we start with some breaking news from ukraine. local media is reporting that loud explosions in kyiv and the surrounding region are happening. no reports as of yet on any specific targets or damage, but there were earlier reports of explosions in cities from central ukraine to the mykolaiv region. air raid alerts sounded throughout the country. the uk ambassador to ukraine dame melinda simmons has tweeted: apparently, confirming those reports we are hearing about explosions. and these pictures on social media, shared by our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse, show apartment buildings ablaze in the town of uman, which is in central ukraine. the bbc has not yet verified these pictures but they are being widely shared. we are of course working to verify those images and get more information about what is happening overnight and in kyiv and central ukraine, where those reports of explosions have happened and we are getting our correspondence set to confirm some of those det
our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. and just ahead on cnn news room former vice president mike pence testified before a federal grand jury on thursday for more than five hours. latest numbers show that the u.s. economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.1% in the first quarter of 2023. never in a million years did i imagine that as american citizens my parents would be left to fend for themselves in a warzone. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, april 28, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where it is another first for donald trump. like most of the others, it is not a good one. never before in more than history has a vice president been compelled to testify about direct conversations with the president he served. that is the situation mike pence found himself in on thursday before a grand jury. katelyn polantz has the details. reporter: former vice president mike pe
chair. we were in that much danger, and we didn t know it. what were you be willing to give me today to move past the police investigation? it was january, 2009. brenda konstantin and her husband brian rodgers, and their three teenagers, two boys, and a girl spent the new year s holiday the way they always had. a trip out of town and then back to their home. amid class suburb in the capital city, ottawa. it s a very family oriented community, lots of young families. lots of kids. but as you say? in a town which is very safe, but it didn t seem particularly safe. there s never a lot of crime. in january, when brian and brenda got into their home on friday evening. the family house in orleans seemed exactly as they left it. but bryan did notice something odd. the digital clock in the room, on the left side of the bread, was blinking. i thought it was unusual but did not think much of it. and then you went ahead and just continued? carried on our lives.
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At his mothers place got the news he had been dreading. They said she is gone. Shes no longer with us. The worst news possible. After Running On Empty for days, after trying to stay strong for his shattered family, and the absorbed the blow, was the familys stoic public face, at least, he said, they knew. I am glad that it didnt take forever and ever. The police didnt tell the lloyds all that they knew, just that they had an unnamed suspect in custody. It wasnt until andy and his cousin turned on the radio the next day that they learned the identity of the suspect. They said his name and i thought, oh, no. And then they explained his position and who he was, and i said oh shock wasnt big enough word. This was news that would explode like a bomb. This is the story of the century for us. Everybody hit the ground running saying, boys this is the biggest story we will have. It was winter dark when the break came. That Police Roadblock outside of jess lloyd been a coincidence. The driver wa