Seen. Also, the questions, what sparked the inferno. Caught on camera, downed power lines, was that the cause . Were learning more names tonight of the victims. Our team in hawaii. The Fulton County d. A. Proposing a march 2024 date for Donald Trumps trial in georgia. Will the judge agree . The police raid on a small kansas paper that drew national outrage. Why the prosecutor now says hes withdrawing the warrant and telling police to give everything back. Could charges be refiled against alec baldwin for the deadly rust shooting . What the prosecutor said today. The battle over The Blind Side, the Family Firing back after the Football Star At The Center of the movie said they didnt really adopt him. Nbc news investigates. The danger of abandoned oil and gas wells, and could they be connected to that Pennsylvania House explosion . And Baseball Players wanted. The mlbs search for the next generation of stars. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, and welcome,
happening now, rescues are under way after another deadly russian missile strike in eastern ukraine. local officials accusing russian forces of deliberately targeting crowded civilian areas right in the center of this city. in russia tonight vladimir putin is attempting to show strength after the mutiny by wagner mercenaries. this, as we have a new satellite image suggesting the wagner chief is indeed in exile right now in belarus. and donald trump is now responding to the audio obtained exclusively by cnn in which he acknowledges having secret documents he did not declassify. stand by to hear the recordings and what trump is saying now. welcome to our viewers here in the united states. and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin in ukraine with the new russian missile strike on a very crowded city center, the death toll now up to at least four, including a baby, and more than 40 injured. cnn s ben wedeman is joining us now live from
thank you for your time. the ron desantis wait is almost over. sources saying the paperwork will be filed next week. his how to beat trump battle p plan is a blizzard on abortion, guns and transgender rights. plus the paper trail punctures a donald trump defense. new reporting reveals the special counsel will soon have his hands on 16 records that show, yes, the former president and his advisers knew how the declassification process was supposed to work. and president biden is in japan for a meeting of the world s leading economies. peers want assurances the political divide over the debt ceiling won t lead to a global financial mess. and we have new reporting on relationship between the president and speaker mccarthy. we re not there. we haven t greened to anything yet. and i think we have a structure now. and everybody is working hard. and we re working two or three times a a day and going back and getting more numbers. i have the greatest respect. they are exceptiona
hello and a warm welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world, i m paula newton ahead right here on cnn newsroom. the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. 15 ballot votes later, and kevin mccarthy is finally the new speaker of the house. when you look at all the drama and of course the historical background of this long battle. and new details on the group of murder investigation in idaho. look at the painstaking hunt that finally led the suspects to capture. plus, cnn s andy scholes joins us here live on the set to discuss damar hamlin s remarkable recovery and what he said to his buffalo bills team. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. so it took 15 ballots and an evening of high drama, but kevin mccarthy finally secured enough votes to become speaker of the house. never in modern times has
watching in the united states, and around the world, i m anna coren. this hour on cnn newsroom, we are seeing millions of people across america casting their vote in the midterms and election day is more than two weeks away. coming up, why so many are voting early this year. and former british prime minister boris johnson could be vying for his old job. ahead, why the tories may support the boris or bust campaign. we re live from london. and later the symptoms of the viral respiratory illness known as rsv that parents need to be aware of and what to do if their child has it. in just over two weeks u.s. voters will head to the polls and determine which party will control the house and senate. with so much at stake politicians have been hitting the campaign trail with urgency trying to clinch dozens of seats up for grabs. 218 seats are needed to control the house. right now it looks like republicans have a slight lead with 212 likely wins. in the senate three seats are