russia. the lead starts right now. cnn on the front lines where ukraine s fight for freedom is in the trenches. the u.s. cia director was there before a critical meeting of nato allies. why he thinks instability in moscow is creating a unique moment. then, a holiday block party in bullet turns tragic. now the hunt for shooters who opened fire killing two injuring nearly 30 others including teens. the mayor s urgent plea for lawmakers nationwide to do more. plus, can cows help curb the climate crisis? you might have heard their possible gas problems, but there time cattle may be eating their way to a solution. welcome to the lead, i m abby phillip in for jake tapper. we start with our world leader. multiple russian attack drones hit apartment buildings and an administrative center in the northeast of sumi, two people were killed, and 19 were hurt including a 5-year-old. as ukraine presses on tur counteroffensive, they ve gotten more territory from russia in the last
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cnn s jeff zeleny joins us now. indi addition to the video bein kind of terrible on its face, i wonder what is the point from a political perspective? it seems like the reaction has been pretty strong even among republicans against this video. reporter: look, i think the point is to draw attention, the point for governor ron desantis is to perhaps change the conversation away from his really difficult summer, his summer challenges in iowa and new hampshire. and he s trying to stoke the culture wars here without question really without context, as well. he points out in that video that the campaign they didn t create but own it, they share it, the comments that donald trump, then a candidate, made saying he will support americans who are in the lgbtq community.
so certainly many summer challenges, like any president. it s a long, hot summer for joe biden, and the challenges are really mounting. speaking of infrastructure, i mean there s no greater example of how infrastructure needs to be fixed when you look at the bridge here. there s a bridge here that people are worried that they go over every day, that they re worried is going to fall down. our country is so fortunate we have these lifesaving vaccines, jeff, free and accessibility. we re heading back into this crisis now because we can t get past this political divide. you had the opportunity to talk to folks here in ohio. what do they have to say? don, there s no question that the vaccine hess tansy is such a challenge. i spent some time yesterday with the first ladies for health in cincinnati, a group of spouses, wives of pastors as well as the wife of the mayor, first ladies for health they call themselves. they re on the front lines of vaccine hesitancy. really my conversation wit
it effects people on both sides of these divide and the infrastructure bill you mentioned. if republicans block it tomorrow, look for the white house and the president to hold democrats together potentially as a plan b, putting it all in the reconciliation bill to keep that alive. so a variety of fronts. here at home, never mind the foreign challenges with hacking and other things. certainly many summer challenges like any president. it s a long, hot summer for joe biden and the challenges are really mounting. i mean, speaking of infrastructure, there s no greater example of how infrastructure needs to be fixed when you look at the bridge here. there s a bridge here that people are worried that they go over every day, they re worried is going to fall down. our country is so fortunate, we have these life-saving vaccines, jeff, free and accessible. we re heading into this crisis now because we can t get past this political divide. you had the opportunity to talk to folks here in ohio