yeah, and wolf, the ukrainians say it was seven missiles that hit an american sized mall, one of the biggest in southern ukraine. one person was killed but there almost surely would have been more if it weren t for the citywide curfew that kept the mall closed yesterday. also two hotels were hit. one owned by a pro-russian businessman, though it s not clear why or if it was the intended target. russia s bombing campaign in odesa comes just as the ukrainians make some progress in taking back territory around kharkiv. new drone video shows the moment a russian tank is destroyed just outside a village east of kharkiv. it s not clear when the video was taken, but it s an area where ukraine is launching a counteroffensive to retake occupied land. at the top of the frame is what s left of an evacuation convoy of civilians attempting to reach ukrainian held territory. video posted to social media on friday shows the convoy was fired on. cars are riddled with bullet holes. stroller
putting up russian road signs, erecting statues of soviet leaders. plus, good news on the american jobs front. more than 90% of the 22 million jobs lost in the height of the pandemic are back, but is that good news enough to offset the spiking inflation rate? this is cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start with breaking news in our politics lead. we have a brand-new cnn poll in the wake of that draft opinion leaking, that opinion that revealed the supreme court appears on the verge of striking down the landmark abortion decision roe v. wade, the 1973 decision has guaranteed constitutional protections for girls and women in the u.s. seeking an abortion for almost half a century. keep in mind, the abortion opinion leaked to politico is not final. it was only in draft form, yet of course, the news ignited rallies for and against abortion rights nationwide, and now tall fencing surrounds the entire perimeter of the u.s. supreme court in antic
covid around the world. turns out the suspected death toll is higher than reported. much higher. this is cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with breaking news in our money lead. a huge selloff on wall street today. the dow just closing down 1,059 points. the nasdaq and s&p also taking huge hits. the losses coming one day after big gains. let s get to cnn s richard quest, the host of quest means business. richard, what is behind the massive selloff? reality check, jake. the reality that the fed is going to have to raise rates, and maybe harder and faster than anybody thought, and that is going to slow the economy. now, many economists who said duh, we knew that was coming, why all the shock? the reason is because there had been a hope, a prayer, whatever, that they were going to get this soft landing. it s looking less likely now. and that means inflation will be remain high for the foreseeable future. we may see an uptick in unempl
to end their pregnancies. the supreme court s chief justice has confirmed the leaked draft opinion that would overturn roe v. wade is, in fact, authentic. that landmark rules has federally guaranteed safe and legal abortions for nearly a half century. and polls show a majority of americans support it. striking down roe would put states in charge of abortion laws and many would immediately enact their own bans. thousands of people right across the country have been protesting the court s likely decision, which we have to stress, again, is not final. the u.s. vice president called it, quote, a direct assault on freedom. now you at this very moment, roe v. wade remains the law of the land, but let s talk about what a world without roe looks like. women in almost half the country would see their access to abortion severely limited. in 13 of those states, women would lose access to abortion immediately and outright. let s take a look at some of the states she s referring to. t
of the fact that americans are looking for action be it on the economy or inflation, and that is why you see the president holding events like this one today where he is touting some of the progress the administration has made as the treasury department is estimating the federal deficit will fall by $1.5 trillion. now, the president is also making a play for senator joe manchin with all this talk about deficit reduction as joe manchin has repeatedly said that any economic agenda that passes through congress must reduce the deficit. take a listen to how president biden describes some of the progress that s been made and how he believes his economic agenda will ease some of those economic pressures. the bottom line is the deficit went up every year under my predecessor before the pandemic and during the pandemic, and it s gone down both years since i ve been here, period. they re the facts and why is it important? because bringing down the deficit is one way to ease inflation