russia. the lead starts right now. cnn on the front lines where ukraine s fight for freedom is in the trenches. the u.s. cia director was there before a critical meeting of nato allies. why he thinks instability in moscow is creating a unique moment. then, a holiday block party in bullet turns tragic. now the hunt for shooters who opened fire killing two injuring nearly 30 others including teens. the mayor s urgent plea for lawmakers nationwide to do more. plus, can cows help curb the climate crisis? you might have heard their possible gas problems, but there time cattle may be eating their way to a solution. welcome to the lead, i m abby phillip in for jake tapper. we start with our world leader. multiple russian attack drones hit apartment buildings and an administrative center in the northeast of sumi, two people were killed, and 19 were hurt including a 5-year-old. as ukraine presses on tur counteroffensive, they ve gotten more territory from russia in the last
federal abortion ban no matter what other republicans would like to see him say. i mean, when you re 30 points ahead and your nearest competitor is doing what ron desantis is doing, i guess there s no incentive for trump to tack further to the right at this moment. remember, the big first state coming up will be iowa. iowa s a place where there are a lot of evangelical voters, the vote is important in the gop primari. with that said, we don t know what the debate space station situation debate situation is going to look like, or people coming at donald trump from the right versus not coming at him at all. there are people in the field who don t want to talk about donald trump whatsoever. so it s still unclear to me how the politics of that issue will play out and whether that issue alone is enough to cost trump his solid standing with, say, evangelical i will say someone has worked at an abortion clinic with planned parenthood, the further the republicans continue to go and d