democratic backsliding isn t restricted to distant lands. right here in the united states of america, we just saw a sitting president deny the clear results of an election and help incite a violent riot at the nation s capitol. not only that, but a majority of his party, include manage who occupied some of the highest offices in the land, continued to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the last election. and are using it to justify laws to restrict the vote and make it easier to overturn the will of the people in state where is they hold power. for those of us who believe in democracy and the rule of law, this should serve as a wakeup call. meanwhile, donald trump uses his power to amplify lies and disinformation for personal gain at the expense of democracy. in an interview with piers morgan, he continued to push the big lie he cooked up. these lies are what precipitated the greatest assault on american democracy. this led to the death of nearly ten people. and yet, the rep
what do you say? all you have to do is pick up your phone, or go to loveshriners.org, and you ll be a part of something special too. thank you so much! top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. we begin with reported new evidence of how deadly vladimir putin s war on ukraine has become. ukrainian officials now say they ve identified multiple mass graves just outside the near decimated city of mariupol. the satellite company said more than 200 new graves can be seen. today vladimir putin proclaimed the efforts to capture mariupol a success and he scrapped plans to storm a sprawling factory compound where reportedly more than 1,000 civilians and ukrainian fighters are sheltering. a blockade to keep even a fly from getting through. the siege of mariupol was compared to a terrorist operation. he added ukraine s forces do not have enough heavy or serious weapons to free mariupol. translator: we don t know when we can unblock mariupol, and i say this openly, that
lines. the selfless mission to rescue his neighbors trapped by the relentless russian shelling in the east. then, an inside look at just how close the top republicans in the house and senate came to turning on donald trump after january 6th. the new york times report that house minority leader kevin mccarthy was even going to tell trump to resign. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with the world lead and new satellite images today reportedly showing mass graves near mariupol, ukraine, as vladimir putin brazenly blames his forces have, quote, liberated that port city. the images back up reports from ukrainian officials that russia carried truckloads of corpses and simply dumped them at this site. the line near the top of your screen, not the road but the one underneath that expands over time showing more graves being added to it. the u.s.-based company that captured the satellite images say the pictures are from mid-march through mid-april. they come as pu
i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. mass assault, 14 people killed, 97 wounded after russia launched a barrage of missile attacks across ukraine. president biden condemning the strikes and promising to send ukraine more advanced air defense systems. today in ukraine, explosion after explosion hit ukraine s largest cities during the morning rush hour. russia striking at least nine ukrainian cities reaching really far east to west and in the south across the country. tonight, president zelenskyy says ukraine shot down 43 of the 84 missiles that russia launched today. russia claiming it was all in retaliation for this explosion you see there, on the bridge between russia and crimea, disrupting a crucial supply route for russian troops inside ukraine. russian president vladimir putin appearing briefly today, issuing this warning. translator: in terms of the further act of terrorism on the territory of russia, the russian reply will be harsh. so of course the united states g
with the president. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. president biden hoping to flex his diplomatic muscles here in new york. it s unclear how much of the world he has been able to rally so far around these issues that he thinks are the most urgent facing the planet. we are the authors of history. president biden sees two problems as bigger than all the rest. climate change. we don t have much time. and russia s invasion of ukraine. permanent member of the united nations security council invaded its neighbor. peter: but no call to remove russia from the u.n. security council despite renewed warnings of weapons of mass destruction. they re making irresponsible threats to use nuclear weapons. critics say the president s russia talk was missing something. call out the countries that are helping russia. call out the fact that china is helping. call out the fact that iran is sending drones. call out north korea for rockets. ing. among newcomers