peninsula of crimea and putin calls it a terrorist attack and vows to respond. plus a big week in the 2024 presidential race. the event drawing gop c contenders. i ll speak with asa hutchinson. and spell check needs. putting sensitive pentagon information potentially into the wrong hands. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. and we start with our world lead. vladimir putin is vowing retaliation after ukraine forces unleashed a pre-dawn strike on the bridge that connects crim yia to russia. two russians were killed. it is the second time since the start of the war. putin was quick to label today s strike as a taste attack. this is the same day that russia has ended a deal critical to the world s food supply, the black sea grain initiative expired in less than an hour. this will likely stop the flow of supplies from what is commonly referred to as europe s br bread basket. alex marquardt is in the city of odessa for us as russia insists it will over come ukraine s latest
no wonder xfinity mobile is one of the fastest growing mobile services. you really shouldn t walk out the front door without it. switch today at xfinitymobile.com. a pair of major developments on the war in ukraine. ukrainian forces attacking a key bridge vital to russia s military as russia terminates a crucial agreement on grain. one that has major implications for the global food supply. democrats are worried about joe, and i m not talking about that joe. i m talking about this one. senator joe manchin set to speak at an event for the group no labels which is pushing for a third party presidential candidate. the group is stoking fears that they could play spoiler in president biden s re-election bid. we ll be speaking to the group s national director about those concerns. plus, search-and-rescue operations under way after flash flooding that s claimed the lives of at least five people in the northeast. other parts of the country sweltering under dangerous heat and
payback against hamas is starting now. three weeks after the deadliest day for the jewish people since the holocaust. the difficulties of urban warfare, as much of gosnell plunges into darkness with phone lines and internet cut. the concern tonight about civilians. more targeted attacks on u.s. forces in the middle east. after american f-16s launched a retaliatory strike on iranian backed facilities in syria. tonight s other top story, the urgent search for the suspect in the deadly maine shooting. what we are learning about the investigation. the manhunt here intensifies. behind me, you can see a staging area with armored vehicles. they are planning on sending divers into the water. while this is looking like a major focus today with a lot of people we have a lot of irons in the fire. norah: we honor the victims. our interview with the family of a man who died a hero. my husband went into the kitchen and grabbed a butcher knife and went after him. saved the patrons t
day for the jewish people since the holocaust. the difficulties of urban warfare, as much of gaza plunges into darkness, with phone lines and internet cut. the concern tonight about civilians. more targeted attacks on u.s. forces in the middle east after american fighter jets launched a retaliatory strike on iranian-backed facilities in syria. the massive manhunt for the suspect and that deadly maine mass shooting is over tonight. what we are learning. he wouldn t want to go out any other way. that s exactly who he is as a man. he would give you the shirt off his back even if he had to walk in the snow with no shirt on. it s the only honor the victims. an interview with the family of a man who died a hero. my husband went to the kitchen and grabbed a butcher knife went after him to save the patrons that were in his establishment. norah: a major recall to tell you about after a dozen people are burned by the pressure cookers. and fall may be in full swing, but are you on
Holdout in damascus after six years trying to hold the city, this final holdout. he couldn t get it done with conventional weapons. he used chemical weapons and the rebels left. dana: listen to the joint chief, kenneth mackenzie on that very issue about syria s ability to conduct war strikes. they will have the ability to conduct limited attacks in the future. i would not rule that out. howev however, they ve got to look over their shoulder that we will have the ability to strike them again, should it be necessary. dana: do you think last weekend s attack did give a brush back pitch enough to assad to know he shouldn t do this again? yeah. i just think that the purpose of the attack was misguided. the first attack that we made, the purpose was to deter assad. but obviously that didn t work because he came back and used chemical weapons a year later. the purpose of last friday s attack should not be to deter him. that s already failed. take all the capability away from him for h