plus, hunter biden is now fighting back and now calling for a criminal investigation into those sharing his personal information. and the lead prosecutors in memphis is considering additional charges in the beating death of tyre nichols. this is what we are watchingt that hour. thank you all for being here. i m kate bolduan, and several stories developing overseas. russia is releasing a fresh barrage of missiles in the hub city of kramatorsk. you can see the search crews there, and so many scrambling for safety, and our cnn crew was caught dangerously close to that. also big news out of asia. secretary of defense lloyd austin just announced increased military access in the philippines. it is coming as the fears are growing over a potential chinese invasion of taiwan. also news out of the middle east. iran is threatening to retaliate over a drone attack on an iranian military facility. we go to fred pleitgen. you and your team were close to these military strikes i
hello, everyone, i m alisyn camerota. welcome to cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. today the republican-led house voted to remove democrat ilhan omar from the foreign affairs committee. omar calls it revenge. it passed along a party line vote of 218-211. she faced backlash over her anti-israel comments in the past which were criticized by members of both parties as anti-semitic. before he was even house speaker, republican leader kevin mccarthy promised he would take this step. he claimed nancy pelosi set a precedent when she removed rips, marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar from committees, although that was for violent rhetoric and posts. omar told her colleagues, she s not going anywhere. i am muslim. i am an immigrant. and interestingly from africa. is anyone surprised that i am being targeted? is anyone surprised that i am somehow deemed unworthy to speak about american foreign policies? and my leadership and voice will not be diminished. if i am not on this co
to south korea, telling cnn that the us has to: meanwhile, russia has continued to pound ukrainian grain silos for a fourth straight day, causing wheat prices to skyrocket. russia s defence ministry also says its black sea fleet has practised firing rockets at surface targets in a live fire exercise. earlier, my colleague sumi somaskanda spoke with the pentagon s deputy press secretary sabrina singh about all of this, starting with north korea. sabrina, it s great to have you back on the show. i want to start with north korea escalating its rhetoric on nuclear weapons, saying that the deployment of a us nuclear capable submarine to south korea is a provocation that could meet its criteria for its own use of nuclear weapons.
of state antony blinken says he has no further updates on the condition of us solider private travis king, but added that there are concerns. private king remains in custody in north korea. national security council spokespersonjohn kirby defended the deployment of a us nuclear submarine to south korea, telling cnn that the us has to:. make sure that we have in the region sufficient military capability to protect our south korea allies, and quite frankly, the 38 thousand us troops and families that are on the korean peninsula. meanwhile, russia has continued to pound ukrainian grain silos for a fourth straight day, causing wheat prices to skyrocket. russia s defense ministry also says its black sea fleet has practised firing rockets at surface targets in a live fire exercise. earlier my colleague sumi somaskanda spoke with the pentagon s deputy press secretary sabrina singh about all of this, starting with north korea. sabrina, it s great to have
says he has no further updates on the condition of us solider private travis king s condition, but added that there are concerns. private king remains in custody in north korea. national security council spokespersonjohn kirby defended the deployment of a us nuclear submarine to south korea, telling cnn that the us has to: make sure that we have in the region sufficient military capability to protect our south korea allies, and quite frankly, the 38,000 us troops and families that are on the korean peninsula. meanwhile: russia has continued to pound ukrainian grain silos for a fourth straight day, causing wheat prices to skyrocket. russia s defence ministry also says its black sea fleet has practised firing rockets at surface targets in a live fire exercise. earlier i spoke with the pentagon s deputy press secretary sabrina singh about all of this, starting with north korea. sabrina, it s great to have you back on the show. i want to start with north korea escalating its rhetoric on