zeldin. he was released just hours later. there is only one option. [shouting] the suspect climbs on the stage, rushes toward is zeldin and tries to hold him off. he was quickly tackled by others on stage. a witness describes the terrifying scene. went behind the stage and saw him as he began to approach congressman zeldin and so i stepped up onto the stage, saw the attacker try to get into zeldin s face and swing. i could see what looked like a razor, knife of some sort at the congressman. i tackled the attacker from the back and slammed him to the ground. thank goodness for that. team coverage. former assistant attorney andy mccarthy is standing by and first to david lee miller live from the new york city newsroom. this could have turned out a lot differently david lee. could have been a great deal worse. the man who allegedly attacked lee zeldin has been released without bail. just what zeldin predicted. he is running for governor of new york delivering a speech
this morning the wnba star brittney griner is in a moscow court for her first trial hearing, this after russian authorities accused her of smuggling drugs into the country. griner has already spent the last 130 days in a russian jail. officials have now extended her detention for six months pending the outcome of this trial. we should note the state department has said griner has been, quote, wrongfully detained. last night, cnn s abby phillip sat down with griner s wife for an exclusive interview. you ll hear part of that conversation in just a moment. back at home, though, new developments in the january 6th investigation. sources tell cnn that someone tried to influence the testimony of cassidy hutchinson, the former trump white house aide who shared damning details about what the former president was doing as the capitol attack unfolded. we ll have much more on that just ahead. we begin, though, this morning, in moscow. cnn s senior international correspondent frederik
house now. mj, let s start with this meeting happening right now. it s notable that only allies are joining this call. yeah. that s right. we are about to see president biden turn his attention to this news that absolutely rocked the country last week. of course, the supreme court s decision to overrule roe v. wade. this is a decision that the president himself had referred to as outrageous. what we are about to see moments from now is the president holding a virtual meeting with nine governors across the country. these are governors hailing from states that span the country all the way from the west coast to the east coast. i think we have a list of those governors. if you look there, governors from the states of new york, colorado, illinois. the state of washington. what we expect to see in this meeting is basically a discussion between the president and these governors on what the federal government can do to try to help these individual states as they try to work out wh
two secret service sources have confirmed to cnn that donald trump did angrily demand to be taken to the u.s. capitol as rioters, may i say, armed rioters, approached capitol hill and he berated his protective detail when he did not get his way. this is significant because it corroborates some of the testimony from cassidy hutchinson on tuesday which trump and his allies have been trying to discredit. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm, said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. we re going back to the west wing. we re not going to the capitol. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge towards bob by engel and when he recounted this story to me he had motioned towards his clavicles. let s start with the new reporting. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles has it. what are you learning? yeah, that s right, victor. this comes from two different sources within the se
life in america. a dream that came to a tragic end with dozens of others in the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. and we begin in ukraine, where a u.s.-supplied advanced weapon is reportedly starting to gain some traction on the battlefield. a senior u.s. defense official says ukraine has used the himaz multiple rocket launchers to take out russian rockets and other target. four of those are in use in ukraine, four more on their way. meanwhile, president zelenskyy accusing russia of terrorism following friday s missile strikes on a residential area near odesa. at least 21 people were killed, 40 others wounded. this as the u.s. announces a new batch of military aid for ukraine including those anti-aircraft missile systems. mr. zelenskyy saying the equipment will give ukraine a much much-needed boost. translator: i am especially grateful to the united states of america and personally to biden