the world. i'm john vause with cnn's coverage of another round of primary races across the united states. and one of the most powerful democrats in the u.s. congress, will not be heading back to capitol hill next year. and newly-drawn new york congressional map critic antitrust matchup between incumbents, derek madeleine, and karen's only. and cnn projects matter at the chair of the judicial committee will be the democrat nominee for the next 12 district. joining me with a three year long decade long -- >> for this district not belong to me or to my opponents for that matter. it belongs only to the voters of this district. do you norcross who get on every day and believes themselves will be building -- those new yorkers get the truth the valleys of the city. you know what, i think the voters made themselves clear tonight.

but now to florida were seen and projects help demings will win the democratic senate primary. and challenge incumbent, marco rubio. then things is a former police chief of orlando and has served in the house since 2014. and singer landa they protect that charlie crist will, be the democratic governor in nevada. he will face incumbent around the sides in november. and now to st. petersburg florida. >> quite a bit of celebrations tonight from charlie crist, camp here in st. petersburg. declaring the victory and the democratic primary for the governor's race to the general election in november. now, i gotta tell, you i've got an interesting exchange with one of the staffers. who said i don't plan to get any rest tonight. because, now, the real work begins. as they go head to head with governor ron desantis. so a rising star for the republican party that has widely seen at the potential gop presidential nominee. so, it did not take long for

chris to go after desantis when he hit the stage. listen. >> make no mistake about it. this guy wants to be president of the united states of america. and everybody knows it. however, when we defeat him on november 8th next show is over. enough. >> but for crist, it was obvious that this was not just about attacking governor desantis. but rather still trying to energize that base. trying to get democrats excited about some of the issues that he sees as important. highlighting many better central to what's have become culture wars here in florida. talking about abortion, the lgbtq community, education, voting rights, all of those mentioned in his victory speech. and would likely remain central in his campaign as he moves folk forward. leyla santiago, cnn, st. petersburg florida.

>> joining me now from washington republican strategist and cnn legal can ventilator alistair and democrats drive just chris given. thank you both for being with us. >> thanks for being -- >> will begin with florida. where the democrats have chosen former publican governor, charlie charlie crist crist to take on desantis. we know desantis is the favorite to run for the republican presidential nominee in 2024. here's a little more form charlie crist. >> the truth is this governor couldn't care less. about your freedom. he is abusive. he is a bully. he is a bully. and he is dangerous. he is dangerous. he imitates the worst authoritarian leaders on the globe. >> we'll start off with the. how would the national tension about a run to the white house possibility and then a full term as governor. how the effect desantis in the race to come? >> i don't have an impact

whatsoever. because he has been a strong leader for the people of florida. with regards to the economy and jobs. he led very strong through covid and doing his best to keep businesses open. which was imperative. and is really taking the lead with regard to issues, such as fighting crime, as well as education. now look. in the latest head to head polls and lays at that polling. governor desantis over chris. desantis is up eight points. he has tremendous a mighty. he has already had a fantastic or test. going into november he's got the wind in his back. and he is going to do extremely well. as opposed to chris, who used to be republican, no democrat. and back and forth. look he's going to face an uphill battle. he's going to have a financial disadvantage. he, right now, by calling desantis names. saying he's a bully and going after him and attacking him personally. as opposed to a contrast on

policies that goes to show that he is really struggling hard to find the proper message to go after desantis. who is an extremely popular governor. >> yet desantis is popular, he's a hard right conservative, he does have an abrasive an aggressive side himself. here is mocking progressives on the left. areas. >> we will fight the woke in the businesses. we will fight the woke in government agencies. we will fight the work in our schools. we will never ever surrender to the woke agenda. florida is the state where woke goes to die. but >> i would say chris campaigned on the return to political decency. how much will november's election in florida tell you about voters there and what they are looking for. and then maybe beyond florida. >> while i think, and a lot of ways, the battle for florida is more about 22. if charlie can be competitive.

or somehow wind. that is obviously a pretty significant event. the challenge, i think, but chris faces is florida is not what i would describe right now as a purple state. or a state that's really kind of swinging. it is definitely leaning more conservative. and he has got a bit of a challenge, to say the least, on that front. i think it is going to be interesting to see, doesn't get closer, does it become competitive, and if it does desantis who is really counting on a comfortable win. you know, the worst thing that could happen would be a close win and would kind of make him seem weaker because he clearly has presidential ambitions. it's the worst kept secret in the country. so i think the goal, clearly, it's a try to win big and springboard towards the presidential race. that's the question.

