activity in the kherson region and they note russia is having manpower problems with its military. and we begin our coverage in kyiv with melissa bell. what are ukrainian officials saying about this counteroffensive in the south? reporter: what we re hearing from regional officials is that day two of that counteroffensive is seeing more fighting in a number of towns along the front line. clearly this is a counteroffensive long anticipated and long prepared for. what we re seeing for the time being are warnings from senior ukrainian officials that while it is under way, people need to be patient. we ve been hearing from a senior aid to president zelenskyy saying this morning this is going to be a slow grind. urging patience on the part of ukrainians. we heard also from the ukrainian president himself in his nightly address speaking of his determination saying that russians needed now to go home since they would he said be chased back to their border. clearly this is a turnin
and rocket attacks in baghdad as that country sees upheaval not witnessed for years. i m john berman with brianna keilar. and president zelenskyy telling troops to go home as they gained ground in south. ukrainians have retain foul villages from russian occupation. you can see a couple right here. they re near the crucial taking of kherson. kherson was the first city, of course, to fall to the russians months ago. and announcing the counteroffensive, a claim that failed miserably and heavy losses. we re live on the ground. and political chaos gripping iraq as deadly clashes play out in baghdad s green zone. at least ten people were killed. more than 200 injured after a powerful cleric announced he s stepping down from politics. hundreds of protesters stormed the presidential palace. they were met by tear gas in live fire. and just getting word that four rockets damaged straight ahead. and one year since the final plane left afghanistan. the cnn special report an how life
halap in three sets. who can blame her for being overcome with emotion afterwards. she came in ranked 124th in the world and now she is on to the second round. she said afterwards this match is for ukraine. and that is a phenomenal story in and of itself. but it just gets moved to the back of the sports cast because serena dominates the headlines. but it was a if a anonymous hal d phenomenal day of tennis. and you have the best feed of the week. good to see you. thanks for joining me. new day starts right now. signs that ukrainian counteroffensive has begun.
it. so true. he s such a legend which is why we re all talking about this tonight and wondering is it true, is it not. andy scholes, thank you so much. all right, pam. i m going to sports broadcaster bob costas. bob, great to see you. what do you make of the reports that tom brady is retiring? i would say all indications are that the only thing we re missing is some kind of press conference where we actually see tom brady. even this leaking out the way it has is a little surprising because tomorrow are the conference championship games and two weeks after that, the super bowl. and generally tom wouldn t want to intrude on any of that, even a tweet or rumored reports, he s such a big deal that it s not going to overshadow games, necessarily, but good part of the surrounding programming. you re leading with it on newscasts, not a sports cast. it is clear how iconic he is.
the st. louis blues welcomed the 5 month old puppy to the ice. he was adopted from an organization to train and get service dogs ready for their forever home. you see he is out there having a blast chasing the puck around. he was good with the stick, too, dave. we need an early start puppy. i think our moods would be better this early in the morning. absolutely. just running all over the set with a puppy cam on it. you got romans attention during the sports cast. that isn t easy. that puppy has 26,000 followers on instagram. more than us combined? that hurts. andy, thank you. romans, we have your attention. i love puppies. especially puppies over politics. 27 minutes past the hour. first he didn t know. then he paid michael cohen back.