seen here driving around the ukrainian city of mariupol, despite facing an arrest warrant from the international criminal court. we ll have details, plus a look at where things stand to understand the efforts to charge war crimes against him. here in the u.s., the manhattan d.a. is responding to trump calling for protests in the case he s arrested. and the successionist movement inside of america. why a chunk of one state wants to redraw the map and get absorbed by its neighbor. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with russian president vladimir putin making his first visit to occupied ukraine since the war began. look, this is video of him driving through the city of mariupol, which russia occupied last year. the city suffered heavy damage and fighting and became the symbol of ukraine s resistance to moscow s aggression. the kremlin says putin also stopped in their neighborhood and spoke to residents. they say he was i
bret: but, first, breaking tonight. house republicans are taking a microscope to the hunter biden scandal. the oversight committee grilling former twitter executives today about their censorship of the story in the new york post which many in the g.o.p. contended could have directly affected the 2020 election. the most pointed questions though aimed at the u.s. government influence into the censorship decisions. correspondent david spunt reports tonight from the justice department. good evening, david. bret, good evening to you. a fiery hearing lasting the majority of the day. democrats argue there is nothing there but republicans believe something more sinister wer and. and this was the chance for republicans to make the case to the public. we don t know where the fbi ends and twitter begins. emotions running high. we are talking about hunter biden s half fake laptop story. i mean, this is embarrassment. front and center this new york post cover from october
top of the hour, this thursday, i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill, and any moment, officials in michigan are going to give an update of the investigation into the deadly mass shooting into michigan state university, and we will bring that to you when it happens, and share the disturbing details about the note that the gunman left inside of his backpack detailing other possible targets. at some point this morning, a georgia court is going to release special report of president trump s efforts to overturn the election. we will expect to learn more about that. and we will learn more about the mass shooting and one of several in the last few weeks. we will learn more adrian there in lansing, michigan, and what are we expecting to learn? it is expected to learn more at any moment, and now, i have learned from a university spokesperson dan olson, and he said that we will learn this morning the updates on the students who were physically injured. at last check we told you that t
we got a big hour ahea literally any moment now we could get three parts of the fulton county s grand jury s report about 2020 election interference by former president donald trump and his allies. we are expecting to get the introduction, the conclusion, and then a section where the jurors explain concern that some witnesses may have lied under oath. those witnesses, they re not identified. those names being redacted, of course, but these sections could give us clues about how the fulton county d.a. may proceed. plus, are answers out there? nbc news has learned president biden is set to give his most extended public remarks about the unidentified flying objects shot out of the sky. those remarks could come sometime today we re hearing, but senators are frustrated with what little they ve been told, will we all get clarity. plus, an ohio community in fear. dead wildlife, sick pets. rising health concerns. the fallout from the train derailment and controlled burn of toxic
country are waiting for a court decision that could change their lives and put them at risk of deportation. there are fears an appeals court could rule daca illegal. also this hour, we ll get the latest from cain ukraine, where forces have broken through from the south pushing russians. moscow claims it has annexed. a new report details systemic abuse within the women s national soccer league. we begin with our top story this morning. in florida where right now it is a race against time. for first responders to rescue people in hard-hit communities in the wake of hurricane ian, six days after this monster storm decimated the gulf coast. and while some have lost everything they own, others are expressing gratitude for their safety. my colleague kerry sanders spoke to a woman who is relieved to find her father alive in the wake of the devastation. there s no words. the destruction is mind bog thing, but just know that our loved ones are okay, that s most important thing