pay them but to stop lying about them. texas governor signing a bill that makes entering texas illegally a state crime w. why do we have to carry our passports around. governor abbott said we also welcome a supreme court decision that would overturn the precedent set in the arizona case. massive volcano erupting on iceland s peninsula. the haze of fire. it seems that the lava flows are changing direction away from the town. good morning, everyone. i m phil mattingly with poppy harlow in new york. donald trump and his top rivals for the gop presidential nomination all hitting the campaign trail there today. nikki haley, ron desantis about to kick off a busy day of campaign events across the state and trump is set to speak there at a rally tonight. the big push in iowa comes less than four weeks before the caucuses. tonight, we ll see if trump keeps amping up that dark, anti-immigrant rhetoric we heard during his campaign rallies over the last several days, la
control of the eastern city to moscow s army. the battle for bakhmut has been the longest and bloodiest of the war. this aerialfootage taken earlier this month shows intense shelling in a residential area. most people fled before fighting broke out. bakhmut is of little strategic value, but its capture would be a symbolic victory for russia. the battle for bakhmut began last august. ukraine says its forces still control part of it. our bbc verify team has been looking at images that show the extent of the destruction there during these months of fighting. this is bakhmut before russia invaded ukraine. once famous for its sparkling wine and thousands of rose bushes. this is bakhmut now reduced to a landscape of ruin and death. but not defeated, the ukrainian army told us. ukrainian troops stay in south western part of bakhmut. ukrainian army keep pushing the enemy from site of the city. 70,000 people used to live here before russia s full scale invasion of ukraine. i was her
where officials there have dismissed claims that the city of bakhmut has fallen to russia, after wagner mercenaries said they d begun handing over control of the eastern city to moscow s army. the battle for the city has been the longest and bloodiest of the war. this aerialfootage taken earlier this month shows intense shelling in a residential area, most people had already fled before fighting broke out. bakhmut is of little strategic value to moscow, but its capture would be a symbolic victory for russia. here s part of the recording made by the head of that russian mercenary group, wagner. translation: we are withdrawing units from bakhmut. today, it s 5am on the 25th of may. by the 1st ofjune, the main parts of the unit will be relocated at the rear camps. we re handing over our positions to the military. ammunition, positions, everything, including food rations. the battle for bakhmut began last august, and ukraine says its forces still control part of it. our verify
what happened to it! access peddling, corruption, and shocking sexual assault allegations in a new lawsuit filed against rudy giuliani. this is going to be eventually a big case. tonight, andrew weissmann on the claims that rudy giuliani sexually abused his employee, and michael schmidt on the allegations that he conspired with donald trump to sell presidential pardons. then, representative george santos, b, and here by is, expelled from the house of representatives. congressman roger brings a resolution to expel george santos from congress, and congressman joe garcia joins us live. plus, senator elizabeth warren on the republican debt limit extortion. fresh off of her grilling of bank ceos. you are planning to return how much? the answers none. that s it? i m not planning to do so, no. elon musk, after a fire storm over the antisemitic tweets. he said he wants to erode the fabric of civilization, and hates humanity. when you do something like that
ongoing threat to democracy. and in ukraine cnn is speaking with the anti-putin rich shan fighters claiming responsibility for cross border attacks. they say they re using american military vehicles during the raids. we ll get reaction from a key white house official, john kirby. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s begin with new ve developments in the special counsel s criminal investigation into donald trump s handling of classified documents. josh, tell us what you and your colleagues are now learning. right, wolf. what we re learning is that one day before federal authorities came to mar-a-lago last june to pick up classified documents in return for a subpoena that video employees, two employees of the former president in mar-a-lago, moving boxes back into the storage room. as you remember, when the feds arrived at mar-a-lago, trump s team said, come with us to the storage r