report from florida for you. another state where the right to choose is hanging in the balance. we will have that for you in just a moment. but first, some new reporting from the new york times says, donald trump may be planning to announce a 2024 run for the white house, sooner than expected. this amid a series of damaging revelations stemming from the january 6th committee s public hearings. and overnight, the biden administration proposing as many as ten oil and gas lease sales off the coast of alaska, and in the gulf of mexico. that new receiving immediate backlash from environmentalists, as well as oil industry officials. so, to help us get started this hour, we re gonna check in with and miss nbc s laura bera standing by at the white house, we have stephanie stand in tampa, and gary graham back at reagan international airport virginia. welcome all more, we are gonna start with. you because as you, know the president is certainly facing some backlash today for his new of
former attorney general bill barr, was seen exiting the january six committees conference room. this would have been at least the second time that barr has met with the committee. back in january, chairperson thompson confirmed that barr had spoken with the panel and has cooperated with its investigation. it remains to be seen if barr or any other high-ranking trump official will testify in front of the american people as part of the committee s public hearings. the justice department, by the way, isn t just working on g involving the twice impeached ex presidents former aide, they are working to prosecute his insurrection supporters, to. yesterday another member of the far-right extremist group proud boys pleaded guilty to a felony count of obstruction of an official proceeding. joshua pruitt is facing up to five years in jail, for taking part in the mob that ransacked the capital, and endangered the safety of members of congress. in court documents, he admitted that he near
illegally annexed in 2014. similar to crimea, u.s. officials believe that russia will soon host bass sham referendum in kherson, which has been occupied since the early days of the war. to the bottom of your map. pressure continues attacks on nearby nikolai of, a key strategic city which has been under siege since the start of the war, yet remains under ukrainian control. a u.s. official sideways that russian continues to pose no threat of a man of salt on odessa, by either land or sea. intense artillery fighting continues in the donbas, notably near the towns of severodonetsk and is ian. yet despite him with a monthlong campaign, russia has advanced since previously held territory which continues to be extremely slow with little success, according to u.s. officials. all the while suffering, quote, significantly high level of troop and equipment losses. according to uk ministry. it has been said that russia has lost one third of the combat force in under 90 days. the uk defen
intense ground fighting is taking place in eastern ukraine, specifically in and around the city lisa johnston. is the only city that currently stands between russian forces in total control of the luhansk region. and remember, after russian forces chose failed to achieve some of their earlier assaults on cities like kyiv, and kharkiv, they shifted their focus to the industrial donbas region. the luhansk province is one of two provinces that make up that region. the other one is dim ask, and what we are seeing now is that fighting there is largely ground artillery fighting, continues. the uk ministry of defense says that russian forces appear to be making some incremental gains in that area. but they say the southeastern part of the city, ukrainian forces are actually seeming to hold forces back a bit, at least at this point. this is happening while at the same time we are seeing missile strikes in crease. this week, across ukraine. you mentioned that missile strike in odessa, ukraine
illegally annexed in 2014. similar to crimea, u.s. officials believe that russia will soon host bass sham referendum in kherson, which has been occupied since the early days of the war. to the bottom of your map. pressure continues attacks on nearby nikolai of, a key strategic city which has been under siege since the start of the war, yet remains under ukrainian control. a u.s. official sideways that russian continues to pose no threat of a man of salt on odessa, by either land or sea. intense artillery fighting continues in the donbas, notably near the towns of severodonetsk and is ian. yet despite him with a monthlong campaign, russia has advanced since previously held territory which continues to be extremely slow with little success, according to u.s. officials. all the while suffering, quote, significantly high level of troop and equipment losses. according to uk ministry. it has been said that russia has lost one third of the