gains but plenty and mounting destruction. smoke and flames trailing a key rail hub that connects kharkiv to donetsk. elsewhere in donetsk, a field depot fire. today russia accusing ukraine of sending mortars across the border. away from the frontline in the capital, kyiv, air raid sirens after weeks without them. this a aftermath of a russian barrage that pummelled the cities hours after the united nations secretary general met there with ukraine s president. in mariupol it remains literally a life or death waiting game. conditions are crumbling with every passing hour. the city s mayor puts it bluntly. quote, the mariupol is hell, or places are worse. a field commander worries they cannot survive another direct hit. translator: yesterday was a heavy strike on a direct hit on the field hospital that is situated inside the steel plant. and the operating theater was hit directly. and all the surgical equipment, everything that is necessary to perform surgery has been destroy
manhattan da s investigation no one is above the law that is the defining principle of the republic and has been the case for 247 years it s another example of two tier system. it s outrageous, and ther is no too low i can t reach. every time you think he ha bottomed out, he goes even further. i think he s building a lot of sympathy for the former president. i think the fact i was wit coffee this morning with folks none of them were big trum supporters and they all said, they felt like he was being attacked also this hour, we are just hours away from a meeting that has the u.s. and the world o edge russian president vladimi putin and his chines counterpart, xi jinping, later this hour i will talk to congressman seth moulton about the threat of unified russia and china. as another state targets the abortion pill, we will look at what may be the next big hop for abortion rights advocate in ohio. more on that ahead, but we wil start with breaking news tha attorney robe
crab walked his way out of prison right under the guard s nose. to those of you here in the united states and around the world, welcome to early start. i m david culver. we want to start you off with the sprawling georgia election interference case starting to take shape and playing out on camera. wednesday a televised hearing addressed how the trial will be scheduled. judge scott mcafee says he is skeptical about the d.a. s plan to try all 19 co-defendants in october. prosecutors also revealing that they expect the case to last about four months. as they call more than 150 witnesses to the stand. cnn s paula reid starts us off. based on what has been presented today, i m not finding the severance from mr. chesebro or powell is necessary to receive a fair determination of the guilt or innocence for either different in this case. reporter: judge scott mcafee in court wednesday giving the first glimpse into how he plans to handle the sweeping election subversion case in g
Attempting to take on remember we saw china hosted those peac talks between iran and saudi arabia now they are puttin themselves in the middle o this supposed peace plan between ukraine and russia kirby saying any sort of cease-fire that is expected to come out of that peace pla would not be recognized by the u.s., unless ukraine ends this war with the same amount o land it started with essentially saying any sort of cease-fire right now would loc in any land gains by russia. therefore, it would be a nonstarter from the u.s. perspective. kirby also said that if chin is sincere in its goals fo peace here that it should also give ukraine and president zelenskyy the same amount of time and attention and effor for coordination that it i giving russia and presiden putin. we do know that presiden zelenskyy has said he s open t having a call or meeting wit president xi we know the ukrainian, top ukrainian in chinese officials have spoken.