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top news in the united states and around the world. ahead this hour, stalled or just slow-going? russia's attacked in eastern -- the don't blame me it's not my fault approach to tackling high inflation as u.s. president joe biden claims soaring prices his top priority. and the w.h.o. calls out beijing for its zero-covid policy calling it unsustainable. time for a rethink. live from cn nrk center. this is cnn newsroom. >> three weeks now into russia's attacks in ukraine. by most downs, ukrainian force are mostly holding their ground.

ukraine's second biggest city has been the scene of intense fighting, but according to zelenskyy, the russian occupiers are gradually being push out. amove which they say the likely to protect lines from russia as well as to prevent cross-border attacks. they say the country's armed forces are resisting on most fronts, and four more settlements are now under control. but it could lead to a dangerous new phase according to the director of national intelligence who appeared before the u.s. senate on tuesday. >> the uncertain nature of the battle combined with the reality that putin faces a mismatch between his ambitions and russia's current conventional russian capabilities likely

means the next few months could see us moving along a much more unpredictable and potentially escalatory -- >> so what do we know about any ukrainian gains in the east? >> reporter: well, what matters here is location. when you look at a map of the area around kharkiv and its proximity to the russian border, it is the four villages to the north in between kharkiv and the north that have been taken back as a result of that ukrainian counteroffensive. that is crucial because what ukrainians have been trying to do is protect kharkiv from some of that artillery that has been pounding the city for the last months. pushing back the forces is crucial with regard to that. but there's crucial supply lines that russia needs to get open in order to get to its troops to help them kept up with provisions to the south of their

border. that is why ukrainian forces are particularly happy about those gains, and they'll be looking to continue that. they have moved troops to help try to push back to that counterafencive. what we understand is that many of those troops are near the izium region waiting now trying to regroup, restock in order to pick up and get back into that fight. it is that part of the country that we're looking at very specifically to see how careful and successful ukrainians can be in terms of their counteroffensive. as you just heard, it is that particularly unpredictable phase we're getting into that is a particular concern. that mismatch that vladimir putin wants to do and in area like those north of kharkiv, what he's failing to do when he's sighing towns that were

under his control now lost. >> we appreciate that. in just the last few hours, household makers have approved a major package for ukraine. it passed 368 in favor, 58 opposed. the bill now heads to the senate and if passed will be signed by biden. for 77 days, the ukrainian troops have fought. but what makes this battle even more remarkable are the ukrainian volunteers. just 78 days ago, they were regular people in regular jobs. cnn's sam kiley spoke to volunteers on the front lines in ukraine. >> reporter: oh, it's a bunny? >> yeah. >> reporter: bunnies a tank. >> yeah, so it's bunny's a tank. >> he's got quite a carrot. >> reporter: bunny has a very

big stick. this tank was built two years ago and was until march in the vanguard of russia's invasion of ukraine. >> it's also slightly modernized to shoot more like advanced and like better rounds. it can shoot guided missiles. >> reporter: alex was on a sniper team when he discovered bunny, abonn donned in a field in march, eight days into russia's assault. within days, the tank was back in action against russians. >> i am tank commander and owner. >> reporter: it destroyed 24 russian vehicles and two tanks. >> here, we already resumed three or four tanks. we have three confirmed. >> reporter: that was in the previous couple of days when russian forces tried to break

through ukrainian lines in a bitter battle for the east. alex isn't a professional soldier. he's a software engineer who lived in the smashed town of kharkiv. his home has been destroyed. bunny is being serviced as the battle rages a few miles away. burning fielding encroach on the tank's hideout. the front line in ukraine is hundreds of miles long. for many ukrainian soldiers on this front line, there's a sense that the russians haven't yet brought their full destructive power to bear. but they expect to find out this week. russia's artillery is relentless, and putin's tank amassing. this army of volunteers is expecting a hard russian push. now, she's a driver in a recon since unit. she just graduated from

university. >> the thing that makes me angriest is raped children and women. >> reporter: is that something that you're afraid of happening to you? >> i can say that i'm afraid of something like that. i'm afraid to be not useful for my cub tri, for my people. >> reporter: this is what being useful here means, killing russians. russians anna's age. but this is a war thrust upon ukrainians. she worked with vlad. have you lost many comrades? friends? vlad said since 2014, so many of my friends, people i knew have died. so far, the people i came with since the latest invasion have not died. these people are still fighting.