my perspective is, how close is it? and can there be an upset. right now, probably not gonna have an upset. probably a better bet on keeping it close. >> very quickly, but democrats do about this $400 million at the scientists as? >> i don't think you can match me money to be honest or so many competitive races across the country that democrats are trying to keep up and where they can window senate seats and when those house seats and potentially kind of minimize or keep the house. i am not sure this will be a flood of money going into florida for chris hearses either don't have to make it competitive, and get that money. but if he's not competitive the money is not gonna. come >> the new york stock district, this is one time democrat colleagues turned rivals it and with caroline mahoney's three decades and commerce over and also seems a friendship with jerry nadler. both trading insults like this. >> caroline voted for the war in iraq. which killed hundreds of

thousands of people. she was global enough to believe the misrepresentations of the bush administration. >> i think that you should read the editorial and the new york post today. they call him cena. they cite his performance at the debate where he could even remember who he was impeached. but >> did maloney give republicans enough material to run it's neither in the midterms? >> absolutely, going after his agent called him cena, sure that is perfect fodder for republicans use against him and here. you have to liberal lines that have been friends for 30 years. and one of the most dirty primary races that we have seen today. and the thing i find ironic about this. or humorous. is that the democrats and progressive champion themselves as the party of the younger generation. and of diversity. and bringing in new young blood. and the new young blood trailed

in third place. and the old white guy and depth coming out ahead. and look, this is a very challenging race, but it certainly was interesting to see two longtime friends. liberal lions. go head to head in a race like this. and just goes to show this was going to be an interesting general election as we go towards november. >> chris let's go to you about the race there for the 12. district will there be relief in the white house that maloney was developing that had this overwhelming victory of four wet she said about biden running again? >> i'm not sure that's gonna factor one way or another. you know, this is a pretty safe seat for democrats. the, -- is kind of primary election was really more about florida than it was fabulous happening in new york. it was interesting because we had obviously to land standing democrats kind of finding out. it got nasty, which is kind of unfortunate, but that's what happens, i guess politics. and terms of what impact it has

in the long term. not much. the reality is the same seat isn't gonna make a difference one where another coming november. >> but -- just real quickly. i think one of the big races to watch in new york's cd 19. which is a special election where we had an actual democrat running against an actual republican. and it looks like, right, now the democrats may come out ahead. i think that is something i'm concerned for republicans. because we are seeing in congressional race. maybe, the roe v. wade ruling is motivating democratic voters. maybe the drop in gas prices is motivating democratic voters. i think this is a good test case to see how these congressional races will play out in the general election. so, all eyes on c b 19. >> a good way to finish, on alice thank you so much. >> thank you. but >> later not to the destination to highly

classified documents found in the florida home of former u.s. president donald trump. a letter from the national archives to trump's legal team published online by a trump ally. confirming more than 700 pages mark classified and special access were recovered in january. the nature of classified information was raising concern about federal investigators about potential damage message security. you details now from cnn's jessica schneider reporting from washington. >> new information about the documents recovered from mar-a-lago months ago. and how they included some of the government's most sensitive secrets. a letter just released by the national archives. details that they received 100 classified documents. comprising more than 700 pages back in january. even before the fbi seized 11 sets of classified documents two weeks ago. the general documents included materials marked as sensitive compartmented information. meaning they must be viewed in secure government facilities. and materials labeled, special access program. the classification that

significantly from limits who is allowed to access the information. >> obviously, these sorts documents belong the national archives. this is precisely why they are to be held by the government itself. not by someone who is a former president, or anybody else. >> the letter also shows that the archives try to work with trump's team and the late providing the documents until mid may to the fbi. and the intelligence community. so they can assess the damage done to national security. in fact, sources now tell cnn, how the justice department initially balked at mount rainier criminal investigation. top officials weigh the national security applications of the classified information being stored. in unsecured sections of mar-a-lago. knowing that political blowback because likely. >> we've lost a lot of faith in the fairness of the judicial system. it seems that they keep trying to find more and more things to go after trump on. it just seems like what they keep doing is breaking norms in their attempt to try to get him. >> as the letter was released, the former president lashed out on the social media page.

