we begin with an alarming outbreak that has some u.s. hospitals struggling. the common but potentially deadly respiratory virus called rsv is spreading rapidly among children. doctors telling cnn the spike is unprecedented for this time of year. cnn s brian todd has more on this troubling surge. the drive to the emergency room was really scary and really intense. reporter: this mother of a 5-year-old who was hospitalized with difficulty breathing told us of an anxious drive to the emergency room. things eventually had gotten worse since we were admitted. i have seen starting last night that he is progressively having a harder time breathing. rsv is one of the scariest infections in a child, especially when it s in your baby. so you will see your baby breathing really, really fast and you feel like there is nothing that you can do. reporter: around the country doctors are reporting a spike in cases of rsv, respiratory syncytial virus, a common respiratory illness tha
he s standing by life live. also growing concern the u.s. about the potential spread of another deadly virus. the cdc is now discussing whether to offer vaccinations for people at high risk of what s called monkey pox. a rare case has just been confirmed in this country. and as the buffalo shooting suspect appears in court, there s a new report just outside tout that some 15 peopl signed into an online chat room where he invited people to watch the racist attack where it happened. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m westolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with president biden hitting vladimir putin with a one-two punch. the united states now poise d t send billions of additional dollars in new aid to ukraine as the president is promoting new efforts to expand nato right now. our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is joining us live from seoul, south korea. the president is heading to asia, whe
sensely casualties of this invasion. french voters decide their country s future leader. it s an election that could cause a major shift in world politics. welcome to the show, everyone. it s now 9:00 a.m. in ukraine. we re getting a clearer picture of russia s goal in the country. russia s military now confirming it s objective to take full control of ukraine s black seacoast. ukraine s president wants that only to be a prelude to russia envancing into other countries. and key to the russian plan is the city we ve been talking about for a while now, mariupol, where an unknown number of ukrainian trips and civilians are trapped inside a large steel factory. ukraine s prime minister spoke about the dire situation as he met with u.s. officials in washington. have a listen. the situation in mariupol is terrible. this is the biggest catastrophe in this and the last centuries. many dozens of thousands of people may be thousands of peope are died in mariupol. and we will see
trouble is brewing once again for lauren boebert. police are investigate ing a weekend incident between the congresswoman and her ex-husband. it s the latest in a string of incidents involving the colorado republican. lucy cavanaugh reports. i m lauren boebert and i approve this message. reporter: congresswoman lauren boebert is no stranger to controversy. the colorado republican is the subject of a police investigation into an altercation with her ex-husband at the minors claim restaurant in her district saturday night. in a statement to cnn, boebert said i didn t punch jason in the face and no one was arrested. i will be consulting with my lawyer about the false claims had he made and evaluate all my
here s a mystery in california s silicon valley. after landscapers find a car buried in the backyard of a $15 million mansion. and now the search for answers. cnn s terrel bb camila bernal i angeles. what do we know about this? reporter: this is a wealthy neighborhood, a multimillion-dollar home, and the owners decided they wanted to do a project so they call some landscaping crew and they begin working. once they do that, they find this car that authorities say was about six feet underground, a car that went missing in 1992. so of course the owners called authorities, tried to figure out what was going on. crews come out, try to dig the car out. authorities are investigate ing