. >>> let's hand it over to wolf blitzer and cnn tonight. >> thank you very much. i'm wolf blitzer. this is "cnn tonight." we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. is vladimir putin now arresting some of his own aides over frustration? are some of his sabotaging efforts in ukraine? there is more evidence of growing tensions within putin's own inner circle. here's president biden today on what he's hearing. >> he seems to be -- i'm not saying this with a certainty. he seems to be self-isolated, and there's some indication that he has fired or put under house arrest some of his advisers. but i -- i don't want to put too much stock in that at this time because we don't have that much hard evidence. >> that followed a question about whether putin's being misled about the war by some of his own defense officials, something u.s. intelligence and the pentagon for that matter seem to corroborate. and as this barbaric invasion drags into its sixth week, british intelligence now says some russian forces are actually refusing to carry out orders, sabotaging the

let's hands it over to wolf blitzer and cnn tonight. >> this is cnn tonight. i'm wolf blitzer. we welcome our viewers. ukraine's president zelenskyy just spoke for the first time about the possible ukrainian strike inside russ a direct hit early this morning a storage -- russia claims two ukrainian helicopters entered its territory flying at low altitude and struck the facility that stores millions of gallons of fuel. all day, ukraine hasn't confirmed or denied it was behind the attack. it is not unlike russia to claim false flag accusations. president zelenskyy was directly asked if he ordered it tonight. listen to his answer. >> i do discuss any of my orders as commander in chief. the leader of this state. and there are things which i only share with the military armed forces of ukraine and when they talk with me. you need to understand that on that territory that you mentioned you have to know that they were placing their shooting systems and firing those missiles themselves. we were attacked. that is what matters. >> so, clearly, president zelenskyy didn't confirming or den

our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer who's in "the situation room," i will see you in a few hours. happening now, breaking news, gruesome new evidence that russia turned parts of ukraine into killing fields as mass raids and trails of bodies exposed after kremlin forces retrieved from the kyiv area. president zelenskyy touring the scene, flatly declaring the slaughter of civilians is an act of genocide. >>> president biden condemning russia's brutality in the town of bucha but he's refusing to label it as genocide or calling for president biden to be tried for war crimes and vow sanctions against russia. >>> cnn dodges artillery fire with the camera rolling. our correspondents are covering all that and much more on the front lines in ukraine. refugees are hungry and president biden over at the white house. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i am wolf blitzer, you are in "the situation room." ♪ let's go right to ukraine and the breaking news on the truly barbaric massacre in the kyiv suburbs bucha. cnn correspondents are following this st

i am wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> we begin with russia's major new military offensive in eastern ukraine. the long feared assault now a harsh reality that will likely shape the final outcome of the war. clarissa ward and ben wedeman are on the ground in eastern ukraine this hour. let's go to clarissa first in donbas region, the battleground that's a primary focus of kremlin forces. clarissa, i understand you visited a town on the eastern front. is there still time for civilians there to escape what is expected to be a truly brutal battle? >> reporter: wolf, we are here in the town of bach moot, 20 miles from a town where there has been incredibly heavy fighting throughout the day, you can hear it from here, constant volley of artillery back and forth between russian and ukrainian forces as russians continue to push in to several towns along this front. what they are finding, wolf, is people too slow to evacuate are now really struggling to ge

i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we begin with russia's escalating offensive in eastern ukraine as top ukrainian officials are confirming that the battle for the don baas region has begun. let's go right to our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto in ukraine for us. he is reporting from lviv. president zelenskyy is now speaking out about this new phase of the war. >> reporter: that's right. u.s. intelligence reported a major strategy shift by russia to stop focusing on its failed attempt on capture the capital kyiv and focus on the east and the south. we've been seeing the forces move over the last couple of weeks. now they are there. and now that battle, though it never quite stopped there, but that battle intensifying to a degree we have not seen before. and what is different about this, wolf, is that partly due to the terrain, the flat terrain, they expect a different kind of war there. heavy armor. heavy artillery, larger engag

i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room."plus called the newscast. it is always available also on demand. thanks very much for watching. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> out front next. breaking news. president zelenskyy what he saw in bucha. this as russian solars are purportedly caught on tape talking about casualty killing civilians. >>> plus, soldiers say they had names, a long list, remember kill lists? apparently they were real. their harrowing story, coming up this hour. and video appearing to show the execution of a russian prison bir ukrainian forces. what was the biden administrati

our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer in "the situation room." see you in a few hours. >>> happening now, breaking news. new signs of executions and torture in one of the towns left in ruins by russian invaders. the u.s. investigating atrocities said the horrors in bucha were premeditate and very deliberate. president biden said major war crimes are being uncovered in ukraine right now and vowing to keep ratcheting up the pain on vladimir putin after ordering new sanctions targeting putin's own daughters as well as russian banks. our correspondents are standing by in ukraine and in kyiv and here in washington for cnn's live global war coverage. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> we begin this hour with mounting evidence of atrocities committed by russian forces in ukraine. cnn getting a new and up close look at the horrors in the town of bore yanka. let's go to our chief anchor christiane amanpour, joining u