accusing the biden administration of acting for purely political reasons. saying the white house state strongly or they were not involved, and knew absolutely nothing about the political witch hunt going on with me, and that they didn't know anything about the break-in at mar-a-lago. this was strongly reiterated again and again, wrong. this comes as trump's legal team filed with federal court asking for a third-party special master to review which was retreat from mar-a-lago. and demanding the government stop sorting through any more documents in the meantime. >> it's our telegraphs of the trump team doesn't trust the fbi. there's some very bad blood between the fbi and president trump. >> the judge is telling trump's team to refine its legal argument by friday. and explain why they think the court has the ability to step in now. meanwhile cnn has learned the justice department just issued a new grand jury subpoena to the national archive. for more documents. as part of its investigation into january 6th.

with a separate criminal probe, this latest subpoenas on top of with the doj already demanded from the archives earlier this year. and it's just the latest indication that's just apartments continue to ramp up its investigation as has even brought in the scope of its probe into the potential role white house taft played in the events leading up to the capitol attack. and cnn has learned that robert o'brien who served as trump's national security adviser, he met with the january 6th elect committee on tuesday. that's according to a source. now brian is a latest cabinet official to be interviewed by the committee as they provide more public hearings in september. and they continue to investigate conversation between kaplan members about potentially invoking the 25th amendment to force trump from office in those days after january 6th. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. but >> still to come here on cnn, a memorial service calls for the daughter of putin ally. as russia pledged to hold those

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tuesday her father gave an emotional speech saying quote, she died for russia. our reporter from moscow's reporting in. >> as darya dugina's body lay in an open casket, among the mourners, grief, sorrow, but also massive anger and a thirst for revenge dugina's father, the hard-line pro kremlin idealogue, alexander dugin, emotional, openly called for a massive escalation of russia's division of ukraine. >> the price we had to pay can be justified by only one thing, the highest achievement, victory, he said. she lived in the name of victory, and she died in the name of victory. our russian victory, our truth, our orthodoxy, our country, and our empire. some going even further than that, demanding an all-out war. >> maybe this event in the capital will help convey the message to our government that

we have to stop playing around with, quote, special military operations, and that it is time to start a war, a serious war, with first and foremost, spiritual mobilization, a friend of darya dugina said. after darya dugina was killed when her car exploded on a moscow highway, it took the russian intelligence agency only a day to blame ukraine releasing video of what they claim is a special ukrainian services operative who allegedly in traded russia, killed dugina and fled to a another country. those claims cannot be reiterated and independent verified by cnn. the ukrainian president said it was not -- >> this is not our responsibility, volodymyr zelenskyy said, she's not a citizen of our country. we are not interested in her, she's not in the territory of

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just gone 20 minutes back the. our welcome back, you're watching cnn newsroom, with me, john vause. primaries in two of america's most popular states are testing political landscapes, also redistricting. new york, cnn projects house democrat jerry nadler as decisively defeated democrat incumbent caro maloney in the states 12 congressional district. these two warring democrats church powerful house committee, but were pitted against each other due to new york's

redistricting laws. in florida, house democrat val demings has secured the democratic nomination for the senate by a landslide. she'll face republican senator marco rubio in the midterms, now 11 weeks away. but our most closely watched battle is for the democratic nomination for governor, was representative charlie crist has. one crist, who once served as the republican governor of florida, defeated agricultural commission nikki fry. now he takes on the immense challenge of taking on republican governor ron desantis in november. jessica levinson is the professor at the university -- of in los angeles. host of -- the podcast. and she's here with us now. >> good to be here. >> so, what's your take away from the primary tonight, what's the takeaway for you, what are you looking at most? >> so, i think we saw how the midterms are going to shake up. and we saw a little bit of how each party is going to try and position themselves. i think the democrats are going to pull together and try to frankly put roe v. wade on the ballot. we saw that happen in a

