thing. the pentagon briefing has begun, let s go there. the pentagon for a variety of reasons our normal call-in options will not be available, for those that have had to call in, we apologize. we will get it up as quickly as possible for reporting purposes and answer questions from the dod press desk. moving forward we ll look at ways to improve briefing operations and expect regular press briefings will resume in the press briefing room in middle to late may. we appreciate your patience and extend our thanks to department of air force for using airmen s hall for temporary briefing home. secretary austin returned yesterday from a productive series of meetings in the republic of korea in the philippines, the secretary and his counterpart reaffirmed measures for deterrence on the korean peninsula, and pledge to closely cooperate regarding assets in the future, as well as further expand and bolster level and scale of combined exercises and training. in the philippines, secret
have been never started. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is tuesday, october 11th. 9 a.m. in london, 11 a.m. in kyiv. people across ukraine on the verge after the heaviest russian bombardment since vladimir putin s russian forces invaded back in february. ukraine thought 19 people have been killed, more than 100 others wounded. just in the past few hours we ve received reports that one person was killed in a missile strike on zaporizhzhia. the u.s. says it believes monday s attacks were planned far in advance. when you look at the size and scale here of these missile and drone attacks, more than 80 reportedly, that s not the kind of things the russians can just throw together in a couple of days. it likely was something that they had been planning for quite some time. that s not to say that the explosion on the crimea bridge might have accelerated some of their planning, likely this was not in retaliation but was something very much a contin
countries to defend kyiv from total destruction. ukraine s president zelensky thinking the u.s. writing air defense is currently the number one priority in our defense cooperation. we also need u.s. leadership with the g7 s tough stance and with support for our unga resolution. more to come on that. meantime the daughters of lee zeldin are speaking out on the terrifying shooting outside their long island home on sunday. it s very scary and we didn t know if they were coming after us. to have that in our lawn, it s like right in front of our house. i quickly just grabbed the land line and called 911. carly: two 17 year-old boys were struck? a drive by and took shelter around zeldin s porch. after zeldin heard this, the stakes are higher to reservice connected new york s soft on crime policies. zeldin making this promise if he unseating cathy hochul in next month s election. the last couple weeks it s gotten worse. the first thing i ll do first day in office is tell the d
mar-a-lago. and a state of emergency is now in effect in new york city as officials struggle there to house thousands of migrants bussed by republicans to the northeast from the southern border. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to ukraine right now. reeling from russia s heaviest air strikes since its totally unprovoked invasion, and tonight facing a new threat from vladimir putin of more attacks. here s cnn s international security editor, nick wapaton walsh. reporter: this was the day the war came back to all of ukraine. the capital kyiv, like many cities for months, edging toward normal, hit by multiple missile strikes. carnage at rush hour, central streets hit. the target unclear. the aim utter horror. over 100 missiles and drones. the civilian death toll rising, along with global fury that there was nothing the kremlin would not hit. even this kyiv walkway t
her phone recording this as the blast went off around here near the national university. a man on a pedestrian bridge in kyiv when the explosion goes off. where to go from there? he run towards the surveillance camera. ukraine s president reacting to this. he beliefs that they re using suicide drones, the russians, and that they re coming from iran. he vows he will not back down. we are dealing with terrorists. dozens of missiles. they want to destroy our energy system. now there may be temporary e interruptions with electricity. so all of this days a after president biden said that putin is not joking about the use of nuclear weapons and we have not faced the prospect of armageddon since kennedy and the cuban missile crisis. in a moment, i ll be joined by mike pompeo. perfect guest to talk about where to go from here with ukraine. first, trey yingst reporting live from kharkiv ukraine, which is on that list of cities that were hit. hi, trey. martha, good afternoon. we