other residents left to run for cover. translator: we were on the eighth floor with my 4-year-old son. we first ran to the corridor, and then down the fire staircase to get outside. reporter: as you can see, this building sustained some pretty substantial damage, and the drone attack went on for several hours last night, with the drones hovering over the city center and ukrainian air defenses frantically trying to take them down. ukraine s military says it shot down 29 of the 31 uavs the russians sent. kyiv s mayor vitali klitschko comforting his citizens, and telling me western air defense systems kept many people here safe. if we didn t have our defense, modern defense from our partners we have much worse situation in our hometown. more destroy the buildings and it will be more civilians killed. reporter: but russia has already threatened massive retaliation after the drone attack on moscow, leaving people in kyiv and elsewhere bracing for what could be worse to com
as a new problem for speaker mccarthy has emerged, the rebellious conservative freedom caucus, including some members threatening to oust mccarthy over the deal. russia s capital city attacked. putin blames ukraine. the trial begins for the gunman behind the deadliest attack on jews in american history at pittsburgh s tree of life synagogue in 2018. the shooter hasn t disputed he s the one pulling the trigger. why did his lawyer enter a plea of not guilty? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. in our money lead, a make-or-break moment. the committee is debating the bipartisan debt ceiling deal struck over the weekend to try to avoid an economic catastrophe. but there are multiple hard line republicans on that very committee, the rules committee, who are furious with the deal. they have the chance to derail it all right now. one of those conservatives, congressman chip roy joined his freedom caucus earlier to urge the entire republican house caucus to vote no. they re
residences. bringing some of the uavs off course with electronic measures, but also firing missiles to take out five of them. the ukrainians deny any involvement in the attack, but russian president vladimir putin ripped into kyiv, accusing ukraine s leadership of targeting russian civilians. translator: kyiv chose the path of intimidation of russian citizens and attacks on russian buildingses. it is a clear sign of terrorist activity. reporter: but so far it s been russia attacking ukrainian cities, and last night kyiv was once again under massive attack. russia launching a barrage of iranian made drones. kyiv s air defenses trying to fend them off. one woman was killed when drone debris hit this high-rise building.