they're already in charge of units. it's awesome. the best of the best with are here. his books are dark fantasies set in this waer with russia. an all too rich source of material. sam kiley, cnn, eastern ukraine. well, to washington now. said rick layton. colonel, good to see you. so if the ukrainians have in fact taken this real estate on kharkiv, it puts them within striking distance of russia's lines. >> well, it could be that. i think that they may not have all the thing that they need in order to mount a counteroffensive like that, but if they can, i think they would certainly be well-advised to do something like this, especially given the fact the russians have had some difficulty getting their supply lines situated

properly. and that's -- this i think would be a good time for them to to that actually. >> well, the u.s. director of national intelligence had this outlook for the next month. here she is. >> the next month or two of fighting will be significant as the russians attempt to reinvigorate their efforts. but even if they are successful, we are not confident that the fight in the donbass will effectively end the war. >> so looking at a period of time when this could escalate significantly. would you expect them to continue on maybe with this counteroffensive or dig in and go toe to toe with the russians? >> i think part of it is going to be what the russians do in response, john. but i think that the ukrainians will try to take things to the russians in an offensive way. if they do that, they have to expect some push back from the russians, and that could be fairly substantial. having said that, though, i

think this is a very time for them to cause damage to the russian supply lines and the russian forces that are still on ukrainian soil, especially in the area around kharkiv. this would be the time to do that. if they don't do that, then they are in for a much larger war. >> a russian veteran who played a role in crimea had this assessment. the general conclusion is bleak. the general scenario, the enemy will be pushed it of the donbass across many weeks and months. after all, the enemy controls the situation, and it troops. so is this russian offensive failing? why are the russians doing so badly yet again, or is it moving very slowly and doesn't matter either way?

>> well, it certainly matters. i think the fact that they are having difficulties like this on the russian side speaks to their lack of momentum and any army that has a lack of momentum is going to have difficulty achieving victory. momentum is i think a key component of war fair. when you look at what the russians have been doing or are failing to do, i think what you see, john, is a real possibility that they are going to grind themselves into the eastern ukrainian territories, especially the donbass region and kind of forcing war on to themselves and on to the ukrainians. so it's very likely that even though they have every intent of making it an offensive operations a reality, i think what really is going to happen is that they are going to end up having a -- almost world war i style situation or a

donbass-style situation in 2014. and that could be a significant drain on russian resources. it will also be a significant drain on ukrainian resources the. but that is something i think is highly likely given the lack of speed on the russian place operation sfls the latest assessment says as this conflict continues beyond russian pre-war expectations, russia has likely been heavily depleted. i think that moscow will struggle to replenish. what does that mean in the big picture? >> what that could mean is there might be two extremes of weaponry used by the russians. on one hand, you would have the dumb bombs, the ones that aren't guided by any pgm-type system. the other possibility is of course they would use

hypersonics like they have used against odesa, and that is something that is not only dangerous, but it's also a disinterred proportionate use of military force since they're striking civilians with these targets. so you might have almost a dichotomy. you have these sophisticated weapons being used, and on the other hand, you have these very unsophisticated weapons being used. and that could speak to the lack of logistical support and industrial support for the russian war effort. >> as always, thank you so much. good to have you with us. >> good to be with you. well, to u.s. politics now. two primary races are being closely watched. cnn projects that trump-backed west virginia congressman alex moonny has heavily won in a republican primary. but trump's candidate for

nebraska did not come out ahead. cnn predicts that jim has won that race. rising inflation, soaring gas price, soaring prices for pretty much everything. what can the white house do to turn this around? why are democrats so nervous now about thosose november election? more on that when we c come bac. wealthth is shutting down the office for mike's retirement paparty. worth is giving the employee who spent half hisis life with you, the party of a lifetime. ♪ ♪ wealth is watching your business grow. worth is watching your employees grow with it. ♪ ♪

