good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. moscow has been targeted by multiple drones in the biggest such attack since the invasion of ukraine. officials said eight drones had reached the russian capital, causing some damage, but most had been shot down. ukraine has denied any involvement. russia s president, vladimir putin, said the drones were aimed at civilian targets and that russia reserves the right to take the harshest possible measures against kyiv. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, heard the explosions this morning, and sent this report. russian television says this is the moment that moscow came under attack. the bbc has not independently verified the images russian tv showed. but from early morning, people in and around the russian capital did report hearing explosions. i heard them, too. at home my windows shook from the force of the blasts. russia s defence ministry accused ukraine of carrying out the attack but said that russia s military had downed
russia- white house press secretary karinejean pierre raised concerns about the strikes. we do not support the use of us made equipment being used for attacks inside russia, we ve been very clear about that, and we continue to do that. we have been clear notjust publicly but privately with the ukrainians. meanwhile, ukraine says four people have been killed in the past day from russian drone strikes. these are the latest pictures coming in to us from kyiv. officials said air defence systems destroyed many of the drones, but debris hit a residential building in kyiv overnight. 3a people were injured, including two children. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is in the ukrainian capital. ukraine has denied responsibility for the attacks in moscow, but i wouldn t describe their denials as full throated. one adviser said very specifically, we have nothing directly to do without. now, thatis directly to do without. now, that is a phrase that leaves open a wealth of other
on fox. the boxing gloves are coming out. sure is. we are 525 days until the general election day and this news, courtesy of axios scooping that christie will enter the race next tuesday a college we are all familiar with in a town hall. his campaign manager maria camilla will be a familiar face. christie made no bones about his dislike for donald trump, which he was a supporter in the early days. this will get interesting. christie skipping iowa, which is where everybody starts their campaigns, including ron desantis, who said yesterday in iowa, by the way, trailing 30 points nationally, but wasted no time diving into the issues much watch this. i m frustrated on things like the border. i ve been talking to politicians talk about securing the border for years and years and years. if i m president, this will be the time we bring this issue to a conclusion. we will reestablish the sovereignty of this nation. we will declare a national emergency about the border. griff: d
proposal coming up. bill: we begin with the d.c. senate council reversing course on its controversial crime overhaul. after president biden signaled that he would join republicans in blocking the measure. i m john roberts in washington, good monday to you. gillian: good monday to you, john, is it monday, tuesday, i don t know anymore. there are so many days. and they just keep going. john: it feels like one day leads into the next. gillian: we are almost at that point around here. can you believe it. all right, i m gillian turner and first sandra smith today, this is america reports, that crime bill has become a source of some conflict, democrats in washington over the last few days quite a few house dams are upset with the white house were not given them a heads up that the president plans to veto the bill. john: senior correspondent chad pergram is on capitol hill and he has the latest on this about-face. chad. john, good afternoon, the d.c. city council is tr