united states, canada and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom, an oil depot hit and nearly a dozen russian recruits killed in the region near the border with ukraine. we re live in kyiv with a look at what s behind the latest setback in putin s war. plus xi jinping has a message for taiwan as he prepares to secure a historic third term as party leader. we re live in beijing and taipei with details. and the cdc is reporting an early wave of flu cases sweeping parts of the u.s. we ll look at where they re surging and why some americans won t get the flu shot. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we re getting word of new strikes in ukraine, reportedly affecting people on both sides of the front line. a short time ago, ukrainian officials reported that russian missiles destroyed two schools in the zaporizhzhia region. at the same time, a pro russian official says the occupied donetsk city also came under fire, wh
first time i connected with kim, she told me that her husband had passed. and that he took care of all of the internet connected devices in the home. i told her, “i m here to take care of you.” connecting with kim. made me reconnect with my mom. it s very important to keep loved ones close. we know that creating memories with loved ones brings so much joy to your life. a family trip to the team usa training facility. i don t know how to thank you. i m here to thank you. so president biden says the quiet part out loud. what now? tonight on laura coates live. so it all went down behind closed doors by people who want him to win the most. president joe biden making an admission of sorts, saying, quote, if trump wasn t run, i m not sure i would be running. we all know he entered the race over what happened in charlottesville, talking about battling for the soul of the nation. it was obvious to everyone then that trump was the catalyst. but tonight s statements are feeling a
at least eight people were injured in saturday s blaze, according to iranian state media. the governor of tehran says the fire was started by prisoners inside the facility. now at this point cnn isn t able to independently verify the situation. we do know that some americans are imprison inside and the u.s. state department is responding. in a tweet, a spokesman ned price says, quote, we are following reports from the prison with urgency. iran is fully responsible for the safety of our wrongfully detained citizens who should be released immediately. for more on this, let s bring in nada bashir in london. this is happening in the context of weeks of protests in iran. what more do we know about what is behind this prison fire? reporter: in the full picture, it is still somewhat unclear. we re hearing different accounts of what led to this fire, the notorious evin prison from different sources and this
conducted by the national foundation for infectious diseases. so even one in five of those who are at higher risk for influenza-related complications say they won t get vaccinated. more u.s. adults are gravitating towards masking as a form of protection against the flu instead of getting vaccinated, so let s look at why americans say they re skipping the flu shot this season. 41% think flu shots don t work very well. 39% are concerned about the vaccine s side effects. 28% say they never get the flu shot. 24% are concerned about getting the flu from the shot. and 20% don t think influenza is a serious illness. record drought and dangerous floods both targeting parts of the u.s. today. cnn meteorologist derek van dam has details when cnn newsroom continues. stay with us. when moderate to severe ulcerative colitis persists. put it in check with rinvoq, a once-d-daily pill. when uc got unpredictable,. i got rapid symptom reliefef with rinvoq. check.
too much water all at once. that s right, kim. drought spreading across much of the u.s. as we speak. in fact 55% of the continuous u.s. under drought conditions. that serves about 130 million americans, the largest population impacted by drought since 2016. and one area that has been hit particularly hard, the midwest as well as the mid-mississippi river valley. this picture speaks a million words, right? this is tower rock formation. this is in the mississippi river, south of st. louis. it is normally accessed by boat only. but because the river levels have been so low along the mississippi river, people have been able to walk on dry land to access that rock formation. incredible to see those before and after images. there are currently 77 river gauges across the u.s., at or below the water threshold, but 40 of those river gauges lie along the mississippi river. don t believe me? here is an example. take the mississippi river at