come with us. we re heading for the valley. going where? did you say? mexico. all the way down. you going all the way to mexico tonight in this old heap of junk? reckon the town will get along without us tli monday? oh, i reckon. i was young enough to bounce that far, i d go with you. the last picture show was a movie that, however old i was when i saw it, i said, oh my god this movie is about me. this movie is about us. this movie is about america as we are right now, here in the mid- 70s, not as we were back in the early 1950s. do you think the last picture show is a john ford type movie? no. i think it s a peter bogdanovich type movie. peter bogdanovic loved movies, had a sense of movie history, but had a very strong sensibility. he spoke to a new generation, both visually and emotionally. orson welles read the script. and i said, i d like to get that depth of feel, everything being sharp, the way you did in citizen kane, touch of evil.
what some think america needs to do. that is, write a new constitution. and then he ll speak to one of the top scientists responsible for the web telescope and those awesome images it has captured. these videos show explosions that have happened in the last two weeks at russian military facilities in crimea, which has been occupied by russian forces since 2014. one attack at an air base destroyed at least seven russian warplanes. ukraine has claimed responsibility for that attack and two others, according to an internal ukrainian government document obtained by cnn. is this evidence that kyiv is launching a counteroffensive against russia? and could it gain back territory illegally overtaken by moscow? joining me now is retired u.s. army general mark hurtling, a national security and military analyst for cnn. good to have you on this morning. great to be on this morning, jim. first, let s speak about these attacks in crimea, territory controlled by russia for some eight
change across the company, including here at cnn. and i m sad that i won t be here to cover it. but since this is our final episode, we re going to do something today. this is a special hour and it s about change. it s about change all across the media world. what s changing? what might change? and what must never change about the accountability function of journalism. i love this show. this small but mighty show punched above its weight for so many years. even a former president commented on the cancellation. reliable sources has been a one of a kind show, and a popular show. this is one of cnn s highest rated weekend shows. so i want to say thank you to all of you watching around the world. i was lucky to be a part of it for nine years. but it began 30 years ago after the gulf war. so here s what the iconic former cnn ceo tom johnson said on facebook when he heard the show was canceled. he said it was founded by ted turner and leaders of cnn who felt deeply that media org
applies the the ukrainians were responsible. a claim that ukrainian authorities have denied one senior official saying we are not a criminal state. fred pleitgen is in moscow. where do things stand on this investigation? reporter: a lot of this is still very much a mystery. at such dazzling time in russia as you have russia s special military operation, as they call it, in ukraine, going on. so there were, of course, someone in the pretty high echelons in russia who believe that maybe the ukrainians might be behind all this. but right now, it still remains absolutely unclear. the latest from the investigation is that they say the explosive yield of that charge was the equivalent of about 400 grams of tnt. they say the bomb was placed inside the car. they ve recovered some parts and sent it in for a forensic investigation as well. still very much unclear who might be behind all this. here s what we re learning. reporter: a car engulfed in a massive fire ball on a highway o
and out west, two people dead in their cars as an explosive wildfire in california rips through a national forest. crews struggle to contain the blaze. and it s primary day in five key states with just three months till the november midterms. in kansas today is the first direct vote on abortions post-roe. sharice davids will join us today. and we begin this morning with a strike that took out one of the world s most wanted terrorists while still in isolation from covid, president biden announced that al qaeda leader ayman al zawahiri was killed in a drone strike in kabul, afghanistan, where he and his family had been hiding. justice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more. people around the world no longer need to fear the vicious and determined killer no matter how long it takes. no matter where you hide. if you are a threat to our people, the united states will find you and take you out. this morning the white house released this picture of the pr