the daily global war will be bringing you the top stories from around the world. we start in ukraine were military sources there and told the bbc their forces are tearing out would be described as a series of small scale armoured attacks against russian positions. this comes amid reports of fighting in many parts of southern and eastern ukraine what appears to be a significant escalation. the ukrainian army releases these images that they say are attacking russian troops in the area of bakhmut in the eastern region of donetsk. moscow claims it has repelled armoured attacks and inflicted heavy losses but there s been no independent confirmation. the point is not a source to be trusted. kyiv is posted this video calling for soldiers to have silence for their long full scale counteroffensive. report on social media since ukrainian forces have made several probing attacks along the south and eastern south line. also in the western part of this region in the eastern part of this r
on both sides of the river. inundating settlements our russia editor steve rosenberg gave me the view from moscow. in the last out of the white house has been giving his opinion. here is john kirby from the national security council. john kirby from the national security council. john kirby from the national securi council. ~ , , security council. we ve seen reports that russia was security council. we ve seen reports that russia was responsible - security council. we ve seen reports that russia was responsible for- security council. we ve seen reports that russia was responsible for the l that russia was responsible for the explosion at the dam. which i would remind russian forces took over a legally last year and have been occupying since banned. we re doing the best we can to assess those reports and we re working with ukrainians to gather more information. we cannot say conclusively what happened at this point. conclusively what happened at this oint. , ., point. l
is a political debate these days. even what time the sun rises and sets. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, and joshua johnson. welcome to the week. did you have a good week? president biden certainly did. over the course of 48 hours, he took big steps toward addressing his priority. the pandemic. on wednesday, congress passed the american rescue plan. the next day, he signed it into law. that night, he delivered his first primetime presidential address. and in that speech, the president division of post- pandemic summer. i set a goal that many of you said was kind of way over the top. i said i intended to get 100 million shots of people s arms and my first hundred days in office. tonight, i can say we are not only going to meet that goal, we are going to meet that goal. because we are actually on track to reach this goal of 100 million shots in arms on my 60th day in office. tonight. i am announcing i will direct all states, tribes and territories, to make
Coauthor of the case shiller index. Lets get right to the heart of the action as we continue to survey the field here and again this is a a historic storm. It is historic for many reasons. Particularly the damage its done. Lets go to jeff flock. Hes in Point Pleasant beach new jersey new jersey. Im wondering if the homeowners are coming back to their houses now and trying to assess the damage. Jeff just talked to a couple of people. People have been waiting in and out. Theres a guy down there in boots. Some people have waded through in bare feet, believe it or not. I talked to one guy who came in in a boat, rode in a boat and surveyed his house, rode back out. Theres no other way to get in. They have cut off access. In fact we cant get out. Jimmy, spin around and show them our truck, if you would. Those are our trucks that we use to transmit our signal if jimmy plans more to the left, you see the sand in the road. Look at that sand. Number of folks have gotten stuck in there. We cant g
The clouds will stay overhead tonight, with some areas of fog developing overnight, lasting into the morning commute. We will start our monday with mainly overcast skies, with some gradual clearing by later in the afternoon. Despite the cloud cover, were still maintaining our above average temperatures in the 40s across eastern iowa. The rest of the workweek and clouds each day, with temperatures still very mild. Upper 40s to around 50 through end of the week. The next chance for rain comes on tuesday night with another weak system possibly giving us a few sprinkles. Tonight m cloudy, fog late low 2935 winds nw 5 alo 31 dbq 32 iow 32tomorrow am fog, decreasing clouds high 4248 winds s 510 alo 44 dbq 42 iow 46 back to you. Tonight, president obama will address the nation from the oval office on the concerns of terrorism. Two people Tashfeen Malik and syed farook are suspected of killing 14 people and injured 21 week in san bernardino, california. Federal authorities are now investigatin