[cheers and applause] he spends so much of his time as president on vacation, we might as well make it permanent. harris: the man we have yet to see on the campaign trail, joe biden, is out front in the democrat primary. it has been more than a month since the re-election announcement. is president biden going to hold a campaign event ever? so i will say this to you, peter, as you know, we follow the rule of law here. you can t say if he will be campaigning for re-election. i am not going to comment from here. another story harris: it wouldn t be a wednesday if she didn t mention the hatch act although she does talk politics as times. the woke stuff comes up. the former president still has a sizeable lead over the governor from florida. but six points smaller than earlier this month. this washington examiner piece sums it up. the pre-game is over between the two. desantis taking the opportunity to throw a jab at trump. he used to say how great florida was.
russia s claim that it fewas behind an attempted drone strike on the kremlin allegedly targeted putin for assassination. cnn is analyzing the video as theories emerge about who and who not to blame. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to the news. a suspected gunman is on the loose and considered armed and very dangerously police. ryan, give us the latest. we ve been talking to our sources throughout the afternoon here in atlanta to figure out what happened but the focus is on the building behind us. it s up there on the 11th floor where the shooting happened and of course people here in the midtown area have been shocked by this. that shooting happening in the waiting room. the family was upset because they believe the man was having a terrible time getting help from the va. he used to be a coast guard member, served four years and at some point, went to the va for help and when
forces are close to encircling bakhmut. the u.s. is downplaying the strategic significance if russia wins this round of the war. also tonight, republicans are presented with the sharpest contrast yet between donald trump and ron desantis. we re breaking down dueling speeches by the former president and the current florida governor as they gear up for a potential 2024 primary showdown. and a series of new airline scares is raising serious questions about aviation safety here in the united states. from a bird strike that caused engine failure and smoke in the cabin to the wings of two commercial jets clipping on the many close cal? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin on the front lines of eastern ukraine right now, where the battle for bakhmut is growing more urgent by the hour. russian fighters making gains as they move to surround the city. cnn s alex marquardt is joining us live
the society can no longer perform its most basic function. the reason we have societies in the first place, which is to protect the weak from the strong. that s why you have a society well in places like this it becomes, among many other things, very hard to travel anywhere. you just can t go where you want to go with legitimate authority in retreat, roads are not controlled by the police. they re controlled by armed predators. and the armed predators take exactly what they want from travelers because they can. this is an ancient problem used to be called highway robbery. and for most of history it kept people very close to home. turns out it still exists, but now it s called carjacking. carjacking is the clearest possible sign that your civilization is falling apart and that s where you find it in places like somalia and south africa. places where force violence and clan loyalty have replaced law and order, places where might makes right in the city of johannesburg, for exam
panel conducting oversight of the bureau s powers. you are watching fox and friends first on tuesday morning, i m carley shimkus. griff: good morning, i m griff jenkins in for todd piro. expecting the director to push congress to review surveillance program that allows the fbi to spy on americans. he will face questions that the bureau is biassed against republicans. the first look at wray s prepared testimony. brooke: surveillance program allows fbi to track communication between certain foreigners abroad to monitor national security threats. americans can get caught up in that and lawmakers say that is a problem and the system can be abused. there is this, house committee report finds the bureau targeting christians went further than we knew. they issued a priest and a churchgoer. the fbi had no legitimate basis for the memo. remember when joe biden stood in front of independence hall, this whole mindset, if you are pro-life, traditional catholic, you are radical ex