donald trump there doing what he can to flip the script in response to the recent january 6th hearings. we ll have more from his first public appearance since they began, and what we can expect next in the next round. and colombia is poised to lead latin america s green energy initiative. we ll tell you how politics are getting in the way of that. we begin in ukraine, which has just cleared the first hurdle on a path to join the european union. ukrainian and eu flags flew side by side after recommending they be given candidate status. vladimir putin is okay with that because the eu isn t a military alliance like nato. boris johnson made a surprise visit. he offered ukraine a major military training program he said would fundamentally change the equation of the war. and new videos of the wars appeared on pro-russian sites that appear to show two u.s. volunteers missing in ukraine. this is a photo posted earlier. cnn isn t showing the new videos because the men appear to
claiming that the west s sanctions are doing nothing to hurt his economy. donald trump fires back at the committee and his former vice president. and china is showing off its most advanced aircraft carrier in what appears to be a direct message to the west. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin in ukraine where russia is reportedly sending more firepower to eastern lines. russian artillery is pounding areas near sievierodonetsk, trying to cut it off from surrounding cities. ukraine says it intercepted two russian missiles near odesa and no one was killed. in kyiv, ukrainian and eu flags flew side by side. the move doesn t guarantee membership, which would be years away, but president zelenskyy says it s still important. here he is. translator: ukraine deserves this positive. ukrainian values are european values. ukrainian institutions remain resilience, even in conditions of war. ukrainian democratic habits have not lost their pow
acknowledging that americans are, quote, really, really down right now after this strain of the pandemic. and as they struggle with inflation and rising interest rates. we want to welcome our viewers here this the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with the first public response by former president trump to the damning evidence and testimony presented by the january 6th select committee. cnn s jessica schneider is following all the new developments in the investigation. i never called mike pence a wimp. i never called him a wimp. mike pence had a chance to be great. he had a chance to be, frankly, historic. but just like bill barr and the rest of these weak people, mike, and i say it sadly, because i like them, but mike did not have the courage to act. former president trump using his platform at a conservative political conference to deny the evidence against him and blast the january 6th committee. they con p
go on then, do it. a new report has described a systemic culture of abuse inside british gymnastics. by using our voices, we now know that there is a culture of abuse and these are children being abused. and in central africa the race to stop the plunder of rich peatlands and the release of damaging carbon dioxide. and coming up on the bbc news channel, rory mcilroy says he s in a good spot mentally, as he starts the us open with a sharp three under par round. welcome to bbc news at ten. interest rates have risen again to the highest level for 13 years, as the bank of england tries to slow the pace of rising prices. rates have increased from 1% to 1.25% the fifth consecutive rise and it comes as household finances are being squeezed by the record fuel and energy prices. inflation, the rate at which prices rise, is currently at 9%, the highest for a0 years, and the bank has warned it could go higher than 11% later this year. our economics editor faisal islam reports. on th
wounding three others. bill: the suspect faced a judge saturday night. the new york post cover. eyes of a killer. dana: 10 families left to wonder how a teenager could be capable of such evil. he shot a woman, a deacon and then he went in the store and started shooting again. i think for somebody to do something like that, it s sick. there is no excuse for nothing like that. all of them were innocent and did not deserve to die this way. i usually come back. thank god i didn t come back. dana: we re live in buffalo with the latest this morning. good morning, alexis. good morning. horrific day here in buffalo, new york and what a tragic weekend it was. a beautiful saturday afternoon. people in the grocery store in the east area of the city just doing some shopping on the weekend when this massacre happened. this morning the tops grocery store is still covered in crime scene tape, active and ongoing investigation by federal, local and state authorities still on