if you were there on the ground, getting the eye level information about where units are, their capacities, our weather movements, are with the logistics are, that gives you a real heads up and real advantage that a smaller country normally wouldn t have. it suggests that the forces haven t been able to take a global command centers that have resulted in dozen generals being killed. they ve received help from united states and kick taking out that flagship, the most spa. the point of view of the russians, obviously, you can argue that inflames them. it tells them the united states is more involved in this that president biden wants them to understand it makes them more likely to retaliate, take some sort of provocative action when they re with the united states even though we re not directly firing guns at them ourselves. that, i think, the risk is on the minds of those in the white house. not to escalate because this
you hearing he might resign? is there any reason to think that might happen? i ve had a few discussions. my gut tells me no. i m seriously thinking of having a conversation with him tonight. i haven t talked to him in a couple days. from what i know of him, i mean you guys all know him, too. do you think he d ever back away? the only discussion i would have with him is that i think this would pass and it would be my recommendation he should resign. i mean that would be my take, but i don t think he would take it. but i don t know. republican sources tell cnn mccarthy has been maneuvering behind the scenes to contain the fall out. he spoke with trump by phone thursday with key republicans throughout the day friday. georgia republican representative marjorie taylor greene was confronted with evidence of her past violent
its air and sea forces haven t established control in either domain as russian troops continue to face heavy fighting in mariupol despite russian claims the city has been liberated. all right, we want to focus now on the humanitarian crisis in ukraine continues to unfold. the number of refugees fleeing ukraine to surpass 5 million. most are going to poland. have a look. this family fled to serbia after their hometown of mariupol became the target of nearly constant bombardment. much of the city flattened, burned or just gone. we ve learned of a humanitarian corridor that may be open today. however, ukraine s prime minister says in the past russia hasn t stopped bombing enough for ukrainians to escape. reporter: there are many civilians, women and children protecting and still fighting against russian army, but they re still there. we are speaking to our partners, and we try to say create human
britain s ministry of defense says russia has made no major gains in the past 24 hours. its air and sea forces haven t established control in either domain. and russian troops don t face heavy fighting in mariupol despite russia s claims the city has been liberated. and moments ago, we got this, the head of the kharkiv region. russian forces have continued shelling the city of kharkiv. as well as the region. we bring you details as they become available. we have cnn correspondents across the region. our matt river is in lviv. nic robertson is in brussels and jomana karadsheh is in sis stan bull. let s bring in scott harrisburg lean, that revelation that russia wants to take full control of the black coast and establish that land bridge. what more are we learns about the implications about this for the whole region? reporter: yeah, it s difficult to understate the
deadly blast in afghanistan. the taliban say the explosion hit a mosque in the northern part of the province during friday prayers. this is the latest in a wave of explosions to strike afghanistan this week. most of the attacks were claimed by isis affiliate and taliban rival but we haven t heard a claim of responsibility in this latest mosque blast. u.s. house minority leader doing damage control with republicans after leaked audio reveals critical comments in the days after the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. and a georgia republican may not be able to seek re-election because of her alleged actions before and during the riot. we ll have that story after the break. stay with us. to make it easy for you. custom ink has hundreds of products to helelp you feel connected. uploload your logo or start your design today at customink.com