life putin and his reported girlfriend are leading now. plus, breaking news. new court filings in the defamation case against fox news have been released. you ll see the message tucker carlson spent to trump lawyer sidney powell, calling her out for conspiracy theoriestheories. and two americans kidnapped in mexico now back in the u.s. for treatment, the other two killed as the search for the killers ramps up. out front tonight on the run. here s the new video of russian soldiers appearing to abandon their posts just south of bakhmut, a shell of a city, the scene of the most vicious fighting of the past months. ukraine s president made it clear that when it comes to bakhmut, ukraine is not about to retreat. translator: this is tactical for us. we understand that after bakhmut they could go further. they could go to an open road for the russians after bakhmut to other towns in the ukraine in the donetsk direction in the east of ukraine. sticking by that. we ve got ne
good morning, everyone evening yesterday for dominion and truth and democracy. yeah except the people who need to hear it won t we ll get into it? get into it. we re glad you re here. caitlin started with five things to know for this wednesday, april 19th 2023 fox news has agreed to settle dominions defamation lawsuit, according to the steel fox will pay dominion. $787 million. also today, the supreme court expected to weigh in on the battle over access to the abortion pill. medford, kristen . of course, ruling could determine whether that will be accessible by mail city investigators trying to figure out what caused a parking garage to collapse and lower manhattan. that was yesterday. one person was killed, five others injured also happening today, a senate armed services committee set to hold a hearing. about ufos, a former navy fighter pilot will join us to talk about his encounters. also great news tomorrow. hamlin fully cleared to return to the nfl three months after he
top of the hour. i m allison. i m victor. more than 1 million puerto ricans are without power. the water washed away this bridge as it made landfall. fiona is a tropical storm and battering the island with heavy winds and catastrophic flash floods. hundreds of fema workers are on the ground. the president is assuring puerto rico we stand with you and will get through this together. cnn s laila santiago is live in san juan where the rising water is the major concern. laila, what are you seeing? reporter: in san juan in the northwestern part of the island it is different than what they seeing on the interior and eastern part of the island. so i know victor showed that video of the bridge washed away. i talked to a young man there last night when it happened and said he was looking outside the window and happened within a matter of minutes. this morning i got into salina on the southeastern part of the island and there is a lot of concern and frustration among the people i
hello. i m pamela brown. welcome to cnn newsroom. the historic storm the new york governor called the blizzard of the century has now killed 25 people in the buffalo area. and a top erie county official says that number is likely to rise. he said the conditions have been so severe, their own rescuers needed rescuing. intense winds created whiteout conditions as 43 inches of snow dropped in just 24 hours. listen to what one family with four young kids faced, after they lost power and went in search of a heated hotel room. it was very intense. we tried to keep it together for as long as possible. because we didn t want to fight. it was like looking at a white piece of construction paper. you couldn t see anything at all. like absolutely nothing until you were probably about a foot away from even cars. with their bright lights on. you just couldn t see anything. not yellow traffic signs, not traffic. you couldn t see anything. you couldn t see a traffic light. you have t
the list of deaths. we could see more when everything is said and done. there is still a big concern for people stranded in their cars, when there was whiteout conditions. people would get lost in the storm. people were making contact with people stranded in cars. the mayor saying 200 individuals, they could still be out there, that they are trying to make sure they get safe. there s also some frustration in the voice of officials here, as they say that people do not are not really getting it right now. and braving the streets. that should be off in the distance here. we don t know where they could be going. only essential travel is allowed right now. they are clearing the streets to be drivable, just like the one you see here in downtown buffalo, and allow first responders to basically make it out to calls if necessary. but as far as the storm, this has been just it has not sto stopped. erie county officials say the storm is going to hover over buffalo, and perhaps we ll