i ll speak with a top adviser to president volodymer zelenskyy about this new russian assault and plans for a ukrainian counter offensive that s expected to begin soon. also tonight, new moves by florida republicans designed to help governor ron desantis and his likely run for president. this amid deep concerns among republicans in congress about desantis war with the disney corporation. and we re tracking fears that another u.s. bank may collapse at any moment. first republic stock plunging as the white house says it does not have a rescue plan in the works. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour in ukraine where cnn is on the scene of the dead liest missile strike in this new wave of attacks. at least 23 killed when an apartment building, an parlapartment building was hit. nic robertson is on the scene. walk us through what you ve seen and the rescue operation under
so many american citizens. john: new mexico golf cartel with a handwritten note with the crime and laying out what led up to the bloody attack of american friends. we will tell you what that note says and show you what else the cartel left for the police to find. sandra: our bill melugin live working through the breaking details at this hour. senator lindsey graham is also here with his plan to take out the cartels once and for all. welcome back as america reports rolls into the second hour. and sandra smith in new york. john: here we go for another hour, get to be with you and a lot to impact this hour starting with fox news alert. sandra: a major update and one states fight for fairness in women s sports. just moments ago, west virginia attorney general announcing he will bring the legal battle to ban transgenders in women s sports all the way to the supreme court. john: this after the fourth circuit court of appeals upheld the state law in 2020 went to a ba
they are vowing to get the job done saying, quote, our people will remain in east palestine respond to the situation and meet with residents. we are not going anywhere. cnn s jason carroll was at last night s meet being. jason, you can understand why people are frustrated here. they want answers. these are people who have been living in east palestine in this area so long and now they have major questions about how long they can continue to live there. reporter: kaitlin, you are absolutely right. . so questions that they have, who is going to be here a year from now, who will be here two years from now, five years from now? is someone going to be monitoring their health years from now? who is responsible for that? what about the cost of their homes, depreciation no home values. a lot of questions the residents had and quite frankly a lot of them felt they didn t get their questions answered. they feel like it will take more than one holocaust. one of the representatives the
undergoing a blistering cross examination by the prosecution. they are trying to poke holes in his claim he did not kill his wife maggie and youngest son paul. on the stand murdaugh admitted he lied to police about where he was in the moments leading up to the killing and confessed to being addicted to opioids and stealing from clients. we ll have more in a few moments. first, it is hard to believe it has been one year to the day since russian troops and tanks rolled across the border and ukraine still remains in place. translator: if we all do our home work, victory will be inevitable. i am certain there will be victory. i don t think, i want it this year. we have everything for it. we have the motivation, certainty, the friends, the diplomacy. we are helped by our friends for our shared values so this war doesn t spread, so this aggression doesn t spread. in addition to vowing ukraine will see victory, president zelenskyy met with wounded soldiers at a kyiv hospital t
yelling a little. so excited. ainsley: waking you up this morning. steve: good morning to all the people there in seattle if you are sleepless in seattle. we just had a little team work here. while ainsley was looking at her information, i actually placed the coffee order. ainsley: thank you. i just put it on my apple pay. steve: thank you. ainsley: the order is in if you want to pick it up for us it s 885. brian: that will be good. steve: fox & friends runs on dunkin . ainsley: dave, put the camera down go get what s really important our coffee. brian: some guy in the hard rock is going to leave the hotel and go over. ainsley: he doesn t know what location. steve: gee i wonder what location is close to where we are sitting. ainsley: send one over quickly. brian: do we have a big show. mighty revelations. ainsley: the washington post article. steve: the washington post has done some great journalism hand has connected some pieces and that s