countless homes have been destroyed and rain just won t let up. it has been catastrophic rain that just won t stop. we ve seen that last tail of the storm linger over the island and continue to dump excessive amounts of rain. the first responders, the local responders, the responders of the government of puerto rico are not able to get out and help those that need it or assess the damage. parts of puerto rico are still recovering from the damage inflicted, of course, by hurricane maria in 2017 and it appears fiona could be even more destructive. pedram javaheri is tracking the storm from the cnn weather center in atlanta. what s the weather update, pedram? reporter: major hurricane, category 3 with 100-mile-an-hour winds. it s not far away from cochran town, capital of turks and caicos. it is passing across the region right now. you ll notice very symmetrical. a wind field that expands 150 miles away from the center where tropical storm forced winds are still going to b
top u.s. military leader talking finally again discussing the hour s long call of the state of the war. how ukrainian using official recognition technology on the battlefield and plus two russian journalists were able to defy the sensors, they were still alive to do it. we start with the preliminary hearing that could become a first in this war. a prosecution of an alleged russian war criminal even as the war goes on around it. melissa bell has the story. she warns you some of the images you are seeing are graphic. reporter: ukraine opens its first war crime trial. the 21-year-old vadim shishimarin accused of shooting an unarmed man. they include the massacre of 300 unarmed civilians in bucha and the killings of many sicivilian of men and children in the two months long of kharkiv. we have commanders give orders of shots. from other side, we understand that ordinary soldiers have their own responsibility for these atrocities. reporter: that s a message that needs to be
is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. ukrainian president ze zelenskyy said that more than a thousand villages and towns have been retaken, including six more over the past 24 hours. he said the russians are paying a heavy price for their aggression. translator: russia has lost almost 27,000 soldiers. many of them young conscripts, they have lost more than 3,000 tanks, armored combat vehicles and a large number of conventional military vehicles, helicopters and drones and all of the prospects as a state. ukraine said that russian troops are continuing to retreat around the city of kharkiv in the north. they claim to have blocked a russian advance in a key river, the destroyed pontoon bridges, the top u.s. defense ministry spoke for an hour on friday, their first since the war began. the pentagon said that lloyd austin appealed to keep the lines of communication open. in the donbas, ukrainian forces claimed to have stopped a russian advance across a key river. repor
of choice. this as the first war crimes trial against a russian soldier begins. plus, amid the world s harshest covid lockdown, we get a glimpse of the emotional and mental toll it s having on families. and as parents in the u.s. struggle to find baby formula, we ll tell you how the white house is responding to the shortage. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says more than a thousand towns and villages have been retaken so far from russian forces, including six more over the past 24 hours. he says the russians are paying a heavy price for their aggression. here he is. translator: russia has lost almost 27,000 soldiers, many of them young conscripts. russia has lost more than 3,000 tanks, armored combat vehicles, a large number of conventional military vehicles, helicopters, drones, and all of its prospects as a state. ukraine also says russian troops continue to retreat from around the city of
baby formula shortage that s left families scrambling to feed their children. throughout the pandemic, stores are trugling to keep the shelves stocked. the white house is considering several actions aimed at easing the critical shortage now that manufacturers say it may be weeks or months, before supply s at full capacity. potentially months. that s a scary thought for some parents that are going to extraordinary lengths just to get the food their babies need. if they have it in stock. it s another full-time job. i m up with him and searching for formula. starting every week. i start with the similac website. after that i go to target. after that, i go to meijer, walmart. she is on a hunt for baby formula across the nation. this is thought-provoking and worrisome. when i get to work in the morning, i m looking for formula. we re sitting on the couch, we re looking for formula. i haven t found any in about three weeks. reporter: she has supply for three wee