the mayor says there are still hundreds of people that are sheltering inside of the dark, dank maze of the underground bunkers that are below that azovstal steel plant. they re still there including dozens of children. still, ukraine s foreign minister says despite russia s claim that it now has complete control of mariupol, the ukrainian soldiers, according to the foreign minister, are still holding their ground. holding their space in and around that steel plant. the russians did ramp up their attacks after more than 100 people actually were able to be taken from that plant after months in these very, very difficult conditions. mothers and children, older folks who have been hiding there for such a long time in complete darkness. we re starting to hear some of the stories of what it was like to be in there as families were terrified for their lives, hearing the strikes hitting again and again over their heads. jake. and the ukrainian military says russian forces are large
we re glad to be together on this couch. rachel: we are glad to be together. will: petition and i were talking, it s like we were talking in code and rachel s like i m not following. we were speaking in sports pet s metaphor. rachel: we do speak in code sometimes. we don t talk in code with you. we re grateful you re here, fourth hour of two days, four hours, we re in the home stretch. we have a lot of big news. rachel: we sure do. there s no bigger news in my house than our baby valentina turned 3 years old. she celebrated with a birthday dinner and we got her cake. she has come along way. she doesn t just have down s syndrome. she had a serious heart condition when she s was six months old, had open hearth surgery so we re so glad and i want to be put it up because so many viewers prayed so hard for her and her doctors during the surgery. she is doing great. she just started school. they start school for children with special needs with down s a little earlier so she s st
evacuation. why weren t residents in one county told to get out sooner? and is more tropical weather on the way? president biden set to visit the state this week. our rob marciano is standing by in hard-hit fort myers. developing overseas, ukrainian forces celebrate a stunning victory in a key city in the eastern donbas region. russian troops retreat just hours after vladimir putin claimed the city as part of russia. the setback raises fears that putin could resort to using a nuclear weapon. a former top u.s. general weighs in on what comes next. u.s. hostages freed. new details on the prisoner swap that brought seven americans home from venezuela and two convicted drug smugglers who were freed from an american prison. the deadly stampede at a soccer game. fans rush the field, police fire tear gas, at least 125 killed, including several teens attending their first game. the nfl is now updating its concussion protocols after two frightening injuries to the miami dolphi
in paris, arkansas, some people still do not have power, following strong storm under ant warning. it was miserably hot. all ud down all night because it was too hot. i sweat so bad. the heat also building in the northeast, new york, philadelphia, and boston are expected to see a heat index around 100 degrees today. this is serious heat and we re really concerned about those, particularly with pre-existing respiratory conditions. heat is the number one cause of weather related deaths in the u.s. one heat expert says if you have air conditioning, stay inside. but if you don t if they don t, to have windows open with a fan. to cool off their extremities, their feet, their hands in cool ice baths. put cold towels on the back of their necks. and to check on their friends, family, and neighbors. and there is no relief in sight. around 275 million americans expecting to see a high above 90 degrees. and more than 60 million people are expected to see a high at o
james lovelock who s died aged 103. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and eight in the evening in washington where a potential visit to taiwan by us house speaker nancy pelosi is stirring alarm in presidentjoe biden s administration. they fear the trip may cross red lines for china, and that there is no exit path. beijing, which claims sovereignty over the island, has already issued harsh warnings even suggesting a possible military response. against this backdrop, president biden is expected to call president xi on thursday for the first time in months. i asked bonnie glaser, drector of the asia program at the german marshall fund, what conversations could be taking place in washington. i think that there are different points of view in washington. there are republicans in congress that are urging speaker pelosi to go to taiwan and not to change her plans. there are people in the administration who are worried, however, that if speaker pelosi goes now that it could p