sincerity. that was his secret. what he believes most of all was that america is a good and a decent place and worth preserving. here he is in 2009 explaining what he believes as america. as human beings we are no different than human beings anywhere else in the world. there have been families, clubs, countries, thousands on the years on the planet longer than we are. we are barely 250 years old. we have out-done everybody in almost everything that lives, raises a standard of living, in the history of the world. it s not because our d.n.a. is different. it s not because we are special human beings. it s because of our freedom and the founding documents and the rights we have. where they come from. tucker: the founding documents. he actually read them. he really believed them. he wasn t just saying that. that was obvious when he spoke. that was a threat to the speak who wanted to be more powerful than the constitution allows so they tried to silence him. we think of the co
such as the killing of a mother named valerie, here three month old baby girl, grandmother and others in a cruise missile strike on odesa over the weekend, in a social media post weeks ago before the invasion, valerie wrote she just found a new level of happiness, her death, like that of thousands of ukrainians over the last two months was neither accidental nor incidental to any military objective, it simply was because russians have been targeting residential areas from the beginning of this invasion. it is, more than anything, this war s defining characteristic, targeting civilians, or, in this case, in irpin targeting civilians trying to flee the bombardment, a family here, children in a well-marked bomb shelter in mariupol. countless civilians in the more than 100 hospitals and health facilities hit so far. two months and a day have taught us that about human endurance, in the face of cruelty, also being tested, military bravery. in villages like this one on the eastern
residents leaving their home 6 feet high. our reporter, one of the only american crew living in the lock down tonight. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erin burnett, outfront tonight, the breaking news, putin s war may be spreading beyond ukraine, russia accused of targeting the state security, a separatist region of the country of moldova all the other side of ukraine from russia, explosions rock the area, blowing out windows, a strike of course could open the door to a much broader conflict and more ambition by putin, as russia intensifies assault on civilians in ukraine the head of luhansk region of donbas accusing the russians of quote, raizing everything to the ground, almost looks like somebody painted it, completely destroyed. rockets also coming down at least five railway stations across ukraine taking out more of the country s vital infrastructure and told there are casualties there as well. over the past days, ukrainian s train system has been crucial especi
ahead on cnn newsroom, kidnapped in haiti. an american nurse and her child taken near the ministry where they worked. back on the campaign trail, donald trump lashes out at president biden and the republicans who he says won t stand up to him. and moscow under attack. drones target russia s capital as the country prepares to honor one branch of its military. at this hour, the u.s. is working to free an american nurse and her child who were kidnapped in haiti. that s according to the christian humanitarian aid organization she worked for. she and her child were reportedly kidnapped thursday morning near the haitian capital, port-au-prince. alex duls vill is originally from new hampshire. she moved to haiti after her husband invited r to move there. he says his wife and child were taken while serving in their ministry. a statement in part reads, alex is a deeply loving and compassionate person who considers haiti her home and the haitian people her friends and family. she
do? and more lies from republican congressman george santos. the latest has to do with now a broadway show. even the great white way can t escape this. we ll break down the new reporting and what it all means for the gop. but let s start with the story we re all talking about this evening, the chinese spy balloon flying over the country tonight. cnn s alex marquardt has the latest. reporter: tonight u.s. officials tell cnn the u.s. has not ruled out shooting down the chinese spy balloon once there s no risk to civilians below. but secretary of state antony blinken telling reporters that china s flagrant violation of u.s. sovereignty forced him to postpone his trip to beijing. i made clear that the presence of this surveillance balloon in u.s. airspace is a clear violation of u.s. sovereignty and international law, that it s an irresponsible act and that the prc s decision to take this action on the eve of my planned visit is detrimental to the substantive discussions