as we sit down here like we do every single night to talk about the news of the day. it is always no holds barred. don t be offended because we have real conversations here that people have at home. and, it s not like you are offending me for saying something. we haven t done that for eight- and-a-half years. these are the folks i have gotten to know really well over the years and my first guest has become a good friend to me and i m so happy to have him on as my last first guest. he is a former metropolitan police officer who defended the united states capitol on january 6. this is his first interview for his new book. it is called hold the line. the insurrection and one cop s battle for america s soul. thank you for joining. how are you doing? thanks for having me. the last episode. i i know. the last episode. but this is not our last episode. but listen, i m going to get to the book and we will talk about our relationship and how how life has changed for you but i have
struggling to recover more than a week after hurricane ian devastated parts of the state. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. we begin with multiple development in ukraine that are unfolding right now. first, a fuel tanker exploded on a strategic and symbolic bridge linking russia with the crimean peninsula. the blast sparked a fire which emergency crews are trying to put out, according to pro russian officials. now they also say that two spans of the road to the bridge have collapsed. the 11-mile span is the longest in europe, and it was built after russia claimed its annexation of crimea in 2014. now on top of that, we re getting reports of a fire in ukraine s second largest city following a russian rocket strike. the mayor of kharkiv said the city was hit by several rockets causing flames to spread at a local medical facility. he says officials are still checking if there are any casualties. so stay with cnn for updates on both of those stories. meanwhile,
ukraine armageddon. and thailand is grieving after a massacre in a day care left 26 people dead, including two children. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. pro-russian officials are reporting significant damage following a massive explosion on a bridge linking russia with crimea. hours ago a fuel tanker exploded 0 on a strategic bridge causing a fire that s still burning a low pro-russian leader said two have collapsed. emergency crews are scrambling trying to remove the burning train from the structure. have a look here, the moment the explosion was caught on video. russian president vladimir putin is now ordering an emergency investigation. ukraine is not claiming responsibility but making clear it won t shed any tears officer the development. fred pleitgen is live in kyiv. fred, what more do we know? reporter: certainly seemed this was a brazen incident that happened in the very early morning hours of today. we re seeing that cctv vide
when there s life and light and love. and that if we can just get to the light and life and love, 51% of the time, then we are having a good day. and we are having a good era. don t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. and i think that america is a marvelous example of a human community that gets so much wrong but which knows intuitively that if you do the right thing, everybody benefits. and we have to see each other as neighbors and not as enemies. do not despair, do not give up, in the words of churchill, never, never, never give up. try john meacham, as always, thank you for being with us. i hope you and your family are having a great fourth of july weekend. that was joe s conversation with john meacham ahead of this july 4th holiday. erin o hearn picks up the coverage right now. good money. morning, john. don t go far. no holiday starting yet. good morning to you at home and welcome to msnbc s live coverage on this monday, july 4th. we begin with the latest fr
the president s response to the supreme court ruling on roe v wade, arguing he s not doing enough to protect abortion rights. and millions of americans have found traveling for the fourth to be less than a happy experience. thousands of flights delayed across the u.s. since saturday and nearly 1100 more today. of course, today is the last day of the holiday travel rush. millions of americans either heading home or getting ready to. it has been a rough ride for many. more than 11,000 flights in and out of the u.s. have been n 1,00 have en cancelled. reporter: here things are pretty smooth sailing today. as you can see behind me, i m at departures right now here at newark. this is a completely different story when you compare it to friday and through the weekend. right now this morning fewer than ten delays, just a couple of cancellations. across the country this morning, fewer than 1,000 delays. again, very different from the weekend with thousands of delays and hundreds o