here. [ chants ] officials in washington brace for more protests following the leaked draft supreme court opinion that would strike down roe versus wade. the security concerns and how a vote to codify the legislation is expected to play out next week. i don t want anybody turning on the faucet and not have water. mandatory water restrictions coming for millions in the west. the dire warnings from officials and why they say waiting to act isn t an option. and it s derby day. the first leg of the triple crown kicks off today. we re at churchill downs with you. newsroom starts right now. want to wish you a good saturday morning. it is may 7th. we are so grateful for your company. i m christi paul. and i m in more boris sanchez. are you in the cnn newsroom. we are beginning with the race to rescue civilians from the battered steel plant in southeastern ukraine in the city of mariupol. we have learned that within the last half hour there have been evacuations resum
germany. also, china, the pandemic and the olympics. beijing s zero covid policy appears to be quite successful so far, but is it a ticking time bomb with covid ready to explode across the world s most populous nation? i will be joined by one of america s top medical experts, ezekiel emanuel. finally, beirut was once called the paris of the middle east, today lebanon s currency has lost more than 90% of its value, food prices are devastatingly high, up 600%. it is a failed state. a new world bank report is brutally honest about the reason. we will tell you who gets the blame. but first, here is my take. only one person knows whether the ukraine crisis will lead to war, the man who started it, vladimir putin. but so far the biden administration has reacted to putin s military escalation intelligently, with an appropriate mix of deterrents and diplomacy. it has rallied european countries to stay together, provided more weapons to ukraine, and put some troops on heightened
should russia choose it. could it work? can invasion be avoided? i will talk to experts on the ground in ukraine, russia and germany. also, china, the pandemic and the olympics. beijing s zero covid policy appears to be quite successful so far, but is it a ticking time bomb with covid ready to explode across the world s most populous nation? i will be joined by one of america s top medical experts, ezekiel emanuel. finally, beirut was once called the paris of the middle east, today lebanon s currency has lost more than 90% of its value, food prices are devastatingly high, up 600%. it is a failed state. a new world bank report is brutally honest about the reason. we will tell you who gets the blame. but first, here is my take. only one person knows whether the ukraine crisis will lead to war, the man who started it, vladimir putin. but so far the biden administration has reacted to putin s military escalation intelligently, with an appropriate mix of deterrents and dip
john roberts in washington and so begins another week, sandra. sandra: sets us up for an exciting afternoon. i m sandra smith in new york. the former director of national intelligence john ratcliffe said he had no knowledge of the sky establishment in 2019. were you aware of the cuba spy center? there wasn t one, maria, this kind of surveillance platform was present and allowed is just absurd. john: the china spy base is only about 100 miles from american shores and according to reports, it lets china eavesdrop on everything from phone calls and emails to communications within the u.s. military. sandra: florida congressman mike waltz how the u.s. should stop china from expanding the global footprint. gillian turner, what s the latest? gillian: secretary of state tony blinken wrapped a presser in which he appeared to confirm china has been operating a spy base inside cuba or trying to and it is part of this broader effort by the communist party to ramp up espionage
heard much from the prime minister. but you should know he s running for prime minister. my fingers are crossed because we need a strong israel. and he has written a book that is so fantastic it is called beebe my story. it is his real story it s america s story. it s a world story. it s a narrative where he walks through from early in life up to really current day. it s very fascinating. interesting the interaction with various american presidents and secretaries of state. i went to start not at the beginning mr. prime minister i went to start with something that is existenial to both of our countries. that is the regime in iran. now, president trump pretty much at his foot on the throat of this regime. he got rid of the deal the obama administration had negotiated. president biden is begging the same regime to sign something, anything. even though the regime keeps thumbing its nose at the united states and is working at breakneck speed to get their nukes, what do you make o