speaking in poland a former eastern bloc country that s no stranger to russian aggression, biden started off by saying that the war has so far defied two big expectations. one, that kyiv would fall within days, and two, that the western alliance would splinter as the war dragged on. watch. one year ago the world was bracing for the fall of kyiv. well, i can report kyiv stands strong. kyiv stands proud. it stands tall. and most important it stands free. when russia invaded it wasn t just ukraine being tested, the whole world faced a test for the ages. europe was being tested. america was being tested. nato was being tested. all democracies are being tested. the questions we faced were simple as they were profound. would we be strong if we looked the other, would we be weak? all of our allies would be united or divided? one year later we know the answer. we did respond, we would be strong, we would be united, and the world would not look the other way. president biden also
formally charged and due in court today. as new information about his past raises questions about how he was able to legally purchase firearms. we ll get a live report. and we ve also got new developments into the criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. as republican senator lindsey graham and donald trump s former lawyer rudy giuliani both get hit with subpoenas. good morning. welcome to way too early on this wednesday, july 6th i m john that la mere. we appreciate you joining us. the suspect in the july 4th massacre in illinois has been charged with seven counts of first degree murder. and the lake county state attorney says more charges are expected. we anticipate dozens of more charges centering around each of the victims, psychological victims, physical victims, aggravated discharge charges, aggravated battery charges. there will be dozens of more charges against mr. crimo. police say a seventh victim died at the hospita
Weapons they want. medium range weapons are now on the front line, making a very important difference. they made it possible for those surprise ukrainian counteroffenses in the likes of kharkiv in the east, but also around kherson in the south. it could each be possible in the first place. long-range weapons and new weapons systems could be coming to ukraine at some point frankly, because you re absolutely right, this is how it s been going. ukraine is asking for more and more. there are initial rejections, then somehow these things come to pass. as we heard from joe biden today, this is such a big battle between democracy and autocracy, that the other countries come around in the end. nato comes around in the end to help ukraine in its battle against russia. phil, thank you for your great reporting. i know you have to go. rick, one more question for you. with the president in poland, the president of poland said if
Killed in action, wounded, et cetera. now with the withdrawal from severodonetsk and lysychansk, russia has declared a victory. saying we control all of donetsk now. i think there are other developments that the media has not been focused on. for instance, the ukrainian counteroffenses, limited though as it s been. this is the first that the russians took in late february and early march. we ve seen reports now that the ukrainians feel the wind at their back. ukrainian military officials saying they re within sniper range of russian troops in kherson. that is a development in the last few months. already we ve seen, jonathan, the devastating effect that the ukrainians have made of supplies. and i ve seen video footage of these things striking deep in donetsk. russian soldiers on social media platforms such as telegram have been complaining that now
Coming out of kharkiv, got very close to a missile attack when you were with some paramedics. what does the world look like in that area, kharkiv is the second-largest city. reporter: it is just relentless bombardment, i mean it s nearly nine weeks now that kharkiv, day in, day out, has been under fire. cruise missiles into government buildings, shelling the shelling is now primarily in the northeastern outskirts, and that s a very important area strategically for the russians, because they have a supply line moving down from the north, from a russian city down to the donbas area and to the city of isium, which is strategically very important for them at the moment. and so the thing the people in kharkiv fear is that as russia tries to neutralize ukrainian counteroffenses, that potentially kharkiv could become the next mariupol, and they see these images new mass graves,