four people are confirmed dead, among them a pregnant woman. ukraine says it managed to shoot down 36 of the 42 iranian-made drones used in that blitz, including this one, which was captured on a police officer s body cam. the u.s. says russia s use of drones will factor in future decisions on how to best support ukraine defend itself. fred pleitgen is in ukraine. you are in one of the regions that was targeted by these strikes. what are you seeing? reporter: you re right, victor. we saw a power plant that was hit by the russians. this is something that happened earlier today and essentially the ukrainian authorities was saying that there was severe damage. it was hit by one of those kamikaze drones. they had to have rescue crews on hand. there was a large fire. they re urging the citizens in a town where i am right now, they re urging them to use less electricity to ration electricity simply because they have to get things back up and running. you can see behind me, it s
hear whether the inspectors will be able to get to that plant. it is the fighting, the shelling that is precisely why it s making it so necessary, alisyn and victor. all right, melissa bell in kyiv. thank you. let s bring in now retired brigadier general steve anderson. he just returned from ukraine. general, you were talking to people there about the logistics and the maintenance or the weapons systems they ve received from the u.s., and other countries, we should say. what are the biggest issues that they re facing at this point in the war? well, really, there s two issues, victor, that they re facing right now. first is frontline leadership. they ve taken tremendous casu casualties in the front line. their junior leader, small unit leaders have been perhaps 30% to 40% have been killed over the course of this war, so, they ve got to replace those. but the other big issue is logistics. and my ten days on the ground, i got to see this firsthand. the big issue, really,
now after four trials, the final verdict is in. i m not guilty. i didn t do hello and welcome to dateline. cal harris seem to have it all. a beautiful family, a successful business, and a big house on a lake. but all was not as it seemed. it was september 11th, 2001, as the world witnessed the tragedies unfolding in new york, washington, d.c., and pennsylvania. the harris family was struck by heartbreak much closer to home. cal s wife michelle had disappeared. here with the house on the lake, is keith morrison. it s a long winding ride. this tale. stutter with surprises. i just felt like i was being kidnapped and broad daylight, nobody can help me. it s a story of his life, and there s. we cannot sit here in silence and watch another travesty of justice take place. it s about their world, the one that fell apart in a time they cannot recall. do you remember very much about your mom anymore? not really. it s a long time. it s about what happened on th
with law enforcement leaders and mayors where he highlighted cities and states that have committed to use $10 billion from the american rescue plan to reduce crime and hire more police officers. president biden is also challenging other communities to tap into the billions of unspent covid relief funds to help pay for more crime prevention. our look at more now from jeremy diamond at the white house. what do we expect to hear from the president today? reporter: yeah, that s right, victor and alisyn. president biden expected here to highlight these $10 billion of funds from the american rescue plan. that s that covid relief bill that was authorized to be used for public safety measures as well. this is $10 billion that has been committed to public safety funding, 6 1/2 billion of which according to the white house has been spent in the last year by states and local communities, and this is part of a broader attempt by the white house to talk about how they have been tryi
Laura coates live starts right now. A. Laura. Hey abby, thank you so much. A great show as always. Ill read that book, for sure. Ill see you again here tomorrow night, okay . Im sure you can. All my free time. There are two more hostages now freed, but what about those who are still being held . There are more than 200 of them and they are somewhere in gaza. Tonight on laura coates live. The news tonight is bittersweet. Seeing the footage of 79 year old cooper and 85yearold thing helped out is an image none of us will soon forget. The frailty, their age, all of us trying to imagine how they were treated the day they were taken, what happened in those moments, let alone what they must have endured in the interim. Well now both women are freed, theyve been released by hamas after more than two weeks in captivity. Medics say that two unaffiliated media outlet that theyre both in stable condition. They are in a tel aviv hospital tonight. But their husbands, who were kidnapped with them, ar