sandra: we look forward to that. chief justice john roberts confirming an unprecedented breach of the court. a leaked draft opinion on roe v. wade to end nearly 50 years on precedent on abortion in america. i m sandra smith in new york. great to have you back. john: good to be back, i m the other john roberts in washington. chief justice roberts saying he has directed the marshal of the court to find the source of the leak. each state would have full authority to decide laws on abortion themselves. sandra: right now the opinion is just a draft and not final as the chief justice reminded everyone through a statement this morning until p published by the somebody. moments ago senate majority leader chuck schumer spoke on the steps of the capitol. if the report is accurate, abomination, one of the worst ever in modern history. of course, republicans have sought this outcome for years so you would think they would be celebrating such a decision but they are aren t. no, th
bombing attack in mariupol, hitting a military hospital yesterday. hundreds of civilians and fighters remain trapped in the city in dire conditions with no way out. willy joseph cancel, a u.s. marine veteran, has been killed while fighting in ukraine. his family telling cnn he was working for a private military company since mid-march. ned price will join us in just a moment. we begin with kelly cobiella. reporter: the russian defense ministry said those strikes on kyiv were targeting military facilities, an aerospace facility and other military targets. this is what we hear. it s what we heard in odesa when the apartment building was hit. the russians are targeting military sites, not residential. but what we know is that an apartment building was also hit. it was a 25-story apartment building, hit in the lower floors. as rescuers were going through the rubble today, they did discover a victim, a woman journalist who worked for liberty europe in kyiv. there have been casua
this was the first time high-level u.s. officials visited ukraine since the russian invasion. the meeting with president zelenskyy lasted 90 minutes, major announcements include that the u.s. will send diplomats back to ukraine for the first time since they were pulled out for safety just after putin launched this war. the president will nominate a new ambassador to ukraine, bridgette brink, who is the current ambassador to slovakia. also, decidedly different language from the secretaries about the future of the war. in terms of our their ability to win, the first step in winning is believing that you can win and so they believe that we can win, we believe that we can win they can win if they have the right equipment, the right support and we re going to do everything we can, continue to do everything we can to ensure that that gets there. we don t know how the rest of this war will unfold, but we do know that a sovereign, independent ukraine will be around a lot long
and we begin this very busy hour with new attacks across leave. russia launched a series of cruise missiles into the city in the nation s western region this morning. nbc news cannot independently verify the death toll there, but nbc s ali arouzi was in lviv when those strikes hit. that was ant plane. that was a cruise missile. wait for one more. they fire them in 30-second intervals. smoke! stand by. three cruise missile, caliber stand by. five, six, eight, nine, ten, 11, 12 there s the smoke. there s the smoke. that s three. so three cruise missiles. yeah. stand by. also in the past 24 hours, ukrainian fighters in mariupol are refusing to surrender as russia claims it is close to seizing the key port city. i would like to warn our viewers the video you re about to see is graphic and disturbing. the situation in mariupol growing more dire by the day. inside the city, bodies covered in blankets, lining the road. some are placed into makeshift graves with hand-wr