putin is facing another round of military setbacks. and at our nation s border, the government says arrests have now exceededn just one year. we ll talk to the chair of a congressional hispanic conference, raul ruiz about that and much more. and we begin with our top story this morning, hurricane fiona strengthening to a category 3 storm after devastating parts of the caribbean leaving at least three dead in puerto rico and one dead in the dominican republic. now, the storm is now barrelling up the atlantic taking aim at turks and caicos. next, take a look at the intended path of this of this storm. meanwhile, let s take a look at puerto rico: we re expecting an update later this hour right there after fiona made landfall on sunday as a category 1 hurricane unleashing massive floods. two feet of rain and landslides. the island s power grid ravaged again, four out of five people still without power this morning. over 800,000 people do not have access to running water. th
building get to faced over ally. hutchinson they re testifying. coming up, i ll talk to alexander vindman, who knows what it is like to face the trump intimidation machine will coming forward to tell the truth anyway. also florida s don t say gay law takes in effect with schools banning rainbows and a report on that is ahead. we want to begin this hour once again with that breaking news out of, uvalde texas. and battle school police chief pete arredondo says he will step down from the uvalde city council, according to the uvalde leader news. an official from uvalde said, peter redondo indicated that he intended to resign from the city of uvalde city council. while it is the right thing to do, no one from the city has seen a letter or other documentation of his resignation or spoken with him. and quote. let s bring in state senator roland gutierrez who represents uvalde. thank you so much for being with us senator. you ve been on the frontlines trying to find out what happen
In the ointment aisle. i have got to run because we have got to go to president of ukraine zelenskyy who is now giving an address to congress. let s listen in. i have the distinct honor of presenting to you hesitate excellency volodymyr zelenskyy president of the ukraine. [cheers] [applause] thank you. thank you so much. [applause] [applause] thank you so much. thank you. it s too much for me. [laughter] all this for our great people. thanks so much.
well, i think paul just touched on it. one, does this all go back to judge cannon, and from there does judge cannon make a decision, what will federal prosecutors do based on that as we know, and as paul referred to, the partial appeal that is ongoing in the 11th circuit. we expect the filing within the next hour and a half or so from trump s team on that to respond to what the justice department has put forward as far as this idea of slowing down or stopping what judge cannon ruled on, the review, the national security review of these documents and for federal investigators using them pending the outcome of the special master. so that s something that we should get. as far as next steps, it s really all about the 2:00 hearing. tom winter and paul butler, i thank you both for being with us this morning. up next, new details about the discovery of hundreds of bodies in mass graves in ukraine. we ll get reaction from president zelenskyy s former press secretary. you re watching jo
Territory in the east. they re still moving aggressively in the south, in the kherson front, that s really strategic and important for them. they want to keep going, and the question is whether putin is seeing this continue push by ukraine, decides that he s got a better option in diplomacy than he has on the battlefield. perhaps we re getting closer to that moment where he decides this is not going well for us. the alternatives in terms of mobilization of russian forces will only disrupt russia even more than has been the case so far. david ignatius, it s always a pleasure to speak with you. i thank you for your time. joining us now is yulia mandell, former press secretary tor president of ukraine zelenskyy and author of the fight of our lives yulia, it s great seeing you. i want to first ask you about what you re learning from officials in the eastern city of izyum. what do you make of what