hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m john vause. ahead this hour, standstill. russia s eastern offensive appears to have stalled in ukraine. the plummet continues. stock markets in asia sharply lower following a big fall on wall street, all triggered by dismat earning reports by big retailers and fears of record high inflation. and still too early to call in the pennsylvania senate republican primary. but not too early for donald trump to urge the candidate he endorsed to declare victory. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with john vause. vladimir putin s three-day war is now into day 85 and appears to be going nowhere, with one nato official saying momentum is shifting in favor of ukraine. overall, nato says the war is at a standstill for now, neither side expected to make major gains. one area of progress for ukraine is a counter offensive in the kharkiv region. ukraine s military says another settlement has bee
how the shortage came to be and the steps they are taking to alleviate it. now, officials have said they expect the shortage to really begin to gradually improve over the course of the next few weeks. but they have yet to offer a definitive time line of when things will get back to normal. cnn, the white house. the latest on the coronavirus pandemic in the u.s. the cdc reporting one-third of americans are living in areas with medium to high levels of covid-19. wednesday they urged those communities tos mask up. everyone should be using prevention measures and wearing a mask in public indoor settings. in areas with medium covid-19 levels in yellow, individuals should consider taking prevention measures based on their own risk like avoiding crowds, wearing a mask, increasing their testing especially before gathering with others indoors.