specific, in a very specific way in oklahoma. but i think we are going to see that happen throughout the next 11, weeks where democrats are going to emphasize over and over again the right to choose, in part because there is now this is a very famous graphic that's been shared many times on social media, that show registration numbers for women really taking up significantly since that decision. and i think the republican party, as we've now seen since liz cheney lost her seat, and since so many other things have happened, is the party of trump. and they are going to continue, i think, to tie themselves to the former president. what will be really interesting is if there is a big legal development, and it's bad for trump, will you see these candidates in the lead up to the midterms really try and flee and pull away from that? >> interesting roe v. wade was also an issue for the congressional district in new york's 19th sister, apparently. so, you are correct. -- one of the big issues. i've also heard from the senate minority leader, mitch

mcconnell, the republican, he had this prediction for the midterm elections. here it is. >> i think the, there is probably a greater likelihood the house flips the senate, the senate quality candidate has a lot to do with the outcome. >> speaking of candidates and quality, is the party's nominee for the, senate a senator from georgia, herschel walker. >> they've continue to try to fool you, try to get you out. but they're not. -- because a lot of the money is going to treaties. it's going to trees. i love, trees don't we have enough trees around here? >> he's top of the recently passed bill for climate, change and the money that was he was calling trees. when you go to mitchell, connell when he's, right he's really right. it seems a lot of republicans are being nominate, ones who are back by trump, there is limited appeal though, for a general election. >> so, i think there is a candidate quality problem in some places. and i frankly think there are

americans, not those who are running for office, but those who vote for those who run for office, who maybe feel like they do not have a party. that they previously identified as being republicans, that they are fiscally conservative, maybe socially they're moderate, and they are looking at people like walker, and saying where is my candidate? now, to mitch mcconnell's comment, i think part of this is the expectation game, right, so he's trying to lower expectations, so if in fact republicans do take the senate, i think it will look big and surprising. and i think he is trying to maybe let people know there is a possibility the democrats will keep the senate. but with mitch mcconnell, it's always a strategy game. i think he's always playing five steps ahead. and it's all about politics, it's all about retaining power. >> yeah, we now know what was recovered at trump's mar-a-lago residents thanks to a trump ally, with friends like these, who posted a letter on the -- national archives. he read about, among the

materials among the documents are witches with classification markings comprising 700 page. it's 15 boxes, all stored in the basement with the highest level security classification. this is all recovered in january. in top of legal consequences here for trump, and those around him who knew about these documents. >> right, so, i think the legal consequences are actually significant. and the reporting here is that the department of justice initially kind of bulked and said is this really what you want to go after? and the national archives said no, this is actually quite serious. and again, for people watching at home, think about the difference between, you leave a job, you take a stapler, maybe even take a keyboard. you are not supposed to take those things. but it does not threaten the company. it does not threaten anybody security. in this case, we are talking about some of the most secret documents that really threaten our safety, that threaten our national security. they are listed as top, secret which only certain people can see, and only in certain places,

and only for certain purposes. so, i think the national archives was really able to convince the department of justice, this is serious. and let's remember, president trump and his attorney said to the department of justice, you have everything. they did not believe him. that's why they got the search warrant. and now, we're looking at a lot more than just retaining documents that you should not have. we are looking at obstruction of justice. we are looking at the espionage act. it is amazing how quickly this has turned into potentially the most significant immediate legal exposure that the former president can face. >> jessica, thank you for being with us. we know you're coming back next hour, to talk about why that trump ally release that website, released an on that website, fastenings story itself. we will see you soon. >> thank you. >> soon to come, trips to taiwan keep on coming. china, still not happy. i had, i will speak with a congressman who just returned from the south asian island, and what it is sending to

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this month, taiwan has seen a

rush of high visits by elected officials, not just from the u.s., but also japan in europe. the governor of indiana arrive monday, but -- part of a group of japanese lawmakers. beijing described that visit as egregious. another u.s. congressional delegation, the fourth in recent weeks, is expected this weekend. lawmakers from lithuania are scheduled for next week. congressman don bayer was part of a delegation that arrived in taipei the days after the visit by the house speaker nancy pelosi, he is with us this hour from alexandria. good to see you, congressman. thank you for being with. that's >> thank you very much. >> okay, so, on monday, the governor of indiana met with taiwan's president. she talked to the need for unity among friends and allies. here she is. >> [interpreter] taiwan has been confronted by military threats from china in and around the taiwan straight. at this moment, democratic allies must stand together and boost cooperation across all areas [end of translation] >> clearly the leader of taiwan would like stronger ties in relations with united states. but present biden has said in

