this and it also means that they can employ the weapons that are used on the f-16 because a lot of those capabilities are actually quite profound and could make a difference on the battlefield right now. colonel, thank you so much for taking us through that. we do appreciate it. boris? today, democratic senator joe manchin will head to new hampshire to headline an event for no labels, a group pushing for a third-party presidential candidate. the west virginia senator told cnn this morning this trip is nothing about a third party, but he also did not rule out a run. joining us now is the national director of no labels, joe cunning ham. he s also a former congressman. thank you so much for being with us. what is the goal of having joe manchin headline this event? he s not exactly beloved nationally. but is he someone you would put forward as a candidate for president? glad to be here with you. i m from south carolina. just to correct the record.
there are a number of groups and people who have another opinion about that. but the fact is, there s nothing about political parties in our constitution. and, you know, if the vast majority of americans don t want to see this rematch, shouldn t should a group not stand up and speak for them? joe cunningham now with no labels, thank you so much for the time. we re going straight to the white house where john kirby is speaking to the press. let s listen. which will exacerbate food scarcity and harm millions of vulnerable people around the world. it s been critical to bringing down food prices which have spiked as a result of the invasion of ukraine. more than half of the 33 million metric tons of grain and foodstuffs that have been shipped through the initiative have gone to developing countries. including some of the most food insecure regions of the globe. the shipments have helped drive
the group is stoking fears that they could play spoiler in president biden s re-election bid. we ll be speaking to the group s national director about those concerns. plus, search-and-rescue operations under way after flash flooding that s claimed the lives of at least five people in the northeast. other parts of the country sweltering under dangerous heat and the rest of the world is suffering too. we have much more on the extreme weather along with other major developing stories all coming in right here to cnn news central. we are learning new details this hour on the attack of a critical bridge linking russia to crimea. ukraine says the bridge was blown up by drones and you can see the aftermath here. the portion of the bridge appears to be heavily damaged. vladimir putin is claiming the two strikes were, quote, terrorist attacks.