President guillermo lasso. Mr lasso vowed that this crime will not go unpunished. He called for an an urgent meeting of his top officials to address the killing. The countrys attorney general s office said on social media that the suspect in the attack had died from injuries sustained in a shootout with police. Ecuador s election is scheduled to take place on august 20th. Well have more on this story as it develops. Wildfires are raging across the us state of hawaii. Officials there say that at least six people have died and many are injured, with some in a critical condition. These are the scenes out of maui and the big island. The Historic Town of lahaina was one of the hardest hit, with reports that its now mostly reduced to ash. Crews there and across the islands are engaged in Search And Rescue, with evacuations underway for more than 13 thousand people. But as residents try to escape, some are finding that many of the major roads are blocked and too dangerous to use. Lieutenant g
the lead starts right now. the justices erase race-based college admissions. we re talking to one of the attorneys that argued in support of affirmative action before the court. then documents shared exclusively with cnn show a russian general, whose whereabouts is currently unknown, was a secret vip member of the wagner mercenary group. plus cnn s erin burnett joins us live from kyiv where she just sat down with former vice president mike pence during his surprise trip. the parkland resource officer who did not enter the building is found not guilty. welcome to the lead. i m abby phillip. jake tapper is off today. we begin with our law and justice lead. college admissions programs in america will no longer look the same. protesters gathered outside the u.s. supreme court after its landmark decision saying colleges can no longer take race into consideration as an expressed factor in admissions. now, this over turns longstanding precedent that has benefited black and lat
a good sunday evening to you. i m jim sciutto. and welcome back to cnn special live coverage of the russian rebellion that erupted without warning and ended quickly this weekend not long after it began. yet and we should be clear the world is only beginning to assess the fallout. there are growing questions tonight about vladimir putin s leadership going forward and whether his iron grip on russia is weakening. the crash site of a russian military plane reportedly brought down by the wagner group yesterday. the cause of the crash not clear. but footage indicates the aircraft had been struck by a missile or rocket. there s still no sign of vladimir s leader, yevgeny prigozhin, who led this march on russia, af he cut a deal to go into belarus. also not seen, putin. we re going to have the latest on the white house reaction and president biden s conversation today with ukraine s leader. first, though, an update from cnn s matthew chance, who is in moscow. reporter: jim,
were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave pete: we begin with a fox news alert, armed rebellion by russian mercenary forces raging inside russia. a group that wants back in ukraine on the company s behalf claims to have control of the key russian city. will: president putin calls her betrayal as the us and the west wait to see if a move is made on moscow. rachel: alexandria is live with the latest. reporter: this focuses away from the offensive on ukraine into defending itself and the man leading this rebellion represents a striking turnaround in allegiance. former longtime valhalla mirror putin ally is promising to leave the private wegner military group into moscow, a meeting with the defense minister. he claims his group now controls the russian
we have live team coverage of the damage with nicole valdez in coraville, iowa. we are starting in belvedere, illinois, just terrible news we are hearing all morning there. jacqui and griff, sad situation here in belvedere. people were out last night with their loved ones enjoying a concert. they should be here downtown getting coffee, hanging out at local restaurants but instead a chaotic scene behind me as you can see. cleanup crews on the ground clearing up the debris from what we believe to be a tornado. i will have patrick pan over so you can see what i see here. there s a car beneath the roof here. it just paint the picture on how the storm system that ripped through the community was. 265 people inside of the apolo theater last night when the storms came through. in fact, we had a chance to hear from a witness who tells us how everything unfolded inside, take a listen. i would say there was 100 people, i did witness when i first got here that they did have people o