i m whitny wild. cnn this morning starts right now. morning, everyone. we re glad you re with us. it s thursday, december 29th. don is off this week. and ukraine is our lead story. under attack. more than 120 russian missiles launched at ukraine overnight. 90% of lviv this morning is without power. we ll take you to crane. here in the united states, thousands of air travelers are struggling to find their way home still. one major airport is launching an investigation into the meltdown at southwest airlines. and the death toll is rising once again in buffalo. the city s mayor now coming under fire for handling of that recovery and the storm. a new migrant processing center is going up in el paso, despite a supreme court decision to keep title 42 in place. we begin this hour with ukraine. president zelenskyy s adviser says russia has launched more than 120 missiles at the country. it happened overnight. a top official in odesa is calling it a massive missile attack in
this despite her repeated pledge. we re not cooperating with ice and we re a sanctuary city. we re a city that is a sanctuary city. we have immigrants from all over the world who call chicago their home. we re a welcoming city, a sanctuary city. chicago police department will not cooperate with ice. chicago has been a welcoming city and a city of immigrants since its founding. proudly so. the crisis at the border growing more deadly by the day. border patrol confirming at least nine migrants have drowned trying to cross the rio grande into texas, garrett tenney is live in eagle pass, texas. what have you got? the last few days alone. those deaths prompted the border patrol to issue an extreme warning asking migrants not to cross illegally due to strong currents in the river after getting a lot of rain with potentially more on the way. despite that warning, large groups of hundreds of migrants continue to cross over the weekend including some with young children. former
though is the championing progress being made not only on the economic front but numbers that he says are proving that the inflation reduction act is beginning to bear some fruit. there s a great deal of division over whether that is happening. this three-state trip, by the way, three strong blue states that he s going to is an interesting thing to do less than a month before the mi mid- mid-terms. want to keep you up on that and how this is playingout and the strategy of the white house with a little less than four weeks until the general elections. jacqui heinrich at the white house on what this strategy is. what do you think, jacqui? it s hard to say, neil, what exactly the strategy is. the press secretary was asked why the president isn t going to a more contentious state like arizona if he s going on a western swing. why not hit some of those areas where democrats vying for re-electioning are having a tougher job. but this event in colorado is going to be really a favo
what kind of convinces? when you say suspend all arms sale. is that something you d consider? i m not going to get into what i d consider or have in mind, but there will be consequences. president joe biden warns there will be consequences for saudi arabia after a major oil production pipe. we ll also have this comments on the war in ukraine straight ahead. and they come as russia continues to pummel civilians after an explosion on a russian bridge. meanwhile back here at home, the justice department picks away plans about the mar-a-lago documents and calls on the supreme court to allow the investigation to continue. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this wednesday, october 12th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin with the latest in ukraine where crews are assessing damage and working to restore power from widespread russian missile attacks. russia carried out at least 28 more missile strikes yesterday compared to
we ll discuss the implications on u.s. relations with beijing. live from cnn center, this is c cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with two major weather events unfolding right now. the first here in the united states, a dangerous and blistering heatwave continues its stranglehold in the western part of the country. more than 40 million people are under heat alerts as temperatures soar 10 to 20 degrees above normal and electric companies in california are asking companies to turn off unnecessary lights addrend appliances in order to save energy. and in asiain, a powerful typho is bathering the southern islands with strong gusty winds and heavy rains. luckily it skirted past taiwan without making a direct hit, but waves hit the northeastern coast. and there is a heavy rain advisory for northern parts of the island. joining us now with the latest on both these stories is meteorologist derek van dam. so records being shattered across the western u.s. and typhoon acros