deliveries, prime minister boris johnson is assisting there s no supply crisis and he is not worried. let s begin in france ran it independent inquiry has revealed the scale of sexual abuse by the catholic church. it found that 216,000 children had been abused by priests and clergy in the last 70 years. inquiry found abusers were protected by a veil of silence and that the church showed cruel indifference to the victims. francoise was abused himself and now the head of the victims association. translation: m0 the head of the victims association. translation: the head of the victims association. translation: ., . ., , , , translation: no culture has been up to sto this translation: no culture has been up to stop this church translation: no culture has been up to stop this church with translation: no culture has been up to stop this church with the translation: no culture has been up to stop this church with the regard - to stop this church with the regard to stop this c
ukrainians are, quote, not thinking about comfort, they re thinking about mere survival. his city fell back in early march. so far u.s. defense officials watching the battlefield see no major russian territorial gains in the donbas region to ukraine s east. we are, though, seeing destruction like this in major cities as russia steps up shelling across the east. and ukrainian soldiers are fortifying luhansk, the military governor there tells cnn 80% of his region s territory is under the control of russian forces and he says they re not stopping. the whole of luhansk territory is being shelled. there is no safe town. we understand that the russian government is going to push ahead and going to destroy everything on its path. let s get the latest now on the ground from cnn s matt rivers who is live for us in lviv. what s the latest? reporter: they say they will destroy everything in their path but that s whatever ukrainian forces, i guess, allow them to do based on their
this is cnn breaking news. hello, everyone. thank you very much for joining me this sunday i m fredericka whitfield and we begin with this breaking news. three u.s. troops were killed and two dozen more injured in a drone attack on a small u.s. outpost in jordan near the border with syria and iraq. u.s. officials say the drone landed near the living quarters at the base. this is the first time u.s. troops have been killed by enemy fire in the middle east since war erupted in gaza october 7th and it marks a significant escalation in an already precarious situation in the region. president biden reacting a short time ago vowing the u.s. will hold those responsible to account. we have full coverage of this breaking story pf natasha bertrand is in washington, kevin l liptak is at the white house and natasha, what are we learning about the attack? fredericka, this was know extremely significant attack and it was done by a one-way attack drone and hit the living quarter
we ll go over what exactly happened and what it could mean for putin s leadership as well as the war in ukraine. plus, republicans continue to veer toward an electoral cliff, backing former president trump despite his mounting legal challenges, even as many voters are deeply disturbed by his multiple indictments. perhaps that s why president biden is leading trump in a 2024 matchup. and a year after the supreme court stripped away abortion rights, the high court s approval rating is in the basement at just 31%. we re breaking down the new poll numbers just ahead. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, june 26th. joe is off this morning. we begin with this weekend s developing news out of russia, where the head of the mercenary group, wagner, launched the most direct challenge to vladimir putin s grip on power in his 19 years as president. it started on friday when yevgeny prigozhin, the leader of a private army, posted a video to social media. in it, h
office report. we have team coverage on tonight s top story greg palkot and kyiv lucas thomas at the white house often and just file army lieutenant colonel briggs senior affairs correspondent greg palkot in kyiv. looks like russian president vladimir putin is back from the brink after this wild weekend. there was damage done in questions unanswered. the wagner group mercenary fighters left the russian city which they had taken over. as well as going back from close to moscow supposedly heading to camps in ukraine their future unclear. their boss fence you left as well but is his anger with the russian military that is running the war that triggered this attempted armed uprising. only to be defused in the deal that all get off the hook still prigozhin had that of his complaint answer he was sent to belarus but no confirmation he is there. is also to make an appearance since the bone sees the week including hired fighters running rampant through his country seem to have da