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following the breaking news on ukraine's angry response to russia's new talk of potential nuclear war, accusing the kremlin of trying to blackmail the world. more on that just ahead. but first we want to take you to the front lines of this brutal, brutal war. ukrainian forces say they're facing an offensive in all directions as russia intensifies its attacks in the east and the south. cnn's chief international correspondent clarissa ward traveled to the northeastern city of kharkiv and filed this powerful report on the widespread destruction there. >> reporter: there's no rest at night for the people of kharkiv. flares light up the sky as artillery thunders through the air. for nearly nine weeks ukraine's second largest city has been shelled relentlessly. only by day do we see the full scale of the destruction. the neighborhood of pav pavlova polye was hit repeatedly last month as russian forces tried t

i'm wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." >>> tonight, russia is making slow but alarming new progress in this, the tenth week, of its brutal war against ukraine. noish officials in kyiv, moscow, and here in washington -- they are now digging in for this bloody conflict potentially to last for years. cnn's anderson cooper is standing by in the ukrainian capital for us. kai kaitlan collins is over at the white house. we will go live to them in just moments. but first, there is growing concern about the fate of the last holdouts in the besieged city of mariupol as cnn's jim sciutto reports from the war zone. >> reporter: hundreds of civilians, including children, still trapped in a mariupol steel plant tonight, after russia blocked ukraine's latest attempt to rescue them. the last ukrainian military holdout in the embattled city and potentially ahead of another attempt to storm the plant. >> there is lack of everything, lack of water, food, lack of medicine, lack of any social help. so they need

i'm wolf blitzer.ou're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> let's get right to the breaking news tonight. russia renewing attacks on kyiv. hitting just east of the city center. president zelenskyy condemned the strikes just a little while ago. cnn's anderson cooper is joining us live from the ukrainian capital of kyiv. anderson, this was a brazen attack on kyiv. the first in weeks. you were there. set the scene for us. what happened? >> reporter: yeah, the attacks took place earlier today. several miles from the location where we're at right now. you can see the large plume of smoke in the sky after the strikes. according to ukrainian officials, five missiles were fired. one of them hitting at or right into an apartment complex, 25-story apartment complex that started a fire. they say the first two floors of that were partially destroyed. took firefighters about an hour or so to put out the fire according to officials. there were at many as ten people injured. a number

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> we begin this hour with one of the most intense battles in the war in ukraine. the fight for mariupol. russian forces launching relentless attacks and tightening their squeeze on the decimated southeastern city. the struggle to defend mariupol growing more and more desperate right now, as a ukrainian commander is warning, there may be only hours left. cnn's matt rivers is on the ground force in ukraine. first of all, what are you learning about conditions of mariupol tonight? >> reporter: well, they're horrible, wolf. and we had a slight glimmer of hope earlier today when an evacuation corridor was agreed to at 2:00 p.m. local time. it was to get the citizens out. but russia violate the cease fire, meaning only a small number of people were able to evacuate. we spoke to one man recently inside mariupol who was fighting who gave us some unique insight into the conditions on the ground. the steel plan housing marm's last line of defense. if the defende

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> this is cnn breaking news. >> we begin our coverage right now with the breaking news out of new york city. cnn's brynn gingras is standing by with us with all the latest developments in the brutal subway attack. brynn, we're waiting for an up date from investigators who are about to hold a news conference. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: yeah. wolf, it will be interesting to see if they actually name the suspect asking for the public's help in searching for that person because we're now more than nine hours into when this incident happened, and still that person is not in custody. we know that local, state, federal law enforcement are teamed up together trying to search for this person, searching down leads. we know a number of things from sources that they know. they have a picture that they were able to get of this suspect from an eyewitness video taken with thai iphone or camera phone. we also know that a credit card dropped here at the sc

