leaving the white house. stand by for our exclusive report. plus, we are awaiting a final vote in the house of representatives on the debt limit deal. this hour i ll be getting reaction from a key progressive democrat who says she is voting no. also tonight, attacks on russian territory appear to be escalating. kremlin officials calling the situation near the ukrainian border alarming. one day after drone strikes shook the russian capital city of moscow. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer s on assignment. i m alex marquardt, and you re in the situation room. and let s get straight to cnn s new exclusive reporting on this special counsel s criminalvection of former president donald trump. katelyn polantz and paula reid have been working their sources. they are joining us now with the latest. kaitlan, i want to go to you first. what are you learning about this
sergey lavrov said this of the people standing behind you, the people you are talking about, the russian operation is being carried out to free ukrainians from oppression so they can determine their own future. incredible. nbc s richard engel reporting from southeast ukraine in the city of mariupol. thanks so much. mika. thousands of russians hit the streets to protest their government s actions despite the threat of being arrested. demonstrations took place from the capital city of moscow to vladimir putin s hometown of st. petersburg. more than 1,700 people were detained in rallies in more than 53 cities. unauthorized protests in russia are against the law and yet, joe, the people were out there on the streets. they were out there on the streets. contacts that we had with those in russia saying there s a sense of shock among many russians that vladimir putin invaded
crushed under big rigs. firefighters sprayed water on one damaged truck which was carrying hydro lore rick acid. crews reportedly rescued everybody who had been trapped under the mangled wreckage. russia, two separate fires broke out just hours apart at the same subway station in the capital city of moscow. officials say the first one started during morning rain shower when a power cable caught fire in a tunnel. thousands of people evacuated. several to hospitals. state media reports the second fire forced thousands more people to escape that tunnel later in the day. no word on what caused it. authorities say most of the injured people suffered smoke inhalation. india. a monsoon brought heavy rain to a western province. and along with the downpours, cooler temperatures and some relief after a deadly heat wave reportedly killed some 500 people across the country. france. hitting the dance floor during lunch break. that s the idea at the
the woman making her way to the center of the city an detonated in the third carriage of the train and russian authorities say they have video cameras, in london and the cttv cameras and have them here, and they have video of those two women being escorted into the city by two other women, and they are now looking for those women, and trying to identify them and, of course we re hearing a lot of tough talk by russian politicians including prime minister putin, today, who says we ll track down the terrorists and we ll destroy them, and hebert talk tough, guys, because people are shaken and rattled in the city and want to know why russian authorities cannot prevent terror attacks from happening all over russia and the heart of the russia and the capital city of moscow, back to you. martha: a shocking attack and we re looking at video, right now, just coming in, of some of the underground subway system there the chaos that played out this morning. another quote that surfaced from presiden