overtime that the u.s. will come to taiwan's defense. this fourth delegation for the u.s. delegation arriving over the weekend for all intents and purposes, strategic me unity seems done and dusted. how you describe the u.s. policy to taiwan now? >> i think we're still with the one china policy. but, one of the things with the one policy policy as, suggested going back to the taiwan relations act of 1979, was that there would be separate forms of government. and that the people of taiwan, the island of taiwan would be able to stay democratic, self determination, personal rights and freedoms, capitalist system. and those with the militarization of the people's republic of china, those things seem to be under greater threat. which is i think why the democratic world is coming together with the people of taiwan. >> those communiqués also, for, them recognize taiwan as being part of china, and being an external domestic issue for beijing. do these recent visits challenge that notion?

>> i do not think. so i think we have tried to be very careful about sticking to the assurances, the original one china policy. but one of the things the signature says is that taiwan will not be subject to military aggression from the prc. that an eventual reunification, whether it's this decade, or hundred years from now, will take place peacefully, and mutually negotiated. that does not seem to be what the chinese communist are thinking about right now. >> in fact, president xi has made taiwan a central part of the power grab within the communist party. as part of the reason why there have been these hard-line responses from beijing with these recent visits. so, why not wait until november, when she's power grab is done, why risk of conflict with china to show potential support for taiwan which can be done at anytime? >> i think our intention is not to risk a potential conflict but, rather, deter a conflict. by making it abundantly clear to the prc that we stand with the people of taiwan.

and this does not have to be kinetic, it does not have to be military. although, clearly, they overreacted with all the live fire exercises. but just look at the way the world is united against russia after the ukraine invasion. you know, just the economic damage to russia, as a matter of a democratic system coming together, it's something that has to make the prc think once, twice, three times. >> congressman, thank you for being with us. i hope you can make the next hour, when we can talk about semiconductors and microchips. so we appreciate you for this hour, and we'll see you next. >> thanks. >> the governor of texas has signed a disaster declaration for almost two dozen counties affected by severe storms and flooding. flooding in dallas is the worse the city has ever seen. it's caught many off-guard. cnn's ed lavandera reports. dallas --

standby heavy rainfall that flooded streets, homes, and local businesses on monday. >> the current is so strong on past my house, it will wash you away. >> as the downpour continued, creeks overflowed. >> i've been here 13 years. and this is by far, by far the worst this is ever flooded. >> water levels rose so quickly cars stalled and drivers were trapped on flooded highways. the dallas police chief says 28 patrol cars were damaged in the deluge of rain. >> we got hit pretty hard. and we got hit in a historic way. the sky opened up, and soon after, our streets closed down. >> the texas governor signed a disaster declaration today for 23 counties across the state. >> what happened yesterday is the second worst rainstorm and flooding in dallas since 1932. >> the flash floods are now sub siding after more than nine

inches of rain in some areas. but the damage assessment is just beginning. >> this is the first time in 90 years that we've had this much rain in a 24-hour period. city parks that look more like lakes. these impacts are gonna be held all over our economy. >> the latest, told more than 100 homes flooded. a 60-year-old woman died when her car was presumably slept away by floodwaters, according to local authorities. a storm that started a chain of travel disruptions across the country is now headed towards louisiana and mississippi. >> this monster of a rain maker continues to slide eastward, and it continues to set records. shreveport, louisiana, reporting their second wettest august day in history. and the records go back 150 years. flood warnings, flash flood warnings, could be issued for cities such as new orleans, jackson, mississippi, and points eastward. texas governor greg abbott is facing questions about how he's managing the states climate change issues, and extreme heat, drought, tornadoes, and now floods. >> we are now dealing with more

extreme weather patterns. we're constantly looking at what extreme weather may lead to, whether it be power demand, extreme heat, extreme cold, heavy water, or even drought. >> even after this record rainfall, the governor deliberately avoided calling these weather patterns the effects of climate change. >> the sun is coming out. this is texas. >> some isolated areas of dallas received as much as 15 inches of rain in 24 hours. this comes after months of drought, weeks and weeks of extreme heat, the entire experience causes weather whiplash. ed lavandera, cnn, dallas. >> when we come back here on cnn, a war of choice that vladimir putin thought would be over in days is now in his six month with no end in sight. in a moment, will focus on the key moments and russians invasion of ukraine.

