deadliest russian attacks since the invasion. at least 40 people killed in a cruise missile strike on an apartment building right in the center of the ukrainian city of dnipro. dozens more are injured or still missing and officials warn the death toll could climb. new developments in the classified document scandal looming over the white house. sources tell cnn that additional searches are possible and locations connected to president biden, who sources say is growing increasingly frustrated with the saga. we re also following the disaster right now in california, as another round of storms lashes the state. officials now bracing for more flooding and mudslides, as weeks of violent weather take a deadly toll. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. this is the situation room, special report. our top story tonight, ukraine counting bodies as it clears the rubble from one of the deadliest russian attacks since the invasio
poppy and i in new york. kaitlan live on capitol hill for day two. maybe there s a day three. unprecedented speaker election it s happening. see how many days it goes down. the republican leadership drama will again be center stage. kevin mccarthy thus far has failed to win enough votes. how long will the gop power struggle last? that s the question many republicans have. are there any plans for a concession candidate? we re learning now damar hamlin had to be resuscitated twice after suffering a cardiac arrest during monday football. wolf blitzer spoke to buffalo bills teammate. he ll join us in a moment. also, an update on jeremy renner on the road to recovery after a traumatic snow plowing accident. first, we want to talk about the new republican majority in the house marked by party rebellion that has kept kevin mccarthy from achieving his dream of becoming the speaker of the house. no persons having received a majority of the whole number of votes cast by surn
good morning. buenos dias and welcome to cnn this morning, saturday, january 14th. i m boris sanchez or as amara called me earlier, sorbi. i think i said sorez. close enough. i like that better. sounds like a dinosaur. a mixture of sorry and boris. are you my boris saurus, sound like a dinosaur. welcome, everyone. thanks for being with us. appreciate your starting your morning with us. great to be with you as always. we begin in the southeastern united states where recovery efforts are under way after severe storms killed at least nine people thursday night in alabama and georgia. at least 37 tornadoes were reported with one twister wrecking parts of selma, alabama, a historic american city known for its role in the civil rights movement. seven of those confirmed fatalities were in neighboring atauga county, alabama, where the storm caused widespread damage to homes and businesses. it was scary, and i thought about you said it was coming, and we just didn t know exa
soledar is important more than anything as a symbolic victory after months of defeats in and around kyiv, kharkiv region, and kherson as well. so for them, after suffering these defeats to take soledar would be a victory, a symbolic, if not strategic victory. ben wedeman, thank you very much. appreciate that. cnn this morning continues right now. lisa marie presley, good morning, everyone, friday, january 13th and we are remembering lisa marie presley. looking back at the life of elvis only daughter. she was so young. we ll look at her life. also a special counsel now appointed to investigate joe biden s classified document scandal. who is robert hur and what does this mean for the president? in just a few moments senate majority leader, chuck schumer is going to join us at the desk. what he thinks of the president s handling of classified materials. we begin with more than 30 tornados have torn through the south with georgia and alabama hit the hardest
implicate will be a time consuming task for him. he did a seven year stint on the he is someone used to doing with these kinds of sensitive materials. . he was a person performed by the trump team and the only person that the justice department also agreed on, so this is the only name that both sides are in agreement over being the special master in this. jennifer, in the judges order tonight, she is raising doubts about whether all the documents are classified are actually classified. you say the judges reasoning so, do you think that does she have reason to suggest that this is indefensible. is up for debate whether they re ossified or not? well, that is what, you said don, with nothing behind, it she got one from the government that talks about the classified documents, and how they will be irreparably harmed if they cannot be utilized the. she did not get any evidence from the trump team all socially has one piece of evidence and that is all she has to rule on an