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♪ you inspired the lexus es to be, well... more you. so thank you. we hope you like your work. ♪ 19 minutes past the hour. the u.s. consumer price index report will be rereese leasted in the next couple of hours. ahead of the report, the u.s. president says fighting inflation is his top priority. he blames the war in ukraine for economic troubles, including soaring gas prices. he acknowledged that families all across america are hurting. >> look. i no e that you got to be frustrated. i know. i can taste it.

frustrated by high pressures by grid lock in congress. by the time it takes to get anything done. believe me. i understand the frustration. >> david singer is a cnn political and national security analyst as well as a correspondent for the new york times covering the white house and national security. he joins us now from the u.s. capital. david, good to see you. >> great to be with you. >> inflation comes with politics, but there's also some hard realities. and presidents don't have a lot of leverage when it comes to lower inflation. when joe biden says fighting inflation is his number one priority, what does that actually mean? >> it means he knows between now and the midterm elections, he's got to turn it around. certainly, he has to turn it around before he may be running in 2024. it is difficult because while

there are ailments of the inflationary spiral that you could certainly blame on president biden, there are elements that you can't. obviously, the pandemic helped contribute to supply chain issues. that drove up prices as soon as demand is picked up. second thing that's done it is the war in ukraine. not joe biden's fault, but once the united states had to go after oil production in russia, that pushed up prices. and of course ukraine is a big provider of wheat, other food, stuff, so that contributes as well. and you know, thirdly, you have to remember that biden's own stimulus plan from a year ago probably contributed somewhat significantly to inflationary pressures along the way. that is -- that's certainly on him. >> which then brings us to the politics.

and i would like you to listen to the u.s. president. here he is. >> i understand the frustration. but the fact is con gregs nar republicans, not all of them, but the megarepublicans are counting on you to be as frustrated by the pace and progress which they have done everything they can to slow down. that you're going to -- will hand power over to them. and enact -- so they can enact their extreme agenda. >> just in terms of politics, is this a good move to try to blame trump republicans for the pain americans are feeling right now? could that backfire? >> i guess it could. but the fact of the matter is they are slowing down a lot of initiatives, including initiatives that make great sense. it's been a year, a year, since the senate passed the chips act, the industrial policy bill that

would help the united states try to make up some ground with china and semiconductors and pour more money into artificial intelligence, battery production for electric cars. this is one of the few areas where republicans and democrats have actually been in agreement because it goes to core competitiveness of the economy, and they're still arguing about it. and here we are nearly a year since that was enacted. so he has reasons for complaint, but every president will say that or some version of it. >> i want you to now listen to the minority leader in the senate on the republican senate. listen to this. >> they took an economy that was ready to soar, turned it around, and drove it into the ground. american families are being crushed by 8.5% inflation.

democrats' policies have unleashed the worst inflation in more than 40 years. >> whether or not the economy was ready to soar at the beginning of biden's term is an open question. he ignores that inflation is happening all over the world. but how vulnerable are democrats to that attack? >> pretty vulnerable. people feel like the economy is awful because of the inflation. but the other elements of the economy are doing pretty well. growth has been pretty good. unemployment has just been down at record lows as you have seen. in fact, the low unemployment is part of what is pushing up wages and that is part of what's pushing up inflation. so the two go hand in hand. it is fair to say that president biden didn't really see this coming. there was some economists, lawrence summers at harvard,

former treasure secretary among others, who have predicted this, but i think you could well argue that biden should have been probably better prepared and maybe a little more cautious in the economic stimulus. but he had risk of the down side too, which was the economy actually could have just slowed down. that didn't happen. >> you think it warrants what didn't happen in politics. >> got that right. >> as always, so good to see you. thank you, sir. >> great to be with you. still ahead, ukrainian troops regain ground in the south, but at what cost? why suspicions are raising high in one liberated village.

