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good saturday morning. it is april 29th. good to have you along. i m victor blackwell. i m amara walker. you re in the cnn newsroom. we begin with ukraine and a deadly russian missile strike on an apartment complex. the attack killed almost two dozen people, including six children. and it s believed to be the deadliest strike on civilians since january. it happened 4:00 a.m. local time when most people were asleep. ukraine s air force says russia fired a barrage of long range cruise missiles from the aircraft in the caspian sea area. president volodymyr zelenskyy says his forces shot down 21 of the 23 missiles fired. cnn s nic robertson has been on the scene since shortly after the strike, joining us now from uman, ukraine. hi, nic. what s the latest there? it is bad news from here. the death toll is now 25. you can see the recovery efforts still going on. but this is really just pulling out the debris, getting that off the site here. and we ve been talking with firef
you re watching cnn newsroom and church just ahead. the hours to come, could see one of two democratic lawmakers in tennessee expelled over a gun before protests reclaim his seat will explain how and what else supporters are planning. another state is making it harder for women to get abortions. details plus a look at what s likely to happen, or pair of conflicting court decisions over a popular abortion drug, plus highly classified pentagon documents leaked on social media sites this hour, one ally the us apparently has been spying on says it wants to talk. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us, and we begin here in the united states were officials in nashville, tennessee, are set to determine the fate of expelled democratic state lawmaker justin jones. in the coming hours. the nashville metro council will vote on whether to reinstate him back into the states house of representatives. jones was one of two black lawmakers ex
the lies continue. this time george santos caught making up a story about his mother being in the south tower on 9/11, this as republicans reward him in congress. emergency measures are in place today as the nation is hitting its debt limit. why congress may be playing with fire. a warning to vladimir putin. ukraine s president said his country will take by crimea. will alec baldwin be charged the killing of a shooting onset? we ll discuss. cnn this morning starts now. we begin with yet another apparent lie from george santos, a republican congressman from new york who fabricated just about everything on his resume. he s been caught lying about his late mother. santos long claimed his mother was in the south tower of the world trade center on 9/11 and later died from cancer. new immigration records confirm santos mother was in brazil and never in the u.s. and now a navy veteran from new jersey is accusing santos of stealing $3,000 from a gofundme account. santos de
pelosi s husband. details, plus a look at concerns that politically motivated violence is becoming more common. those warnings heard on the campaign trail ten days from the midterms, as democrats fight to keep georgia s senate seat blue. later, why iran is blaming the united states for the recent anti-government protests spreading throughout the country. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. authorities in san francisco are preparing felony charges against the man suspected of attacking the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi. right now, paul pelosi is recovering at a hospital with the speaker at his side. he s undergone surgery for a skull fracture as well as other serious injuries. police say he was attacked with a hammer by a man who broke into the couple s home. authorities have identified the suspect as 42-year-old david depant. investigators are looking into what motivated the attack, but a sewers says he was there looking for the speaker. lis