we begin this hour with the war in ukraine and a new regional concern. poland s prime minister says about 100 fighters from the wagner mercenary group in belarus are headed toward the polish border. he warns they could try to cross it disguised as migrants. the area is highly strategic. poland s border with lithuania is nearby, dividing belarus, russia s ally, of course, from a russian territory. meanwhile, ukraine s mily forces are gai ground in their counteroffensive. those specks oyell represent the areas recaptured by ukraine as it edges on the northern edge of the russian-held territory near the black sea. and russia is vowing to retaliate, accusing ukraine of terrorism after a missile attack on the russian city about 25 miles from ukraine s border. authorities say at least 14 people were wounded. cnn s alex marquardt is in the ukrainian capital. moments ago russian president vladimir putin began speaking. what has he said? reporter: this is a really interesting mom
the concern tonight from a federal judge, why she gave hunter biden and federal prosecutors 30 days to come up with a new agreement. the trial clock is ticking. a crane collapsed here in manhattan. it caught fire at a construction site on the west side of the city this morning. at least two firefighters are injured. it is scary. another building going up every week it seems like around here. in a string of. james: an alarming moment on capitol hill. republican senate leader mitch mcconnell freezes midsentence during a press conference. we are tracking severe thunderstorms as two-thirds of the country are now in the heat dome. it didn t take long to start sweating out here in this heat. james: and there is no relief at the beach. the water temperature in florida s manatee bay was measured at 101.1 degrees. if you want to lower your grocery bills, you have to know where to shop, and not just which store, but which aisles inside the store.
ahead on cnn newsroom, kidnapped in haiti. an american nurse and her child taken near the ministry where they worked. back on the campaign trail, donald trump lashes out at president biden and the republicans who he says won t stand up to him. and moscow under attack. drones target russia s capital as the country prepares to honor one branch of its military. at this hour, the u.s. is working to free an american nurse and her child who were kidnapped in haiti. that s according to the christian humanitarian aid organization she worked for. she and her child were reportedly kidnapped thursday morning near the haitian capital, port-au-prince. alex duls vill is originally from new hampshire. she moved to haiti after her husband invited r to move there. he says his wife and child were taken while serving in their ministry. a statement in part reads, alex is a deeply loving and compassionate person who considers haiti her home and the haitian people her friends and family. she
her own charges against trump. ahead this hour, trump s legal jeopardy reaching a boiling point. hello on this friday, it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we re going to hit the ground running this morning and start with the three new charges against the former president in a special counsel s investigation into the handling of classified documents. he halls has a new co-defendant, a maintenance supervisor at mar-a-lago and this new indictment details the scheme to delete surveillance video at that resort. here to break down the new charges and reaction, nbc s garrett haake in our nation s capital, vaughn hillyard, near trump s bedminster home, renato mariotti, and laura jarrett. walk us through the new charges and what we know about this new defendant? we get three new charges here for the former president, two related to this obstruction plot that is alleged here, which also includes the new defendant, and a third related to another classif
for the first time. he s in the same city as vladimir putin. this is cnn news central. all right. we have breaking news. a grand jury spotting. this is at the federal courthouse in washington d.c. cnn has seen jurors and prosecutors who have been working on the case the investigation into donald trump surrounding the 2020 election. this is the first time we have seen them there this week. cnn s katelyn polantz joins us. with what could this mean? reporter: any time the federal grand jury looking into january 6th, any time they gather in the courthouse, at this time they could be asked to approve an indictment specifically one against the former president, donald trump. that s because 11 days ago, donald trump got the target letter from the justice department indicating to him that he was likely to be charged. you re right, the grand jury was not in earlier this week they met a couple on times last week and saw a couple different witnesses that they had spoken to through