this hour, we see ukraine high on the agenda. volodymyr zelenskyy is set to join in person, seeking commitments from the world s wealthiest democracies. also, the u.s. is now signaling that it will not block allies from sending f-16 jets to ukraine. we will look at how that could change the battlefield, and tens of thousands of israelis marched through jerusalem s old city for mostly peaceful but tense flag parade. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. leaders of the g7 nations are meeting at this hour in hiroshima, japan russian invasion of ukraine, of course, high on the agenda. and now we are learning they will be welcoming a special guest, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. the uk and european union have already announced new sanctions targeting russia s diamond trade. and in a key development, sources tell cnn the u.s. will not stand in the way of allies setting f-16 fighter jets to ukraine, something kyiv has been requesting for mon
the republican nomination. it comes on a day the company he has targeted, disney, decided to hit him with a billion dollar blow. we will have more on what disney just naturally. but on desantis s run sources of telling cnn he will file paperwork next week. medical today were donors and supporters. a new york times report or listened in. i m going to read you a quote from that new york times story. it begins with something ron desantis said on the call. quote, you have basically three people at this point that are credible in this whole thing, mr. desantis told donors on the call, organized by the super pac supporting him, never back down. quote, biden, trump and me. and i think of those three, to have a chance to get elected president. biden and me. now, according to the times he went on to say that he s basing that on swing state data which he described as not great for the former president, quote, and probably insurmountable, because people are not going to change their vie
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joining us from the united states and all around the world. i m michael holmes. appreciate your company coming up here on cnn newsroom, the young u. s airman accused of leaking highly classified documents online, formally charged with violating the espionage act. we ll have an update just ahead. victory in court for french president emmanuel macron on pension reform, but at what political costs as the protests continue. and in california, winter of torrential rain and snowfall is revived a long dead lake and in the process destroyed vast stretches of farmland will take you to the scene of a climate catastrophe. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with michael holmes. the us government moving quickly with its prosecution of that suspected leaker of classified documents. one day after his arrest, 21 year old air national guardsman jack teixeira, formally charged under the espionage act, the leaks exposed to a wide range of highly classified information, including eavesd
the latest on the biden administration s response. hey, lucas. before leaving ireland last night president biden spoke to reporters in dublin about the leak of classified information. i ve instructed the department to make sure that they get to the root of why he had access in the first place, number one, and number two, to focus extensively on the extent to which it all occurred. there s no way to predict how long an investigation will take. i don t think it s going to take very long. i think we re getting to the bottom of it quicker. now more leaks of highly classified information has been discovered. u.s. intelligence agencies were made aware of additional four chinese spy balloons in addition to the 4,000 chinese craft that made the odyssey over the u.s. before it was shot down. over a million have top secret clearance, the pentagon is looking how many in addition to the leaker had access to the military s joint wide intelligence communication system better known by