historic flooding in texas. not seen in decades. the u.s. markets finishing sharply lower for the second day in a row on more concerns about the health of the u.s. economy. can we bring inflation down without triggering a recession, and my answer to that question is i don t know. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. this tuesday, august 23, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington and we begin with exclusive cnn reporting tied to the january 6 investigation. we ve learned the u.s. justice department has issued a new subpoena to the national archives for more documents related to its probe of the capitol riots. it is a possible sign the department is ramping up its investigation into the role former u.s. president donald trump and his staff may have played in the events leading up to the capitol insurrection. here is evan perez with more. reporter: we were told there was a second grand jury subpoena served to the natigs archives t prod
what are top cops saying about the disturbing scene. and decision time. will president biden fulfill a campaign promise and cancel student loan debt for millions of americans, and if he does that, might that make inflation worse? an announcement could be days away. good afternoon, welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we re going to start with our world lead and the mystery of who murdered russian propagandist darya dugina, the daughter of russian writer alexander dugin. an imperialist who things russia should occupy all of europe, not just ukraine, extending from ireland to serbia. dugin watched from a different car as his 29-year-old daughter was exploded look with her toyota that burst into flames 20 miles west of moscow on saturday. fsb claims a ukrainian did it. ukraine insists that s false. russia says a woman who was a member of ukraine s far right azov regimen plotted the attack. they allege this assassin brought her 12-year-old daughter with her into russia and
su semiconductor plant. the other stop is japan. but as biden makes the rounds, there is also growing concern over what north korea might do next to rattle the saber. the united states preparing for the distinct possibility that kim jong-un would conduct a missile test, an icbm, in coordination with biden s trip. wouldn t be the first time he did it. more on that in a moment. let s begin in seoul, south korea, cnn s jeremy diamond is there. tell us what the biden administration hopes to accomplish on this trip, both in south korea and japan. reporter: well, jim, president biden has arrived here in south korea at a moment of extraordinary tension as the potential for north korean ballistic missile tests looms large over the president s trip. we have learned according to an official familiar with the intelligence that south that north korea appears to be taking steps to fuel an icbm, which would be one of the final stages before a launch. really raising the stakes and the p
Of defiance as dozens of destroyed russian tanks were lined up along kyiv s main street. our correspondents are tracking it all for you. joining me here in london, salma abdelaziz. and david mckenzie is standing by for us in kyiv. salma, first of all to you. this very strong language coming out from moscow and accusations. that s right. very short russian investigation has found of course according to the kremlin, they are accusing ukraine of essentially assassinating this very close putin ally s daughter. they say that it was carried out by ukrainian security services member, a member of the azov regimen. and that this was targeted, it was intentional, that this was an act of assassination. now, ukraine for its part absolutely denies this, says that there is no indication whatsoever that they are involved in this, they actually through one official call it an inside job. but why is this so important? because the father of this
Russia says a woman who was a member of ukraine s far right azov regimen plotted the attack. they allege this assassin brought her 12-year-old daughter with her into russia and the two then escaped to estonia after detonating the car bomb remotely. ukraine denies all of this. now russian media personalities say it s time for further retaliation and even more bombardment of missiles on innocents in kyiv, ukraine, just two days before ukraine s independence day. as ukrainian cities cancel planned events and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy warns of particularly ugly attacks. cnn s senior international correspondent fred pleitgen is in moscow for us with more on theesh plosion that could trigger a major escalation in this war, including new video of the suspect released by russia, a video that raises more questions than answered about this supposed evidence. shortly after the explosion that caused darya dugina to crash on a moscow highway, her car engulfed in flames.