showdown in iowa. major republican candidates running for the gop nomination are on the trail, their attacks are escalating. the central question remains, can any of them catch up to donald trump? and, the worst attacks and two generations. that is that one senior u.s. official described recent assaults in the red sea. what is happening there could have a big impact on your wallet and supply chains. from what you pay at the pump from up by me missing to store shelves. after weeks of seismic rumbling, a volcano in iceland erupts. rivers of lava and smoke billowing over iceland. could it get bad enough to impact international travel? we are following these major developing stories, and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. good afternoon. thank you so much for joining us on new central. i m laura sanchez alongside brian peeler in the nation s capital. all eyes are on the hawkeye state. 2024 presidential primary officially will be underway with the iowa re
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead here on cnn newsroom, air-raid sirens going off in kyiv this morning. civilians warned to seek shelter as russian drones target ukraine s capital. more never before seen video of the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. some candidates are already sowing doubt about the integritiy of the upcoming election. plus it s now been a month of tense often violent nationwide protests in iran, and now the iranian president is accusing the united states of inciting chaos. thanks for being with us. we are following developments out of ukraine where explosions continue to be heard in central kyiv. the first blast came just hours ago, and one official says russia is now attacking the capital with kamikaze drones. cnn s clarissa ward is in kyiv and updated us on the situation just a short time ago. reporter: this started about 6:45 this morning. the seco
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headlines. the new york supreme court has reinstated all employees who were fired after refusing to be vaccinated for covid-19. justices say the workers rights were violated. they are ordering back pay for those employees. a pennsylvania house committee heavily criticizing philadelphia district attorney larry krasner for policies it believes have contributed to rising crime. the panel is not yet saying whether he should be impeached. workers in arizona are continuing to install shipping containers along another section of the southern border to fill gaps not covered by a wall. last week we told you the governor, doug ducey is refusing to comply with the biden administration order to stop such actions. and russian president vladimir putin is urging his government to cut through red tape and produce enough weapons and supplies for the war effort in ukraine. putin s regime is facing military production delays and mounting losses there and with that we are back to our top story
it s barack obama to the rescue. the dynamic duo are expected to get back together and bail out democrats in pennsylvania. obama is sure to be a welcome sight because back in d.c., joe biden has all but checked out. instead of barnstorming the country with a flood of midterm rallies, biden was getting his updated covid booster shot and yamerring on about the pandemic he said was over. he s just no use to his party who are struggling hard to deliver a coherent message. but top democrats strategist james carville thinks his party can be saved. but there s a catch. if we keep this kind of npr foundation strategy of left politics, we re going to lose. i m telling the same elite coastal people, forget everything. we are going to advertise and push the fact that they want to throw people off of medicare and social security. and they want to shut the government down to do it. and that s how you win. jeanine: you know, dana, it was, i believe, in november of 2021 that james carvi