we begin with vladimir putin delivering a major speech doubling down on the goals of russia s so-called special military operation in ukraine that began a year ago. it is a day after president biden s surprise visit to the ukrainian capital. this teach along with biden s planned address in warsaw setting up an extraordinary split screen moment hours apart, the two leaders laying out their vastly different visions of the conflict. we have coverage from every angle. clare sebastian, let s start with you. on the heels of biden s unexpected historic trip to kyiv, what is vladimir putin saying this morning? well, this was unmistakably a tirade against the west. this was president putin blaming the west for starting the war in ukraine and escalating it, blaming the west for the casualties. he said west started it and russia is using force to try to stop it. and he says russia has been trying to work through this through peaceful means. take a listen. translator: i ve done absol
world. it is tuesday, october 18th. i m christine romans. just three weeks to go until the mid-term elections. today president biden will zero in on abortion rights when he speaks at a speech in washington. the latest cnn poll finds it s the economy, inflation, voting rights, guns all ranked ahead of abortion in the minds of voters. cnn s jasmine wright is live for us bright and early in washington. jasmine, what do you expect the president s message on abortion to be? reporter: the president is going to talk about how he believes there is an assault on women s bodies and their right to choose. they can go with the republican party who wants to ban abortion, he s going to say, or go with democrats who don t, who want to codify abortion. the president has been trying to drum up the democratic base hoping they ll come out and support their base. control is on the ballot come november. now of course two things stand in contrast here. first, we talked about a majority of voters
united states. we ll look at whether there is any relief in sight. and children as young as six months old just days away from getting covid shots. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we re tracking developments in ukraine where the area around the capital kyiv was rattled by a series of explosions a short time ago. air defenses worked on enemy targets, but so far no fires or casualties reported. officials are urging people to stay in shelters. meanwhile two european leaders say the war may drag on for years. boris johnson and jens stoltenberg made the statements separately and both said that the west should be in for the long haul. and president zelenskyy is pledging to regain all the territories captured by russia in ukraine s south. he spoke after visiting two cities in the region and seeing residential areas ham areaed by artillery and missiles. translator: the losses are significant. many houses were destroyed, civilian logistics were
appointing heat advisers to combat the rising temperatures. plus festivities are under way for america s newest federal holiday, juneteenth. why it s important here in the u.s. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with kim bruneber. defenders hold the line against russian forces in ukraine. the governor of luhansk said that the russians tried to break through but were pushed back. an attempt to cut off ukrainian units, the governor also said a chemical plant sheltering civilians has been shelled again. meanwhile the area around the capital, kyiv, was rattled hours ago by a series of explosions. so far there have been no fires or casualties reported. ukraine s president zelenskyy is promising to regain all the cities captured. here he is. translator: the losses are significant. many houses were destroyed. civilian logistics were disrupt td. there are many social issues. we ll restore everything destroyed. we will not give away the south to anyone, we ll retu
war wounds, things that you see on movies. by the end of this year, we ll see prices dropping. it is frustrating, it is not ideal. and i think, you know, things are complicated in the world right now. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is thursday, june 8. today house committee investigating the riots at the u.s. capitol will start revealing what it has learned. this multimedia review of the attack will be unveiled for a primetime american television audience for the very first time. the bipartisan panel will show how huge crowds supporting the former u.s. president ransacked the capitol on january 6 of last year and they will try to convict donald trump in the court of public opinion saying he is responsible for major abuses of power. among the key witnesses, a capitol police officer who was hurt by rioters and suffered a major brain injury and yet she still prevented many from entering the building. and we ll hear from a documentarian whose