struggle. the annual military parade noticeably scaled down. victory day celebrates the soviet union s triumph over nazi germany and russia usually flexes its military might. this year it was only one tank from world war ii and no flyovers of fighter jets, bombers in his speech, accuse the west of unleashi war agains the russian mother land. it comes days after a mysterious drone attack on the kremlin hours before putin s speech russia launched cruise missiles at ukraine s capital. let s bring in matthew chance to start us out. as someone who covered all things putin and moscow so closely, what was your take? well, i think you re right, poppy. definitely much smaller than we have seen in years past. i think 8,000 troops this year. 12,000 last year, for instance. there was no military flyover. usually that s a spectacular highlight of this kind of victory day parade. there was an intercontinental ballistic missile as the centerpiece of the parade. russia underlining it is
training and signs he might have been motivated by right wing extremism. we re also tracking the situation on both sides of the southern border as officials race for the expiration of title 42. what the end of the trump era policy means for the expected surge of migration. also tonight, e. jean carroll s civil rape trial is nearing an end. the jury expected to begin deliberations tomorrow after attorneys from both sides just wrapped up their closing arguments. welcome to our viewers here in united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with allen, texas, where we re learning new information about the gun man who shot and killed eight people. heartbreaking details are coming in about the victims. ed lavandera is joining us from the scene of the massacre. give us the latest. cnn has been able to review posts made by the gunman on a russian social media website that shows some rather disturbing information which includes th
heart-pounding view inside of the battle for bakhmut, and the footage that shows moment that ukrainian soldiers attacked their counterparts of enemies. thousands of new migrants continue to arrive each day on the southern border, and the action that the white house is hoping will discourage new migrants from coming. a key state of the u.s. economy and the crucial insight that consumers just provided right here on cnn news central. incredible new video into cnn this morning which appears to show ukraine s military attacking russian forces near the city of bakhmut, and the defense minister said they have pushed the russians back at least two kilometers in the city which is stuck in stalemate for months as we know, and now, take a look at this which appears to be in the newsroom which is appearing from the drone, and showing ukrainian soldiers attacking soldiers in bakhmut, and they say that ukraine s long-awaited counter offensive is taking shape, and they say that the st
Mitchell reports, House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy 24 hours from the biggest moment of his political career and still no closer to securing the votes he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Also this hour, i will speak to dr. Zeke emanuel about a tough holiday flu season along with new concerns about a new strain of covid19 in the u. S. And we will have a live report from rome as catholics travel to the vatican to Pope Emeritus Benedict during the three days he will lie in state ahead of thursdays funeral mass. Good day, im andrea in mitchell. Happy new year, everyone. Well, the pressure is on republican leader in this in you year, Kevin Mccarthy has to win over the hard line House Conservatives that he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Tomorrow the new Congress Returns to washington with the speaker vote as the top item on the agenda. But at this hour no one knows how long its going to take for republicans to secure the Majority Vote needed to appoint a le
right now in texas, the manhunt is intensifying for the suspect police say fatally shot five of his neighbors execution style. what we know about the victims including one who was just 9 years old. flood waters are still rising in parts of iowa as residents are using boats to salvage what they can from their underwater homes. we ll take you live to davenport. and on this international workers day, as many as 1 million demonstrators are taking to the streets of france amid president macron s decision to raise the nation s retirement age. we ll take you live to paris. and we begin with breaking news on the state of the u.s. banking system. overnight, federal regulators moved to close down first republic bank and sell its assets to jpmorgan chase. this morning first republic s 84 branches in eight states reopened as branches of jpmorgan chase. this is the third and actually the biggest u.s. bank to fail this year. it s also the second largest bank by assets to fail in u.s.