evidence. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. russia s military said to be divided tonight over ukraine s stunning military offensive, retaking thousands of square miles from moscow s forces, which are now on the defensive in eastern and southern ukraine. cnn s senior international correspondent matthew chance has the latest for us. matthew, cnn s reporting that putin himself is giving directions to generals on the battlefield as russia s military appears increasingly divided on how to proceed with this war. tell us more of what you re learning. reporter: that s right, wolf. tonight another illustration of just how much intelligence u.s. authorities have, the u.s. intelligence has, on the thinking of what s going on inside the russian command structure. they re talking about intercepts that they ve sort of made available to cnn. we re reporting on that. about how there are disagreements on the
children, staffers at sandy hook elementary school nearly ten years ago. conspiracy peddler and profiteer alex jones slandered this little girl s memory with his online rantings and tormted his father robby who you ll hear from tonight. take a look at dylan, also 6 and also murdered in the worst mass shooting this country has ever endured and conspiracy profiteer slandered his memory for money. alex jones also slandered the memory of school psychologist. when she first heard shots she left her office, ran toward the gunman doing her best to warn others and save lives before the killer murdered her. no one can possibly imagine what her family, mhave been through since that day. and it would be bad enough had such a profound loss been all they had to live. instead thanks to this person, alex jones, they ve had to endure far worse. they ve been told their loss never happened, that their children and parents and spouses weren t actually murdered, maybe didn t even exist. so if th
hello, and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m max foster in london. just ahead all roads lead to donald trump. nothing was put into donald trump unless donald said so. ladies and gentlemen of the jury, do you all agree that this is your verdict? yes. a verdict against alex jones s lies and their poisonous spread. they are really sending a message here. russia has deliberately struck civilian infrastructure. one country cannot take the territory of another by force. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is thursday, october 13th, 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. in washington where in just a matter of hours the january 6th committee will return to the public eye. in a hearing expected to hammer home that former president donald trump remains a clear and present danger to democracy. but before we get to that there are new details into the investigation of trump s handli
well, tonight, three officers face punishment for the death of candidate kyle mullen during hell week. cbs david martin speaks to the mother of the yale football player. and, a warning for parents. tonight, the respiratory illness on the rise in children. cbs nikole killion talks to parents and doctors. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. we want to begin with the breaking news in what is the largest defamation suit payout ever in american history. the landmark verdict awarded the families of those killed in the sandy hook massacre parents who lost their young children, and then faced a decade of torment a small sliver of justice. a connecticut jury ordered far- right infowars host alex jones to pay nearly $1 billion in damages for spreading lies about the elementary school shooting. the 2012 massacre in newtown, connecticut, killed 20
it s the top of the hour on cnn news room. it s good to have you. i m victor blackwell. president biden just upkdated congress on what his administration sees as the biggest national security threat facing the country. in his new national security strategy, vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine is not the top political challenge according to biden. that distinction goes to china. russia was however at the heart of a key global meeting. there was a meeting with 50 other defense ministers on how to boost ukraine s air defense systems. ukraine is facing a third day of intensified air assault from russia which was condemned by the defense ministers for continuing to target civilian facilities. cnn s kaitlan collins is at the white house. kaitlan, you re up first. let s begin with the president and his just released national security strategy. why is china above russia here? reporter: yeah, it might surprise some people given of course, russia s ongoing invasion of ukraine, but b