starts now. hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us, tragedy in ukraine today. a helicopter tumbling out of the sky in a kyiv suburb killing a child and the most senior member of ukraine s government to die in this war. ten hours ago a tragedy happened near kyiv. a helicopter crashed contemplating the lives of the minister of internal affairs of ukraine. plus, the new republican majority rewards misfits and liars with key policy roles. a swindler, firebrand and provocateur who defended kanye and serial election deniers get committee house assignments. cnn investigation found joe biden s son and brothers cashed in on the family name. a turbulent moment in ukraine s war of survival. just moments ago ukraine s president asking world leaders kong get gated in davos for a minute of silence to mark a he crashed rocking a kyiv suburb. the smoke and flames from that crash visible for miles. pieces of helicopt
from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news, overnight vladimir putin s military facing another critical setback as this massive explosion was showing severely damage to a key bridge between crimea and russia. part of that bridge has collapsed into the sea, disrupting a main russian supply route. let s go right back to kier simmons joining us from moscow. what can you tell us about this? well alex, it s another dangerous moment in this conflict in ukraine. 48 hours after president biden mourned of the escalation could lead in his words to a nuclear conflict. well now we have this bridge attack, now the ukrainians are celebrating and not taking responsibility for it. the russians are furious. with a nuclear threat looming, a major fire on the bridge linking russia to crimea. the blaze visible for miles reports of a, huge explosion at around 6 am local time. russian authorities saying that it was a truck
it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. two presidents accused of mishandling classified documents and two special counsel investigations. there were no answers at today s white house briefing about why the biden team delayed for months to tell you why documents were found. we are learning that the documents from biden s team included briefing memos about foreign leaders. the justice department is still questioning if he has any of his files on his properties. the fbi got more than 300 from trump s possession after he resisted requests to return those. we re joined by phil mattingly and cnn s senior crime and justice reporter, katelyn pol polantz. phil, did we learn more today? reporter: we learned that if you have any questions, you should refer them to the white house counsel s office and the justice department or the special counsel at this point in time, and i say that somewhat in jest, but i think that s the reality
rival, reasserted communist party control over every aspect of chinese city. what we know is tomorrow when we see his top advisers revealed, is that he s going to be stacking it with his closest advisers and loyalists. so in this next term, expect xi jinping to double down on his ironclad rule, so a more authoritarian china at home and a more aggressive china abroad. fredricka? possibly more surprises. selina wang, thank you so much. all right. hello again, everyone. thanks for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. with just over two weeks until midterm election decides who controls congress, voters are turning out in big numbers across the country to cast their ballots early. so far nearly 6 million people have already voted in the midterm elections. in georgia, more than 660,000 voter have already cast their ballots. that number is not far off the early voting turnout for the 2020 presidential election, and it s a quarter of a million more than the early voting turnout f
probation who then fled the scene. that mother will join us in moments and she says she wants to put california in her rearview mirror for good. mike: headlines piling up in cities across america. murder, assault, rape, robbery, too much to keep track, even those who stand up to serve are themselves targeted. just this morning, three swat officers were rushed to the hospital after being shot while serving a murder warrant in philadelphia. authorities just now giving new information on their conditions. sandra: it s part of our team coverage of the crime wave continuing to plague cities from coast to coast. starting with the shooting in philadelphia, david lee miller has more. mike, growing anger and frustration in philadelphia over surging crime following a gun fight this morning that left three swat officers injured. two have been released from the hospital. another officer was shot in the chest. 29 year department veteran is kept for observation. serving an arrest w