so many missed out on one year ago. the director of the cdc testified in front of the senate where she said that guidance about summer camps will likely change depending on how many kids get their shots. i recognize that some parents want to sort of see how it goes first, but i m encouraging all parents to get their children vaccinated. some parents won t want to be first but i m encouraging children to ask for the vaccine. i have a 16-year-old myself and i can tell you, he wanted to get the vaccine. he wants his life back. so, recent kinds of family survey shows that only 30% of parents said that they would get their adolescent child vaccinated immediately. so, let s start there with dr. khan, the dean of the university of nebraska s medical center, college of public health, and the former director of the office of public health preparedness at the cdc. and doctor chris parnell, a fellow at the american college of preventive medicine. let s start with you, doctor. when
azovstal steel plant is supposed to begin today but there s already a snag. officials reporting that russian troops are blocking part of the complex. this is a site that has become something of a last line of defense for ukraine in that city. officials say that it was hit by 50 air strikes here in the last 24 hours and the situation is critical. in just a few moments we will hear from a ukrainian army commander who is inside of that plant and we re told that there are hundreds of people there, including dozens of children. the youngest of whom is just 4 months old. also breaking overnight, more signs of ukrainian counter strikes in areas controlled by russia or inside russia itself. a fuel depot attacked and set on fire in part of the donetsk region controlled by russian-backed forces. ukraine is not commenting on that. and the russians also claim a checkpoint in a village in kursk was hit by mortar fire. kursk is in russia near the border with ukraine. new images into
forces. and these new images show the aftermath of shelling in the area, at least 27 houses from one village were hit. keep in mind, those are houses, not military targets. russian curse words there describing what they re seeing in the sky. overnight, explosions rocking the city of kherson. russian officials claim it is impossible for ukraine to regain control there the u.n. secretary-general says it will be up to putin to end the war. he toured damage in ukraine this morning ahead of a meeting with president zelenskyy. i imagine my family in one of those houses. that is now destroyed and black. i see my granddaughters running away in panic, part of family eventually killed. this is one of the reasons president zelenskyy wanted guterres to visit ukraine before meeting with vladimir putin earlier this week. in the next hour, president biden is set to speak from the white house on u.s. support for ukraine. we ll bring that to you live. yeah, we expect new steps there.
retaliation. in a speech to legislators, he vowed counterstrikes on any nation that threatens russia. thee did not specify what those counterstrikes would be nor what might constitute a threat. but in poland and bulgaria, russia has shut off their pipelines for national gas. both countries failed to pay for deliveries in rubles as required. the west is interpreting it as retaliation for western support of ukraine defenses. bulgaria will get help from greece as it looks for long-term alternatives. german leaders predicting their country could be next, assured germans they could survive a cut-off at least through this coming winter. in eastern ukraine, russia is making measured ground advancements. they amass troops and weaponry to push a new front line in the donbas. this is a major departure from russia s initial invasion back in february when swift advances of tanks and convoys were thwarted by ukrainian defenses. and in mariupol, the city council said they have found a th
tonight gayle king and charles barkley are geet getting real on the top stories make sure to tune in to king charles tonight. u.s. response in the middle east as president joe biden vows to send a clear and forceful message to iran-backed militias. the u.s. now says it hit 85 targets linked to iranian backed proxy groups in iraq and syria overnight. iraqi officials claim the blast killed 16 people including civilians. the u.s. hopes to destroy the militant s capabilities or at least degrade them while they can while avoiding a broader conflict. but iran saying the u.s. has made a strategic mistake. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin said that this is just the beginning the u.s. central command said it struck six houthi cruise missiles in yemen earlier today as they continue to launch attacks against shipping in the red sea. orrin lieberman is live at the pentagon with the latest. what are you learning about this response last night? reporter: you can see here the needl