and welcome to all you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world, i m kim brunhuber, ahead on cnn newsroom, the latest on the search for children believed to be buried under the rubble in ukraine after an apartment building was hit by russian missiles. evacuating more people from sudan. fears the mississippi river will flood while millions of people are preparing for stormy weather across the southeast. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with a race to save lives after a massive russian missile strike in ukraine. rescuers are trying to reach two children believed to be trapped in a bombed out building in the city of uman, 17 other victims have already been rescued from the high rise which was partly collapsed. friday s strike killed at least 23 people, including at least five children while two more people died in a separate attack in the city of dnipro. nic robertson saw the rescue oper
according to some estimates. we don t know the exact time frame yet, but that is not a whole lot of time, because congress are to cut a deal, if they are to get one, try to go through both chambers of commerce, all of that will take significant time and effort and no talks are happening ahead of what could be the first ever debt default and a potential economic disaster coming in just a matter of weeks. manu raju, cnn, capitol hill. president biden is making his first big fund raising push since officially launching his reelection campaign earlier this week. he met with more than 100 of his biggest donors at a washington hotel friday night. the president told attendees, quote, we need you, our democracy needs you, because this is about our freedoms. maga republicans are trying to take us backwards. together, we re not going to let them do it. in the midwest the mississippi river continues to rise. it comes as snow from this year s blockbuster season is