Ukraines counteroffensive and sobering new assessment. And now it is time to set the rule of the road as they head to the trial, and trumps team is saying that the prosecutors are going after his First Amendment rights now. And 40 Million People are under severe threats today after the extreme storms have battered the United States over night. Im omar jimenez with kate bolduan and john berman. This is cnn news central. We have brandnew reporting this morning on ukraines counteroffensive in russia. Weeks into the fight, the reports from the battlefield are increasingly sobering. Specifically, concerns of the ability to retake specific territory. The National Security correspondent and the awardwinning author jim sciutto broke this reporting, and now he heard the reporting, and this is a marked change in weeks to folks in the u. S. And europe and the military and diplomacy and also lawmakers and there is a consistent read of the intelligence assessments here, and that is the counter offe
And a good wednesday morning to you all. We begin with president elect Donald Trumps formal introduction of his choice for defense secretary. Were talking about general james, ad dog as hes called, mattis joining trump last night in fayetteville, north carolina. It is the second stop of his thank you tour and now mr. Trump touched on several of his Campaign Themes at that event. Last nights rally came after trump set off a firestorm after new air force one planes. For the details lets go over to abcs Karen Travers in washington. Karen, good morning. Reporter good morning, diane and kendis. It seemed a bit surprising that out of nowhere donald trump went after one of americas biggest companies, but after some digging yesterday, that tweet and his Public Comments about aircraft giant boeing seemed to be a response to the companys ceo. Joining donald trump on his victory lap, his choice to lead the pentagon, retired marine general james mattis. The American People are fortunate that a man
And a good wednesday morning to you all. We begin with president elect Donald Trumps formal introduction of his choice for defense secretary. Were talking about general james, ad dog as hes called, mattis joining trump last night in fayetteville, north carolina. It is the second stop of his thank you tour and now mr. Trump touched on several of his Campaign Themes at that event. Last nights rally came after trump set off a firestorm after new air force one planes. Abcs Karen Travers in washington. Karen, good morning. Reporter good morning, diane and kendis. It seemed a bit surprising that out of nowhere donald trump went after one of americas biggest companies, but after some digging yesterday, that tweet and his Public Comments about aircraft giant boeing seemed to be a response to the companys ceo. Joining donald trump on his victory lap, his choice to lead the pentagon, retired marine general james mattis. The American People are character and integrity will now be the civilian lea
And a good wednesday morning. We begin with president elect Donald Trumps formal introduction of his choice for defense secretary. Talking about general James Mad Dog Mattis joining trump in north carolina. The second stop of his thank you tour and now mr. Touched on several of his themes. It came after trump set off a firestorm after new air force one planes. For the details Karen Travers in washington. Reporter good morning. It seemed a bit surprising that out of nowhere donald trump went after one of americas biggest companies, but after some digging yesterday, that tweet and his Public Comments about aircraft giant boeing seemed to be a response to the companys ceo. Joining donald trump on his victory lap, his choice to lead the pentagon, retired marine general james mattis. The American People are fortunate a man of this be the civilian leader atop the department of defense. Reporter earlier tuesday trump blasted boeing, first on twitter, boeing is building a brandnew 747 air forc
And a good wednesday morning. We begin with president elect Donald Trumps formal introduction of his choice for defense secretary. Talking about general James Mad Dog Mattis joining trump in north carolina. The second stop of his thank you tour and now mr. Touched on several of his themes. It came after trump set off a firestorm after new air force one planes. For the details Karen Travers in washington. Karen, good morning. Reporter good morning. It seemed a bit surprising that out of nowhere donald trump went after one of americas biggest companies, but after some digging yesterday, that tweet and his Public Comments about aircraft giant boeing seemed to be a response to the companys ceo. Joining donald trump on his victory lap, his choice to lead the pentagon, retired marine general james mattis. The American People are fortunate a man of this character and integrity will now be the civilian leader atop the department of defense. Reporter earlier tuesday trump blasted boeing, first