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steel plant, the last resistance in the city of mariupol. a warning the next images you're about to see are graphic but reveal the brutal reality of what life has been like for many at the steel works. some of the hundreds of wounded people can be seen here. food and medicine are in short supply, yet these soldiers have refused to surrender, including a young medic who released a message on social media. >> can i say that i will shoot the knees of people who spread information once we are gone. people, we are at war. people, do recompose yourselves. the only thing that i can say the azovstal is holding on to the russians. >> to the west, ukrainian forces are pushing back.

cnn's nick payton walsh reports, those gains have come at a devastatingly high price. >> reporter: racing under the tree line, changing their path every time with russian troops often just meters away. this is the fight for ukraine's most important river bank, and this is the place where moscow's brutal advance has been stopped. it was held by russian troops for weeks, but now the russians shell where they once hid and probe the outskirts daily. vladimir and his men have been alert since 4:00 a.m. fearing a russian attack and more of the cluster bombs they say tore down this tree. . so they're about two kilometers away in that direction he says. so occasionally, they get what russians call diversion nar groups, which is kind of

scouting groups. . fresh flowers laid at the monument to the last war's dead. but broken glass here were this war's shelter. faces that seem beyond caring who was in control. and dust that makes you wonder who will come back if it ever gets normal again. in these endless villages, it bends belief to see the quiet life forced underground like this. he's saying that the rocket landed during lunchtime and there was nobody in there. 40-50 people have been here at one point. but it is not an easy job taking back these villages.

loyalties have evaporated in some cases. the troops say they found traitors here but lack evidence to prosecute citing one case. and now, a local on the phone is reason for suspicion. russian troops came to one man's home, he says, and offered to make him a local leader. it's not at all simple. he was the local mayor for them. that's why they never touched him. and there's also a former russian colonel living here. they say, they have reason to know they're being watched. i'll only say that when we first came here, it was morning and it was a fog and impossible to see us, but the russians shot at us, which means someone gave us up. as we emerged, a puff of smoke in the sky, an explosive or a

flare. two blasts leaving them to think the cluster bombs may follow again. vladimir stays in place. the back and forth persists for places that cease to exist in the fight. nick payton walsh, cnn, ukraine. we'll take a short break. when we come back, the head of the w.h.o. says some free advice to china given to knowledge of the covid-19 virus and the omicron variant, time for china to change its s strategy. t eye drops for instant moisture. biotrue uses nataturally inspired ingredients. and no preservatives. try biotrue

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welcome back, everybody. well, the head of the world health organization has some advice for beijing and its zero covid policy, it won't work, and it's time for plan b. >> when we talk about the zero covid strategy, we don't think that it's sustainable

considering the virus now and what we anticipate in the future. >> let's go now to steven live in beijing. so steven, this is an interesting play by him because we know how much beijing has invested into zero covid. you're not allowed to criticize the policy without being frowned upon. >> reporter: so far, the government has not responded. but they have acted a lot more quickly and forcefully erasing all traces of his remarks from chinese social media after the story went viral early wednesday. this is not surprising given what we have seen since late last week when xi jinping made it clear that china is not only sticking to covid but to fight with any distortion, doubts, and rejection of this policy. so i think it's very likely in

the coming hours, we will see chinese officials fighting back. what he said really is representing growing international consensus about this issue. given the evolving nature of this virus, given the availability of tools for governments, it makes less sense for lockdowns and zero covid measures. if the authorities have been prioritizing getting its elderly citizens vaccinated or allower more vacuum nations for its general population, things may have turned out differently. but covid containment is now a political campaign launched by xi jinping leaving them with little or no authority. that's why we see them doubling down on the increasing enforcement of measures in

shanghai and here in beijing as well. >> well, stephen, thank you. steven live for us in beijing. i'm john here in cnn. after the break, an alabama fugitive back in custody. and we have details on what he was planning before he was caught. ” more. - wooo. - wooo.. wooooo!!!!! woohooooo!!!! w-o-o-o-o-o... yeah, feel the savings. pricelinine. every trip i is a big deal.

