Texas finally in custody after being discovered hiding in a closet under a pile of laundry, and hes not the only one whos been arrested. More on that coming up. But we begin with those explosive allegations from the kremlin claiming ukraine attempted to assassinate Vladimir Putin in an overnight drone attack. Video released on social media and russian state tv purports to show the roof of the kremlin on fire as well as flying objects shot down over moscow. In a statement today, russia placed the blame squarely on kyiv saying, quote, we regard these actions as a planned Terrorist Attack and an attempt on the president. The russian side reserves the right to take retall toir measures where and where it sees fit. Volodymyr zelenskyy addressed the allegation at a Press Conference about an hour ago. Listen. We dont attack putin or moscow. We fight on our territory. We are defending our villages and cities. Nbc news chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel is following the story from london
In an influence peddling scheme. Its a stunning allegation that raises a number of questions. Who is the whistleblower making this claim . Is that person credible . And what are authorities doing about it . The white house says the president has an unprecedented level of transparency and calls this a political attack. Senior National Correspondent rich edson is here with our top story. Good evening, rich. Rich good evening, bret. House Oversight Committee chairman james comer claims the fbi likely has a document describing this alleged Criminal Activity involving then Vice President joe biden. Comer has issued a subpoena for the purported document. He and senator Chuck Grassley have been investigating the biden family and their business conduct. They sent a letter this afternoon to attorney general Merrick Garland and fbi director chris wray claiming, quote a highly credible whistleblower maintains the Justice Department and fbi likely have a form that, quote describes an alleged Crimi
Welcome to inside politics. Im john king in washington. Very busy news day. Thank you for your time. Provocation or pretext, the creme lun accuses ukraine of trying to assassinate Vladimir Putin with a drone attack. The president said, we dont attack russia. Plus a surge and a search for a solution. Migrants prepare to overwhelm the southern border. The Biden Administration snaps into Action Ordering troops to the border, o traiting a new deal with mexico and erecting new processing centers. And reading is believe ing. The text message that said the fox decision to fire Tucker Carlson are reveals him rooting for a mob to kill someone. We begin with dramatic images of red scquare and the kremlinses expla thags na ukraine launched drones at the heart of the russian government with the goal of killing Vladimir Putin. The kremlin statement came after social media reports showing explosions over the president s residence. We regard these actions as a planned Terrorist Act and an attempt on
investigation of hunter biden. the proverbial walls are closing in and it is incredible he would create this drama in arkansas when you have the delaware criminal investigation into him looking to be coming to a head this week. you ve got his father now being accused by a new whistleblower. you have the oklahoma oversight committee is closing in on a lot of the financial records. todd: lucas tomlinson has more from washington. lucas. lucas: good morning. who doesn t involve a little controversy. there is new information from a whistleblower involving then vice president biden in a pay to play scheme. we have credible information that this possible criminal activity took place and i can t verify whether or not it is really a criminal activity, but i do have faith in it is whistleblowers that bring it to me that this document exists. lucas: in a letter, grassley and comer say the whistleblower describes alleged criminal scheme involving then vice president biden and a
i m kim brunhuber. serious doubts about russia s claims that an attack on the kremlin was an assassination attack on vladimir putin by ukr ukraine. a man who conducted a deadly shooting in tlant is a is captured. authorities in serbia have similar questions. they want to know why a 13-year-old went on a deadly shooting at a school. russia calls it an assassination attempt on president vladimir putin. ukrainian leaders insist they had nothing to do with it. video shows two drones flying inside the kremlin walls on wednesday. you can see one of them exp exploding just above the kremlin roof there. two drones flew by the kremlin but doesn t show ukraine was behind this. he thinks that russian partisans are trying to discredit putin. cnn s chief international correspondent nick paton walsh reports. reporter: it s on the edges of imagination. but the kremlin insists it s real. an apparent drone flies into the kremlin and detonates right on its dome, captured on many camera