happening now, rescues are under way after another deadly russian missile strike in eastern ukraine. local officials accusing russian forces of deliberately targeting crowded civilian areas right in the center of this city. in russia tonight vladimir putin is attempting to show strength after the mutiny by wagner mercenaries. this, as we have a new satellite image suggesting the wagner chief is indeed in exile right now in belarus. and donald trump is now responding to the audio obtained exclusively by cnn in which he acknowledges having secret documents he did not declassify. stand by to hear the recordings and what trump is saying now. welcome to our viewers here in the united states. and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin in ukraine with the new russian missile strike on a very crowded city center, the death toll now up to at least four, including a baby, and more than 40 injured. cnn s ben wedeman is joining us now live from
nottinghamshire police have announced 31 year old valdo calocane has been charged with three counts of murder over the deaths of students barnaby webber and grace o malley kumar, both aged 19, and ian coates, 65, who were all fatally stabbed on tuesday. that man has been named as first, 31 years old. he has been charged with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. valdo calocane. the first relates to two students who were stabbed as they walked home in the early hours of tuesday morning and the third murder charge relates to ian coates, a school caretaker. it is alleged that the took him out of his vehicle and stabbed him further valdo calocane then use that van to plough into three people and those are the attempted murder charges. in terms of the suspect, we know that he was a student here at the university of nottingham. he graduated last year. he had been studying mechanical engineering. he was a dual national, he had portuguese nationality and als
political one, that it s compelled by the extraordinary unusual legal circumstances which come with donald trump s candidacy following an insurrection. former u.s. attorney joyce vance weighing in on the decision by maine s secretary of state to remove donald trump from the 2024 republican presidential primary ballot. we re going to go through that decision and what could come next. plus the latest from gaza as israeli forces strike refugee camps where it s believed hamas terrorists are hiding. it comes as the biden administration is putting more pressure on israel to protect civilians. also ahead republican presidential candidate nikki haley trying to clarify her response to the question about the cause of the civil war. we re going to show you what she said. hey, everybody. good morning to you and welcome to way too early on this friday, december 29th. i m yasmin vuceivian in for jonathan lemire. maine is now the second state to remove former president trump off the
a sad day in america this morning. donald trump is reacting to the colorado supreme court decision keeping him off the state s 2024 primary ballot. colorado secretary of state jena griswald joins us to talk about the unprecedented ruling. new hope in israel. the stalled negotiations to try to get more israeli hostages released from hamas captivity, they re beginning once again. the proposal to pause fighting to try to pull this off. the level of iran-backed attacks on shipping vessels on the red sea is the most in two generations. the u.s. launching a new coalition to try to protection those critical shipping lanes. i m sara sidner with kate bolduan. john berman is off. this is cnn news central. taking it to the u.s. supreme court. that is the promise from donald trump s team this morning after the colorado supreme court removed his name from the state s primary ballot. now the 4-3 ruling from colorado s high court leaned on section 3 of the 14th amendment
flooding, power outages across the east coast. we ll have an update from our reporter on the ground and a look at where this intense weather is heading next. next. good morning. thanks for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we want to take you right to tel aviv where any moment defense secretary lloyd austin will speak at this press conference. today s meeting follows the tragic news announced friday that israeli defense forces accidentally killed three israeli hostages. the idf releasing these photos showing a sign they say was written in leftover food reading help. three hostages, it was found inside a building near the killings. now israeli public is pushing the government to get back to negotiating to get the remains hostages out. as nbc news has learned, cia director william burns is meeting with israeli and qatari officials in poland in an effort to restart the talk. let s bring in nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard eng