he was giving a speech on bail reform at a campaign stop yesterday when a man jumped on stage with a two-pronged blade and congressman zeldin just explained, it looked like he was going for his throat. zeldin grabbed the man s wrist and blocked him first but the man tried to lunge at him a second time and others had to jump in, including a former veteran at the event to finally put the guy down. here is a closer look at the suspect. remember i told you to coprongs come up at your fingers in there and hard to take away from somebody. if they come for the soft tissue around your esophagus, your throat, he could kill you instantly. thank the good lord that didn t happen and no one else was seriously hurt, let s be thankful for that too. the the congressman to treat this, his words as he tried to stab me a few hours ago were you re done. several attendees for new york quickly jumped into action and tackled the guy pure law enforcement was on the scene in a few minutes. the atta
these brothers and sisters, aged 2 to 8, dead, family members say they were ripped from their parents arms. witnesses say the waters were so powerful that in just seconds they swept away homes that had been standing for generations. cnn just obtained new video from one flood victim who says his family is trapped and cannot get out of that neighborhood. the whole road is blocked off. survivors are pleading for some help after losing every tangible thing. it is unbelievable. i took a chance to go up in the hollers. there s no internet or power. in a lot of places they say we won t have water for months. people are bringing stuff in, but as fast as they bring it in, it goes out. we need help more than anything. i don t care if it s a pair of fruit of the looms. babies need diapers, formula. we need everything that s possible to get here. cnn s evan mcmorris is there. are the rescues still happening right now? reporter: yes, victor, they are. i will say in perry county
on going fighting outside. a senior u.s. defense official calling russia s actions the height of irresponsibility. as cnn first reported, new satellite images contradict russian claims that ukraine has been systematically shelling the area around the plant. both sides are accusing each other of endangering the facility. cnn sam kiley is there. where do things stand right there? reporter: they stand as a very, very dangerous moment. that is something that the international community, the russians and ukrainians are agreeing on. they disagree who to blame with demands from the ukrainians and international community to demilitarize europe s biggest nuclear power station that has when at full capacity six reactors functioning at the moment it has less than that and there is no question either that the russians are using it as a fire base to attack civilian and possibly other targets in government held territory on the other side. that is exactly what we found when we visited a
everyday americans. listen. i didn t change my mind. i never changed at all. this is fighting inflation. we ve closed loopholes and didn t raise taex. it doesn t raise taxes. it is an investment. i won t be responsible for inflaming the inflation rate. it is a red, white and blue deal. his colleagues in the senate disagree. pat toomey said manchin got duped. he got taken to the cleaners. the same gimmick he said he was opposed to. they claim the revenue over a 10-year window from the tax increase and price controls and then the expenditure they knowledge they pretend it will only be three years. these numbers are very dubious. the new york post editorial board call it joe manchin s anti-made in america bill. sinema was absent from the recent round of talks. silence is stressing out democrats who desperately need her vote. we got art laffer, economic advise hor to former president reagan in focus today but first edward lawrence joins us from the white house. the re
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