wolf blitzer is off tonight. i'm jim acosta and you're in the situation room. >>> we're following the breaking news. a humiliating loss for the russian military, the premiere vessel in its black sea fleet sinking today. ukraine claims it carried out a missile strike against the warship. more than that in just a moment. but we begin our coverage with our report from the front lines of russia's resurgent push into eastern ukraine. our chief international correspondent, clarissa ward, is standing by for us in the central ukrainian city of dnipro. you just returned from a town in the east holding out against relentless russian attacks. tell us what you found. >> reporter: so, jim, we were in a city called abdika. the shelling did not let up from the minute that we arrived. the mayor says he is begging the 2,000 or so residents who are still left there to leave, but they told us they don't have the money some of them, they don't know how to get out, and those who do really want to leave say it's increasingly difficult

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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> in ukraine tonight, president zelenskyy spoke out just a little while ago about that russian attack on a train station packed with civilians. he's vowing that everyone responsible will be held accountable. let's go straight to ukraine right now for the latest on the missile strike that left at least 50 people dead, hundreds wounded. our chief international anchor, christiane amanpour, is on the scene for us in kyiv. there's global outrage over this latest attack. tell our viewers what you're learning. >> reporter: well, indeed. and this had been a hub for evacuations from eastern ukraine for the last couple of weeks. but as you say, growing outrage, and today the head of the eu, ursula von der leyen, was visiting ukraine. it just happened to coincide with this terrible, terrible massacre. and she said this just stiffens the resolve of the entire international community to increase the punitive pain on vladimir

wolf blitzer. he's he's "in "the situation room." "happening now. we're following two major breaking stories police arrest the suspect in the subway shooting. brian james called in a tip against himself. he is now charged with terrorism against a mass transit system. also breaking, amid mounting evidence that russian forces are wrapping up their assault on eastern ukraine, president biden unveiled a $800 million package. the military aid includes military, drones, attack helicopters. that could prove pivotal to the ukrainian defense. >> we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i'm wolf blitzer. you are in ""the situation room." ". >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> we begin our coverage tonight with the very traumatic arrest of the pan suspected of firing 33 shots in a new york city subway, leaving at least 29 people injured. cnn correspondent is joining us from the scene of the attack. the suspect i understand called in a tip, letting police know where he was. what else are you learning? >> reporter: t

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> the horrific scale of death and destruction in mariupol coming into sharper focus today. president zelenskyy says, i'm quoting, tens of thousands are dead inside the besieged city and accuses russia of trying to make an example of the ukrainians who held out for weeks against the russian bombardment. this as american officials now warn kremlin forces are in the early stages of a major new offensive in the east. our chief international correspondent is standing by for us in kyiv. clarissa, the situation in eastern ukraine is especially dire tonight. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, wolf, we are now getting a glimpse of new satellite images that appear to show an eight-mile long russian convoy moving to the east of the city of kharkiv. that is ukraine's second city, and bearing down south potentially to try to connect with other russian forces moving up as they launch this offensive in the east. there's been an intensification of shelling. also i

let's hands it over to wolf blitzer and cnn tonight. >> this is cnn tonight. i'm wolf blitzer. president zelenskyy just spoke for the first time about the possible ukrainian strike inside russ a direct hit early this morning a storage -- russia claims two ukrainian helicopters entered its territory flying at low altitude and struck the facility that stores millions of gallons of fuel. all day, ukraine hasn't confirmed or

our coverage continues with wolf blitzer in "the situation room." i'll see you tomorrow. >>> happening now, breaking news. putin claims victory in the besieged city of mariupol. trapping tens of thousands of civilians and ukrainian troops holed up inside a huge steel complex. putin ordering forces to make sure even a fly can't escape from the last major stronghold. president biden says there's no evidence mariupol has completely fallen and vows that putin will never succeed in occupying all of ukraine. the u.s. sending an additional $800 million in military assistance to ukrainian fighters. i'll ask a top pentagon spokesman, john kirby, how these weapons might make a difference. our correspondents are standing by in ukraine with cnn's live global coverage as this war enters its ninth week. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >>> this hour, we're following what could be a final showdown between russian and ukrainian forces in mariupol. a critical battleground i