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white was pinned inside the vehicle with a gunshot wound to her head. >> once the vehicle crashed, the female suspect shot herself. we don't believe he shot her. >> officials believe a 911 dispatcher was on the phone with vikky white before the crash. >> 911. we could hear her on the line saying she had her finger on the trigger. >> she later died from her injuries at a nearby hospital. >> their plan was pretty faulty. they're criminals. their plan was faulty, and it failed. >> her former colleague in alabama left wondering what happened to a friend they knew. >> them finding out she was basically the master mind behind the whole plan, then finding out she lost her life. it's just been a roller coaster.

celebrity chef has been found not guilty of indecent assault after allegedly raping a woman at a restaurant. they said it was not befitting of his sta chur but added the critic had of groping her in inappropriate selfie session. elon musk gets control of twitter, says the main goal is free speech and would reverse a ban on former president donald trump. take a listen. >> i do think that it was not correct to ban donald trump. i think that was a mistake. because it -- it alienated a large part of the country and did not ultimately result in donald trump not having a voice.

>> musk says twitter should be cautious with permanent bans and removing the account could have amplified his voice in the right wing. taiwan will face acute threat by end of the decade. china likely wants to avoid a military conflict but still working to build a military to take over the self-governing island. >> it's our view they are working hard to effectively put themselves in position where the military is capable of taking taiwan over our intervention. >> for more, will ripley joins us live. how did this report guy down with taipei? >> it's no secret to the leaders of the island, military versus military, there's no contest

between the people's liberation army and taiwan with a defense budget a 17th of the size. but there's hard and soft power. soft power is a different ball game. taiwan, lot of people don't know this, plays a crucial role in the world getting cutting-edge technology. if there were a disruption, could have global implications. makes taiwan valuable to china, but also the united states, its allies and much of the world. taiwan's first line of defense from a chinese invasion. billions spent on missiles, new warships and submarines, upgraded fleet of fighter jets. expanded training for reserve soldiers, all dwarfed by the mainland's massive military. 17 times bigger than taiwan. experts say the island's biggest weapon against china is technology so small you need a

microscope. super tiny and powerful semiconductors. powers products you use every day. taiwan produces about 70% of the world's semiconductor chips. for companies around the world like apple and intel. experts warn any disruption to the chip supply could paralyze world production and impact everyone. >> saying taiwan should be defended because it's a democracy. that's too abstract. if there's war in taiwan strait, the price of computers would increase, cell phones would become more expensive. self-serving but emotional connection for people with a society that would be otherwise abstract to them. >> reporter: russia's unprovoked invasion of ukraine is raising questions about the future of

taiwan, self-governing democracy claimed but never controlled by beijing's communist rulers. >> much more relevant to the global economy than ukraine. >> reporter: even china relies on chips from taiwan. more than 50% of the exports semiconductors. china is top trading partner. what does it mean economically for them if there's a conflict? >> disastrous for taiwan, china, u.s., eu, everybody. >> reporter: chinese presidents had vowed to rejoin with taiwan no matter the cost. the chip industry could make the cost too steep. when there are comparisons drawn between kyiv and taipei, democracies under looming threat of invasion by authoritarian

power, government in taipei is quick to point out of strategic importance of the semiconductor industry. if there was invasion of taiwan, people would have to wait over a year for new cell phone and longer for laptop. those things make other countries wake up and realize it's not just this island, but devastating for whole world. problem for challenge for taiwan is lot of other countries are scrambling to reduce dependence on the semiconductor industry by building and developing their own technology and factories. but the company we showed you are light years ahead of everyone else, building high-end chips so valuable for companies like apple, tesla, around the world. in short term that keeps taiwan safer, but they have challenge of maintaining that leverage and continuing to train themselves militarily for the prospect of

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