video of atrocities, including this surveillance video obtained by cnn which shows russian soldiers shooting two unarmed civilians as they walked away from an encounter on the outskirts of kyiv. prosecutors say they are investigating this as a war crime. nic robertson is in finland this morning. s sara, tell us more. this camera stayed on, showing this all the way through from beginning to end. it is incredibly disturbing to watch but what it reveals are russian soldiers shooting two men as they walk away. this is a stark example of a potential war crime perspetrate by russian forces, an example the world has not yet seen, russian soldiers shooting two civilians in the back. cnn obtained the surveillance video taken from this dealership video. russians tried and failed to shell their way to the capitol. the fight along this road was clearly fierce. but what happened outside this business was not a battle between soldiers or even soldiers and armed civilians. it was a cowa
his new reporting. so, ryan, this is significant. obviously. why these five lawmakers specifically? why are they being subpoenaed? reporter: well, first of all, victor and alisyn, before we get to that, i do want to tell you that the house minority leader, kevin mccarthy, just walked by us here on his way into the house chamber and was asked about this new subpoena for the first time and told reporters that he simply hadn t seen it yet so he didn t have anything to respond to. that s the first response that we have had from any of these republican lawmakers that have been subpoenaed by the committee. but to answer your question, alisyn, about why these particular lawmakers, well, the chairman of the committee, benny o bennie thompson has talk about this for several weeks. what it comes down is they believe they have information that is relevant to these members about their conduct leading up to january 6th and on the day itself and they want to give these members an opportu
all happened. that s ahead. thank you for being here. let s begin with the news on the economy. good news, bad news, something in between possibly. inflation in the u.s. easing slightly in april. consumer prices rose 8.3%. lower than theri we saw in march but still very clearly painfully close to the 40 year high. today s report marks the first time the inflation rate fell in 8 months but still not good out there. sky high prices in major sectors and every aspect of life. president biden this morning called inflation unacceptably high in a statement he issued and also says inflation is now his top domestic priority as the economy faces unprecedented challenges from the supply chain to the war in ukraine. let s begin at the white house this hour. cnn s john harwood is there. john, walk us through this. reporter: well, look. inflation is president biden s top domestic priority, his top domestic problem as well. as you indicated, kate, there s good news and bad news in this re
woman s lacrosse team from a historically black college said it was racially profiled during a traffic stop in georgia. the case now capturing the attention of capitol hill. welcome to the lead i m jake taper. we start with politics lead as what is soon to be a bipartisan rejection of the bill aimed at preserving abortion rights nationwide. the senate is voting on the women s health protection act. but the bill was widely con condemned by republicans, even who support abortion rights and democratic senator joe manchin, because the three say it went further than codifying roe v. wade. it would eliminate any states preexisting restrictions on abortion. senator manchin explained his no vote to cnn earlier today. the bill we have today to vote on, i respect people who support, but make no mistake, it is roe v. wade codification. it s an expansion. it wipes 500 state laws off the books. it expands abortion. and with that, that s not what we are to do. democratic leaders admi
general, eric holder, joins me live at this hour. new details of emergency landing by an airplane passenger incapacitated. we are going inside the harrowing ordeal. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world, i am wolf blitzer and you are in the situation room. tonight ukraine is claiming several victories in the hotly contested terrains around kharkiv. a major city miles from the russian border. cnn s scott mechclean is on the ground for us. oren liebermann is joining us live from the pentagon with a new u.s. assessment from top u.s. defense officials. let s begin with scott for more development near kharkiv. this is highly important territory and ukraine now says it has the upper hand. reporter: exactly, wolf. they re starting to take back towns and villages outside of kharkiv. some places they are miles away from the russian border, a border ukrainians say the russians amassed a huge amount of troops, 20 battalion groups which is about