hello again. thank you for joining me again. i m fredricka whitfield. russia said it will suspend its participation in the grain export deal with ukraine. ukraine s foreign minister telling russia to stop its hunger games . nic robertson is in kyiv. nic, what s the significance of this move? reporter: this is very significant. russia says it has suspended the deal for an indefinite period. this was a deal that was struck by the u.n., two parallel deals, one with ukraine and one with russia, at the end of july. and it was struck because, since russia invaded ukraine, all the grain that ukraine produces, and it produces a lot for the world, was stuck in its ports on the black sea, piling up, nowhere to go. and the third world countries this grain was destined for desperately short of food. the prices were going up. after the deal was struck, the anticipation was about 20 million tons of grain could be shipped out of ukraine to these third world and other countries. now, wh
struggling to recover more than a week after hurricane ian devastated parts of the state. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. we begin with multiple development in ukraine that are unfolding right now. first, a fuel tanker exploded on a strategic and symbolic bridge linking russia with the crimean peninsula. the blast sparked a fire which emergency crews are trying to put out, according to pro russian officials. now they also say that two spans of the road to the bridge have collapsed. the 11-mile span is the longest in europe, and it was built after russia claimed its annexation of crimea in 2014. now on top of that, we re getting reports of a fire in ukraine s second largest city following a russian rocket strike. the mayor of kharkiv said the city was hit by several rockets causing flames to spread at a local medical facility. he says officials are still checking if there are any casualties. so stay with cnn for updates on both of those stories. meanwhile,
stunning new numbers about just how many migrants border patrol has released back into the united states. now they are in a backlogged system, sometimes in the u.s. waiting to find out their fate for years. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, destruction and failure as president zelenskyy warns that putin is potentially preparing to go nuclear. it is because of video like this russian tanks and other fighting vehicles you can see all destroyed in ukraine s lightning-fast advance in the east. ukrainian president zelenskyy saying today that ukrainian forces have liberated nearly 1,000 square miles in this offensive. and you can see the destruction that happened in that wake. that destruction tonight is actually forcing russian cities like st. petersburg to cancel a celebration. we are learning that those soldiers have literally been living in pig stys in occupied parts of ukraine. this was a village pig shed that became home to those russia
Would rather live in tents on one issue i was really excited to return to my home and see it now when i see it in this state i wish id never come back but this was iraqs second largest city founded thousands of years ago and its been a pillar of free legion architecture and culture ever since its reconstruction will never be the same if it even happens and its population will be massively diminished official sources the iraqis in the us have all three understated the sheer volume of civilians suffering and death a thousand they said investigative journalists put the figure around ten thousand a Senior Health chief in mosul who didnt want to be filmed told us the number is much higher. This book alone contains the names of seven thousand dead victims i have four or five of these every day we got two or three more bodies victims of new explosions it will take tens of billions of dollars to rebuild mosul alone and there is a more pressing issue to deal with first the bodies the iraqis hop
Introduce tonight speaker eric byrnes. He is a former correspondent for nbc news and the today show. He served as host of the toprated fox news watch for 10 years. He is the recipient of an emmy award for media criticism. He is the author of many books including 1920 the year that make the decade roar, and the golden lad the haunting story of quentin and Theodore Roosevelt. 1920 was named as one of the best nonfiction books published in 2015. It is a great pleasure for me to present to you eric burns. [applause] mr. Burns thank you louise, and thank you to those who applauded. It says in the printed information you have that im going to speak about two books tonight. The golden lad and 1920. Even i would get tired of me if i was speaking about two books. It is just this im talking about. In my library at home i have about 12 biographies of Theodore Roosevelt. And this is just one of them. This is a three volume biography of roosevelt. Its by edmund morris. I want to show you the half o