hardest, vladamir putin has finally become a wanted international war criminal. the lead starts right now. the international criminal court issuing an arrest warrant for vladamir putin today. the russian president and another top official are accused of committing war crimes by deporting ukrainian children to russia. then, could this be responsible for the covid virus? it s linked to raccoon dogs, raising question it is animals sold at the market were the origin and not a lab leak. are you sick of getting annoying spam texts? the new rules that will force phone companies to crack down on those robbo texts blowing up your phone. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our world lead and an arrest warm issued for vladamir putin. the kremlin is trying to dismiss the warrant for the russian president, issued by the international criminal court. earlier today, the icc alleged that putin and his commissioner for children s rights forcibly detained thousands of
viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, president biden at the border, yet he somehow managed not to meet any migrants. we will look at how he s dealing with an issue that s angering both the right and the left. insurrection in brazil. scenes eerily similar to those on january 6th in washington. and tributes across the country interest u.s. football s damar hamlin. we will bring you highlights from a game that couldn t have been scripted any better for his buffalo bills as he fights to recover from his cardiac arrest. good to have you with us. one of the most controversial issues he faces back home will be front and center when u.s. president joe biden attends a regional summit. mr. biden has arrived in mexico city where he will meet with his counter parts from mexico and canada later today. they will cover a number of pressing topics including the recent surge in migration. the president addressed t
and we ve just heard they re evacuating civilians from the line there. and russia continues to target critical infrastructure in ukraine, triggering power and water outages. overnight, central ukraine was hit, quote, all night long by russian attacks. also a new round of kamikaze drone strikes. ukraine claiming it shot down 13 drones in the mykolaiv region. clarissa ward is live with the latest. can you tell us what you re hearing happening near kherson? reporter: it s an interesting picture. one we didn t expect to see quite this quickly but what appears to be happening is the mass evacuation of civilians to the sort of left bank, if you will, on the dnipro river. to try to, in the words of russian authorities move these people to safety because there s a huge ukrainian attack anticipated. although ukrainian authorities are saying that s propaganda and they aren t planning any kind of attack, particularly not on civilian infrastructure or tarts. but nonetheless we do sta