in northern italy. and, irish boxer katie taylor, bids to become only the second fighter in the modern era, to hold all the major belts, at two different weights. in london, joanna simpson s husband killed her in a vicious attack. he is now due for release after serving half his sentence. her mother desperately wants him to stay behind bars. good evening. vladimir putin cast a shadow over two major international summits today. in a significant shift of policy, at the g7 meeting of the world s most advanced economies injapan, america signalled it s willingness to back the supply of f 16fighterjets, and the training of ukrainian pilots, in the war with russia. meanwhile moscow s closest ally in the middle east. syria s bashar al assad, received a warm welcome at a summit of arab leaders in saudi arabia, after years of international isolation. during syria s bloody civil war, it was only massive russian military support, that allowed assad condemned by many as a war criminal
happening now breaking news the white house just released the results of president biden s physical exam. his doctor declaring the president remains healthy and vigorous. will not have any impact on voter concerns about his age? also a new valve by the president to shoot down anything in the sky that threatens the u.s. he is speaking out for the first time about the downing of three unidentified objects saying there is no evidence they are linked to china or its spy balloon. a special grand jury investigating trump says some witnesses may have lied in their testimony about efforts to overturn george s 2020 election results. we are breaking down the new revelations about the probe and the possibility of perjury charges. in the united states and around the world, i am pamela brown and you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get to the breaking news. the just results of president biden s annual checkup. the information about his health taking on adde
i am alisyn camerota. welcome to cnn tonight. breaking news. a cnn exclusive. mark meadows, the former white house chief of staff or donald trump, has been subpoenaed by the special counsel. meadows was in the room for most of the key events on january 6th and the days before. so, more on that in a moment. plus, what is going on with that ohio toxic train derailment? the railroad officials behind that toxic train derailment just backed out of a town hall meeting tonight because of what they say are threats to their employees. but people in the town of east palestine are demanding answers and they say they are getting sick. my kids, are they safe? is the future of this community safe? and another close call on the runway. we are just learning of a jet and a cargo plane almost colliding last month in honolulu. why are these near disasters happening? are we getting less safe in the sky? and on a lighter note, a professional baseball player who walked away from a multi millio
tonight with the context, brian taylor, political commentatorfor the herald, and leigh ann caldwell, political reporter for the washington post. welcome to the programme. there s been an evolution in the way the west views this war in ukraine, an evolution in the arms which nato countries are supplying first it was shoulder held stingers, then the hymars, next came the patriot missile systems, now it s a conversation over tanks. the red lines have shifted with the evolving nature of the war. in recent months, the allies have come to the opinion that a year long stalemate in ukraine is in no one s favour except russia s. so what would it take to allow ukraine to win rather than just avoid losing? what would ukraine require in order to punch through the russian defences in towns like bakhmut and soledar, from where the bbc s andrew harding reports. we are in an area where russian and ukrainian infantry now appear to be fighting at close quarters. clambering through the remain
roger stone openly calling for insurrection violence. one democratic congressman says what happened in two pennsylvania districts will tell us everything about which party controls the house next year. we begin the hoyer with hurricane ian and florida now bracing for its arrival. the cat 3 storm on a direct path for the sunshine state. already packing maximum sustained winds of 115 miles per hour. ian expected to strengthen over the next 24 hours. local officials making urgent pleas for people to evacuate. the storm did make landfall this morning in cuba. heavy rains and winds hammering the area. forecasted storm surges up to 8 feet. the current track puts ian s center ten miles from st. pete. if that holds true, it will be the closest path to tampa for a major hurricane since 1950. carlos suarez live on the ground outside tampa. first let s get to the weather center and cnn s chad myers. the 11:00 advisory came in and the american model came in in the past ten minutes.