served on the front lines on that day. gonel described what he and his fellow officers encountered. what we subjected that day is from a medieval battle. we fought hand to hand, inch by inch to prevent a overtaking of the capitol. and we re also following breaking news out of the biden administration. any minute now the cdc expected to announce must masking guidance for those fully vaccinated in areas with high covid-19 transmission rates. we re going to have a lot on that. we start with the pandemic and that breaking news. new mask guidance from the biden administration. now the delta variant is fueling the price in the nationwide. but some vaccinated americans are being advised to wear masks indoors in areas of the country with high covid transmission rates. according to multiple sources, a key point on what is driving this decision, new data suggesting fully vaccinated individuals are not just contracting covid-19 but could also be carrying higher levels of the virus
outbreaks. and in the nation s capitol, officials confirm that both a white house staffer and senior communications aide to speaker pelosi have also tested positive despite being fully vaccinated. pelosi s aide was diagnosed after coming in contact with members of the texas legislature last week. six of those members now with positive tests. later this hour, we ll talk to a member of that texas delegation about how the virus is impacting their stay in d.c. and we ll ask about the meeting with white house democratic meeting whip jim clyburn. and what now? after kevin mccarthy announces his picks for the january 6th committee, we ll talk to democratic senator alex poe dea about that and where the infrastructure talks stand. and the blue origin crew completing a historic space launch with aviation legend wally funk becoming the oldest person ever to travel to space. we had a great time. it was wonderful. i want to go again fast. so a lot to get to. we ll begin with that br
these are all crimes. reporter: this is cnn breaking news. thursday, april 21st. 9 a.m. here in london. 11 a.m. in ukraine. we begin with breaking developments in the war. russia s defense minister telling president vladimir putin that russian forces need three to four days to take over the steel plant in the besieged city of mariupol, whereas, as many as 1,000 are hold up. they have not stopped shelling mariupol. tens of thousands of civilians remain trapped inside the city. we will continue to follow the story. meanwhile, we re seeing the devastation and human toll across ukraine. a new report finds russian forces committed apparent war crimes in bucha. the report says researchers have found evidence of executions, disappearances and torture. the russian offensive continues to push forward in the donbas region. the enhanced military say russian forces have taken a central village. they report russian forces are advancing from donbas to creme tors being. they have added
they say was a coordinated attack on a future police training facility. fireworks, rocks, bricks, even molotov cocktails thrown at officers according to police. dozens of people detained. what police say led up to it all. plus now, massive snowfall again on the west coast threatening to dump feet of snow on communities already buried and cut off after historic back-to-back storms. people in california s mountain communities trapped in their homes. some reportedly at risk of being snowed in for at least another week. we have neighbors who are panicking. they re without food, power, heat, medications. there s nine and ten-foot berms alongside these roads. this is the only grocery store east of crestline california, the roof collapsed from snow. residents writing help us in the snow. fire and brimstone at cpac. former president trump delivering a dark and at times bizarre speech before a sparse crowd at the annual conservative conference and vowing political vengeanc
this will be the scene of the action, the formal arrangement over the first 30 plus indictments. how are things looking there, bryan? neil, things here are relatively subdued. more action at trump tower as the former president makes his way to his residence there. what we can talk to you about is these charges. this is what we know. the reality is the diamond is under seal. so the former president and the world doesn t know the exact charges. sources tell fox that we can expect trump to face more than 30 counts related to business fraud, including at least one felony. we expect these charges to be related to adult film star symptom my daniels, the $130,000 hush money payment made to her and a payment made to karen mcdougal. legal experts the indictment will include the falsifying business records charges and could be updated to a felony in the state of new york if they find that trump falsified the records with an intent to commit another crime. that crime could be the viol