and the ceremony injerusalem to consecrate the oil that will be used to anoint king charles during his coronation in may. ukrainian and russian forces are fighting in the northern suburbs of the city of bakhmut which has been pulverised by seven months of fighting. oleksandr marchenko, the deputy mayor, confirmed the street clashes, but said the russians have not taken control. western analysts say the scene has been set for ukrainian forces to carry out a fighting withdrawal. a british defence ministry update said ukrainian soldiers are digging new trenches west of the city and are being reinforced by elite troops. the capture of bakhmut would be the first russian victory of note in more than six months of fighting. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, sent this report from the capital, kyiv. for more than six months of russian shells and missiles have rained down on the city. thousands of russian soldiers have died trying to seize it and now their commanders are g
state by pro-gun republicans is now complete the expulsion of jones for daring to speak up for gun control is now null and void and justin pearson isn t far behind plus, the showdown over the abortion pill. a right-wing activist judge wants to prevent all access to abortion medication, as republican politicians scramble to try to get everyone to, quote, talk about other things plus, donald trump claims to be a billionaire but he s still asking y all to give him your last $20, like some creepy combination of cult leader and televangelist and we begin tonight with thoughts and prayers perhaps the most useless phrase in the english language. as we report on yet another mass shooting in america. the mass shooting capital of the world. early this morning, a 23-year-old bank employee armed with a rifle walked into old national bank in louisville, kentucky, and shot four people dead, wounded nine others burr police shot and killed him andy beshear held back tears as he told repo
i have been a fan of brand for decades ever since his talk show big brothers big mouth it is show that was so outrageous legal wouldn t even let us show it. which sucks but even at the start of his career he was aw brilliant brain in search ofucks food at a time when the shelves were bare but now most abrupt change in any career since o.j. simpson. [laughter] brand was a great comedian, successful actor, bigger than most rock stars it helped that he looked like rases putin had sex with janis joplin and play rock stars in movies because he was better at it than they were and before sober proved no amount of drugs could take himug down so comedian movie star married to hyperarctic and tall and handsome and inspired me to get hair plugs on my chests. and what does he do? h he walks away from it, he walks away from it like hunter biden strolling away from a strippers baby. literally he lets it go. and for what e to dleo a podcast because you know we don t have enough of them.
performance, if you think about it. but like sam bankman-fried, it looked like a scam. so the tens of billions you re sending, is not charity, zelensky explained, this money, zelensky said, is, quote, an investment. ooh, an investment. what exactly are the terms of this 77. now that we re talking finance? when do we get our dividend checks? zelensky didn t specify that, but at one point in the speech he provided a-point. are the tens of billions of dollars you re sending me with no audit and no concrete proof of what i m actually doing with it, will all that money be enough, zelensky asked rhetorically. answer? not really. not really. he-he-he. more pitches for more investments in ukraine is the return. give me more money so i can demand more money. that s what zelensky promised us last night. under certain circumstances that might actually be fine, if nothing else zelensky is quite an audacious young entrepreneur with the kind of pluck and fast talking shamelessness where yo
hands up. and here we go again. welcome to cnn this morning. good morning, everyone. you see poppy there. kaitlan is on assignment and i m don lemon. an american crisis. california suffer egg its third mass shooting in just three days. the nation as whole up to nearly 40 mass shootings in 2023. this year is just over three weeks old right now. look at this map. nearly 70 people killed already in mat shootings. 70 people living new year s day along side friends and family no longer here. this deadly month coming after america suffer ed 670 shootings last year, a significant jump from five or six years ago. one includes fourth graders inside their classroom. there are nearly 400 million privately-owned firearms in the u.s. that s 120 guns for every 100 americans. no other nation has more civilian guns than people. in 2019 the number of americans who died from gun violence was 1 times than developed countries. the u.s. is only develop the nation to have mass shootings eve