Ground forces keep advancing inside of russia. A week into their surprise, Crossborder Attack will have a live report from Kyiv Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im Wolf Blitzer in Tel Aviv. And youre in the Situation Room lets go right to one of the pivotal 2024 Battleground States. Were talking about North Carolina. Its the backdrop for intensifying, intensifying clash between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on the issue of the u. S. Economy, seen as Kristen Holmes is joining us live from the site of the Trump Rally in asheville, North Carolina. Kristen, what is trumps economic message . Well, wolf, one of the things that Donald Trump sought out to do and his team sought out to do, was to point to the fact that americans who are still feeling some crunch with their walter in terms of paying for gas, paying for groceries because of inflation that they were reminded of Inflation Rates which when he was in office as well as Interest Rates, et cetera. Now t
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scorching hot housing market announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone with the country on track to soon reach 1 million covid deaths in the next few weeks, this, a face mask, has remained the flashpoint of our anxieties and frustrations, and no tonight objects of mixed messages today there were celebrations in the sky as federal mask requirements for flyers and other means of transport were abruptly ended a federal judge setting the rule s demise in motion yesterday, vacating the cdc mandate, calling it unlawful tonight many health experts point out it may not square with science. an upward tick in covid cases around the country the new freedom to doff face masks on planes, they warn, may also put small children and those with compromised immune systems at risk and now late word the justice department may appeal the judge s ruling tom costello sorts it out for us reporter: on delta flight 528 this morning you are no longer require
good morning. and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, april 20th. i m jonathan lemire. russia declared yesterday that the next phase of the war was under way in eastern ukraine, claiming it sames to, quote, liberate, the donbas region. british intelligence is saying that russian forces are still struggling. according to the uk, the ukrainian military continues to beat back russia, attempts to advance, even amid the increased shelling and strikes. british intelligence also says that russia s inability to progress is impacted by the resilience of the ukrainian military and by the same environmental, logistical and technical challenges that have hindered russia s forces. and they expect to be launched in the coming weeks. at least one killed and three others injured when a russian rocket hit the see of kramatorsk. and also rocked the southern city of kyiv. this agency the state emergency service of ukraine yesterday said that russians heavily bombarded the city of luha