never for busing white house photos were just made public showing then president obama and top officials as the historic mission to kill osama bin laden was playing. out the man behind the camera, former white house photographer, pete souza, he will join us this hour. welcome to our viewers here in united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. here in the situation room. tonight nearly two dozen ukrainians, men women and children, are dead. at least four children among the dead after a russian strike on a residential building. residents fearing that more bodies maybe found as crews continue to search the rubble from multiple missile attacks. cnn s dick paton walsh is on the ground for us in ukraine. nick, russia unleashing this new barrage just ahead unexpected ukrainian military counteroffensive. give us the latest. as is often the case, we simply don t know what russia thinks it was aiming at, if indeed it was too concerned about where it s missiles landed. but in
post. the latest missing records are from two officials inside of the trump administration acting homeland security secretary chad wulf, and acting deputy secretary ken cuccinelli, we will get to all of those stories and more throughout the course of this hour, but we start with the latest efforts of the united states to win the release of wnba star brittney griner from a russian jail. russia s foreign minister now says he is open to talking to secretary of state anthony blinken about the u.s. proposal for russia to belize griner and former marine paul whelan in exchange for the release of a russian arms dealer named victor boot. russia gave no indication of whether they would agree to that offer or for the timing of when the foreign minister might be able to talk to anthony blinken. griner s trial on charges of having to vape cartridges of hashish oil in her luggage is expected to wrap up next week with a verdict, according to her lawyers, they say that griner s had a doctor
right now, abortion rights supporters are contemplating next steps at the last week s pivotal supreme court ruling overturning roe v. wade. the ripple effects of that decision extending beyond americas streets. still filled with abortion rights supporters and opponents for the third day straight. as demand for abortion drugs skyrocket over fears, the fear they will lose soon to find drugs accessible to millions of americans. providers stopped newly go regime, putting many in immediate ranger danger. as several companies pledged resources and support to workers who may now have to travel to a dwindling number of states where abortion is still legal. of course, the dominoes have already fallen in at least nine states. they have already banned abortions since friday s ruling. while others are just waiting for their aunts to take effect. america, we may, by rose reversal, that s politicsnation tonight. plus, another round of congressional hearings on january six approaches af
those children home? well, first of all, presidents ellen ski on that call, the first call since this phase of the war started, has been very clear about the fact that it s russia which is an aggressor. it s only russia which is responsible for this. that ukraine wants peace but there will not be any concessions on the part of ukraine. and we all have here to u.n. charter. the described the forceful transfer and ukrainian children, for which putin and are already under arrest warrants, is, again, yet another horrific crime. so it was a very clear message from president zelenskyy to the head of the state of china that we really hope that they will not help in any way russia and they would respect their territorial integrity in the u.n. charter, which is very important for them according to
opted to take the power to control their bodies for millions of women. today, i will explain how we can begin to fight for some of that power back. later, a critical call. g7 leaders just made at their annual summit and how it might impact american voters come mid term. but first, my colleague, richard louis for today s other top news stories. richard? we have a good sunday. some of the stories are falling missiles hitting ukraine s capital for the first time in weeks. presidents ellen s key saying the war becoming tough to handle emotionally. the uk ministry of defence says russia has now moved significantly closer to full control of the donbas area with a likely capture of a key city there, and an off duty cop on rhode island, police and officer state senate candidate was arrested and charged after this scene of his alleged assault against democratic candidate, jennifer ward. she posted this video on