that russian war planes haven t been able to gain air superiority despite flying 200 to 300 missions aa day. and russian units are suffering from major morale and discipline problems. a top u.s. official tells the washington post, they believe that middle rank russian military officers uks, some as high up as battalion commanders are slow in carrying out orders or refusing them altogether. a really terrible sign for the russians. and it shows once again just how rotten the culture is, the russian military. let s bring in right now former president of ukraine petro poroshenko. thank you for being with us. it seems when you hear the news out of the donbas and the news out of odessa, you put it together and it seems like more of the same. the russians targeting children, grandparents, mothers, other civilians. but not being able to do a damn thing on the ground when they actual i have to fight a war. where does this war stand right now, the day after victory day? first of
congressional republicans are already saying weiss s new status makes him a fire wall insulating president biden and his justice department and could actually impede congressional efforts to get to the truth. look into that. also tonight, the justice department has moved to officially dismiss the now defunked plea deal with the president s son. correspondent dazed spunt has the details from the justice department. good evening, david. reporter: bret, good evening to you. the legal jeopardy for the president s son only deepens now that this case has special counsel status, and we can say tonight that it appears hunter biden is headed for trial. i have concluded that it is in the public interest to appoint him as special counsel. david weiss, the u.s. attorney who had been leading the justice department s probe of hunter biden s tax and business dealings now getting a new job title and new legal responsibilities. reporter: mr. weiss has the authority he needs to conduct
alternative. the hostage families, the vast majority of them, have been demanding f from our government that, in order to negotiate, we have to negotiate. you have to be in the same building as all of the negotiators are. you can t hold back our negotiators because the terms don t seem to make sense at that moment or don t accord with your i can tell you, i have lived with my family, my children and grandchildren, on the ilborder with gaza, less th a mile from khan younis, for the last 40 years. i have endured rounds of rocketing, mortar fire, attacks from hamas. we understand that hamas is a savage organization. october 7th shirt and certainly should approve that to the rest of the world. we y veare not negotiating with civilized human beings. that being the case, negotiations are the only way to get our loved ones home and to make israel hole again. we can t sacrifice these people a second time. october 2nd, excuse me, october 7th was a sacrifice of these people. the gove
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i m leila torok. escalating tensions in the middle east. israel s military carries out attacks in syrian territory, casting a shadow over a weekend of religious celebrations were live in jerusalem with the latest abortion pill controversy will examine the contradictory rulings that led to a legal standoff over an established medication to induce abortion. and the cultural war debate over transgender athletes will speak to a 13 year old transgender cross country runner and his mother on their experience with discrimination. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with laila harre. one of the holiest times of the year, is now underway in jerusalem, religious events of different faiths are being observed from easter sunday mass to prayers during ramadan to the passover priestly blessing happening right now, with thousands of worshippers gathering at jerusalem s western wall. earlier
from just about anywhere. expand your team with a fiber freelancer. cnn presents a max original heaven s gate tomorrow at 10 on cnn. live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. the 19 sixties had the chicago eight today. nashville has the tennessee three. the state lawmakers, all democrats. targeted by republicans for leading a loud but peaceful protest on the house floor in that legislature. they were demanding gun reform after the nashville school shooting that left six people, including 39, year old children dead. to expel lawmakers justin pearson and justin jones are black. gloria johnson, who is white, kept her seat by just one vote. that fact has only added to the anger in tennessee and across the country. cnn correspondent isabelle rose saleh s joins us with more details as well, it seems like there s already a path potentially to return both of these lawmakers to their seats. so what? what happens next? jim it is very much within the realm of reality here