with gillian turner in the nation s capitol. gillian, good afternoon. hi, trace. a federal judge appointed by president trump just vacated the cdc s mask mandate. it applies to all public trans important hubs including train and bus stations, this decision has wide ranging implications for tens of millions of americans. it s a summer travel season. it s kicking in to gear. the judge writes, as you mentioned, the cdc failed to justify its decision and the mask mandate exceeds the cdc s statutory authority, violates the procedures required for agency rule making. last weekend, the biden administration extended the mandate for 15 days. it was slated to expire may 3. take a listen. the rise of the cases on severe disease and the assessment is that two weeks would give them additional time to do that. in march 21 states sued the biden administration seeking to have the mandate repealed. in congress, there s bipartisan opposition to nationwide mandates of any kind. this has
ship. several settlements in southern ukraine have come under heavy fire including from cluster bombs. russian forces are stepping up their attacks in the eastern part of the country. the ukrainian military is saying that vladimir putin, his troops, his army appears to be heavily shelling the area in the east. the donbas region ahead of a planned ground offensive. now new military aid including a dozen helicopters from the u.s. is going to start arriving in ukraine soon. that aid is including more heavy duty and sophisticated weaponry than previous shipments. u.s. has now offered more than $3 billion in military aid to ukraine. and russia is protesting those u.s. shipments. in a diplomatic note, they warn of unpredictable consequences if the support continues. we have correspondents bringing us latest. jasmine wright is reporting on the new weapons headed for ukraine from the u.s. matt rivers is live in lviv. and matt, let s start with you in lviv. ukrainian officials a
plus, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is proposing a prisoner swap with russia after capturing an ally of vladimir putin. we ll have more details on that just ahead. first, let s begin with cnn s jason carroll, in new york, you ve been following the story since it first broke in this broadcast some 24 hours ago. what is the latest on the police search for the person of interest, frank james? reporter: well, at this point the investigation is still very much focused on finding frank james, finding anyone out there who knows him, and might know where he is. a little bit more information about james, 62 years old, investigators say that some of the items that they found here at the scene of the shooting including keys to a rental u-haul van, they believe belonged to james. that u-haul van found not far from the scene at just a few miles from here, at a subway stop, that u-haul rental van rented in philadelphia. apparently james has addresses in philadelphia and wisco
all right. let s recap now what we hearing-imheard from the president. this is the nominee. first to you commissioner. your reaction to what you hearing-impaiheard from the context in the gun violence we watch across this country. i love what the president just talked about. a lot of very important angles. this is bigger than just banning those guns. it shows there s focus at the highest level. when he say get it done by summer, he s right. we all know the violent crime rises in the summer. job reentry programs. when people come out from jail that they have served their time, get them back to being productive in the communities. community policing. victor, the president hit a lot of solid points. p it s unbelievable that significant, important agency that is crucial to reducing violence hasn t gone without a solid appointed leader for so long. i love what he just talked about. love it. the challenge is a lot of it was aspirational. requires legislation. there s not goin
martha: with that, there s a new head of the atf as the president talk about a plan to go against ghost guns manufacturing. with that, good afternoon. i m martha maccallum at fox news head quarters in new york. here s the story unfolding right now. on the move, ukraine and russian forces are now scrambling. those little boxes there, that is the new moving convoy of russian troops as they pour reinforcements in to eastern ukraine. they re preparing for the wall street journal is called the largest battle of this war. they are positioning themselves to fight that in the donbas region. so that is a look at the images. a russian convoy eight miles long according to intelligence, heading to operation. we have seen that from mariupol to kiev and all over bucha, all of these regions. the retired major general has advised ukrainian soldiers over the years. he joins us in just a moment. first to mark meredith live at the pentagon with the back story on putin s new war chief. hi, m