joining us in the united states and from around the world. ahead on cnn newsroom, a desperate search for survivors after russia unleashed one of its deadliest attacks on ukrainian civilians in months. the latest ceasefire in sudan appearing to break down in hours, the fighting picking back up even as hundreds remain trapped. we ll hear from a heroine who managed a harrowing escape from the country. plus a draft opinion from the u.s. supreme court overturning the right to an abortion and now the man who wrote it says he has a pretty good idea who was responsible. we begin with a race against time after russian missile strikes in ukraine. rescuers are scrambling to reach two children believed to be trapped under a building. a boy and girl are believed to be somewhere in the lower floors of these high rise. officials say at least 17 other people have been rescued. at least 23 people were killed in friday s strikes including at least four children. two more people died in a
you made it. you made it to saturday, april 29th. always my favorite day of the week. good to have you along. i m victor black well. welcome to cnn this morning. and i feel like it s starting to warm up. it gets warm, cools. we re settling in, folks. we are. thanks so much for sharing part of our saturday morning with us. here s what we re watching. more than 20 million people are facing severe threats of storms again after parts of the south were pelted with baseball-sized hail this week. the main threat we re watching out for. the president can no longer ignore by not negotiating. we are still waiting for house republicans to produce a budget. they produced a ransom note. democrats and republicans spar over the debt limit. will this week s republican plan force the white house to negotiate spending cuts? we ll discuss. at least 23 people are dead after russia unleashed a deadly attack on ukrainian civilians yesterday. our team is live on scene where rescue e
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
single russian kh-101 stealth cruise missile, the single deadliest strike on civilians since january. 109 people registered living here. as night fell, many of them still unaccounted for. this effort to find the last of the missing is massive. the police, firefighters they say are going to work through the night. they re not going to give up. we ve seen police doing dna testing for families, police psychologists counseling grieving family members here. it is a massive outpouring of support. it s a message for the ukrainians to themselves is a message to president putin from the ukrainians. no amount of shelling is going to make them give up. the nic robertson, cnn, uman, ukraine. we now want to show you new video near bakhmut where there s been grueling fighting for months. the footage shows a road out of
but they said and they ve been at this for over 30 hours now they ll keep going until they clear the building. nic, i know you said you were there as soon as it happen and they were pulling the bodies from the rubble. it make yos u wonder. what is russia s strategic gain by hitting civilian targets like this, an apartment building. caller: i reporter: it s really interesting to talk to people today. there s an amazing amount of support for people who lost everything in their apartment, support for the families who lost loved ones. there are school girls here in the school nearby sorting out clothing to give to families who have lost everything here. there are police psychologists on sight site. there s a huge amount of support. when i ask everyone what they say about the war with russia.