the largest russian air attack on ukraine since the war started nearly two years ago, and it is still under way. dozens of people are dead and injured. we have breaking developments just coming in. plus disqualified from one sting on another. maine joining colorado in booting donald trump from the ballot as blue california says he will be on theirs. the unprecedented ballot battles that keep coming for the former president. and a huge rogue wave sweeps over more than a dods people in southern california. look at that. floods, road closures and worse and more so still be on the way. sara and kate are both elsewhere today, i m john berman alongside danny freeman. this is cnn news central. this morning the ukraine air force said another missile attack by russia was under way just hours after wave after wave of air strikes on ukraine overnight. at least 18 people were killed, dozens more injured in russia s biggest air attack since the war began. ukrainian officials say
you all so much for joining us tonight. we ll see you back here tomorrow. seeee in a news night with abby phillip starts right now protests, sweeping campuses across the country, but president biden between a rock and a hard place. that s tonight on good evening i m abby phillip in new york tonight, the presidential vacuum, donald trump, wants to fill and to exploit the radical extremists and far-left agitators or terrorizing college campuses as you possibly noticed, and biden s nowhere to be found. he hasn t said anything but there is political base now, trump s characterization of what s happening across universities from coast-to-coast is not the whole truth, but look for words from president biden on what s happening on these pro-palestinian and cabinets on defending the right of these protesters to exercise free speech on the need to protect jewish students or police arresting some students. and you won t find much. but what is unquestionably and politically painfull
above the law. also, deeper dysfunctions. speaker kevin mccarthy had to turn to democrats to avoid a shutdown just hours before the midnight saturday deadline. will democrats rescue him from the hard right-wing move to punish him by taking away his gavel? if somebody wants to make a motion against me, bring it. there has to be an adult in the room. i am going to govern with what is best for this country. the latest on the effort to end his speakership with congress matt gaetz set to take the house floor at any moment. plus the back story of just how that last minute deal came together at the last minute to keep the government open, and the crisis it s creating for ukraine. and the new democrat in town appointing butler as the only third black woman senator in history as she temporarily fills senator diane feinstein s seat. what that means in the growing list of democrats already competing for that prize. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. former
stay unified? secretary of state antony blinken is here in moments. plus, head-to-head, she s the strongest republican to take on biden according to cnn s new poll. can she convince republican primary voters? you can do it! i know i can. former u.n. ambassador and former presidential candidate nikki haley joins me. and republicans draw battle lines over support for ukraine. who will blink first? i ll ask house foreign affairs chairman, michael mccaul. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is focused on the larger world and foremost, the fims of that devastating earthquake in morocco. we re all waiting to hear from president biden in vietnam. his last stop on a whirlwind international trip aimed at strengthening global alliances at a time of hite anxiety. the president is going to give a news conference at any moment and we will bring that to you live. he will surely be asked about his goals at this weekend s g-20 summit, which focused on coun
you re watching cnn news central. israel is under growing international pressure to provide evidence that hamas uses gaza s al-shifa hospital as a command center. as premature babies evacuated from the hospital arrive in egypt. we have special teams in the region. the supreme court appears ready to limit the speech of a former american president, as donald trump s legal team fights the gag order in the federal case that accused him of trying to undermine the 2020 election. an appeals court struck out a key tool for a civil rights law. why this could set up another supreme court showdown. we re following these stories and many more coming in right here, to cnn news central. we have concrete questions. and we expect answers. that s what family members of hostages being held by hamas in gaza said before they went into meet with israel s prime minister. that was in the last hour. the white house now saying that negotiations to release some of the hostages are, quote, gettin