is baking as fires rip through europe and temperatures soar across the u.s. we re live in rome and the cnn weather center for the latest. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin in ukraine where emergency crews are on the scene following a barrage of russian missile strikes. officials say 13 missiles struck a city north of mykolaiv this morning leaving a number of people injured or killed. the targets were reportedly a military airfield and railway city. meanwhile, the major says his city was also rocked by powerful explosions. meanwhile, four more high rocket launchers are part of a new batch of u.s. military aid announced friday. the european union is pledging more than half a billion dollars in new security assistance. and american weapons are already making a mark on the battlefield, according to a senior u.s. defense official. ukrainians have destroyed more than 100 high-valued targets in recent weeks partly due to u.s
his death sends a clear message. this mission was carefully planned, rigorously minimize the risk of harm to other civilians. and one week ago after being advised the conditions were optimal, i gave the final approval to go get him. no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the united states will find you and take you out. the white house has just released this photo from july, president biden meeting with his national security team in the situation room, discussing the possible operation to kill al zawahiri. reminiscent of the photo from the operation room during the bin laden operation. we re learning about the planning behind it, it was intricate, months long. u.s. intel agencies were tracking down the al qaeda leader going back well into the beginning of this year. cnn s arlette saenz joins me now from the white house. what more do we know about the planning behind this, because what is remarkable, it seems, they first a
lawmakers seated, there is no real opposition, no pushback to question any of the conclusions or expand inquiry. over the next couple of weeks, we anticipate the unveiling of never before seen testimony, documents, video, audio from january 6th. even tonight we will see that whether that changes how people look at the event or how much it impacts politics going forward is yet to be seen. congressional correspondent chad pergram starts us off tonight live from capitol hill. good evening, chad. good evening, bret. the goal of the committee remind the public of what happened that day and warn people of threats to american democracy. tonight s hearing is a made for tv docudrama in prime time. tonight will be sort of an opening of the narration, the narrative of what happened as an assault on our democracy on our constitution, on our capitol, on our congress and in a very violent way. republicans anticipate something else. we can expect a circus. the democrats have been sh
cowards about it. why kevin mccarthy still isn t ruling out testimony in the wake of his january 6th subpoena. plus, why republican politicians are actually calling for america to intentionally starve children amid the baby formula storage shortage. and new reporting on what we really know about those rumors surrounding vladimir putin s health. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, we are just a few days away from the next major primary night. this time in pennsylvania. both the governor s mansion and one of the state senate seats are open races, without an incumbent on the ticket. which means both parties have an equal opportunity. and the senate, race republicans are hoping to hold the seat that is being vacated by retiring senator pat toomey, but they face obstacles along the way. donald trump of course was the anti establishment candidate in 2016, and 2015. so self styled of such. but he is now the republican establishment. and rec
scheme. these things happen, at all levels of government. but, that wasn t what this was. this was something stranger. michigan township, part of a statewide investigation. sources tell news a, michigan state police raided irving township home, and berry county, this past friday. this, after someone was allegedly given improper access to voting machines. the investigation, starting here in roscommon county. michigan state police say, there, a third party, allegedly, was given unauthorized access to voter tabulation machines, and data drives. state police confirmed, the investigation has since spread to several other counties in the state, but would not, explicitly, confirm if irving township was on that list. they say this township in the hall, is part of the investigation. state police, rating the town hall, investigating whether someone was given unauthorized access to voting machines. the township supervisor, later confirming, a state police seized voting tabulator