our chief foreign affairs correspondent martha rad ddatz from inside ukraine tonight. reporter: more than a dozen blasts rocked the area around the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant this weekend. the fresh barrage of military strikes prompting an urgent warning from the u.n. nuclear watchdog that those responsible are playing with fire. the shelling part of an intensifying russian assault. russia pounding ukraine s eastern regions, some 400 strikes just yesterday alone, crippling power grids and leaving millions without heat and electricity. the destruction is evident almost anywhere you go in ukraine. the russians targeting not only infrastructure, but residential areas. in the nearly nine months of war, 40,000 civilians have estimated to have been killed. these five siblings now orphaned after a shell took the life of their 37-year-old single mother. 18-year-old slava, who watched t only one left to give his siblings the care they need.
all right, words making progress. let s get right to rachel scott live on the hill. president biden had been hoping for a deal before heading off to europe, but give us a reality check, as you so often do. what are the chances at this point? reporter: well, david, democrats are making some tough decisions on what comes out of this bill. it is a sign they are getting closer to a deal. president biden knows he cannot afford to lose a single vote in the senate. he s invited key lawmakers to the white house. senators joe manchin and kyrsten snema there last night. senator bernie sanders there today. but the bottom line here is that paid family leave, if it comes out of this final package, it would be a bitter pill for progressives to swallow, david. rachel scott with us again tonight. thank you, rachel. also tonight, that new warning from the pentagon involving china. america s top general calling china s hypersonic missile test close to a sputnik moment. here s our wheel global af