in belfast, to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement, and to show america s commitment to the peace process. twitter owner elon musk, one of the world s richest men, gives a rare exclusive interview to the bbc where he admits to mistakes when buying the social media giant twitter. this the pain level of twitter has been extremely high. it hasn t been some sort of party. so, it s been really quite a stressful situation. could there be good news on the way for homeowners? after a sharp surge in interest rates, the world s bigggest financial institution says they will come down but don t say when. what does that mean if you are a borrower and a homeowner? i take a look. in sport, a masterclass in manchester as city thrash bayern munich to take a huge step towards the champions league semifinals. another wet and windy day today, the strongest winds will be in the west and south and north east scotland, gales and severe gales at times, which could lead to some dis
putin responsible for recent attacks in ukraine. but how? the lead starts right now. a global response as russia bombards ukraine with mass missile attacks for a second straight day. what the president just said about the aggression in an exclusive interview with jake tapper. also this hour, another cnn exclusive, one on one with senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. his take on republicans chances of winning a majority in the midterms, plus the one question he refused to answer about donald trump. and the worst is yet to come. the new recession warning as top economists also predict exactly when the economic downturn will hit. hello and welcome to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper. we begin with world leaders pledging to stop russian president vladimir putin s reign of terror in ukraine. an emergency debate today at the united nations and the g7 heads of government including president joe biden on an emergency call with ukraine s president today, vowing
air raid sirens and fresh destruction. president vladimir zelenskyy pleading with g 7 nations for more weapons during emergency talks on the deadly russian bombardment. also tonight, the u.s. justice department is urging the u.s. supreme court to stay out of the dispute over classified documents seized from mar-a-lago. we ll break down the new federal response to the trump team that was filed just a short while ago. and a baltimore man walks free after 23 years in prison. prosecutors dropping murder and all other charges against him after he was featured on a popular crime podcast and cleared by dna testing. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight in ukraine where valid p vladimir putin s assault on the city is taking a deadly toll. fred pleitgen is on the scene for us in kyiv. reporter: as the russian military continues to fire barrages of missiles at ukraine eng
also tonight, ukraine s major counteroffensive now under way. what the president revealed to us about the new push. we ask, how does this war end? zelenskyy saying of russia, we cannot have dialogue with the terrorists. and tonight, zelenskyy asking the u.s. to designate russia a state sponsor of terrorism. and this evening, president zelenskyy and what he said about his own safety. do the russians want him dead? what his intelligence team has hold him. he talks about his wife, his children, still in hiding here in kyiv. and tonight, his message to americans back in the u.s. our exclusive interview, and then mary bruce at the white house, martha raddatz live in washington. also tonight, the breaking news involving former president trump. a judge says yes to trump s request for a special master after the fbi search at mar-a-lago. in the east, the threat of dangerous storms heading into tonight. flash flooding possible. and in the west, the wildfires turning deadly. the m
counteroffensive now under way. what the president revealed to us about the new push. we ask, how does this war end? zelenskyy saying of russia, we cannot have dialogue with the terrorists. and tonight, zelenskyy asking the u.s. to designate russia a state sponsor of terrorism. and this evening, president zelenskyy and what he said about hs own safety. do the russians want him dead? what his intelligence team has hold him. he talks about his wife, his children, still in hiding here in kyiv. and tonight, his message to americans back in the u.s. our exclusive interview, and then mary bruce at the white house, martha raddatz live in washington. also tonight, the breaking news involving former president trump. a judge says yes to trump s request for a special master after the fbi search at mar-a-lago. in the east, the threat of dangerous storms heading into tonight. flash flooding possible and in the west, the wildfires turning deadly. the massive manhunt tonight. two memb