a u-haul truck crashed outside the white house. police say it was no accident. plus late night talks at the capitol, are the two sides any closer to a debt limit deal. and sabotage inside russia, kremlin blames ukraine as a group of russian citizens say they did it. good morning, everyone. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with what police are treating as an attempted attack on the president. a u-haul panel truck crashed into a security barrier in la fayette square. the vehicle then backed up and slammed into the barrier again. the driver arrested right away. he faces charges including threatening to kill or harm the president, vice president or a family member. police have not yet released the man s name and there is no word on a motive. video shows park police taking inventory of the truck, packing up evidence including a flag with a swastika. time is running short this morning for the white house and re
united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, plenty of new twists in the 2024 race for the white house. ron desantis has chosen an interesting way to announce his candidacy, while donald trump will likely be facing a criminal trial right in the middle of a critical primary month. a monster storm is barreling down on guam right now. the island is bracing for torrential rain, life-threatening storm surge, and 165-mile-an-hour winds from typhoon mawar. plus grandma s road trip. we ll speak to the 93-year-old woman who just visited all three 63 national parks. the oldest woman to do it, and the grandson that went with her on this wild adventure. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. republican ron desantis will kick off his presidential campaign in the hours ahead, but not in typical fashion. the florida governor will make the announcement during a conversation with twitte
decision? special counsel jack smith has been aggressive in getting around attorney-client privilege. there are certain pieces of information he believes he needs in order to answer the question about whether classified documents were mishandled and there were efforts to obstruct. he went through the proper channels to get to around attorney-client privilege. you want to speak freely to your attorneys without it coming back to potentially bite you. paula, stick around. i want to bring in tom dupree, former assistant attorney general. what do you make of the contents? it s extraordinary this was allowed to be revealed. what do you make of the contents? the way it s not surprising is the president wants to fight the subpoena. that s what we ve seen, his lawyers often over the course of his time in office would urge cooperation with the justice department. that s not his nature. his nature is to fight. doesn t surprise me. that s the first question, what can we do to battl
Around bakhmut, russia regroups fast, steps up shelling, rapidly reinforces with troops from other front lines. meaning smaller attacks can create opportunity. when the big counter-offensive comes, the ukrainians will need to muster as much firepower as they can, even old equipment like this to pin down the russians before they can send their own troops in. only smartly used, sustained, and overwhelming force will win. and even then, there is no guarantee. nic robertson, cnn, eastern ukraine. china s new ambassador to the united states arrived in new york on tuesday amid a tumultuous period for the relationship between washington and beijing. one of bass store xie feng s main goals is to improve the relations which he says are
Increases. we ve just been told the place that we were going to is under heavy shelling so we ll pull back, go somewhere else. in the battalion bunker, the commander tells us the russians have ramped up shelling on his troops since they advanced. tons of ammo, shrapnel, tanks firing, everything. his unit s drones recorded their recent successes. but now the russians have regrouped and in a moment of candor following losses the previous night, admits that morale is flagging. let s be honest, he says, we are fighting heavily for more than a year. my soldiers went through many battles and two rotations they re bakhmut. troops are exhausted. but we endure. bakhmut which is just over the hill in that direction has become an object lesson in how russia s wealth and man and