Good morning. I'm Ali Velshi. It is Saturday, November the 26th. We begin today with an under-the-radar outcome of the 2022 midterm elections, but one that is extremely important in the ongoing fight for democracy.

Republicans are set to take control of the House of Representatives in the next Congress,

and one thing GOP leadership has suggested we should expect is less funding for Ukraine's defense

of democracy against Russia's barbaric invasion. And the funding that the chamber does approve

appears set to be conditional. Now, in the Senate, Democrats remaining control, however, an overwhelming

majority of senators from both parties support America's backing of Ukraine. In fact, there's a solid

number of senators on both sides of the aisles that believe the U.S. and the Biden administration

should be doing more with respect to Ukraine. Just this week, this bipartisan group of senators, the majority of whom

are Republicans, sent a letter to the Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to, quote, express concern,

end quote, with reports that the U.S. decided against sending advanced drones to Ukraine.

Still, the U.S. has pledged around $19 billion in aid for Ukraine since Russia's

invasion started back in February, including another $400 million this week, and it continues

to make a major difference in the war. It's cold in Kiev. It was cold back when the war

started and it's cold there again, and it's only getting colder.

That's playing into Russia's brutal strategy of trying to break the will of the Ukrainian people.

Recently, Russia's ramped up its attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure, very far from the front lines of battle, especially in the capital, Kiev, with a major target on power and electricity stations.

The strikes have killed several dozen people, wounded scores more, but they've left millions

without power at any given time, right as winter sets in in a uniquely cold nation.

These attacks are mainly meant to provoke terror amongst the Ukrainian citizenry.

They are, in effect,

terror attacks. And now the European Parliament has designated Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, adding that these deliberate attacks by Russia against civilians constitute war crimes.

A new report by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, for Human Rights, I'm sorry,

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