early. and, you know, by historic standards, way before candidates usually do.
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and of course, way before anyone else in the republican possible field has announced. it's really going to put pressure on every member of congress and every republican elected official up and down the ballot to say whether or not they want him again. and the other thing that it does, i think and i've always felt this, is once trump is out there it is a real inhibitor against republicans in congress trying to reach any kinds of deals with biden. whether they think it is in their interest or not but. because he is presumably going to be hurling thunderbolts at him every time they even gesture towards reaching accommodation with the president, that he continues to view and claim was illegitimately electorate. >> yeah, great. point all, right let's turn to donald trump's announcement itself. so, first just on the historical import of this moment, a president who lost, who undermine democracy, who fomented an insurrection, now running for top office again.
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>> yeah, we've only had -- of course, all viewers remember, grover cleveland, who was elected in 1884, defeated in 1888, and then won a rematch in 1892. one key difference, as someone pointed out on twitter, is that cleveland twice won the popular vote, even when he lost. and of course, was not facing the prospect of multiple indictments on both federal and state charges in georgia. you know, i thought it was an odd speech. it did not have trump's characteristic energy. it seemed almost perfunctory at points. it was rambling. , you know it aired his familiar grievances. i am a victim, he said at one point. but you also see the germ of what will be the campaign for him or any other republican who runs, which is the argument that the country was in better shape in any -- today. that biden has mishandled inflation, crime, and the border. and we need to go back to the
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policies that were working. i think the question is not whether that is ultimately republican message. the question so many republicans are asking is whether trump is the credible messenger, given all of the resistance to him that was evident in blue and purple states in last week's election. >> yeah, but one of those purple states, although it was very red, was florida. so, we've seen some polling suggesting florida governor ron desantis could beat trump in a head to head matchup. do you think that will be the eventual primary contests? ten desantis or, you know, pence or anyone else win? against trump? >> look, i think there is going to be more resistance to trump from the elite level the party, the donors, the elected officials, the big conservative media outlets, then we've seen at any point in his career. not because they are morally offended by him, you know, inciting a riot, trying to overturn the election or destroying ukraine. they believe he is now an electoral loser.
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but there are challenges to try to displace him. and in many ways, the biggest one are the rules by which republicans select their presidential nominee. they are very different than the rules on the democratic side. the republican rules really favor whoever has the biggest block of support, whether or not it is a majority. and trump, if nothing else, has a substantial floor, even if his ceiling is probably lower than it was before the election. i think the key for anyone else, particularly if it's going to be desantis, is whether they can get to that kind of one-on-one choice very early. because if you go back to 2016, donald trump had not won 50% of the vote in any state by the time he was the presumptive nominee. and the reason he was the presumptive nominee is because he had about 40% of the party and the remainder split among multiple candidates. that could easily happen again. the key for desantis, what could be a stronger challenge than anyone trump faced in 2016, is clearing that field quickly.
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but that is very hard to do under the modern rules, particularly when candidates can raise money from small donors on the internet and stay in the race longer than they used to. >> so, intriguing, we'll be watching. thanks so, much always great to get your analysis ron brownstein. appreciate it. >> thanks, sorry for the technical snafu. >> no worries, my friend. well, there is been a world of diplomatic activities following a deadly explosion in poland that polish officials say was caused by a russian-made missile. still not clear where the missile was fired from. nato has called an emergency meeting in brussels. and in a statement, offered pull and its full support. the -- ivan watson in bali, for the g20 summit has recently wrapped up. ivan, take us through how president biden and other world leaders have been reacting to this. >> sure, well, he and other
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leaders here in bali have been in touch with the polish government about this missile strike that hit eastern poland, near the border with ukraine, killing at least two people. let's first listen to how the polish president in warsaw characterized what happened. >> [interpreter] of course, we know that all day today russia was attacking ukraine with rockets. but we do not have any conclusive evidence at the moment as to who launched this missile. the investigation is underway. [end of translation] >> and this morning, after calls to the nato secretary general, to the polish president, u.s. president joe biden convened an emergency roundtable. and he gathered heads of state, who happen to be here for the g20 summit in bali. they include the leaders of canada, the european union, france, germany, italy, japan, netherlands, spain, and the uk,
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and they held a meeting about this incident as well as the salvo of russian rockets that fell all across ukraine on tuesday. and their statement, they emerged saying, quote, we discuss the explosion that took place in the eastern part of poland near the border with ukraine. we offer our full support for and our assistance with poland's ongoing investigation. we agreed to remain in close touch to determine appropriate next steps as the investigation proceeds. meanwhile, other leaders here have announced that they too have been in touch with the polish government. the french president, emmanuel macron, the british prime minister, rishi sunak, who's been in a meeting with biden just moments ago, all expressing condolences to poland. all saying they express solidarity with poland, and offering support in the investigation to try to figure out where this deadly missile strike in fact came from.
