The Situation Room. And we begin with the Breaking News, the pentagon just announcing that some 3,000 u. S. Troops will be deployed to the afghan capital within 48 hours to help americans leave as taliban forces seize more territory. Were covering all angles of the story with Cnn Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward on the ground in Kabul And Cnn seen for white House Correspondent Phil mattingly over at the White House but first lets start with Cnn Pentagon Correspondent orrin liebman. The situation in afghanistan is clearly deteriorating rapidly. What have you learned about the mission for these 3,000 u. S. Troops . The taliban has swept and gained control of 12 provincial capitals with an advance that clearly has momentum as they move forward here. The u. S. Is sending in 3,000 additional troops specifically to Hamid Karzai international airport. That is the International Gateway To Kabul to secure the airport and to assist in the evacuation or partial drawdown of some sta
he said send them quickly and they ll be prepared. also, a sharp rebuke of the biden administration s travel mask mandate. a federal judge s ruling that could end the days of masks required on planes, trains, and public transportation. hello. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown. jake tapper is off today. we begin in mariupol, ukraine, described as hell on earth by one ukrainian marine commander. in an open letter to the pope adding, the time has come when praying is not enough. ukrainian forces in the besieged city rejecting the deadline to surrender to the russians. a local official says russian forces plan to seal the city off from entry or exit. russian troops also battering the city in luhansk, part of the donbas. a ukrainian official says the town has been lost amid heavy fighting there. not even western ukraine was spared today. this airborne russian missile was one of at left a four to hit the western city of lviv. as matt rivers reports, the strikes killed at le
united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom. a search for answers in allen texas as investigators try to piece together a motive for saturday s mass shooting. we are learning new details about how the rampage unfolded. and explosions light up the skyline over gaza as israeli forces launch a wave of targeted airstrikes. we will have a live report from israel just ahead. plus, more rain on putin s victory day parade. as russia prepares to mark one of its most important holidays. signs of an actual victory on the battlefield are few and far between. thank you for being with us, here in the united states, a pair of tragedies has put a spotlight on two of the country s most divisive issues. guns and immigration. in allen texas, a mass shooting that killed eight people has devastated an entire community. and it has reignited the fierce debate about gun reform in america. to the south, the border town of brownsville is also coping with t
The Mayfield Heights Police Department has arrested a 39-year-old man from Cleveland Heights in connection with the Dec. 29 shooting that occurred on Chelmsford Road. According to a post on the department’s Facebook page, a search warrant was conducted at the suspect’s residence where a .40-caliber handgun was recovered. Forensic crime lab testing confirmed the […]
Corner, making his way west. continuing to fire at shoppers scrambling to make sense of the chaos. we have got reports of multiple victims. one victim we have report it is going to be in francesco s with a gunshot wound to the chest. he was literally shooting his gun in any direction. at this, point the sugar has moved several hundred yards through the parking lot. the allen police officer has closed in. shooting and killing the suspect, in front of fat burger restaurant inside, tiffany gibson cannot believe that the ordeal is over. witnesses telling cnn that this picture was taken at 3:40 pm. roughly ten minutes after the gunman started the deadly rampage. so the main house shooting is there on the ground? yes, police shot him. they shot him. the picture i showed. he has multiple they shot him in the head and chest. he was laying on his back. did you see this person walking around the parking lot?