explosion of the only bridge connecting russia with the annexed territory of crimea. now, the blast partially collapsed the kerch bridge and paralyzed a key supply route from moscow s faltering war in ukraine. but this bridge isn t just logistically important, it s also a huge symbol for the kremlin in its attempt to reunify crimea with the russian mainland. ukraine has not claimed responsibility for this, but after the blast in kyiv, people can be seen taking selfies in front of a billboard depicting the image of the bridge on fire. that s not the only thing you re seeing from ukraine mocking the explosion. fred pleitgen joins us now. fred is in kyiv. he has the latest developments. what are you hearing, fred, about who s behind this explosion. reporter: yeah, well, the russians are moving very quickly to point the finger of blame at the ukrainians. this is quite interesting because i ve been following a lot of telegram channels coming out of russia. a lot of top russian
the senate? and i think one of the other issues that this reveals, quite frankly, is this idea that, you know, just celebrity big name person, as a candidate, running against a qualified competent incumbent, that doesn t necessarily mean that just because you have the name i.d., you re able to beat someone who is doing a good job. the other thing i ll say, as charlie mentioned, it s going to come down to turnout at the end of the day. and as we ve seen both from 2020 in the general election and in the special election, the voters are absolutely there for raphael warnock, if they just stay the course and focus on turnout. let s focus on two other big senate races out west, arizona and nevada. both of them close races. and in new cnn polling, it appears that voters are very motivated and they prioritize the company above anything else.
pass if that diplomacy fails. according to israeli media reports. prime minister benjamin netanyahu s visit to america this week included a request for one of america s most sensitive bombing systems, bunker bombs. it sounds like the administration is inclined to say yes. at the white house today a very careful response. in meetings the president had there was no such agreement proposed or reached. note the meetings with the president. from the spokesman there. prime minister netanyahu made the request in talks with the pentagon. this would be used if israel were to launch strikes against the suspected iranian nuclear facilities. let s look at what we re talking about using recent satellite imagery. these are the reported iranian nuclear sites. let s focus on two, one at quom we talked about before. as you pull it out here s why the bunker busting bombs would be so important. look at these openings captured in the satellite images. these go down to some sort of undergroun
immigration. we ll show you the old clip making new headlines. wolf blitzer is off. i m joe johns. you re in the situation room. we begin with breaking news. american students caught up in the bloody cairo protest are finally on their way out of a nightmare experience in egypt. let s go straight to cnn s senior international correspondent, ben wedeman in cairo. earlier today we heard the three american students would be released on saturday. now we re hearing it s already happened. why? what we understand is that yesterday the prosecutors ordered their release but it took for today to get released. they have been released and they are on their way to the airport. they were attending the american university in cairo and according to the egyptian police, they were involved in attacks on security forces during the demonstrations. of course, their lawyers and their parents deny that they could have done that sort of thing and clearly the fact that the egyptians who shadly s