there are americans in sudan who want to leave but are they stuck? the lead starts right now. as the violence erupts in sudan, the u.s. and other nations evacuate their embassies, but what about other americans on the ground? ahead, i ll speak with a top house republican about the biden administration s response so far. plus, fired then hired. a kentucky sheriff s office explains why it hired the cop who killed brianna taylor. that cop s attorney is speaking out to cnn. and planes on fire, others hit by birds. what is going on with the airline industry? transportation secretary pete buttigieg is here. we have a lot of questions for him. welcome to the lead i m pamela brown in for jake taper, and we start today with our world lead. the white house says it is actively working to get americans out of sudan as a bloody conflict between two rivals turns even deadlier. they are using intelligence and surveillance tools to help national convoys of cars get to the port in sudan w
mitchell in munich for a global security conference. for the first time this year, the germans have not invited russia because of vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine. we begin with my exclusive interview here today with vice president kamala harris. whether the u.s. with a divided congress will support ukraine for as long as it takes. we also talked about the 2024 campaign. starting with beijing s reaction today to president biden s speech about the shoot-down of china s spy balloon and whether the white house and president xi can reset their relationship. the president said that the three other objects were not a threat to the u.s. so why shoot them down? well, as the president said, we have approached this with the first priority being the safety of the american people, including civil aviation. so for those three as the president said, that was a big concern. the president s speech last night also made clear that after the chinese balloon incident, as it has been come t
their own city overnight. a russian warplane targets the wrong side of the border, damaging buildings and leaving a 130 ft crater in its wake what the russian defense ministry is now saying and in court today, three men charged in connection with a white nationalist rally in charlottesville will appear before a judge and cnn is live outside the court. new this morning, deeply disturbing details about the kentucky bank shooter from notes he himself wrote police now piecing together his motive for the massacre were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news, central. new overnight. a large blast rocked a russian city near the ukrainian border, and they did it to themselves. you can see it right here as one of russia s own planes targets its own city firing into that city, russia state news agency says a russian jet dropped the bomb during a mid air emergency over the city of belgorod. you can see that city is over the border from
and syria are dwindling. tonight with the context, tom peck, political sketch writer at the independent and amanda renteria, hillary clinton s former national political director. we begin tonight in the skies over north america, where no less than three unidentified flying objects have been shot down in the last three days. the us says it has not yet been able to identify the objects but wreckage recovery operations are continuing. but after a military commander said he could not rule out that the objects were extra terrestrials over the weekend today the white house sort today the white house sought to address the question on everyone s minds. there is no, again, no indication of aliens or extra terrestrial activity with these recent take downs. again, there is no indication of aliens or aliens or terrestrial activity with these recent take downs. we wanted to make sure that the american people knew that, all of you knew that, and it was important for us to say that from
processing another act of political violence in this country. and we still do not know an exact motive. we do not know the power of lies and how they spread in our political discourse. no further than the general sixth attack at the u.s. capitol, that threat to our democracy remains clear and present. joining me now from san francisco for the latest on that attack, nbc news scott cohn. scott, where is the investigation at this hour? and what are you learning about the attacker? reporter: yeah, alicia, this is a widespread investigation. it includes, of course, the san francisco police department and the district attorney. also, the capitol police and the fbi. and a lot of it really focusing on the alleged attacker, david depape, 42 years old, who we know has led an unusual life for certain. and it s culminated in recent months, apparently, with a lot of blog posts and social media posts that are really kind of going through a potpourri of hate, and conspiracy theories and t