the lead starts right now. a city center in eastern ukraine rocked by a missile strike. why this target and why now. cnn is live on the scene. plus contrasting claims. what persuaded prigozhin, the wagner boss to stop his apparent revolt in russia. the leader in belarus has his version. and while vladimir putin puts his own spin on what went down. erin burnett is leading or coverage tonight in eastern ukraine into and donald trump lashing out after a cnn exclusive audio of the president talking about classified documents. welcome to the lead, everyone. i m bianna golodryga in for jake tapper. we start with the world lead and breaking news from eastern ukraine. at least two massive russian strikes in the kramatorsk region. one where three people were killed including a child. an eyewitness tells cnn s team on the ground they ve seen up to a dozen people pulled from the rubble after days of turmoil inside of russia. following an aetempted armed rebel group led by prig
of his life. not just for the white house, but for his freedom now, too. biden is trying to jail his leading political opponent. plus trump s top 2024 rival lets him off the hook and attacks the justice department instead. can t have one faction of society weaponizing the power of the state against factions that it doesn t like. while earth owe challengers hope the details might force supporters to question their allegiance. is this the type of conduct that we want from someone who wants to be president of the united states? and making history. has the united states of america ever faced a moment like this? welcome to inside politics sunday , i m abby phillip. it is another week in the history of our nation. a former president and leading presidential candidate indicted now for hoarding calassified documents and sharing them with others ab conspiring to hide them from the government. and it includes reams of evident including tape recordings and text messages
the trump/desantis battle evolved into a schoolyard brawl. you don t change your name in the middle of the election. his whole family moved to florida under my governorship. are you kidding me? what is the desantis plan to convince voters he s not just a better nominee but a better president. plus the gop field keeps growing. three more candidates will jump in this week including trump s former vp. republicans have to offer a positive vision grounded in conservative principles. but how many of them will make it to the republican debate stage? and disaster averted. no one got everything wanted but the american people got what they needed. the president said it is proof his brand of politics still works. i know bipartisanship is hard but we could never stop trying. welcome to inside politics sunday , i m abby phillip. thank you for joining. it is all about iowa, iowa. and yesterday marks the first start of the caucus season with eight presidential hopefuls
i m bianca nobilo. max foster is on assignment today. just ahead we pay our bills. the nation has never defaulted on its debt and it never will. greatest threat is american default. and i took what i took and it gets declassified. g the president is being investigated not only willful retext of classified documents but also obstructing an investigation. and jack teixeria was taking notes on classified intelligence information and seen putting the notes in his pocket. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is thursday, may 18, 9:00 a.m. in london, 5:00 p.m. in japan where u.s. president biden is set to meet with the prime minister ahead of the g7 summit. but back home in washington, the u.s. is inching closer to defaulting on its debt which could plunge the global economy into chaos. mr. biden arrived a short time ago where he was greeted by u.s. service members. g7 leaders have a packed agenda for the summit including th
the welcoming majority of u.n. member states are committed to working together on these issues and our actions show that. yet, while more than 100 countries have signed on to a road map to provide food aid to those who need it, and partners across, africa, asia and the europe are working together for the global food systems and russia for months blocked the export of ukraine grain to the world. and russia continues to bomb and seize ukraine farms and silos and lead its wheat fields with land mines and raising cost of food for people everywhere. and while governments around the world are teaming up with international organizations, with the private sector, with philanthropies to end this pandemic and make sure that we re better prepared for the next one, russia is spreading misinformation and disinformation about w.h.o. approved vaccines and fuelling vaccine hesitancy to puts people in all of our countries at greater risk. here is the reality. none of us chose this war. not th