united states is outfront on who she thinks is behind the attacks inside russia. plus, governor ron desantis about to hold his first major event in iowa as a presidential candidate. he s going all in for evangel voters. can he peel them away from trump this time? and calls for a boycott against chick-fil-a. conservative revolt over a dei executive. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, land, air, and sea. ukraine bracing for an all-out assault from putin, including potentially devastating attacks by russian submarines. this is according to a military spokesperson and our fred pleitgen who is in kyiv where he says they are preparing for what could be a major retaliation by putin. and we re going to check in with fred in just a moment. because that fear is coming after at least eight drones targeted wealthy moscow neighborhoods overnight, an area where putin himself has an estate. this is the first time since the beginning of the invas
hello and welcome to all of you watching us around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom, a covid-era immigration policy expires in the u.s. how the end of title 42 will affect migrants who want to enter the country. signs ukraine is moving toward launching its counteroffensive against russia. what we could see in the days before it begins. and the european union considers new rules for artificial intelligence. and they could affect how you interact with ai. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with kim brunhuber. we begin with a landmark change in u.s. immigration policy. the controversial covid-era rules known as title 42 expired just a few hours ago now. and that means harsher consequences for those entering the country illegally. thousands of migrants seeking asylum made their way to the southern border ahead of the deadline. authorities have detained a record number of migrants in the past few days. while things appear quiet at
begins right after this. less than eight hours left on that u.s. policy used to turn away migrants at the border. what s going to happen after midnight? the lead starts right now. crisis at the border and it s about to get worse. cnn rides along as migrants climb on top of a train. others crawling through barbed wire trying desperately to get into the united states. what s gonna happen when that key title 42 immigration policy runs out at 11:59 this evening? well, top biden administration official is here and we will seek answers. also, trump s 2024 campaign playbook seems to be a repeat of falsehoods and decency from 2020. how not only democrats such as president biden and also republicans today are expressions revulsion at things that he said at the cnn town hall. plus, 18 years after disappearing, today movement towards justice in the tragic vanishing and murder of natalee holloway. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with a huge story in our world
good evening, before we begin tonight s broadcast, i want to say something about what we witnessed at last night s town hall. many of you have expressed deep anger and disappointment, many of you are upset that someone who attempted to destroy our democracy was invited to sit on the stage in front of a crowd of republican voters to answer questions. and predictably, continue to spew lie after lie after lie. i get it. it was disturbing. it was disturbing to see him here that person referred to black law enforcement officer as a thug. an adjective used many times to describe blackmon. and called kaitlan collins the moderator, nasty. which is what he calls any woman who stands up to him. it was disturbing. to hear him speak so highly of qanon conspirators and insurrectionists who assaulted police officers and our democracy on january 6th. it was awful to hear him spread ridiculous lies about the election. it was certainly disturbing to hear that audience, young and old, our fe
holloway, joran van der sloot, injured in a prison fight in peru as he awaits extradition to the u.s. in connection with holloway s vanishing which was 18 years ago today. jean casarez is outfront. reporter: joran van der sloot, one of peru s highest profile inmates, injured during a brawl in one of the country s most violent prisons. his lawyer telling cnn it was a fight among some inmates, and my client got involved when he tried to defend his friend. van der sloot is in prison for killing a woman in peru 13 years ago today. translator: i want to give a sincere confession. reporter: and the prime suspect in the shocking disappearance of american natalie holloway exactly 18 years ago today, may 30th, 2005. still no charges against the soul remaining suspect. reporter: 18-year-old holloway was last seen alive with van der sloot during her senior trip to aruba in 2005,