three-to-one, three-to-one today debate performance was concerning and it wasn t the joe biden that i know. it s highly likely you re using what public pressure on in this week they re france, the culture is left-wing alliance. let s go out on top of the second round of parliamentary elections water temperatures over this part of the gulf of mexico are running abnormally high that is like jet fuel for strengthening hurricanes and tropical systems hello, and a warm welcome, our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world it is monday, july the eight, if i max foster reporting live today from paris where the left-wing coalition has defeated the far right in, let s say, surprising election results and i m rosemary church and cnn world headquarters here in atlanta. we will of course, dive deeper into the french election results in just a few minutes. but we begin this hour with us politics and a growing number of house democrats who were joining the cho
including the u.s. fed takes historic action to quash inflation, and so far the markets like what they re hearing. how the interest rate hike would impact you. welcome to the show, everyone. it s 9:00 a.m. here in ukraine, and we are awaiting word on whether russia has made good on its latest pledge to allow civilians to evacuate from the besieged azovstal steel plant in mariupol. humanitarian corridors announced by moscow are supposed to be open right now. but that promise d comes as russian forces have been doing the opposite. intensifying fighting on the complex, including 30 children according to mariupol s mayor are holed up along with the city s last remaining ukrainian fighters. here is how a ukrainian commander inside the plant describes the situation. have a listen. reporter: . translator: for two days now, the enemy has broken into the territory of the plant. these are heavy, bloody battles. i m proud of my soldiers who are making superhuman efforts to contain t
organizations, ahead with my guest. welcome to the show, everyone. it s 10:00 a.m. here in ukraine. we are awaiting word on whether any more civilians have made it out of the besieged azovstal steel plant in mariupol. humanitarian corridors promised by russia are supposed to be open now to allow evacuations. we don t know yet if moscow is honoring that pledge. we have yet to hear from ukrainian officials on this. and mariupol official says that shelling, though, remains nonstop. and this is what the complex has endured over the past few days. just relentless as well as growing attacks from russian forces. civilians are trapped there, along with the city s last ukrainian defenders. and here s how ukrainian commander inside the plant describes the situation. for two days now, the enemy has broken into the territory of the plant. these are heavy, bloody battles. i am proud of my soldiers who are making super human efforts to contain the enemy s onslaught. about 30 children
of course shouldn t be confused with the country moldova. it s the latest village to come back under ukrainian control. meanwhile, ukraine says russian forces have made few advances in luhansk and the donetsk region. despite heavy bombardments on a number of fronts. russian forces have been trying to move south from the kharkiv region in an attempt to surround ukrainian forces defending d donetsk. and new drone footage shows stunning devastation. the drone appears to have been used by the russian military as they track ukrainian troops amid intense street fighting. for more on the situation in ukraine, let s bring in isa soares in lviv. isa? very good morning to you, kim. we are keeping a very close eye this morning on the besieged city of mariupol. it s just after 8:00 a.m. here and humanitarian corridors announced by russia are now supposed to be open to allow civilians to evacuate from the azovstal steel plant. there s no word yet on whether fresh evacuations have actual
bombardment of that city. details of that this hour. i m rosemary church in atlanta with the latest on the biden administration fighting back about the mask rule taken away from public transportation. reporter: we begin in mar mariupol. russian shelling continues. negotiations are underway to try to open up more evacuation corridors. this is what they hope to publish in terms of evacuations so far. russian forces were not able to adhere to a cease-fire for a much larger humanitarian corridor. president zelenskyy said they do not have what they need to defend the city. translator: according to our information, they are keeping 120,000 people in besieged mariupol. i m confident with the combined efforts we can bring all of those responsible to justice and i promise you we ll find them all. reporter: now to a bleak assessment by the governor. russian troops are destroying everything in their path. the governor says 80% of lieu hans k is under control. u.s. defense offici