in kharkiv. they are blaming each other for serious deconstruction. what do we know about what happened and what is being done i guess to save lives and property here? reporter: the exact cause of a substantial explosion that destroyed this hydroelectric power dam that holds up the dnipro river remains under investigation. of course ukrainians say russian pre-mined it, in other words set explosives on that dam. and that the ukrainian side of the dam had been regularly subjected to shelling. rather the ukrainian bank. so that had been under russian control. but nonetheless 80 settlements the government here saying are being affected as this vast amount of water is unleashed. huge amount of the water of course that has been built up over the winter months, melt water building up the size of the dnipro river now being unleashed downstream, likely to affect kherson or parts, districts of the city recappturd by ukraine last year. but most of the flooding is likely to be to the e
happening now, cnn s exclusive story on the trump classified documents investigation. did a trump employee accidentally or intentionally cause the flood in a room where surveillance video logs were kept? also tonight former vice president mike pence files his 2024 campaign paperwork as the republican presidential field is clearly widening dramatically this week. there s new reaction from donald trump to pence s candidacy as the stage is set for a gop primary showdown. and ukraine s preparations for its long-awaited counteroffensive against russia. that and much more in cnn s exclusive interview with general mark milley. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with the trump classified documents investigation. cnn getting exclusive new information about an incident at mar-a-lago that raised eyebrows in the special counsel s office. this comes on the same day that donald trump s lawyers me
all the details for us. hey, peter. peter: good morning. house repub republican have been making big accusations for months about biden family corruption and now they are trying to prove it. they got a tip that the fbi got a tip several years ago alleging a conspiracy where joe biden would get millions of dollars from a foreign national in exchange for making policy decisions that the foreign natural wanted. if this was, in fact, a credible allegation that was made, this was three years ago. that means it s been in the vaults of the fbi for the last 36 months to include a presidential election in which joe biden was the primary candidate for office. and if they took no action on the credible allegation like this, there was not even a preliminary investigation, there should be some major questions about the politic zalings of the fbi. politicization of the fbi. say be the years of experience tracks closely did with what we are seeing into our investigation of the biden
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