All right. Laura coates live starts right now hello and welcome to our viewers, joining us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. Im Rosemary Church just ahead from a virtual unknown to subnational prominence, minnesota governor Tim Walz is tapped to join the democratic ticket as Kamala House is running mode, we will have the reaction to her pick from both democrats and Republicans Uncertainty and fear gripped the Middle East as israel prepares for a retaliatory strike from iran. And the u. S. And its allies raced to avert an allout war. Plus thousands of police are deployed across the uk following a week of violent Farright Riot and the protests are only expected to continue as the country grapples with the worst disorder in more than a decade live from atlanta this is Cnn Newsroom with Rosemarie Church with us will in just two short weeks, the two Term Governor of minnesota has gone from relative obscurity to national prominence. And now Tim Walz is officially u
Zelenskyy in kyiv expressing hope that russia will be wea weakened by its brutal invasion. Our team is standing by at key locations for cnns live global war coverage. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and Around The World. Im wolf blitzer and youre in the Situation Room. Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. Theres Breaking News this hour on heavy, very heavy fighting in Eastern Ukraine right now, part of russias major new offensive in the region. Theres new drone video just in that shows there isnt much left of a small village near luhansk. A ukrainian official says it was decimated by repeated russian air strikes as kremlin forces are in his words razing everything to the ground. Were also following new comments by russias Foreign Minister about the war and the kremlins nuclear stance. Lets go to cnns chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto. Hes joining us live from ukraine. Hours after two u. S. Cabinet secretaries visited the capital of kyiv, we hear
navigate challenges in the coming years. over the past three years, as chief of staff of the air force, general brown has become known for his signature approach, accelerate, change, or lose. accelerate, change or lose. general, you re right on. as i ve often said, our world is at an inflection point, where the decisions we make today are going to determine the course of our world for decades to come, and to keep america and people safe, prosperous and secure, we have to move fast and adapt quickly, we have to maintain a combat ready force capable of defeating any potential threat, and we have to manage our competition with china and meet the reality of renewed aggression in europe. we need to make sure we retain our competitive edge in an age where emerging technologies like ai to 3d printing could change the character of conflict. with general brown as chairman, i know i ll be able to rely on his advice as a military strategist and as a leader of military innovation, dedica
me. i m fredricka whitfield. armed and dangerous. that s how police in texas are describing a suspect in a horrific mass shooting. 38-year-old francisco orapeza has not been seen since friday night s attack in cleveland, texas. investigators say he opened fire on his neighbors when they asked him to stop shooting his rifle outside so that their baby could sleep. five people were killed, including an 8-year-old. cnn s ed lavendera is there in cleveland, texas. ed, where does this manhunt stand right now? reporter: we haven t gotten any updates from law enforcement. the fbi has taken over this investigation and obviously multiple numbers of agencies, law enforcement agencies here in the state of texas continue ing the search for 32-year-old francisco oropeza. there have been several pictures put out of him, as they are urging the public to call in if they have any sightings of him. at this point, it s not clear where he might be if he s in this area or has been able to get fa