Installed, officials are saying they blame falling debris, but the images suggest that this is a direct hit. We dont know the further implications, whether in terms of who is in there. But this is a place where russia has really asserted its dominance. It is the Black Sea Fleet from which it has launched Missile Strikes across ukraine. It has blockaded ports. And this is a peninsula that russia annexed back in 2014. Its almost a cornerstone of russias invasion. And i think regardless of whether kyiv claims responsibility for this one, it did last week when it hit a dry dock with british Supplied Storm Shadow missiles destroying a submarine and a warship. It is clear ukraine is continuing with its strategy of trying to target sites in crimea to both undermine russias occupation, but also to support its continued Counter Offensive further north by by frustrating russian operations. As we said, president zelensky is in canada, for the First Time Since russias invasion, on a visit to thank
To say thank you for all that canada has done, a good ally to ukraine, there are a lot of ukrainians living in canada at the moment so president zelensky theyre signing, i dont know what he is signing, perhaps we can find out later, but hes going to address politicians in the Canadian Parliament with Prime Minister trudeau taking him into the chamber now. Of course, today we heard from ukrainian officials saying that its forces have successfully hit the headquarters of russias black sea navalfleet successfully hit the headquarters of russias Black Sea Naval Fleet in crimea. Russia says that one serviceman is missing after the attack. The local governor warned residents in the city of sebastopol that another attack was possible and to urge the city centre and stay indoors. I think we can show some pictures posted on social media of plumes of smoke rising from the building that was attacked, we are just trying to find you those pictures and we will cross to them. Here is a map. Here we a
Pictures coming in from that the lead with jake tapper starts right now cnn Breaking News and welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper and we begin today with multiple breaking stories. All of which will have wideranging impacts on the 2024 election and moments from now and florida, former President Donald Trump will welcome the House Speaker mike johnson. To his maralago resort. The two men are holding a Press Conference in which they will discuss. They say election security, though we should note the last time the two teamed up on this issue they worked to try to undermine the 2020 election. So skepticism may be warranted. We are told the two Republican Leaders are expected to highlight the issue of non in citizens voting in federal elections. And if youre thinking, doesnt federal law already van, noncitizens from voting in federal elections, you would be correct. It is true but some municipalities allow noncitizens to vote in some local elections, like the mayor of tacoma park, maryland.
good morning. welcome to morning joe on this monday, july 1st. this morning, we are waking up to a sea of headlines and opinion pieces from major news organizations, former party leaders, and very loud whispers, mostly behind the scenes, from present leading democrats who say it is over. here s a taste of the global call for president joe biden to get out of the race. the new york times editorial board says biden is not the man he was four years ago, calling his candidacy, quote, a reckless gamble. editors at georgia s largest newspaper, the atlanta journal constitution, echoed that take, demanding the president pass the torch. quote, biden deserves a better exit from public life than the one he endured when he shuffled off the stage on thursday night. then there were the headlines, sneering, mocking, jeering all at once. this was the performance that has gotten us to this point. we had a thousand trillionaires in america. i mean billionaires. what s happening? they r
insurrectionist. senate democrats now want a meeting with chief justice john roberts and dozens of house members are demanding a leader recuse himself from cases related to donald trump in january 6, one of those, congresswoman jasmine crockett, joins midlife unset. joyce vance tells us what to look for is the first criminal trial of a former president heads to the jury next week and why special counsel jack smith is taking bold new action in terms classify documents case. and, reality check. do you all really believe trumps rally in the bronx was about reaching out to black and latino voters? i don t. i am jonathan capehart. this is the saturday show. for decades, democrats have tried and failed to make the court a voting issue for its base. well, maybe this election cycle, they will succeed because this week in washington, we are seeing two very different visions for the american justice system. president biden reached a major milestone in his mission to diversify the feder