the united states and around the world. it s monday, october 17th. i m christine romans. we begin in ukraine s capital where rescue operations are under way right now after russian forces attacked just a short time ago using kamakazi drones. that s according to ukrainian officials. the city of kyiv hit at least four times. i want to get straight to cnn s clarissa ward. she is on the streets of downtown kyiv. clarissa, what are you seeing? what do we know? reporter: so, christine, we re here at the sites of one of those four explosions that woke kyiv up this morning. and i think you can see behind me this is an on going rescue effort. this is quite clearly a residential building. we have already seen one body being removed from here. we also saw another elderly woman being rescued from the rubble, actually from the balcony on the neighboring building. we just spoke with the head of the ambulance services who says they don t know for sure but they do believe it s likely that
rescue operations are under way, two people killed, four others injured. the mayor urging people to shelter in place. let s get to clarissa ward live for us in kyiv with the very latest. reporter: good morning. we are standing right near the site of one of those blasts that woke up kyiv residents at about 6:45 this morning. they ve actually now pushed us back from the site because this is an ongoing rescue operation. ukrainian authorities saying they ve rescued 19 people at least three people have been killed. and they believe there may be more people in the rubble back there. i want to stress, this is a residential building that was hit this morning by these iranian drones. ukrainian authorities saying that one of the drones had written on it, on the debris that they discovered in russian [ speaking non-english ] essentially saying it was in revenge for attacks on the russian side of the border that the ukrainians have not officially claimed responsibility for. there had b
with the latest. trey. reporter: molly, good afternoon. a massive explosion early this morning destroyed the only bridge between russia and crimea. the blast and subsequent fire decimating the car and train sections of this bridge. spend large pieces of concrete plunging into the water below. three died after a truck exploded adding an official investigation is underway into the owner of that vehicle. investigative actions being carried out at his place of residence and everything is being studied. reporter: russia used this bridge as a main supply line to support the southern offensive in the region and destruction is viewed as significant intelligence in ukraine and the war rages on in the eastern part of the country and russian forces fired on the second largest city overnight and the missile strikes damaged one of the city s medical centers in a nonresidential building. blasts with the windows shaking and the city tonight remains on edge for the possibility of more
of rage this week. christina coleman live with the latest details, christina. christina: hi, alicia, yes, well, according to arrest report the suspect 32-year-old yani barrios asked show girls impersonators and started running around to let, quote, the anger out. facing murder charges for allegedly going into stabbing spree with kitchen knife in wynn hotel. since attack, barrios is in the country illegally and a guatemalan national with criminal record here in california. clark county da regard of citizenship status, his office is considering whether to seek the death penalty based on the evidence in this case. i m not thinking about deportation right now. i m thinking about filing very serious charges based upon the evidence. christina: telemundo reports that barrios was outside of city hall in downtown los angeles asking for help just days prior to this deadly attack. also the police reports states that barrios went to las vegas to stay with a friend but the friend told h
posting on social media messages that gleefully note the blast came a day after putin s 70th birthday, and it is seen as a shocking rebuke of both putin and the russian military. meantime, the white house is defending president biden s strong wording on thursday that we face greatest risk of, quote, armageddon since the 1962 the cuban missile crisis. all as the september jobs report raise new concerns about the directions of the economy and a potential recession. we have fox news team live coverage, lucas tomlinson is with president biden in delaware. but first, let s go to trey yints on that major blow on that long bridge to cry crimea that that is basically that has basically been taken out of commission. how will it affect supply lines, treysome. reporter: eric, good afternoon. a massive explosion if early this morning destroyed the only bridge between russia and crimea, something that will certainly affect those supply lines. the blast decimating the car and train por