i m whitny wild. cnn this morning starts right now. morning, everyone. we re glad you re with us. it s thursday, december 29th. don is off this week. and ukraine is our lead story. under attack. more than 120 russian missiles launched at ukraine overnight. 90% of lviv this morning is without power. we ll take you to crane. here in the united states, thousands of air travelers are struggling to find their way home still. one major airport is launching an investigation into the meltdown at southwest airlines. and the death toll is rising once again in buffalo. the city s mayor now coming under fire for handling of that recovery and the storm. a new migrant processing center is going up in el paso, despite a supreme court decision to keep title 42 in place. we begin this hour with ukraine. president zelenskyy s adviser says russia has launched more than 120 missiles at the country. it happened overnight. a top official in odesa is calling it a massive missile attack in
documents seized from mar-a-lago. stand by. we have details. also tonight, former president trump lashes out at the january 6th select committee but doesn t reveal if he ll comply with the new subpoena from the committee. this as cnn obtains exclusive extended footage of congressional leaders trying to work around trump as they scrambled to secure the u.s. capitol during the riot. even after a week of deadly russian attacks, ukrainian forces are making major gains in the occupied kherson region, prompting russian officials to announce an evacuation. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news on the battle between the u.s. justice department and the trump team over that mar-a-lago special master. cnn s senior justice correspondent, evan perez, is working the developments for us. he s got the latest information. what ar
signed into law on friday. president biden also announcing in just the last hoursh more vaccine split in the u.s. ensures the u.s. will have more than enough supply to vaccinate the entire population. here s president biden moments ago in the latest push. we re now on track to have enough vaccine supply for every american adult by the end of may, month earlier than anyone expected. today i m directing, my hhs team, to produce another 100 million doses and perform another of the 100 million of the vaccine. this is wartime effort, we need maximum flexibility. there s always a chance we ll encounter unexpected challenges or will there be a new need for a vaccination effort? a lot can happen. a lot can change. we need to be prepared. of course, we need to match the manufacturing of science and massive logistical undertaking. the leading to approval number rarely seen in the legislative pushes by either pared. 75% of all americans are squarely behind the bill, but even with
january, this might not be happening at all. after a lot of democratic internal wrangling, the bill passed the senate over the weekend with exactly zero votes from the house. president biden said he would sign it as soon as he gets it, and the legislation could not be more urgently needed, as he indicated over the weekend. we took office 45 days ago. i promised the american people help was on the way. today i can say we ve taken one more giant step forward in delivering on that promise, that help was on the way. today the white house said the $1400 checks included in the plan could start going out by the end of the month. make no mistake, this bill is massive. it stands to help millions and millions of americans who have been economically crippled by a near year-long pandemic. the bill spends most of the money on the american people, describing it as the most generous form of aid ever going out. more than 93% of children, 69 million, would receive benefits under the plan.
the most shockingly aggressive rescue bill of my lifetime is very likely to be signed into law. saturday after an all-night session, senate democrats passed the $1.9 trillion covid relief package in a strict party line vote. because senators made some changes to the bill, it now has to go back to the democratic controlled house which is expected to pass the identical senate version this week, possibly as early as tomorrow. so the bill would then go to the president, president biden for his signature. we re in the early part of march. not the 100-day marker yet. this is an incredible victory for both the country, the biden administrationings the democratic party which held together. they didn t get a vote in either house. they tried to break the party apart. that s bryns did by forcing tough votes on amendments and arguing against the bill in public. democrats won. and as a result, a lot of people s lives are going to get better. by passing this plan we would have delivered