nuclear weapons. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and four thirty am in the sri lankan capital colombo where celebrations have been taking place after gotabaya rajapaksa became the country s first sitting president to quit. he did so after months of angry protests over the rapidly rising cost of living, and shortages of food and fuel. from colombo, rajini vaidyanathan reports. a moment to savour after months of struggle. now there s joy. these demonstrators had one key demand, that the man they blame for their economic woes resign. tonight, president gotabaya rajapaksa did. protesters say they are celebrating what represents a victory for people power. it s the end of the rule of the rajapaksas, after a week of turmoil on the island. just yesterday at the prime minister s office, security forces were overrun by protesters. it was one of a number of government buildings taken over by the masses. today, protesters handed it back to the authorities, soldiers now on guard,
the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. at least 23 people including three children are dead after a russian cruise middle attack in the city of vinnytsia. anymore people are still missing. officials believe the missiles were launched by russian submarines in the black sea. president zelenskyy calls this an act of russian terror. scott mclean is in vinnytsia. scott, i know it is dark now. tell us what is happening at this hour. reporter: president zelenskyy said earlier today that people can t do this. he said that the people who did this are animals. those are his words. if you look over here, you can see fire crews trying to get rid of all of the debris here from this office building. i cannot show you the theater next-door because it is dark but one of the two missiles that landed in this area obliterated the building. there is maybe only a half a dozen windows that survived the sheer strength of this blast. what is incredible, they were two strikes. what hit the parkin
23 people are dead, including three children. plus, a dead wife, a dead son, a botched hit, an alleged fraud scheme. murder charges have now been filed against a once prominent south carolina attorney in this case that has more twists than a country road. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. president biden s first trip to the middle east being overshadowed in a controversial sit-down that s not yet even happened. president biden stood side by side with israeli prime minister and promised iran will never get a nuclear weapon. how to go about that? that s where they public disagreed. i continue to believe that diploma city is the best way to achieve them. words will not stop them. diplomacy will not stop them. he was pressed by reporters as to whether or not he ll bring up the murder of the journalist with leaders in saudi arabia. the leaders responsible for his murder. at we report from jerusalem, president biden stopped way short of making any such commitment. r
attack in central ukraine. president zelenskyy is calling it an act of terrorism. welcome to the viewers in the united states and around the world. i am wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room . it is 1:00 friday in jerusalem. this is the final hours of president biden s visit here before he heads to saudi arabia. tonight, the team is bracing for the trip to be a major test of he is diplomacy. jeremy diamond is with us in jerusalem. jeremy, clearly the effort to try to stop iran from developing a nuclear bomb was at the forefront of the talks. reporter: president biden and yair lapid met for an hour and a half earlier today. they covered everything from defense cooperation to the partnership between israel and arab countries. it was largely a show of unity. you also did see some daylight between the two sides as president biden reaffirmed his interest in resolving this diplomatically while the is really former president trump mr. called for muscular approach. presid
on both. and the reason he has the worst overall is because inflation is eating his presidency alive at this point. jesse: the democratic sharks are circling and cnn is putting a play on the presidency. reeling from another series of batter and poll numbers on the disastrous handling of everything. the latest survey reveals only 18% of americans want to see him run and destroy the company to enact country a second time. those numbers have democrats back at home measuring the drapes outside the oval office, and gavin newsom looking pretty comfortable walking around the white house grounds while the president is away. the liberal leader has been dropping subtle clues he is itching to run for president after running attack ads against ron desantis and urging floridians to move to california. at some laying out as 2024 of vision in the speech. i do believe that education is under assault in ways that i ve never experienced in my lifetime. i really believe that. but what is ha