singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with a notable increase in military activity increase in military activity in the southern and eastern ukraine. the ukrainian armed forces say they ve launched several attacks, forces say they ve launched severalattacks, but forces say they ve launched several attacks, but the russians insist there attacks have been repelled. russian officials are claiming that their troops have succeeded in blocking attacks around donetsk, luhansk and zaporizhzhia. the ukrainian attack on donetsk was set to be on a significant scale, but the eastern city of bakhmut is described as the epicentre of hostilities, where ukraine s ground forces are set to be moving forward strongly against russian positions. in the moment, we will have the latest from moscow, but there is to keep, and our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse. shhh. in a war of words, a call for quiet from kyiv. shhh. when it comes to its an
run. why? he says although he saw a path for victory which usually people that see a path for victory do it, but he thought his role could be better played in expressing support for someone else and excerpting pressure as the new hampshire governor throughout this process taking on donald trump who he clearly doesn t want to be the nominee. he sat down with dana bash and explained more of his thinking. the math has shown donald trump has no chance of winning in november of 2024. he won t even win georgia. if you re a republican who can t win georgia, you have no shot. he s proven that. if republicans nominate him, we re saying a vote for him is a vote for joe biden. that s how the math will play out. that s his assessment of the math. one other thing to think about is the new hampshire primary itself now with the governor out will become a more important contest because you don t have a hometown player. interesting. david, stick around. let s talk about the democratic
carolina all the way to new york city and maine. tonight the hurricane force wind gusts coming, already bringing down trees and power lines across several states. the confirmed tornado tonight, 90-mile-per-hour winds. thousands of flights cancelled and delayed. boston s logan airport issuing a ground stop for hours. now the big change coming tomorrow morning. rob marciano is here. tonight the awful images just in, hamas releasing video showing three hostages, three seniors pleading for their release. tonight the outrage over three hostages accidentally killed by the israeli military. they were waving a white flag to show they were not the enemy. the stunning moment president biden s motorcade is struck by a driver. you can hear the crash. the president then rushed into an suv, and what we ve learned about the driver tonight. mary bruce with new reporting. tonight republican candidates for president forced to address donald trump s use of language similar to hitler.
we ll tell you why. also, chris rock claps back nearly a year after millions around the world watched the infamous slap by will smith at the oscars. rock reacts. i m not a victim, baby! and, later, echos from the past. musical instruments saved and restored, play sounds of survival. my grandfather didn t want to see instruments being destroyed, broken, or lost. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us on this sunday. the race for the white house is on. former president donald trump took a victory lap after winning more than 60% of a straw poll vote at the conservative political action conference in maryland. some of his potentially biggest challengers were no-shows at the event as the republican primary field is starting to take shape. for the democrats, president biden has yet to face any real competition from within his own party. but today on in anface the nat joe manchin left the door