president zelenskyy s office announced the rescue effort but no word yet on how it can happen. in mariupol, an official says russian troops are blocking a section of the city right near the plant. it s possible russians will still storm that facility. survivors say they have not seen sunlight for weeks. this is the video of them in the basement. diapers are being reused. food, water, medication are almost gone. in just the past day, ukraine says 50 air strikes have rained down on that steel plant, wounding more than 600 civilians inside. a ukrainian commander from inside told cnn what it s like on day 64 as russians surround them. the situation is critical. it s beyond a humanitarian catastrophe. these are hundreds of people, and they have dozens of children with them. the youngest is 4 months old. we cannot tell you for sure how long we can hold on for. that all depends on the enemy movement and also on luck. with so many lives at stake, the pentagon was asked if vladimi
they may hit millions of dollars a year in new taxes. republicans are clear this is basically the use of government power to go after a company for its views or values, that it is a penalty tax because they supported equal rights. this has become something of a litmus test on the right especially among those who are positioning presidential runs. senator cruz is also attacking disney with the bizarre claim, wait for it, yes, he does want attention for it but also it is damaging enough and dumb enough and he has enough power as a senator that we have to deal with it. mr. cruz now says the company could include cartoon sex scenes in children s programming. there are people who are misguided trying to drive, you know, disney stepping in saying, you know, in every episode now they re going to have, you know you know, mickey and pluto going at it like really? thank you for that image, senator. it s just like, come on, guys. these are kids and, you know, you could always sh
as some states rush to ban abortions, others work to protect them. hours ago mississippi certifying the state s trigger law that makes nearly all abortions in the state illegal. we re following all the developments and the supreme court s latest decision that sticks with a familiar trend, dismantling the separation of church and state. first to cnn national correspondent nadia in mississippi. nadia, talk to us about the state s latest move and where it falls in the big picture. well, we knew that the state s first female attorney general, lynn finch, was a big supporter of overturning roe v. wade. it was a matter of time before she certified the trigger law in mississippi. that happened just this morning. so now there s a ten-day period where the clinic behind me, the state s last abortion clinic can continue to perform abortions. today they are not performing abortions. the clinic is closed, but they will begin again tomorrow and for the next nine days after that. once tho
brand-new hour here on cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. good to have you on. we re on the eve of another hearing on the capitol insurrection this time tomorrow, the committee investigating january 6th plans to focus on former president trump s efforts to pressure state officials to overturn the 2020 presidential election. georgia elections officials brad raffensperger and gabe sterling are expected to testify about that pressure campaign. along with arizona house speaker rusty bowers. the committee is also promising to reveal new evidence that shows trump s involvement in the scheme to overturn biden s win in battleground states. we ll show evidence of the president s involvement in this scheme. we ll also show evidence about what his own lawyers came to think about this scheme. and we ll show courageous state officials who stood up and said they wouldn t go along with this plan to either call legislators back into session or decertify the results for joe biden. cnn
remember what trump told the crowd at the elipse hours before the attack. mike pence, i will tell you right now, i m not hearing good stories. i hope that our great vice president, our great vice president comes through for us. he is a great guy. of course if he doesn t come through, i won t like him quite as much. [ chanting ] trump s public push contributed to the riot which included threats against pence s life. and two pence aides will appear live this morning. counsel to the vice president and a retired judge and informal adviser. and also expect to see video from the deposition of marc short who appeared yesterday, telling wolf blitzer how he warned the secret service the day before the riot. it became clear that the disagreements that had been discussed i think between the president and vice president? and the staffs were about to become far more public. and i think with thousands of people dekrscending upon washington, i thought it would be important.