i ll speak with a top adviser to president volodymer zelenskyy about this new russian assault and plans for a ukrainian counter offensive that s expected to begin soon. also tonight, new moves by florida republicans designed to help governor ron desantis and his likely run for president. this amid deep concerns among republicans in congress about desantis war with the disney corporation. and we re tracking fears that another u.s. bank may collapse at any moment. first republic stock plunging as the white house says it does not have a rescue plan in the works. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour in ukraine where cnn is on the scene of the dead liest missile strike in this new wave of attacks. at least 23 killed when an apartment building, an parlapartment building was hit. nic robertson is on the scene. walk us through what you ve seen and the rescue operation under
david scott. effries. so here s the thing you can see the tally chart on the right-hand side. we are making sure everybody has voted. we believe the magic number is 217. as you see right there kevin mccarthy has 216. when they start another roll call we will go back to that immediately but in the meantime let s bring in our chief congressional correspondent chad pergram chad do we appear to be one vote short. that s right. this is why it always takes a while at the end because you have the tellers, the tally clerks in front of the chamber they are going through manually and comparing notes and making sure that everybody has the same numbers. let me do a deep dive right now. so this is where we stand. okay. so remember that the speaker must win an outright majority of all members casting ballots for somebody by their last name. okay? so the present votes do not count. the present votes do not count. so if you laura: chad can we pause? because i think we have matt g
forces evacuations. multiple new threats in the tropics. rob marciano is timing it all out. plus, the climate catastrophe in pakistan. flooding kills more than a thousand people. buildings collapsing, and dangerous rescues by the military. disturbing new police body camera video of a deadly encounter between officers and a man believed to be experiencing mental health issues. did officers do all they could to de-escalate the situation? the buffalo bills release their rookie punter accused of sexually assaulting an underaged girl in a civil suit. that player claims he s innocent. tonight, the alleged victim s father is speaking out exclusively to abc news. the horrifying ambush attack in texas. multiple deaths reported. authorities believe a man set fire to an apartment building to lure tenants outside, and then opened fire. counting down, we re now just hours from launch. nasa hopes this rocket will make a giant leap back to the moon. gio benitez from florida toni
to prove fear ending up as a mean and a bizarre and alarming clash between china and the philippines on the high seas, the chinese coast guard launching a quote, brutal assault, a filipino general while slamming beijing s over the attack saying, quote, only pirates do this and artificial intelligence may be coming for all our jobs. and faster than thought possible. a new survey has a stark warning for americans were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here. the cnn news central just one week from today, president biden and former trump will go head to head right here on cnn, the debate in atlanta will be the first of this year s presidential race. and we just learned that former president trump will get the final word after a coin flip to determine the order of closing statements and podium placements. but before they we take the debate stage next week, both candidates are preparing in very different ways today, president biden headi
Tonight, thousands pay tribute as george floyd comes home to houston. Joe biden among them. Also tonight, the new video just released from new mexico. A knee to the neck and tonight, charges of manslaughter. Here in houston, many walking in the stifling heat to line up for hours, then filing past George Floyds casket. Mourners wearing masks. George floyd was killed two weeks ago today, an officer with his knee on floyds neck for 8 minutes, 46 seconds. Former Vice President joe biden came to houston today. The image of him with George Floyds little girl. Paying his respects to the floyd family. And the family speaking just moments ago. Also tonight, the former officer now charged with Second Degree murder, Derek Chauvin, wearing an Orange Jumpsuit for his First Court Appearance today. Prosecutors saying he kept his
knee on floyds neck while he went limp and eventually lifeless. And the breaking headline as we come on the air tonight. The new video from new mexico now. The officer with h