public interest grating against private ties. the funeral marks the end of nahel s short life here in nanterre, but the story of his death lives on. he s been adopted as a symbol by people across the country, as here at home, his mother buries her son. we met this woman in nanterre earlier this week. she didn t want to be identified. she told us she witnessed nahel s death and knew him a little. the violence his death has triggered isn t helpful , she says. translation: burning everything, schools, town halls - it s useless. i everything they re doing, the parents will pay the price. but if there are riots, it s because the police are looking for it. when they check young people s ids ten times a day, it s irritating. rioting continued last night. the southern cities of marseille and lyon lit up by burning vehicles, and fireworks aimed directly at police. the government said dozens of police stations were attacked across the country and over 1,000 people arrested. in nanterr
up for discussion as well. but that same official played down the idea that a broad range of deliverables would come from this trip. the two days that secretary blinken is spending in high stakes talks marks the highest level american to visit china since president biden took office. keep in mind, the visit was already delayed once. that was after the chinese spy craft was detected roaming over the u.s. president biden this weekend called that air space intrusion silly. i don t think the leadership knew where it was and knew what was in it and knew what was going on. i think it was more embarrassing than it was intentioned. so i m hoping that over the next several months i ll be meeting with xi again and talking about legitimate differences we have but also how those areas we can get along. reporter: the taiwan strait is likely not one of those areas at present. the white house recently acknowledged that china secured a spy base in cuba, back in 2019. president biden has
witnesses ttrial date now set and the timing in the middle of the presidential campaign. the furious talks at the white house and on the hill. president biden, house speaker kevin mccarthy over the debt ceiling. mccarthy saying publicly we will finish this by june 1st, but privately saying we re nowhere near a deal. so mary bruce tonight on what s really playing out behind the scenes we re tracking the potential for severe storms tonight and heading right into memorial day so ginger zee is here to time this out. the disturbing new report any accusing hundreds of clergy in the catholic church in illinois of sexually abusing nearly 2,000 children the war in ukraine tonight and the rare assault inside russia by anti-putin russians. and tonight, the claim that u.s. equipment is now showing up on russia s side of the border. how the pentagon is now responding here in the u.s. the alarming scene at the southern border video showing a 4-year-old being dropped over the border
good saturday morning. it is april 29th. good to have you along. i m victor blackwell. i m amara walker. you re in the cnn newsroom. we begin with ukraine and a deadly russian missile strike on an apartment complex. the attack killed almost two dozen people, including six children. and it s believed to be the deadliest strike on civilians since january. it happened 4:00 a.m. local time when most people were asleep. ukraine s air force says russia fired a barrage of long range cruise missiles from the aircraft in the caspian sea area. president volodymyr zelenskyy says his forces shot down 21 of the 23 missiles fired. cnn s nic robertson has been on the scene since shortly after the strike, joining us now from uman, ukraine. hi, nic. what s the latest there? it is bad news from here. the death toll is now 25. you can see the recovery efforts still going on. but this is really just pulling out the debris, getting that off the site here. and we ve been talking with firef