i m kind kim brunhuber. ahead we are not out of the woods yet. the threat to communities remains and waters will continue to rise even after these storms have passed. the already drenched state of california is bracing for even more storms. we ll have a report from the cnn weather center with a preview of this weekend s weather and new details in the case of the missing massachusetts mother, what she told police nine years ago about her husband. plus a huge explosion in the disputed ukrainian city of soledar as russia claims it has captured the city, this is amid new attacks in kyiv. we ll have a live report from ukraine. life from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. and we begin with extreme weather across the united states. in california, more than 25 million people are under flood watches this weekend, including the entire bay area, snrlcentra valley and central california coastline. more waves of storms fueled by a strong atmospheric river
in kyiv insist the battle is not over yet. we have a live report from ukraine and i ll talk to the ukrainian ambassador to the united states about the state of the war. also tonight, president biden faces a growing crisis right now. with a special counsel now in place to investigate his handling of classified records. we re learning more about documents that were found as the white house fails to explain its delay in revealing key details. and new scenes of devastation in the southeast. the death toll rising after dozens of tornados including a powerful twister that pounded selma, alabama. we re getting official updates on this disaster and the rescue and recovery operations that are now underway. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. and we begin this hour in ukraine. and the stunning video just into cnn. a huge explosion in the eastern town of soledar at a building apparently occupie
ukrainian tactics designed to make every step forward come at a heavy price. despite the battle nearby, this sol soldier is certain of how the war will end. to be honest, in the first days i had some doubts, because according to the news, russia has the strongest army, he says. but since we pushed them back from kyiv and kharkiv, i m confident we can win. for the few remaining civilians near soledar, exhaustion. nine months it s like this, says valentina, flying back and forth over my head. with conflicting rumors coming from the town, paulina said her family is leaving. the soldiers are surrounded, she tells me. my sister, who is pregnant, decided to leave, so we ll follow her. late afternoon and ukrainian marines prepare a prefresh salvf rockets. the battle for soledar is not over yet. and for an army that s on the defensive, what we saw was that the ukrainian troops are pretty well dug in, pretty well organized and morale surprisingly high. now, it seems the russians are r
i m kind kim brunhuber. ahead we are not out of the woods yet. the threat to communities remains and waters will continue to rise even after these storms have passed. the already drenched state of california is bracing for even more storms. we ll have a report from the cnn weather center with a preview of this weekend s weather and new details in the case of the missing massachusetts mother, what she told police nine years ago about her husband. plus a huge explosion in the disputed ukrainian city of soledar as russia claims it has captured the city, this is amid new attacks in kyiv. we ll have a live report from ukraine. life from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. and we begin with extreme weather across the united
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