the complex. and another tragic death to report. this time it is an american. a 22-year-old former u.s. marine was killed while fighting alongside ukrainian forces. his name is willie joseph cansell. his family says that he d gone over to ukraine as a private contractor to fight against russia with an international brigade of soldiers. let s begin in kyiv. cnn s matt rivers has the very latest on those strikes on the capital city. matt? reporter: well, this site right behind me is where ukrainian officials say those russian cruise missiles struck yesterday. and we know that at least one person has been killed as a result of that strike. a woman living in this building. she was a journalist, a 54-year-old woman working for a radio station here in kyiv. rescuers actually found her body this morning. we know that she joins multiple other people who are injured. at least six different people, we re told, are in the hospital with varying injuries including carbon monoxide po
across the board for the democrats based on inflation, rising crime and that open border issue towards mexico. it could be that the courts might provide a bit of relief for the biden white house in some ways. a judge s decision keeps title 42 in lays for now. that came late yesterday. that could change next month. the supreme court is currently picking up the remain in mexico policy to question whether or not it is supported by our federal laws. we ll break this down for you in just a moment with the arizona attorney general. bill melugin is standing by at the border as well and mark meredith is at the white house. we break this down with mark. hi, mark. good afternoon to you. a few minutes ago, the white house sent fox a memo written by the homeland security secretary, alejandro mayorkas, that outlines what the government plans to do when title 42 is lifted. it says the government has been prepares for months if not years to do this by making sure there s supplies and pers
today at least four buses were able to leave that city. in the east, russian forces making incremental gains in the donbas region, in luhansk, the village of kreminna is under russian control. plus, massive shelling in kharkiv, it is intense but they have no plans to evacuate. later this hour, president biden is set to brief reporters on further u.s. security assistance to ukraine. we ll have more details on that in just a moment. let s begin with cnn correspondent matt rivers, he is reporting from lviv, in western ukraine. matt, mariupol is now on the brink of falling into russian hands as putin calls off storming the azovstal steel plant, instead ordering a blockade, so not even a fly could get through, his words. what more are we learning about that standoff? reporter: this is essentially vladimir putin declaring victory in mariupol, even though if victory would be capturing the entire city, that hasn t happened yet. putin himself has said that. even if the russians func
howitzers and also includes more tactical drones. we don t know how long this war will last. but as we approach the two month mark, here s what we do know. putin has failed to achieve the grand ambitions on the battlefield. after weeks after shelling kyiv, kyiv still stands. president zelenskyy and his democratically elected government still remain in power. and ukrainian armed forces joined by many brave ukrainian civilians have thwarted russia s conquest of the country. before speaking to reporters, president biden met with ukraine s prime minister at the white house. no doubt, getting an update from the prime minister on the status of the now two month long war. in the meantime, vladimir putin is claiming victory in the besieged port city of mariupol. putin claims he has ordered his forces not to storm the steel plant complex where the last group of ukrainian fighters in mariupol are holed up. instead, putin calling for a full blockade, saying no one will be allowed to e
what do you say? all you have to do is pick up your phone, or go to loveshriners.org, and you ll be a part of something special too. thank you so much! top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. we begin with reported new evidence of how deadly vladimir putin s war on ukraine has become. ukrainian officials now say they ve identified multiple mass graves just outside the near decimated city of mariupol. the satellite company said more than 200 new graves can be seen. today vladimir putin proclaimed the efforts to capture mariupol a success and he scrapped plans to storm a sprawling factory compound where reportedly more than 1,000 civilians and ukrainian fighters are sheltering. a blockade to keep even a fly from getting through. the siege of mariupol was compared to a terrorist operation. he added ukraine s forces do not have enough heavy or serious weapons to free mariupol. translator: we don t know when we can unblock mariupol, and i say this openly, that