into former president trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. former vice president mike pence appears before a federal grand jury offering what could be critical testimony about trump s role in the january 6th capitol attack. and as pence was testifying the former president took his 2024 campaign to new hampshire. trump ignore his legal troubles and instead focused his attacks on president biden and other potential white house opponents. and also breaking this morning, russia launches new attacks across ukraine hitting a residential building in the central part of the country and killing at least a dozen people. we ll have the very latest on the fighting overseas. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, april 28th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin with big news from here in the nation s capitol. former vice president mike pence has testified before the federal grand jury investigating the january 6th insurr
There are three americans detained in iran. this isn t a massive blow to fsb officers but it s laying down a marker the united states isn t going to accept this, and it s the beginning i hope of a long-term strategy to create a cost. you cannot grab an innocent american and hold them in your jail system for months at a time and expect to simply get away with it. and david, lastly we mentioned earlier in the show that russia launched missile strikes in ukraine, first time they ve hit in kyiv in nearly two months. and that comes as the world is waiting for this much telegraphed ukraine counter offensive. what s your quick analysis tuesday the state of that conflict right now? you re right, it s all about this new offensive. and if russia can hold off this ukrainian counter simply not lose much ground, a devastating hit for ukraine, and for ukraine to agree to some kind of settlement. you know, ukrainians surprised the world over and over again.