russia. the lead starts right now. cnn on the front lines where ukraine s fight for freedom is in the trenches. the u.s. cia director was there before a critical meeting of nato allies. why he thinks instability in moscow is creating a unique moment. then, a holiday block party in bullet turns tragic. now the hunt for shooters who opened fire killing two injuring nearly 30 others including teens. the mayor s urgent plea for lawmakers nationwide to do more. plus, can cows help curb the climate crisis? you might have heard their possible gas problems, but there time cattle may be eating their way to a solution. welcome to the lead, i m abby phillip in for jake tapper. we start with our world leader. multiple russian attack drones hit apartment buildings and an administrative center in the northeast of sumi, two people were killed, and 19 were hurt including a 5-year-old. as ukraine presses on tur counteroffensive, they ve gotten more territory from russia in the last
with judge jeanine pirro, harold ford jrwith, jesse wattes and greg gutfeld. it s 5:00 in new york city. this, is the five dramatic showdown over security at the r reaching a breaking point. right now, texas is telling the biden administrations tellio to come and take it. today is the deadline the white house gave the governor,e greg, on allowing federal agents access to shelby park in eagle so they can remove the razor wire there. th to let the feds in and hasitio a coalition of 25 red state governors on its side. ofg could now be headed back to court, and texas is confident it will win. t but the white house says abbot is breaking the law by playingot gameuse as as. shy we will not shy away from n calling out what we seepoli. as political games from as political games from safe. it does not protect our communities. and that s who he cares about. and that s who he cares about. that st,e people of texas.t,e people of what we re seeing from governor abbott, you heardtexase s
dana:i am dana perino with judge jeanine p rowand greg gutfeld. this is the five. dramatic showdown at the southern border reaching a breaking point. texas telling the biden administration to come and do take it. today is the deadline the white house made on allowing federal agents access to shall be park and eagle pass so they can remove the razor wire there. texas is refusing to let the feds in and has a coalition of 25 red state governors, the whole thing could be headed back to court and texas is confident it will win but the white house says abbott is breaking the law. we will not shy away from calling out what we see as political games for the governor but because it s not safe, it does not protect our communities. he cares about the people of texas. you have heard me say over and over they are making it harder, he s making it harder for border patrol to do their jobs. they need access and right now they don t have that. this is the supreme law of the land. despite
it s another way of saying restore the american dream. i didn t come up with the name. i really didn t. i claim it. judge jeanine: the president trying to sell americans on biden-omics but they are not buying it. most people feel the economies in horrible shape as their wallets get socked by high inflation and soaring interest rates. it s why no one for 48% of americans say that joe biden s policies are hurting their family. but never mind that, his delusional white house thinks biden-omics will catch on. here to talk with you about biden-omics, the word of the day, word of the week, word of the month, word of the year here at the white house. rooted in the belief that we grow the economy when we grow the middle class. biden-omics. the middle-class in in this country, that s where our strength is. we tried trickle down. we tried top down. didn t reach regular folks. he could make sense, it flows off the tongue really well. judge jeanine: biden s that economy will sure
up for discussion as well. but that same official played down the idea that a broad range of deliverables would come from this trip. the two days that secretary blinken is spending in high stakes talks marks the highest level american to visit china since president biden took office. keep in mind, the visit was already delayed once. that was after the chinese spy craft was detected roaming over the u.s. president biden this weekend called that air space intrusion silly. i don t think the leadership knew where it was and knew what was in it and knew what was going on. i think it was more embarrassing than it was intentioned. so i m hoping that over the next several months i ll be meeting with xi again and talking about legitimate differences we have but also how those areas we can get along. reporter: the taiwan strait is likely not one of those areas at present. the white house recently acknowledged that china secured a spy base in cuba, back in 2019. president biden has