you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour in ukraine. new worries, one year into the war that russia could soon receive support that could be a game changer. the source of the concern is china and the possibility of beijing providing lethal aid to russia. now, the white house has called this a red line and the cia doesn t believe a final decision has been made by beijing, but it s worrisome, nonetheless. and, you know, beijing will have to make its own decisions about how it proceeds, whether it provides military assistance, but if it goes down that road, it will come at real cost to china and i think china s leaders are weighing that, as they make their decisions. but first, let s go to cnn s alex marquardt, who is in ukraine with the latest on the fighting there. jim, some of the heaviest fighting, some of the worst casualty rates on both sides is now taking place around the eastern city of bakhmut. russian forces from the gro
my team was telling me i was like rihanna is floating above the field like 100 feet. that to me is cool. yeah. scary. speaking of flying objects. she looked great, though. all right, guys, we know you have a busy show ahead of you so we will let you take it from here. enjoy your day. have a good day, guys. very good morning to you this monday, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. so this morning president biden is facing pressure to respond after the u.s. military shot down three unidentified airborne objects in just three days. right now st officials are working to recover the remnants of those objects. so far no indication as to whether they have any connection to china s suspected surveillance balloon. a lot of open questions. while the pentagon says there was no military threat but security officials across north america are on alert. this morning the biden administration is firing back after china is now accusing the u.s. of illegally flying high-altitu
at least 23 people are dead, but dozens are missing or injured. the national weather service has confirmed one large tornado caused catastrophic damage across several cities and towns . but there were a dozen reports of tornadoes across alabama and mississippi. now the storms, flattened homes and buildings and knocked out power to more than 100,000 customers across alabama, alabama, mississippi and tennessee. let s go to the ground. there were cnn s isabella isabelle rose salas is live in rolling fork. mississippi look, we spoke with the mayor a couple of hours ago, and he told us that his town is basically gone. is that what you re saying? that is certainly an accurate assessment of what we saw in rolling fork and guys if i can first tell you that i m actually a little bit beyond the city limits three miles away. i want to show something to you right over here. this car. we re told by family members that they were driving last night as the tornado. hit and the strong winds f
a new study laying out the real danger to your health when you do not get enough. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being here. president biden is taking more steps to try to lower gas prices today, and it s no coincidence he s making these moves with the midterm elections less than three weeks away. this afternoon the president is expected to announce he s authorizing the release of another 15 million barrels of oil from the nation s emergency stockpile. gas prices have dropped significantly from the peak this summer, but they are still higher than this time a year ago, and they know it and are taking note. let s start at the white house. jeremy diamond is there. what are you learning that the president is going to say today? reporter: well, kate, president biden is expect to announce 15 million barrels of oil to be released from the u.s. strategic reserve. that would round out the 180 million barrels of oil the president had pledged to release last s
i think it s dangerous even to speak about it. kim jong-un wants the world to know that his arsenal is there, that it s capable. he s fired seven missiles just in the last two weeks. these actions are provocative, they re dangerous. six killings in northern california and at least one possible suspect. we want our communities to pay attention to how he walks. a lot of people are scared to come out at night. it s just scary, period. i m pamela brown in washington on this saturday. you are in the cnn newsroom. a bridge of huge geographic and symbolic importance crippled in a millisecond. take a look. this is the exact moment that russian president vladimir putin suffered the latest blow in his war on ukraine. the blast from an apparent truck bomb knocking out three of the four lanes of the bridge that links russia to cry imea. ukraine has not claimed responsibility for the attack, but it is most certainly celebrating it. ukraine quickly unveiled this commemora