believe it was an assassination attempt on president putin. let s take you straight to these videos claiming to show the attack. this is the moment of the explosion coming up the moment of the explosion coming up now. there it is. that is circulating on social media. it appears to be a drone flying in from the left hand side before that explosion. we can t be sure of course. this is unverified footage at the moment. here is the drum from another angle, again not verified. shortly you will see the smoke coming up. according to our teams the videos do appear to be taken at the videos do appear to be taken at the time and location claimed. ukraine has denied carrying out any attack and claims russia is using this accusation as a cover to launch an attack. earlier i spoke to wil vernon in our moscow bureau and i were russia editor at bbc monitoring. started by asking will what exactly the russian authorities have said. the what exactly the russian authorities have said. , ., ., h
busy news day. hi everyone. i m jessica dean and this morning new details surrounding the indictment of former president donald trump, the first former u. s president to face an indictment on criminal charges cnn has learned. trump is expected to appear in a manhattan court tuesday. sources say. that s when he said to be arraigned. this is quite a day. quite a moment in u. s political history. donald trump, former president and current candidate for president in 2024. is facing. we re told more than 30 counts related specifically to business fraud. if convicted, trump could be sentenced to a maximum of four years in prison, though no legal experts believe that s likely all of this connected to his alleged role in a hush money payments scheme and cover up involving the adult film star stormy daniels overnight, his attorney, joe tacopina, says the former president is quote ready to fight. we re on this notable day our reporters, correspondents and guests all standing by to b
democrats colluded with the fbi, cia, and big tech to censor us and hijack elections. the two journalists who broke the story testified in front of congress today. twitter, facebook, google and other companies developed a formal system for taking in moderation requests from every corner of government from the fbi, the dhs, even the cia is making lists of people whose opinions, beliefs, associations or sympathies are deemed misinformation, disinformation, or mall information. as someone who grew up a traditional aclu liberal, this mechanism for punishment and deprivation without due process is horrifying. the censorship industrial complex combines established methods of psychological manipulation some developed by the u.s. military during the global war on terror with highly sophisticated stools science artificial intelligence. federal government officials, agencies and contractors have gone from fighting isis recruiters and russian bots to censoring and deplatforming ordi
headed to florida. you can see it from outer space. we re going to tell you when and where it is expected to come ashore. and taylor swift fans rejoicing this morning. we ll have the new tracks she dropped while you were sleeping. cnn this morning starts right now. a very big newsday. it is friday. we re going to start with russia getting major show of support from china as the war rages in ukraine. beijing just announcing this morning that chinese president xi will head to moscow next week for the first time since the invasion they began. he will meet face-to-face with president putin. russia is desperately trying to turn the tide. china is thinking about sending weapons to help. but beijing has been casting itself as a peacemaker and chinese officials insist that is what this meeting is all about. translator: china will uphold an objective and fair position on ukraine crisis and play a constructive role in promoting talks for peace. cnn s will rippley live for
declassified video shows the dangerous mid-air encounter with russian jets. i ll ask state department spokesperson ned price about this potential flashpoint in worsening relations with moscow. also tonight, a cnn exclusive. dozens of mar-a-lago staffers have been subpoenaed in the investigation of former president trump s handling of classified documents. stand by for details on why their testimony could be crucial. a vulnerable u.s. bank just secured a $30 billion rescue from a group of 11 big banks here in the u.s. this comes after treasury secretary janet yellen tried to reassure congress and the nation that america s banking system is sound. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this hour, pieces of a downed u.s. drone may now be in the hands of russia. two days after aggressive moves by kremlin warplanes over the black sea, critical moments of that encounter captured on video newly r