a potentially major blow to the global food market after russia terminates a critical grain deal with ukraine. what that means for food prices. this decision coming just hours after a bridge that s key to transplanting supplies from russia to crimea is attacked. how that could impact the kremlin s war. and congresswoman pramila jayapal in damage control mode after calling israel a, quote, racist state. a comment house democrats are calling unacceptable. we ll be speaking to one of the lawmakers who signed an open letter condemning her remark. . plus, the alabama woman who went missing after reporting a toddler walking on the interstate alone is back home. what police are now saying about this mystery. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. we re following two major developments in russia s war in ukraine. first, vladimir putin is now claiming that ukraine s strike on a bridge that links russia to occupi
staged in a key area. we are live near the front lines. plus, the gilgo beach serial killings. the police commissioner in charge of the case is outfront as we learn more about evidence taken from the suspect s home, including a doll in a glass case. does the chief believe there may be additional victims? and the chinese foreign minister vanishes. the official also close adviser hasn t been seen in weeks. the government says they don t have any information on him. so what happened? let s go outfront. good evening on this monday. i m erica hill in tonight for erin burnett. outfront tonight, ukraine bracing for retaliation. vladimir putin vowing revenge following a major drone strike by ukraine on a strategically vital supply route for the russian military. ukraine using naval drones to successfully target the kersh bridge. the map you can see here why this is so important. it is also the longest bridge in europe. putin quick to speak out. translator: another terrori
bases. russian ally and neighbor in belarus helped broker a deal with prigozhin, to escalate the situation. prigozhin agreed to leave russia for asylum batters, but not before getting a heroes sendoff from russian residents. [crowd chanting] [sound of gunfire] nbc news correspondent ali arouzi joins me now, live from london. ali, thank you for being here. the situation in russia has changed dramatically in the last 24 hours, what s happening there now? jonathan, it has been an extraordinary 24 hours of mayhem, mutiny. and as quickly as all of this began, it ended. in a nutshell, where are we? the wagner group probably will be incorporated into the russian defense ministry, prigozhin is in exile in neighboring belarus, and vladimir putin is still in power, considerably weaker. and it is really extraordinary what unfolded in russia. very extraordinary how it all started. look at the beginning of the day, vladimir putin made that statement on television, visibly angry, calli
questions after valid claim to have captured the city of rostov on don. it ended quickly, less than one day after it began after a deal brokered by pollution president alexander lukashenko. an ally of putin who also has ties to prigozhin. according to the kremlin, but i go asian and his forces will be out to belarus, and charges against him for taking part in an armed rebellion, charges against them will be dropped. now they re putin nor prigozhin have seen or heard from him publicly since the deal was announced. joining me now in london, nbc news correspondent ali arouzi, and in kyiv ukraine, chief correspondent kelly cobiella, and wall street journalist and simmons. good to have all of you here. so ali, the russian foreign ministry said yesterday that the country remains in support of president vladimir putin, but bogosian lost the severn town of rostov with armored tanks in vehicles, to cheering crowds. if you are in the kremlin, does that of support for the moodiness or t
hello again, thanks for being with us. it s 11:00 a.m. eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york with this special second hour on this federal holiday, and we are following breaking news this morning. america s secretary of state holding a high pressure meeting with china s president xi. did that one-on-one do anything to settle the simmering tensions between our two countries. extreme weather, millions remain under threat, even as communities reel from the aftermath of devastating tornados also ahead, a terrifying close call at one of the busiest airports in the country, a passenger capturing the video of this plane s wing almost hitting another plane on the runway. and later, celebrating juneteenth, we ll take you to galveston, texas, known as the birthplace of this federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery here in america. but first the breaking news out of china where u.s. secretary of state antony blinken met just a couple of hours ago with pres