reporter: just so they can kill the sons of other mothers. cnn international editor nick paton walsh is live for us in ukraine. nick, start with this referendum vote. officials say that some ukrainians are being forced to vote. how is that being done? reporter: yeah. some of this is clearly because of the implied pressure of being occupied by a military force of russia or in terms at time the direct pressure that appears. at the moment, ballot boxes are being brought to people s homes, suggestions they walk to polling stations. there is a great confusion on how this would play out, thought in in-person voting would happen on the last day. it appears to be much more haphazard and people are simply being asked to put their mark on a piece of paper. none of this of course is anything relow temperaturely approaching democracy and being, done under the pressure of military occupation. probably the middle of next week there will be a round endorsement, an extraordinary high p
a government watchdog that oversees the secret service. importantly, the letter says those text messages were erased after, after they were requested as part of an evaluation of what happened on january 6th being conducted by that government watchdog. the letter notes that the secret service is claiming that the messages were erased as part of a device replacement program. it is important to note that the messages were erased only after they had been requested by the inspector general. and the inspector general also points out in this letter that her office has been repeatedly rebuffed while trying to obtain these records. a spokesman for the secret service responded to the release of this letter tonight, saying we take strong issue with these categorically false claims and he will be responding in detail shortly. well, it s been two and a half hours since that tweet and we have not seen a more full statement now from the secret service. you will recall that the secret servic
investments. plus, the latest in presidential politics as donald trump all but confirms that he is going to run for president again. what he says about the timing of his official announcement. and the u.s. secret service accused of deleting messages related to the january 6th attack on the capitol. we ll have the agency s explanation. good morning. welcome to way too early on this friday, july 15th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being here. former president donald trump s bid for the white house gain seems all but certain. in an interview, in my own mind, i have already made that decision. he says the only thing left to decide is whether to announce before or after this november s midterms. trump told the magazine that a benefit to announcing before november would be to potentially clear the republican field, saying quote, i think a lot of people would not even run if i did, because if you look at the polls, they don t even register. that of course, is actually not
seems to stun me. it seems right now with the war effort and fractiousinous and the rage of his government even before him it s like there s pressure building up in this chamber. we ll see where that goes. thanks to you at home for joining me this evening. if you missed it, this is what it looked like when robert f. kennedy jr. officially announced he would run as a third party candidate for president. i need my speech. you can t read anything. it s upside down. it s upside down. it s upside down. that is how rfk jr. began his independent bid for the presidency last month, and that s kind of how it s been this whole time with rfk jr. his campaign has been filled with unfortunate stunts like posting videos of him doing push ups shirtless for no reason at all. he s trafficked conspiracy theories more suited today the dark web or a reddit page. covid-19 is targeted to attack caucasians and black people. the people i don t know what happened on 9/11. i mean i unders
it looked like when robert f. kennedy junior officially announced that he would run as a third party candidate for president. [crowd chanting] [applause] i need my speech. [laughter] you can t read anything. you can t read anything. what? [crowd chanting] it s upside down. it s upside down. it s upside down. that is how rfk junior began his independent bid for the presidency last month, and that is kind of how it s been the whole time with rfk junior. his campaign has been full of unfortunate stunts, like pushing videos of himself doing pushups shirtless for the camera, for no reason at all. he is trafficked in wild conspiracy theories that are more suited to the dark web or a reddit page. covid-19 is targeted to attack caucasians and black people. the people most immune are ashkenazi jews. i don t know what happened on 9/11. i mean, i understand with the official explanation is. i understand that there is the scent. so there s that in your mind that al-qaeda was resp