surveillance video captured the moment that a pedestrian bridge was struck by an explosion and a children s playground was among the sites as well. a crater left feet away from a jungle gym. the mayor of kyiv urging people to stay out of the city, remain in shelters. explosions, reported in other cities as well. and happening now, vladimir putin is holding a meeting with his national security council after declaring an explosion on a key bridge, he called it a terrorist attack orchestrated by ukraine. translator: we have no doubt that this is a terrorist attack aimed at the destruction of the critical infrastructure of the russian federation. and authors, executors and master minds are the secret service of ukraine. ukrainian officials have not claimed responsibility but along with ukrainian civilians they ve been celebrating the explosion on that bridge. many people spotted taking selfies with art work in kyiv showing fiery blasts on the bridge. the kremlin spokesman h
and tearful families saying good-bye to loved ones departing for training. putin wants 300,000 new fighters to help turn the tide as the russian military suffers setbacks in ukraine. russia is saying the call up would be limited to those with military experience but reports say civilians also now are being conscripted. the new york times tells the story of a husband and father of five who received a summons at a 4:00 a.m. meeting where a train had been organized to take him to a military center. many men are fleeing russia to avoid the forced enlistment. this is traffic as people escape to nearby georgia. russian airporting have been packed with people trying to get out of the country. one human rights group said more than 1,300 people have been arrested in anti-car protests in moscow and st. petersburg over the past few days. also today, voting begins in four regions of russian-occupied ukraine, in a sham referendum that could lead to the annexation of 15% of ukrainian ter
hot in italy to eat pasta, you know it s bad. reporter: and all of those tourists flocking to europe finding a lot more than they bargained for. here in greece, the fires are truly a game of whac-a-mole. we spent a day driving through the region west of athens, you could see every couple of miles or so, these little fires igniting and that is a result of the fact that every time the greek firefighters are able to put out one of these fires, the heats pick up, winds pick up in areas that had previously burned, they are reignited officials saying there were 52 new fires that erupted just today. they are bringing in help from neighboring countries like italy, as well as france and israel to try to get ahold of this, but there s really no end to the problem in sight, with heat expected to continue to rise up until about 113 degrees anticipated on sunday, and yet another heat wave set to hit
right. and the explosions fell near the bridge which i use every day driving to work and elsewhere. it s all up in smoke but the rocket missed the bridge and hit the area near the bridge, so that s good. the and the air-raid alarm has been ongoing for hours, is that right? yeah. the alarm was going for hours. i have an american friend who s staying here, so i was worried about her, went to get her, make sure she was in the shelter, spent time with her. and then i went here to give you this feedback. this is all happening so quick. so quick. as i was heading towards the right bank the explosions were taking place, and i have no idea why they hit that pedestrian bridge for the tourists to see the views of the city. where i am is a beautiful tourist area. absolutely nothing here that would prompt a military or key
polls, you see democrats doing better as well. my contention is that biden s approval rating is as much about falling gas prices, which is this tangible thing that you see every day driving to and from work, literally in these neon signs as it is about dobbs and anything else. i think biden benefits from people not feeling pinched at the pump, and i think you can t separate what s happening with donald trump from this current climate. i think having donald trump in the news all the time with his legal troubles, his political issues i think does rebound in biden s favor. it reminds people why they elected biden in the first place, which is they just don t want to deal with the drama that seems to follow donald trump wherever he goes. i think those three issues, trump, gas and abortion rights are all working in biden s favor. the question is, i guess, does it stay that way for however many days, what is it, 50 or so