exclusively to cnn as blow back in the country over russia s invasion seems to be growing. cnn learning about the counter offensive. plus, nearly every single teen in america is glued to social media. it goes way younger than teens. the surgeon general has a serious warning tonight. the research shows this. it s not safe. what s he going to do to keep his own kids away? and it s a story you will see first out front, can a.i. read your brain? you ll see it all for yourself. let s go out front. good evening. i m erin burnett. out front russians versus russians. a new and violent challenge to putin s russia tonight. a group of russians fighting on behalf of ukraine are claiming they have liberated several russian villages along the russian border. they re posting videos.
continue towards overnight or midnight, we ll see a line of storms blasting through iowa, into chicago and in the predawn hours, storms are rolling down the mississippi into st. louis. your morning commute in st. louis, even chicago could be a mess because of these storms. jericka? thank you. to ukraine where tonight there are new concerns about the safety of europe s largest nuclear power plant. the head of the u.n. nuclear agency issued a warning that the plant is being threatened because of new fighting there. this video shows bus after bus after bus all packed with people ordered to evacuate from the area by the russians who control it. more now from cbs s charlie d agata. reporter: what s left of the rubble of bakhmut, russians are trying to burn to the ground, accusing the wagner mercenary group of using banned incendiary weapons, posting videos as proof. a ferocious parting shot after the head of wagner threatened to pull his forces out of bakhmut following a rant, standin
jacqueline howard, thank you for bringing us those numbers. finland s prime minister say she has taken a drug test to prove she did not take narcotics where she was at a house party where she was seen dancing in a video. women around the world are supporting the 36-year-old prime minister by posting videos of themselves dancing. cnn s melissa bell live with the story this morning. good morning, melissa. reporter: good morning, john. this was a video published, made public much to the regret of the finnish prime minister who said they were filmed in private, the intention was that they would remain public. this was a private public in which she danced boisterously but there was nothing else anyone else should have worried about. when it first became public a great deal of outrage, criticism, so much so that sanna marin went and took a drug test that we will get the result of
having different opinions, including political ones, doesn t constitute a rhyme, he says. thinking differently, questioning what s going on. to demonstrate is not a crime, it s a right. on the streets of cuba, elite special forces commandos, known as the black berets, were recently placed on the sanctions list bit biden administration for alleged acts of repression to prevent further protests from breaking out. many of the relatives of the people who are arrested would not talk to us on camera. they were too afraid. but some did tell us that their loved ones did nothing other than peacefully demonstrate, or simply record or upload videos of the historic protests as they took place. odette hernandes was arrested days after the protests for posting videos to facebook that have been viewed over 100,000 times. among the charges she and her husband face is instigation of delinquency. odette s cousin spoke to several people who were around odette during the protests and told us
top stories for you at 55 minutes past. eight-day manhunt far suspected killer ends in a shootout. michael vance was shot and killed overnight after leading police on a chase. vance was accused of killing two relatives and shooting two police officers. before he was killed, vance taunted police on social media. posting videos on facebook showing off a weapon and hinting of more violence to come. jury selection begins today in the walter scott case. that controversial shooting death of an african american man by a white officer in south carolina. former police officer michael slager is accused of killing scott after pulling him over for a broken taillight. evidence shows scott getting out the car and running away from slager who then shot scott eight times. his death ignited a national conversation about race and policing. 22 people injured after a naerk event in martinsville, virginia. happened in a handicapped