first. and former president bill clinton remains hospitalized for an infection that spread to his bloodstream. we ll tell you what we re learning about clinton s condition tonight. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with a new indictment against the u.s. capitol police officer accused of obstructing justice for a january 6 rioter. let s go right to our congressional correspondent ryan nobles on capitol hill. ryan, what are you learning about these charges? reporter: federal officials are taking these accusations against the capitol police officer very seriously. they are saying that he reached out to one of the individuals accused of breaking into the capitol on that day and warned him to take down his pictures of his role in the insurrection to avoid being charged. tonight a capitol police officer is being charged with obstruction of justice, accused of warning someon
she will be our guest. another fox news alert. parents who protest actions taken by their local school boards could soon get a visit from the fbi? the doj announcing that it s mobilizing federal law enforcement to deal with increasing threats to school boards by angry parents. hello and welcome, everyone. i m sandra smith in new york on this tuesday afternoon. hello, mike. mike: the announcement comes as parents are voicing their frustration against the rise of critical race theory in schools and inconsistent covid policies. now the national school board association is asking president biden to consider some of these protests as domestic terrorism. critics say the doj s action goes too far and could be an effort to crush concerned parents. sandra:america reports now. mike: hey, alex. this comes at a time when schools are voting out school resource officers. some wonder if they re more concerned with their own safety over students. in a letter sent to president biden t
bill: forces what could be a significant delay as we say good morning and merry christmas. remind me where we are headed. dana: it could be, and date. did you say your name? i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. i also noticed that you switch to the baby blue. we are officially and fall it looks like. it is on monday, and you re already on top of things. far left democrats have made it clear that the senate must pass the $3.5 trillion spending bill first. and on top of that, the party is split over the massive price tag they say they are not focused on the final number. it is about what we want to deliver if you let s get our priorities in, and then we will figure out what it actually is. we are going to pay for at all by raising taxes on the very wealthy and big corporations. we do want to spend money, invest. the economy, we believe investing in the american people as a way to go. we are going to win this thing, past the infrastructure bill. we are goin
ukraine. and the other stories we re following this morning, the number of migrants at the southern border hit a 20-year high and new concern about the supply chain and rising consumer prices. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, april 18th. i m jonathan lemire. russian forces continue their offensive in eastern ukraine, stepping up up attacks in kharkiv, and a barrage of russian rockets hit the city center yesterday, setting fire to several apartment buildings and a market. a day earlier, russian missiles hit a community kitchen that was run by chef jose that was being used to feed refugees. four of the staff members were injured in the attack. in the nightly address, president volodymyr zelenskyy called the bombing of kharkiv, quote, nothing but deliberate terror. he also said at least 18 people have been killed and over 100 injured in the fighting in the city in the past days. moscow had given ukrainian fighters until yesterday morning to lay dow
menendez. russia is gearing up to launch more aggressive attacks and is on the verge of its first big victory. mariupol is on the brink of falling. earlier today president volodymyr zelenskyy called the situation very difficult, saying it s, quote, clear things in mariupol won t get better. russia gave the remaining ukrainian soldiers an ultimatum to surrender, but the deadline for that has passed. ukraine s prime minister says they have no plans of backing down. the city still has not fallen. there is still our military forces, our soldiers, so they will fight. as for now, they still are in mariupol. this victory for russia would come on the heels of major losses including ukrainian forces taking out the flagship warship in russia s fleet and the death of a russian military general. russia retaliated by parts of western ukraine near the capital city of kyiv despite previously withdrawing troops from those areas. nbc news correspondent ali arouzi joins me from lviv. ali,