facing a classified documents investigation and battles over the nation s economy and police reform after the death of tyre nichols. lesson plans with hitler quotes. one state investigating a nazi home-schooling network, putting white supremacy into the coverage. curriculum. is it the smoking gun? the evidence putting alex murdaugh at the scene of the murders contradicting his alibi. cnn this morning starts right now. we begin with the breaking news out of ukraine this morning. our cnn crew was nearby a twin missile attack targeting creme torres in eastern ukraine coming less than 24 hours after a missile struck a residential neighborhood killing at least three and wounding eight. crews are searching through the rubble of apartment buildings searching for survivors. fred pleitgen is in ukraine for us this morning. i appreciate you joining us. you narrowly missed this heavy russian missile strike? what happened? reporter: yeah, certainly was a close call. we were goi
test. test. test. test. . . . hello and a warm welcome to viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i m paula newton here on cnn newsroom days after shooting down a suspected chinese spy balloon. u.s. officials currently a second object has been shutdown in alaska grief and devastation in turkey and syria as hopes of finding survivors fade following monday s powerful earthquake, brazilian president sits down for an exclusive interview. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with paula. for second time less than a week, u.s. fighter jets have taken down an object flying over american air space, i want you to take a look at this, officials say the latest one was shot down friday over frozen water near alaska s northern coast. and that apparently was on the order of president joe biden, smaller and not as well equipped as the chinese surveillance balloon, this object was at an altitude of 40,000 feet. not posed apparently a risk to civil
con congresswoman ilhan omar off the house foreign affairs committee. the lead starts right now. my leadership and voice will not be diminished, if i am not on this committee for one term. my voice will get louder and stronger. republicans key committee, b comments that omar has meat critical of israel. some using anti-semitic tropes. comments for which he has apologized or ones she retracted. the minnesota democrat and only muslim refugee in congress asks today, how might this look to the rest of the world? plus, a despicable act. a young new jersey politician shot to death just steps from her own home. was she targeted or was she a victim of random violence? but first, russia ramping up strikes against ukraine, with warnings of a larger offensive on the horizon. cnn is in one town hit more than 70 times in just one day. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. russia s renewed offensive against ukraine may already be beginning. that s the assessment of volodymyr ze
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ukraine. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start with breaking news, the united states military has taken down another high-altitude object flying over the united states this afternoon. the white house announced the object was shot down at 1:45 p.m. eastern time at the direction of president biden. u.s. officials say it was flying off alaska s northern coast at an altitude of 40,000 feet and was approximately the size of a small car. as of now, the administration is not offering many more details than that. we re calling this an object because that s the best description we have right now. we do not know who owns it, whether it s it s state owned or corporate owned or privately owned. we just don t know. the context, of course, is crucial. last saturday, less than a week ago, the u.s. military shot down what the biden administration says was a chinese surveillance balloon. they did this off the coast of the united