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> let's get right to the breaking news on russia's large scale assault on eastern ukraine. the battle for the donbas region now underway according to president zelenskyy. cnn's chief international correspondent, clarissa ward, is joining us from nepro covering this battle in the east. cl you've been reporting from towns in eastern ukraine under heavy russian bombardment. what do you expect to see now now that president zelenskyy says the battle there has begun? >> reporter: this has been anticipated for some time and certainly as we have been traveling around, some of these cities and towns in the donbas region, there has been a massive intensification, a lot of these places getting pummelled. as they were preparing for thi ukraine's top security officials saying today that this morning, for the first time, those russian forces tried to push across those front line positions through kharkiv, luhansk and donetsk. they were only able to break through in

. >>> let's hand it over to wolf blitzer and cnn tonight. >> thank you very much. i'm wolf blitzer.ers in the united states and around the world. is vladimir putin now arresting some of his own aides over frustration? are some of his sabotaging efforts in ukraine? there is more evidence of growing tensions within putin's own in

we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." this hour, we're getting new reaction to what could be ukraine's first attack on russian soil since kremlin troops invaded their country. cnn, pressing ukrainian and white house officials on the big question tonight, was ukraine behind the strike on a russian fuel depot? christiane amanpour in ukraine for us, interviewed the foreign minister and mj lee at the white house spoke to president biden's top spokeswoman, we'll go to them in a moment, but first, cnn's alex marquardt has more on the depot attack and other breaking news. >> reporter: with ukrainian forces taking back territory, putting russia on the back foot, questions tonight whether they have gone on the offensive inside russia. the kremlin now accusing ukrainian helicopters of striking a fuel depot just across the border in russian territory. moscow calling the alleged attack an escalation while ukraine is refusing to say whether they were involved. >> i saw the video, but the quality is insufficien

our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer in "the situation room." i'll see you later tonight. >>> happening now, breaking news, new scenes of widespread sduks and death as russian carnage is exposed in yet another ukrainian town. cnn got an up-close look at the deafination in bernyanka. president volodymyr zelenskyy says the world is just beginning to learn about the war crimes in, crane, detailing atrocities. zelenskyy scolding the u.n., demanding it act immediately against put on's regime or dissolve itself. cnn correspondents are standing by covering hot spots in ukraine and reaction to the war here in the u.s. and in europe. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> this is cnn breaking news. a new and truly horrifying look at russian atrocities in ukraine. cnn traveling to a town just north of kyiv to see firsthand what kremlin forces left behind. fred pleitgen is just back in the ukrainian capital after making it into borodianka. tell us what you saw ther

wolf blitzer next door in a place i like to call "the situation room," i will see you monday. >>> happening now, breaking news as russian invaders leave cities in ruin, top general reveals for the first time that vladimir putin's war goals are bigger than we knew, kremlin now aiming for full control of southern ukraine as well as the eastern region. this hour, the ukrainian prime minister joins us with his reaction to putin's chilling ambitions. >>> also breaking now, urgent new pleas for evacuations in mariupol, as russia tightens its grip on the southeastern city and blockades the factory where ukrainian civilians and troops are holding out. we're getting new firsthand accounts of the horrors in mariupol from refugees who just escaped. our correspondents are covering all that and more, from key locations in the war zone. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >>> this hour, the full extent of vladimir putin's war plan is clear and even more alarming. russia, now apparently looking to seize control

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the "the situation room". >>> tonight, new threat from vladimir putin to the west. vowing a lightning fast response to any foreign interference in ukraine. this comes as russian troops are unleashing intense new attacks in eastern ukraine right now. just hours after russia freed trevor reid in a major prisoner swap. we'll have live reports from the war zone and the white house in just a moment. but first, our senior international correspondent matthew chance has the latest on trevor reid's release. >> translator: this is the moment trevor reid looking frail, took his first steps towards freedom. being etc. escorted by masked security guards and on to a waiting plane. amid fraught, u.s./russians relations, this is an unexpected win. >> this is a good day for the united states. it also speaks to president biden's commitment in this entire administration's commitment to do everything we can to secure the release of americans who are held hostage. >> reporter: trevor reed is a f

wolf blitzer. he's right next door in a place i like to call the situation room. >>> happening now, breaking news. ukraine says russians are raising everything to the ground during their offensive in the east as we're getting new video of a village wiped out amid heavy fighting. putin's war machine launching new attacks in western and criminal ukraine as well striking five, five railway stations within an hour. also breaking, the kremlin's top diplomat is again keeping the door open to the use of nuclear weapons, calling the danger serious and real. this after the u.s. secretaries of state and defense held truly critical talks with president zelenskyy in kyiv expressing hope that russia will be wea weakened by its brutal invasion. our team is standing by at key locations for cnn's live global war coverage. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in the situation room. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> there's breaking new