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one of the ghouls that the biden administration had at this meeting was to try to continue to put pressure on russia regarding its invasion and ongoing grinding war with ukraine. it was also a key subject for discussion for the host country here, the indonesian prime minister joko widodo, who has warned that the war is having an effect on global food prices and energy prices. one of the big questions coming out of here, what could this latest rocket salvo against ukraine, the threat that perhaps there's a spill over into poland, could that bolster efforts to try to get g20 countries, which include china and russia, to take perhaps a harder line against russia? that remains to be seen here, cam. >> all, right we'll keep following the story. ivan watson in bali indonesia, thank you so much. nasa is hoping to launch the
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>> is it going to go? we don't know. we are looking at live pictures, nasa facing new issues in the third attempt to launch the artemis moon rocket, the launch window is set to open early at the space kennedy space center, but the team has already had to fix another liquid hydrogen lead a short time ago. now they are working on a problem with a radar signal. once this mission is a, go if it is, the unmanned test flight -- powerful rocket in the world. the artemis program is to return astronauts to the moon, but the first time in 50, years and sunday sent humans to mars.
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i'm joined now by cnn spacing defense correspondent kristen fisher, this at the space center for the launch, we will see, now that can't seem to catch a break here, what is the latest on the launch? >> well, kim, right now the rocket itself is who to go, it is almost fully fueled, this is by far the farthest the nasa team has gotten in any of the previous two launch attempts. right now, kim, believe it or, not the problem is with a faulty ethernet switch, not associated with nasa. but associated with the -- run by the u.s. space force which is required to have all these various radar centers around. what the sensors have to do is they are absolutely critical for the flight termination system, meaning if something goes wrong with this massive rocket lift off, the most powerful rocket ever built, they need to be able to be able
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to kill it, terminate it, in the event that it goes the wrong way, so this ethernet switch critical to the radar that would allow that flight termination system to work so this rocket cannot fly unless this internet cable, ethernet switch has been fixed. so the range has told nasa that they have replaced, it but right now we are waiting for them to test it and see if that actually works. but, kim, they've actually work through another major issue this, morning they had to send out a red team, a crew of three people to the launchpad, to almost fully fueled rocket. the sting is basically like one shined bomb waiting to go off, it is a highly skilled team, they got out, they're tighten some nuts and bolts, and they were able to fix another small hydrogen leak. so that is the good news. the rocket itself looking very good. right now, kim, we are waiting to find out if that faulty
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ethernet which has successfully been repaired and replaced. cam? >> ethernet problems, we have all had, i'm just turning off and, on simple, right. all right, listen, we will check -- exactly, we will check with it -- i'm kim brunhuber, i will be back with more news right after this, please do stay with us. >> plop plop fizz fizz, with alka-seltzer plus cold & flu relief. also try for fizzy fast cough relief! before we begin, i'd like to thank our sponsor, liberty mutual. they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. and by switching, you could even save $652. thank you, liberty mutual. now, contestants ready? go! why? why?
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harvey denies any allegation of assault. but he is aware of complaints about his treatment of women and he is working on that. do you want to expand on that? we have decades of accusations of harassment, assault. weinstein, knows what we're doing. every call you make is being recorded. this is bigger than weinstein. this is about the system, protecting abusers. this is all going to come out.
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