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and what one of the nation s top humanitarian foundations is attempting to do to fix it. that s ahead. welcome to meet the press daily. i m chuck todd. president biden is on his way trying to continue trips to battleground states. today, the important battleground state is new hampshire. he s there to sell the bipartisan infrastructure bill, an official visit, not a political visit, but it s very similar. iowa, north carolina last week, new hampshire this week. but the focus on his struggling domestic agenda comes as he continues to address the brutal war abroad. the russians have regrouped and rearmed, the second wave of attacks has begun, and it appears to be as brutal as many feared it would be. this morning the president held a video call with allies to discuss continued support for ukraine as russia officially began its new offensive concentrating on the eastern part of the country, all while hammering major cities throughout the country, targeting what russia ....
cdc mandate for travelers as airports brace for mass confusion and chaos. let s go out front. good evening, everyone. i m kate baldwin in for erin burnett. the offensive is on. russia s widespread attack in eastern ukraine under way at this hour. ukrainian officials are calling it the second phase of the war. this as the ukrainian president zelenskyy warns the russians are stopping at nothing. translator: the russian army is not slowing down the use of missiles against ukraine. they are pressuring, looking for a weak spot in defense of our state find and enter there with the main forces. as the violence continues, there is a fear the worst is still to come. we do believe they reinforced the number of battalion tactical groups in the east and the south of ukraine. they ve added now more than ten to what they already had there in that part of the country. we still assess that in general they have the vast majority of their assembled combat power available to them. ....
our correspondents are standing by in ukraine with war refugees in estonia. we want to welcome our viewers from the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we begin with russia s escalating offensive in eastern ukraine as top ukrainian officials are confirming that the battle for the don baas region has begun. let s go right to our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto in ukraine for us. he is reporting from lviv. president zelenskyy is now speaking out about this new phase of the war. reporter: that s right. u.s. intelligence reported a major strategy shift by russia to stop focusing on its failed attempt on capture the capital kyiv and focus on the east and the south. we ve been seeing the forces move over the last couple of weeks. now they are there. and now that battle, though it never quite stopped there, but that battle intensifying to a degree we ha ....
with gillian turner in the nation s capitol. gillian, good afternoon. hi, trace. a federal judge appointed by president trump just vacated the cdc s mask mandate. it applies to all public trans important hubs including train and bus stations, this decision has wide ranging implications for tens of millions of americans. it s a summer travel season. it s kicking in to gear. the judge writes, as you mentioned, the cdc failed to justify its decision and the mask mandate exceeds the cdc s statutory authority, violates the procedures required for agency rule making. last weekend, the biden administration extended the mandate for 15 days. it was slated to expire may 3. take a listen. the rise of the cases on severe disease and the assessment is that two weeks would give them additional time to do that. in march 21 states sued the biden administration seeking to have the mandate repealed. in congress, there s bipartisan opposition to nationwide mandates of any kind. th ....