republicans need to make sure they nominate candidates that are not just great for the primary but can also win a general election. from your lips! thank you all very much. we have a cnn exclusive. a former texas state trooper who is being investigated over the uvalde school massacre now hired to protect the very same children who survived the shooting. we re going to speak to the mother of one child who was killed ahead. and the gas prices are going back up. the white house is lived over an action overseas. we ll speak with the whitete hoe straight ahead. and innovative wayays to make yr e-tron your own. through elegant design and progressive technology. all ththe exhilaration, none of the compromise.
peninsula, north korea test firing two ballistic missile overnight. returning to sanibel island, coming face to face with the devastation. and a kidnapped family of four after being abducted at gunpoint. and oil production, the impact and response this morning. we begin this morning with a cnn exclusive, a gut punch for the parents of uvalde, texas. a former state trooper under investigation for her response to the massacre has been rehired and is now protecting some of the same children who survived the shooter at another el elementary school involved in uvalde. during the shooting the robb
down survivors. this as the remnants of the brutal storm cause dangerous high tides and flooding right now in virginia. also tonight, we ll bring you a cnn exclusive report from a key city just recaptured by ukrainian forces. ukraine s ambassador to the united states joins me this hour to discuss all the latest news from the war zone. and we re tracking very dramatic developments in the oath keepers seditious trial now underway after both sides deliver opening statements and witnesses begin testifying. prosecutors accusing the group of concocting an armed rebellion against american democracy. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight with a rapidly growing
but then to be there immediately after the disaster. general, thanks so much for all you and your troops are doing. we are grateful to the national guard for that. just ahead, the remnants of hurricane ian right now sparking flooding in virginia. ththat s expected to last for dadays. we ll go there. plus, we go inside a key ukrainian city claimed by the kremlin, but where russian forces have been forced to retreat. it s a cnn exclusive. enhancing innovationscause you ve never even dreamed of? buick is dreaming of them every day.
i would think the russian government would have both. and any opinion is, based on what i know, is that it was the russian government behind this, either in cahoots with the cuban government, and until i m proven otherwise, i ll continue to believe that. i should point out, wolf, i should be clear about this, the united states has never officially blamed russia for this and the russian government has categorically denied any involvement. dmitry peskov, the spokesperson, told us this specifically, that these are purely unfound accusations, that we do not accept. we have nothing to do with this. at the same time, wolf, you just heard from the head of counterintelligence at the time. and he obviously still has some serious questions about what happened six years later, wolf. looking forward to the documentary. a special report this sunday night, we ll be watching, sanjay, thank you very much for doing this. coming up, a cnn exclusive. trying to stop grand jury testimony. the secret