president putin has suffered an embarrassing setback in the war with ukraine, after a huge explosion on the only bridge linking russia with the crimean peninsula. the bridge partially collasped, but has now reopened to light traffic. russia annexed crimea in 2014 and, after occupying these regions of ukraine in red, it s managed to establish a corridor up through southern and eastern ukraine. the kerch bridge connecting russia to the crimean peninsula in the black sea was an important supply route for sending russian troops and artillery into ukraine. the blast there is another humiliation for the kremlin, as our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. it is the bridge the kremlin built, and it was under attack. an explosion at dawn. this was the result. russian officials claim a lorry had been blown up here and that the fire then spread to a fuel train. whatever the cause, you can see the damage. this is the bridge that links russia to annexed crimea, and parts of the r
she was active in her efforts to try to help with the overturning of the election. some committee members i have talked to are skeptical as to whether or not she was playing an influential role in all of this, but still, the committee is interested in the role she was playing. at this point, they re still open to talking to people, even though it does appear that their investigation is heading toward the finish. we know for sure, jake, they have a big witness coming in this week, and that s patrick byrne, who is the overstock ceo, who was a part of that explosive meeting that was detailed in great specificity in today s hearing. more than anything, the investigation continues. ryan, thank you so much. today s testimony concluded with akaitlan collins has been working her sources, and a lot of people in the media, a lot of people in trump world trying to figure out who liz cheney was talking about when she noted alleged attempted witness tampering, donald trump reaching ou
not have his raido in the hallway, telling the texas tribune he was unaware of the dispatch report. six minutes later, he s seen trying keys to open an adjacent door. none of which appeared to work. minutes later, more gunfire. but the police posture is again to hunker down, as arredondo attempts to speak to the gunman. sir, if you can hear me, please put your firearm down, sir. we don t want anyone else hurt. the videos released by the uvalde mayor just as the texas house committee released its damning interim report sunday on the law enforcement response, calling it chaotic, lackadaisical without any person obviously in charge. in that report, arredondo offers this as part of an explanation to the committee. when there s a threat, you have to visibly be able to see the threat. you have to have a target before you engage your firearm. getting fired at through the wall, coming from a blind wall, i had no idea what was on the other side of that wall. i never got to physicall
the overall state of the country. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is a critical week in the insurrection investigation as the january 6th select committee prepares to hold another potentially explosive hearing in prime time. at the same time, trump ally steve bannon is now standing trial for defying the panel s subpoena to testify. court just wrapped up for the day. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider has all of the new developments. tonight, steve bannon s criminal trial for contempt of congress finally beginning with jury selection after his lawyers tried repeatedly to delay and bannon made a last-minute offer to testify before the january 6th committee. prosecutors saying his late offer will not make up for the near year he s refused to comply with the committee s subpoena. the trial will likely last just a few days. bannon has pleaded not guilty to two counts of c
on transgender athletes in the state of ohio. a republican bill calls for inspecting the gel entirely of students. all of that plus a star studded concert set to begin shortly, as the queen s platinum jubilee celebration. we re live at buckingham palace. let s begin with breaking news out of delaware. president biden is spending the weekend in encouraging josh is good to talk to. i know this happened in the last few minutes. let s get to the news now. talk me through what we know. well courting to a secret service spokesman, who spoke to our producer, there was a small aircraft, were told it was a says now, a four seed or, that was accidentally in the restricted airspace over ravi beach, where the president and the first lady are spending the weekend. according to a secret service, the pilot made a mistake. was on the wrong radio channel. didn t have the update information. there was a u.s. military airplane, that escorted that plane out of the airspace. according to a wh