the killer s a apparent hit list. ukrainian capital was rocked by several large explosions in the past couple of hours. and this video comes out of kyiv today and the mayor says at least one person was hospitalized after missile strikes. military officials say ukrainian forces were able to shoot down a russian missile south of the capital and ukraine s state run nuclear power operation is accusing them of nuclear terrorism after they flew critically low over a plant in the south. weeks of nonstoprous shan shelling have not led to any major changes on the battlefield. counterattacks are likely blunting momentum donbas. ukraine s military claims to have retain half of the city of severdonetsk and russian troops continue to storm the city and they are all throwing the resources and reserves into the battle. also in the line of russian fire, a revered church went up in flames. the all-saints church which had recently been renovated was deliberately targeted by russian forces.
classes will be held again there. and we are watching a tropical system closing in on florida. the timing and potential impact. your forecast coming up in a few minutes. so grateful to have your company in the morning. 6:00 on saturday, june 4th. thank you for being with us. a pleasure to be with you, christi. we begin with a setback for the committee investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol. the justice department saying it will not indict two feormer trup officials. the committee says the decision not to prosecute the two puzzling. this comes as the committee is getting ready for the public hearing next thursday when new evidence and witness testimony are expected to be unveiled. let s go to cnn reporter zachary cohen. he is here with details. zach, walk through the decision against prosecuting meadows and scavino. how could this impact the investigation? reporter: good morning. the committee is frustrated by the decision not to prosecute dan scav
navarro and steve bannon. the justice department told the house that it would not be prosecuting meadows and scavino as a way to enforce the congressional subpoenas. but a grand jury did indict navarro for his refusal to turn over documents and his failure to testify. while he wasn t talking to the committee, he had written a book and even spoke about a plan called the green bay sweep. he ultimately did not engage with the committee, so he is in trump just like steve bannon facing contempt charges. katelyn polantz, cnn, washington. just named tropical storm alex is moving in to the atlantic after inundating both sides of the florida straits with heavy rain. some streets were turned in to rivers. in miami officials are warning that waste water may be overflowing into the ocean.
two puzzling. this comes as the committee is getting ready for the public hearing next thursday when new evidence and witness testimony are expected to be unveiled. let s go to cnn reporter zachary cohen. he is here with details. zach, walk through the decision against prosecuting meadows and scavino. how could this impact the investigation? reporter: good morning. the committee is frustrated by the decision not to prosecute dan scavino and mark meadows. two key witnesses in the investigation and two former members of the trump inner circle. both were subpoenaed several months ago and both did cooperate before ultimately deciding they would draw a line and stop. that is when the committee decided to refer both to the department of justice for criminal charges. these cases are complicated because scavino and meadows did