what did you do with that, did you like clone wolf blitzer or something? look, because if you did that i would watch that show, yeah, i would. >> i've got breaking news. >> trevor: no, i've got breaking news. ahh. (applause) but you want to know what the worst part about this cnn plus thing is that i can't make jokes about all the shows on it because nobody knows what they are. yeah, it is not fair. st not like you're going to understand a joke about the cnn plus show jake tapper's book club because you don't even know if that is a real show. but it is. or is it. no i'm kidding, it's fake, it's fake. you believed me, it's actually real. see, you don't know. that's my point. you don't know it is a real show, or it was a rile show. all right, let's move on to a different spek tack letter disaster, rudy giuliani. former aid toe donald trump and lawyer who makes all his clients look innocent in comparison. since his role in the attempt to overthrow the 2020 election giuliani has largely disappeared from public view, like a snail retreating into its shell. but

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has been meeting with members of congress and earlier she spoke with our wolf blitzer. >> i don't know a ukrainian who hasn't lost someone they love or know. and i think this war will change us forever because every ukrainian pushed out of his or her home have been pushed out of the country. a lot of women have been raped. a lot of children have died. his friend has lost a child because of this war. unfortunately this is the tragedy of the 21st century we're witnessing right now. this is literally about killing as many ukrainians and destroying as much as they can. that's exactly what russians are doing to ukrainians now. >> she also experienced personal loss when a friend who also serves in parliament lost her husband this week from russian shelli shelling near cher hfb. >>> foreign minister sergey lavrov was in delhi friday. he says russia is ready to sell india any kind of goods it wants to buy and also said the two countries will increase use of their own cur arencies in trade. listen to this. >> you know our position. woo do not fight anything that we appreciate that india is taki

wolf blitzer. he's he's "in "the situation room." "happening now. breaking stories police arrest the suspect in the subway shooting. brian james called in a tip against himself. he is now charged with terrorism against a mass transit system. also breaking, amid mounting evidence that russian forces are wrapping up their assault on eastern ukraine, president biden unveiled a $800 million package. the military aid includes military, drones, attack helicopters. that could prove

lena wolf told wolf blitzer she's worried the cdc has now lost its authority. listen to this.>> the biden administration has to do everything it can to preserve public health authority. what she did is we want the cdc to respond at that point. >> do you agree with that? >> reporter: i do. i think at the very least it's an open question whether the government can impose this kind of requirement in the future now that it's been struck down. you know, the standing rule is that it violated the -- the cdc and white house have overstepped their authority to have the mask requirement. if nothing else, they are crossing this decision, if they decide to impose it in the future, if a variant pops up that requires it. >> zachary wolf, thank you so much for joining us, especially since you have covid. hope you and your family feel better. >> thanks. >> you bet. >>> up next, real life drama for two theater artists come in. ear) here i'll take that! (excited yelell) woo-hoo! ensure max protein. with thirtrty grams of protein, one gram of sugar, and nunutrients to support immune health. we h

our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer who's in "the situation room," i will see you in a few hourss as mass raids and trails of bodies exposed after kremlin forces retrieved from the kyiv area. president zelenskyy touring the scene, flatly declaring the slaughter of civilians is an act of genocide. >>> president biden condemning russia's brutality in the town of bucha but he's refusing to label it as ge

our coverage continues now with bofl wolf blitzer in "the situation room."ow, new indications tonight that russia is planning a major offensive in eastern ukraine. the pentagon now says early signs point to russian reenforcements arriving in the donbas region in the south. president zelenskyy says tens of thousands of ukrainians are dead inside the devastated city of mariupol. zelenskyy warns kremlin forces won't let up their assault as they seek to make an example of these ukrainians. >>> also tonight, putin taps a russian general known as the butcher of syria to lead his invasion now, sparking new fears of a

