Picks are on the Campaign Trail Today for an official tryout. New fears of a new front in the war in the middle east. A deadly Rocket Attack killed israeli children playing soccer over the weekend. Also ahead, were tracking the devastating Park Fire in california thats scorched 360,000 acres and coughed up smoke that has already spread all the way to the northeast. Later, one of the most restrictive Abortion Laws in the nation has gone into effect. The impact for women in iowa this morning. It is 10 00 a. M. Eastern, 7 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Jose Diazbalart in for ana cabrera. Today is the start of a critical week for the Harris Campaign, raising 200 Million and opening new lines of attack on donald Trump And J. D. Vance. Were told by sources directly involved in the process the Vice President plans to unveil her choice by the 7th of august, just over a week from today. Now, this afternoon two people on the list, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer w
officials in ukraine say russia has launched its anticipated offensive in the eastern donbas region. the ukrainian military says the new phase began when russian forces tried to break through its defenses along the entire front line, from kharkiv to the north, to donetsk in the south. but some military officials, both in ukraine, and in the west, say the ground is still being set. a ukrainian military official tells the new york times that the offensive will quote activate in the coming days. last week, the u.s. said russia wasn t quite ready to launch the new offensive, because of ongoing logistical problems. here s what the pentagon is saying now. these appear to be chronic difficulties that the rishen military has had, in russian military has had, in terms of logistics and unit cohesion and operational maneuver, and air to ground, all problems they still suffer from and it remains to be seen whether they have quote fixed these problems and are ready to execute in a m
we do already see the russians resupply and try to reinforce some of the forces they have in the donbas. the european security architecture have changed fundamentally after the russian s invasion of ukraine. it s useful to go there and look in his eyes and say the war has been planned. reporter: the russian troops are amassing to come into kharkiv from this direction. translator: this is not war, this is terrorism. this is cnn breaking news. it s thursday, april 14th, 11 a.m. in ukraine. the u.s. and its allies are helping ukraine prepare for the coming fight in the donbas region of eastern ukraine with more weapons and ammunition. the biden administration is sending another $800 million in equipment including how witsers, armored personnel carriers and helicopters. european union is contributing another half billion dollars in military aid. all of this comes following a direct appeal following president zelenskyy in a video message he released which does contai
and talks ofjoining nato, yet its government is seen as sympathetic to russia. it s a diplomatic tightrope, and one my guest needs to walk. salome zourabichvili is the country s president. where does georgia s destiny lie with russia or the west? salome zourabichvili, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me for the third time. do you think that russia wants control of georgia? russia wants control of not only georgia, but probably parts of europe. it has its old ambitions and old aspirations of remaining as an imperialist state. but should we be thinking about what russia wants or what we want? well, the last time that you came on hardtalk, which was at a time when russia was on the back foot in ukraine, it was the end of 2022. you said you didn t think russia would invade georgia. the situation in ukraine looks very different now. and i wonder if you fear for georgia, particularly if president putin is successful in ukraine? well, i think that we should, again, all fe