days. we have new video to show you, bakhmut getting absolutely pummeled in shelling. this shows the devastating toll the war has taken on this city in particular the past year. this as ukraine prepares for the counteroffensive to try to reclaim occupied land. sam kiley joins us from eastern ukraine. sam, good morning. reporter: hey, poppy. what can you tell us? reporter: oh, sorry. there is a rather heavy wind condition here, so difficult to pick you up. but i think the main thaing to take away from this latest wave of attack by cruise missiles, surface-to-surface missiles, the full pan alpy of missile technology fired by the russians is once again they are trying to soak up the air defenses of the ukrainians and expose vulner blts such as they could find in ke kyiv. 30 miles an hour filed, 29 the ukrainians claim to have shot down 29 out of 30. either a missile or debris of a missile hit the southern port city of odessa killing one person. three people were killed the
[chanting] as a parent, i do not agree with these political theories being taught to my children. [chanting] they will never stop pushing this radical agendas. parents, we will not sleep either. [chanting] we need to get away from all of this indoctrination and gets back to teaching! john: parents around the country pushing back on what is being taught to their children and purists over the damage to kids education. closing classrooms during the pandemic. hello i m john roberts welcome party. good to be with you gillian turner and for sandra smith and those concerned parents are directing outrage during the teachers union accusing them of failing to put kids first. the biden administration remains closely aligned with that union. john: in fact, copresident in person expected in moments from now to address the teachers union and the national education association or nea a group of republicans in congress trying to strip. they accuse the units of a woke ideology. th
centers and churches across the country. the pro abortion group jane s revenge is behind many of these targeted attacks. the group is now apparently declaring open season on pro lifers. the attorney general a facing growing criticism for the doj s inaction. and now tom cotton is calling for merrick garland to resign. he said if you re unwilling to protect americans from these attacks, you should resign. he said you should resign in any case. now the doj is taking action. they re now investigating these crimes. rob, since may 2020, over 130 incidents have occurred across 29 states and the direct of columbia. this is out of control. until now, dead silence from the attorney general. yeah, i think that we have so sort of draw a direct line between what is going on now and 2020. we re two years out of the summer of love. remember when rioters destroyed cities across the country? this inaction emboldened them. even so far kamala harris tweeting out a bail fund to bail out th
Situation room. The lead with jake tapper starts right now cnns Breaking News welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We are following Breaking News out of Donald Trumps Hush Money Cover Up Trial in New York City were right, this i mean, it Michael Cohen is facing an incredibly aggressive crossexamination so far, trump attorney todd blanche has gotten cohen to confirm that he wants to see trump convicted in this case, that he makes money off of his antitrump social media posts and even sells merchandise showing trump in jail. Earlier today, prosecutors had cohen explained why he felt there was the Pressure Campaign to keep him from turning against trump. And how and why he eventually flipped from a loyal confidant to a cooperating witness. Prosecutors also tried to get ahead of the defense by having cohen admit to multiple lines. He has previously told including his plea of not guilty his plea of guilty to the tax charges the sent him to prison cohen also owned up to the fact that he lied