sensely casualties of this invasion. french voters decide their country s future leader. it s an election that could cause a major shift in world politics. welcome to the show, everyone. it s now 9:00 a.m. in ukraine. we re getting a clearer picture of russia s goal in the country. russia s military now confirming it s objective to take full control of ukraine s black seacoast. ukraine s president wants that only to be a prelude to russia envancing into other countries. and key to the russian plan is the city we ve been talking about for a while now, mariupol, where an unknown number of ukrainian trips and civilians are trapped inside a large steel factory. ukraine s prime minister spoke about the dire situation as he met with u.s. officials in washington. have a listen. the situation in mariupol is terrible. this is the biggest catastrophe in this and the last centuries. many dozens of thousands of people may be thousands of peope are died in mariupol. and we will see
A lastditch effort to try to stop President Trumps nominee for education secretary. Its 2 00 a. M. But democrats are still on the senate floor. Theyre taking part in a 24hour talkathon to try to scuttle betsy devos confirmation. Two republican senators have broken from their party and say they will not vote for devos. Democrats say they may have a third unnamed republican who is also ready to vote no, which would block the confirmation. Without that third republican, though, Vice President mike pension will cast a tiebreaking vote. Senate republicans are confident devos will win confirmation, Phil Mattingly has more on the showdown of President Trumps nominee. Reporter the reality here on capitol hill is this. Betsy devos is on track to be the next secretary of education. That does not mean that the democrats are not doing everything in their power to try to stop it from happening. This is a nominee they are opposed to as a party. This is a nominee that brought the first two republican
officials say hospitalizations have been slowly rising, as well, during that same time period. in china, shanghai officials reported 12 new covid deaths on friday, bringing the death toll in the city s latest outbreak, to 8. shanghai has been on lockdown for weeks, thanks to covid policy. and local officials are beginning a new testing effort for millions of residents. shanghai recording more than 23,000 new cases on friday. an increase of some 6,000 from before. our coverage of the war in ukraine continues after the break. eisa soares will look at the puh south. and two executive families killed in one day. both have ties to russia s gas industry. we ll look at whether it s coincidence or something more sinister after the break. we ll drive you happy at carvana.
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