world. wolf blitzer is off today, i m brianna keilar, and you are in the the situation room. let s go right to ukraine, as we follow the pivotal ballots for bakhmut, and growing concerns it could fall to the russians very soon. melissa bell has our report from the war zone. reporter: bakhmut still stands, says the ukrainian military out of sight any sign of life driven underground. what is like life for the civilians, for the soldiers? what life? what, what life? you know, the soldiers are doing their work, which is quite and civilians are trying to survive. there s no water, there is no electricity. reporter: this was bakhmut in august when the siege had just begun. this is bakhmut seven months on. the city is empty, people are afraid to go . empty, people are afraid to go out. every day new destruction. it s better not to go outside writing dr. elena from inside the town. cnn met her and other nurses on christmas eve, not quite happier times, but certain l
contenders who many republicans see as the future had other plans. last year florida governor desantis took to the stage as a rising star, but as he inches closer to a presidential bid, he met an antitax group. several rivals also headed to florida, including former vice president mike pence, tim scott, south dakota governor christi gnome, and new hampshire chris sununu. there was a resolute desk against the backdrop of a faux on the floor offensively. reporter: she wore a desantis hat. she said she s torn, but believes trump is the stronger choice. i really love this hat,
side of the republican party and get on everybody s right side, you still only have what? two or three? right. you ve got cruz santorum you think cruz can get elected president in the united states? cruz might be able to get elected president of iowa. oh of iowa right. they re not going to give you money if they don t think you have a shot long-term. the long run that becomes a bigger challenge. that s a big issue for huckabee too. the club for growth which is the antitax group and they re a real force especially in republican primaries because they spend money. they re already out with an ad buy tomorrow against mike huckabee essentially describing his tax record in arkansas. they were huge nemesis in 07 and a group donors listen to. let s talk about what s going on with hillary clinton and in particular the clintons. as you know there are questions about the clinton foundation and about whether or not they sort of inappropriately took money from foreign donors an
and i m john berman. huge crowds at chick fill a s all across the country. they weigh in about the national debate about gay marriage and free speech. some people wanted a sandwich. another thrilling finish leads to gold for team u.s.a. this is cnn breaking news. breaking overnight a frighteningly close call in the skies. three commuter jets came within seconds of a mid-air collision. we re talk 12g seconds after confused air traffic controllers dealing with bad weather launched two flights at another plane that was coming in for another landing. the two closest plains were less than 1.5 miles apart and they were closing in at 400 miles an hour. they were operated by u.s. airways. they had a combined 192 people on board. listen to how it unfolded on the radio. 3329 stand by. hold on. we re trying to get a copy. stand by. okay, we really we ll get back to you as soon as i can. we ve got to get off the ground here pretty quick. everybody stand by, we ve got