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the u.s. is expected to announce its largest ever security package for ukraine, with around three billion dollars. u.s. officials tell cnn it will include western air defense systems, as well as stockpiles of ammunition, lots and lots of ammunition. those are earmark money for training and maintenance. on tuesday, -- promise continued support for ukraine, and urge other allies to do the same. >> we must keep raising the cost, international pressure on president putin and his enablers, until the rights of the ukrainian people, and their sovereign country, are respected. and we must continue to provide humanitarian security and diplomatic support for ukrainians bravely defending their rights, as the united

states has done and will continue to do. >> the new weapons could take some moments to arrive, that's because they're not being drawn from existing u.s. inventories. but they will come from defense contractors instead. we have now reached the six month point of russia's war in ukraine. still, after all the death and destruction, the bloodshed, vladimir putin's endgame remains unclear, his strategic goals aren't met, and the ukrainian resolve is a strong as ever. cnn's isa soares looks back at the major events in the conflict before. and a warning, her report contains graphic images. devastating explosions across ukraine's major cities. this was the moment russia lit up ukraine's skies, an unwarranted invasion that only or moments earlier russian present vladimir putin called a special military operation to demilitarize and the nazify ukraine. >> [interpreter] whoever tries to interfere with

us, and even more so, to create threats to our country, our people should know that russia's response will be immediate, and will lead to such consequences that you have never experienced in your history [end of translation] . >> the kremlin's immediate goal, to surround kyiv and liquidate the ukrainian leadership. later that same day, russian special forces took a airbase just outside the capital. cnn was there as it all unfold. it >> within the past few seconds, they were engaged in a firefight, presumably with the ukrainian military, which says it is staging a counter offensive. >> the projections of some western analysts that would be all over in three days seemed on target. they were not. within 48 hours, ukrainians special forces rendered the air bases in operable, the first in a series of setbacks. russia's shock and all was suddenly surprisingly muted by ukrainian resistance. symbolized by a defiant

president volodymyr zelenskyy, telling cnn from a bunker in kyiv that the russian invasion was about far more than ukraine. >> [interpreter] it's very important for people in the united states to understand that despite the fact that the war is taken place in ukraine, it's essentially for values in life, for democracy, for freedom. therefore, this war is for all the world. [end of translation] >> as he spoke, millions of ukrainians were fleeing westward to poland, fearful of a russian blitz creek. the fastest-growing refugee crisis in generations according to the united nations. as russia pressed on, families were torn apart as the men stayed on to fight. their future uncertain. >> so this is goodbye, temporarily. >> those who stayed behind bunkered underground. the metro filled with the elderly and the vulnerable, all terrified of the unknown. >> i imagine they're afraid.

they are very nervous. >> president zelenskyy appealed to the west for help. >> you are the leader of the nation, your great nation. i wish you to be the leader of the world. >> by march 10th, russia was headed towards the capital. but not everything was going according to the plan. one column of russian vehicles 40 miles long sat north of the capital, exposed to ukrainian mobile units, with anti tank missiles, and drones, suddenly russia found itself bogged down, suffering heavy losses. but it was not until they were forced to pull back that the true human devastation was seen. evidence of torture, executions, mass graves exposed. russian troops had committed human rights violations, atrocities, war crimes. the entire town became a crime scene. >> for us, our motivation is

justice. >> by the spring, the russian focus focus to the eastern luhansk and donetsk regions, the original goal of putin's special operation. russia's goals in the east have come at the price of amends civilian suffering. the city of mariupol was battered and bombed for two months. local officials estimated 20,000 people were killed, far more flat. soldiers at the cities as of stock steal complex became a symbol of ukrainian resistance, pounded from sea land an air. but for weeks, refusing to surrender. gradually, remorselessly, russian forces edged forward in the donbas. but they have taken immense casualties. pentagon estimates more than 70,000. western officials tell cnn the russians are struggling to make up losses of men and munitions. and with new, longer wage and

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hello, welcome, to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm john vause, we begin this hour in ukraine, a country which today marks 31 years of independence from the soviet union. and six months of brutal war with russia. the streets were quiet overnight in ukraine's second largest city, kharkiv, where a strict curfew is in place amid warnings moscow may be planning major strikes on