joining us in the united states and from around the world. ahead on cnn newsroom, a desperate search for survivors after russia unleashed one of its deadliest attacks on ukrainian civilians in months. the latest ceasefire in sudan appearing to break down in hours, the fighting picking back up even as hundreds remain trapped. we ll hear from a heroine who managed a harrowing escape from the country. plus a draft opinion from the u.s. supreme court overturning the right to an abortion and now the man who wrote it says he has a pretty good idea who was responsible. we begin with a race against time after russian missile strikes in ukraine. rescuers are scrambling to reach two children believed to be trapped under a building. a boy and girl are believed to be somewhere in the lower floors of these high rise. officials say at least 17 other people have been rescued. at least 23 people were killed in friday s strikes including at least four children. two more people died in a
is it true or just a trap for the ukrainians? it comes as ukraine is reeling from the deadliest missile strike in months tonight. plus, the head of a software company hired by trump to investigate voter fraud tells me he found nothing. now the doj is talking to him. and robert f. kennedy jr., whose own family members won t vote for him as president because of his antivaccine views, is polling at nearly 20%. what s behind that surge? let s go outfront. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, they re gone. those are the words of one man who just barely survived the deadliest strike in ukraine in months. at least 23 people were killed. these are the newest pictures we have where russian rocket slammed into an apartment building. translator: those were our neighbors. there is no way they survived. a grandmother, daughter and two grandkids live on the ninth floor. they re gone. a mother and daughter lived on the seventh floor. they are gone. those innocent
sunday. i m fredicka whitfield. an updated classified intel report saying the u.s. department of energy has assess thad the source of the covid-19 pandemic likely came from a china lab leak, but there is one major caveat. sources at the department of energy tell cnn that the report has, quote, low confidence. cnn s natasha bertrand has been reporting on all of this and joins us on the phone. various intel agencies have been split on this issue for years now. this is from the department of energy, low confidence. what does all this mean? reporter: this is essentially another data point. the intel community has been examining this really closely for the last two years, ever since president biden tasked them with investigating the origins of the covid-19 pandemic shortly after he first got into of office. back in 2021 the intel agencies, roughly 58 of them, couldn t come to a decision about where it came from. what we re seeing is the department of energy has collected some ne
putin responsible for recent attacks in ukraine. but how? the lead starts right now. a global response as russia bombards ukraine with mass missile attacks for a second straight day. what the president just said about the aggression in an exclusive interview with jake tapper. also this hour, another cnn exclusive, one on one with senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. his take on republicans chances of winning a majority in the midterms, plus the one question he refused to answer about donald trump. and the worst is yet to come. the new recession warning as top economists also predict exactly when the economic downturn will hit. hello and welcome to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper. we begin with world leaders pledging to stop russian president vladimir putin s reign of terror in ukraine. an emergency debate today at the united nations and the g7 heads of government including president joe biden on an emergency call with ukraine s president today, vowing