the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. at least 23 people including three children are dead after a russian cruise middle attack in the city of vinnytsia. anymore people are still missing. officials believe the missiles were launched by russian submarines in the black sea. president zelenskyy calls this an act of russian terror. scott mclean is in vinnytsia. scott, i know it is dark now. tell us what is happening at this hour. reporter: president zelenskyy said earlier today that people can t do this. he said that the people who did this are animals. those are his words. if you look over here, you can see fire crews trying to get rid of all of the debris here from this office building. i cannot show you the theater next-door because it is dark but one of the two missiles that landed in this area obliterated the building. there is maybe only a half a dozen windows that survived the sheer strength of this blast. what is incredible, they were two strikes. what hit the parkin
23 people are dead, including three children. plus, a dead wife, a dead son, a botched hit, an alleged fraud scheme. murder charges have now been filed against a once prominent south carolina attorney in this case that has more twists than a country road. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. president biden s first trip to the middle east being overshadowed in a controversial sit-down that s not yet even happened. president biden stood side by side with israeli prime minister and promised iran will never get a nuclear weapon. how to go about that? that s where they public disagreed. i continue to believe that diploma city is the best way to achieve them. words will not stop them. diplomacy will not stop them. he was pressed by reporters as to whether or not he ll bring up the murder of the journalist with leaders in saudi arabia. the leaders responsible for his murder. at we report from jerusalem, president biden stopped way short of making any such commitment. r
attack in central ukraine. president zelenskyy is calling it an act of terrorism. welcome to the viewers in the united states and around the world. i am wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room . it is 1:00 friday in jerusalem. this is the final hours of president biden s visit here before he heads to saudi arabia. tonight, the team is bracing for the trip to be a major test of he is diplomacy. jeremy diamond is with us in jerusalem. jeremy, clearly the effort to try to stop iran from developing a nuclear bomb was at the forefront of the talks. reporter: president biden and yair lapid met for an hour and a half earlier today. they covered everything from defense cooperation to the partnership between israel and arab countries. it was largely a show of unity. you also did see some daylight between the two sides as president biden reaffirmed his interest in resolving this diplomatically while the is really former president trump mr. called for muscular approach. presid
capitol. brittney was always a great teammate and that is why i m here. we miss her so much. translator: the shield which was my only protection, i was lying on the ground all covered in glass. i didn t know if i would survive that moment and you can take a look, the atm machine is completely destroyed. it is just past 11:00 a.m. on a very warm morning here in jeddah. u.s. president biden will be here later today, but right now, he is preparing to meet with the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas in bethlehem. no major breakthroughs are expected, although the u.s. is also announcing tens of millions of dollars for panhandle hospitals, refugees and internet upgrades. mr. biden reiterating his support for a two state solution to the israeli/palestinian conflict, yet no apparent plans for reviving the middle east peace process. meanwhile the white house confirms that president biden will meet one-on-one with saudi crown prince mohammad bin salman when he is here
the united states successfully concluded an air strike in kabul, afghanistan that killed the immere of al qaeda. ayman al zawahiri. he was deeply involved in the planning of 9/11. let me make it clear again tonight that no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the united states will find you and take you out. and good morning to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is tuesday, august 2nd. i m brianna keilar. john berman is off. john avlon is with us this morning. and president biden delivering that message to the nation, that justice has been delivered. ayman al zawahiri, the leader of al qaeda, and the world s most wanted terrorist killed in a precision u.s. drone strike. zal zawahiri was bin laden s leader and the leader of the terrorist attack of 9/11, his death coming after the u.s. took out bin laden. these are image of the neighborhood where the taliban said the strike was carried out. mission was the