the race stands at this hour. plus the nba player who took a stand quite literally from the national anthem. jonathan isaac of the orlando magic joins us to talk about his new book on the inside story of what was really happening in the nba. trace gallagher is on the case tonight. good evening, trace? reporter: the white house and the department of homeland security both noted today with a straight face that the dhs information board was shut down because of disinformation quoting the board has been grossly and intentionally mischaracterized. it was never about censorship or policing speech in any manner yet that was exactly the worry of so many republican lawmakers who felt the disinformation board or ministry of truth as many conservatives who refer to it wasn t nearly as concerned as foreign information threats as domestic opinions. utah republican senator mitt romney called the board a terrible idea that communicates to the world we are going to be spreading propaganda
successfully blocked a russian advance at a key river. you can see pontoon bridges destroyed. it s not entirely clear who blew them up. the ukrainians say it was them. russia almost three months into its invasion of ukraine. on friday, russia s top general finally accepted a call from lloyd austin. the first call in 84 days, the first since this war began. the pentagon says they spoke for an hour but gave no detail beyond saying the u.s. repeated its call for an immediate cease-fire and to keep the lines of communication open. so far, the kremlin has been silent. and at the old but destroyed azov steel factory on the coast, ukraine says, quote, difficult negotiations continue to evacuate the wounded soldiers holding out inside. let s get a closer look now at the bloody retreat of russian forces from kharkiv. cnn s nick pay ton walsh is there. charred, chewed, and malled, forgot earn kharkiv scars seem infinite. putin s troops breathing artillery fire down the neck of th
Early thursday morning. reporter: the guilty plea is remarkable as it s the first one of this war. keep in mind, ukrainians claim russians have committed thousands of war crimes since the invasion began. but in a ukrainian courtroom a 21-year-old russian tank commander admitted that he shot a 62-year-old man on a bicycle in the head. that s a tank commander. he and fellow soldiers abandoned their tank, stole a car and were trying to escape when they came upon the man on a bicycle. he was ordered to shoot the man to prevent him from reporting their location. his charges are violating the laws and customs of war and premeditated murder. the charge in guilty plea could impact the fate of the last fighters in the steel plant. after a long struggle, remaining fighters there are struggling. many are from the brigades which russia claims are far right extremists and nazis. russia made the allegation these fighters have committed war
Concern the victim could reveal the russian s position to the ukrainian forces. ukraine says it s investigating more than 11,000 war crimes cases which will make possible future perpetrators think twice. these precedents now can save lives of our ukrainian civilians on the south and eastern part of ukraine because these perpetrators who are now fighting will fear that we will find all of them. we will identify all of them, and we will start to prosecute all of them. the prosecutor says most of the 11,000 cases involve breaking what are called the laws and customs of war. general wesley clark is a cnn military analyst. good to have you back, general. let s start with the ukrainian
Grandmother were also killed in the attack, and 18 others were injured. president zelenskyy condemned the strike and promised to find and punish those responsible. quote, the war started when this baby was one month old, can you imagine what has happened? meanwhile, the city s regional prosecutor s office said it has started a criminal proceeding against russia for quote, a violation of the laws and customs of war, combined with pre-meditated murder. joining us now, live from lviv ukraine, nbc news foreign correspondent raf sanchez. raf, good morning. really glad you re here with us again today. this trip that austin and blinken today, conducted in secret, was rumored for weeks, and my colleagues and i look forward that u.s. officials were considering it, tell us a little bit more about what we learned about, what blinken and austin discussed and the possibility that president biden may follow in their footsteps and visit