but we want to start with covid. as two of the people closest to the president have now tested positive. white house communications director, kate bedingfield, who received her positive test result, friday morning. and vice president, kamala harris, who s been working remotely since testing positive earlier this week. harris has not been with the president sent over a week ago. and bedingfield says that when she was last with president biden up view days ago, they were socially distance and wearing masks. but these latest infections among high-ranking officials in the administration are a reminder of just how transmissible new covid variants are. ba.2, a subvariant, of the highly contagious omicron variant is still dominant in the u.s.. but an offshoot of that ba.2 dash 12, is rapidly gaining ground. and it s believed to be responsible for a new spike in cases in new york state. in light of the fast spread of these sub variance, doctor anthony fauci caused some confusion this
bombing attack in mariupol, hitting a military hospital yesterday. hundreds of civilians and fighters remain trapped in the city in dire conditions with no way out. willy joseph cancel, a u.s. marine veteran, has been killed while fighting in ukraine. his family telling cnn he was working for a private military company since mid-march. ned price will join us in just a moment. we begin with kelly cobiella. reporter: the russian defense ministry said those strikes on kyiv were targeting military facilities, an aerospace facility and other military targets. this is what we hear. it s what we heard in odesa when the apartment building was hit. the russians are targeting military sites, not residential. but what we know is that an apartment building was also hit. it was a 25-story apartment building, hit in the lower floors. as rescuers were going through the rubble today, they did discover a victim, a woman journalist who worked for liberty europe in kyiv. there have been casua
demands by the russians as they defy demands to surrender to putin. mariupol mayor s said if mariupol is hell, azovstal is worse. the u.n. secretary-general was in kyiv wrapping up a meeting with president zelenskyy when russian bombs fell on the capital. the strikes killed at least one person and shook the confidence of tens of thousands of others only just returning home. and we are learning more about a u.s. citizen killed in combat in ukraine. 22-year-old willie joseph died while working with a contract company. a former u.s. marine signed up to fight in ukraine shortly after the war broke out at the end of february. meanwhile, on the front lines of this war, russia is behind schedule in its campaign for the donbas. according to an assessment from u.s. officials. russian forces remain focused on that region where they are targeting infrastructure like railways, bridges, and townhouses. matt, i know you re under curfew right now. you re back inside. i m struck again by wha
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