peninsula of crimea and putin calls it a terrorist attack and vows to respond. plus a big week in the 2024 presidential race. the event drawing gop c contenders. i ll speak with asa hutchinson. and spell check needs. putting sensitive pentagon information potentially into the wrong hands. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. and we start with our world lead. vladimir putin is vowing retaliation after ukraine forces unleashed a pre-dawn strike on the bridge that connects crim yia to russia. two russians were killed. it is the second time since the start of the war. putin was quick to label today s strike as a taste attack. this is the same day that russia has ended a deal critical to the world s food supply, the black sea grain initiative expired in less than an hour. this will likely stop the flow of supplies from what is commonly referred to as europe s br bread basket. alex marquardt is in the city of odessa for us as russia insists it will over come ukraine s latest
no wonder xfinity mobile is one of the fastest growing mobile services. you really shouldn t walk out the front door without it. switch today at xfinitymobile.com. a pair of major developments on the war in ukraine. ukrainian forces attacking a key bridge vital to russia s military as russia terminates a crucial agreement on grain. one that has major implications for the global food supply. democrats are worried about joe, and i m not talking about that joe. i m talking about this one. senator joe manchin set to speak at an event for the group no labels which is pushing for a third party presidential candidate. the group is stoking fears that they could play spoiler in president biden s re-election bid. we ll be speaking to the group s national director about those concerns. plus, search-and-rescue operations under way after flash flooding that s claimed the lives of at least five people in the northeast. other parts of the country sweltering under dangerous heat and