. >> you get cnn people, you get me, wolf blitzer, jake tapper and a whole bunch of other -- >> stephen got it all up-- >> "parental guidance," where i do interviews with people about-- i don't know how to be a parent. >> stephen: are you guiding or are they guiding you. >> no, i'm not guiding! how would i be guiding. i'm asking questions you. >> stephen: have two children pup know as much as anybody else at this point. >> no, i don't. >> stephen: there is no other training than having a child. everyone can tell you what it's like to be a parent. it means nothing until you are a parent. it is all ( bleep ) until you have a baby. >> that's true. >> stephen: yes. >> and also -- >> stephen: it's true, it's true. >> i read eye bought all these parenting books, and i never got around to reading them. i decided i'll have a show where i'm forced to ask people-- talk to smart people and learn about parenting as -- >> stephen: so the show is a cry for help is what you're saying. >> it's a desperate cry for help. >> stephen: i have three children. would you like to ask me anything? >> i'm curious

wolf blitzer in a place i like to call "the situation room." see you tomorrow. >>> happening now.cnn is on the eastern front where civilians are facing a last chance to escape as the onslaught begins and kremlin forces close in. >>> also breaking, new evidence of russia's brutality in besieged mariupol. a factory sheltering civilians is attacked and ukraine says it intercepted russian military communications on plans to, quote, level everything to the

our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer in "the situation room."rowing evidence of russian atrocities in ukraine, kremlin troops with caught talking about killing civilians in interrepresented radio messages as the united nations suspended russia from the u.n. council rights. and the onslaught in the east will be reminiscent of world war 2. civilians are urged to get out of the region before it is too late as desperation is growing in other parts of the country where invasion forces have turned cities into waste lands. also breaking, democrats cheer a

every time free speech the first amendment was imperiled every time donald trump criticized wolf blitzer said something mean about jim acosta. here is joe biden labeling basically the only major media outlet on television that ever dissents from anything the white house says to be a grave threat to the republic. where are all the free press crusaders now? i think the other interesting thing just to tie it into that last part about the hunter biden story. it wasn't just all of the non-fox dged that spread this lie that all of this information was russian disinformation. it was joe biden and jen psaki most of 8 people will senior white house officials spread the lie. in the wake of the lie, he is the one television outlet told the truth as being a danger to the country. >> jesse: do you worry that the president says fox is the most disruptive force in this country? do you think it's the president? is he frustrated. is he in his 30's in the polls. his son might get indicted? do you think he is just angry ant doesn't really mean that or do you think there is something else going on? brillly

our coverage continues with wolf blitzer in "the situation room." i'll see you at 9:00 p.m.ia hits a train station packed with people fleeing the war. at least 50 are dead, hundreds more injured. we're learning more about the missile strike and getting new reaction to the slaughter that included children. evidence of atrocities in ukraine clearly is mounting tonight as dozens of bodies are found in a mas

trump last night to apologize and say he was paying cheney blitzers mr. trump wasn't upset and the washington post reports he was glad he didn't recommend he resign his grip on the republican party is strong. >> a sign, this is a maga party now. >> president biden reacting to the recordings. >> the people who know better are afraid to act correctly because they know they'll be primaried. >> reporter: spokespersons for liz cheney and steve scalise deny leaking the video another person close to trump says unless something else drops, trump will not likely ditch mccarthy for another member to be speaker carl >> shomari, thanks. >>> russia is revealing a much larger and bicker goal for the invasion of ukraine. they want to gain control of southern ukraine and eastern ukraine all the way to maldova he had been scaling back and refocusing on the east ukraine's defense ministry is calling this new plan imperialism. moscow is admitting this was a land grab all the way along instead of a war against mythic call nazis another mass grave has been discovered in a nea

our coverage now continues with wolf blitzer in "the situation room."news. sources tell cnn a suspect just been identified in the terrifying new york city subway attack that left at least ten people with gunshot wounds. we're standing by for an official update on the urgent manhunt. also breaking right now, for

. >>> i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." erin burnett starts right now. >>> next, breaking news. a manhunt underway in new york city after a gunman opened fire inside a busy subway car. at least 29 people hospitalized, and tonight we're learning investigators have identified the suspect. we're awaiting an nypd press conference as we speak. >>> also more breaking news. president biden says putin is committing genocide, a word biden and most of his allies have not used. if it's genocide, what are he and his aides willing to do about it. >>> plus a suspect arrested outside their russia home. his wife is our guest. >>> out front tonight, breaking news. intensified manhunt right now. we are awaiting an nypd press conference scheduled to start truly any minute and any moment. this comes as cnn has learned that investigators identified the shooter that opened fire inside a subway car in brooklyn, sending at least 29 people to the hospital. sources tell cnn he was identified tluhrough a credit cd that was dropped at the scene this m

our coverage continues with wolf blitzer in "the situation room."pping tens of thousands of civilians and ukrainian troops holed up inside a huge steel complex. putin ordering forces to make sure even a fly can't escape from the last major stronghold. president biden says there's no evidence mariupol has completely fallen and vows that putin will never succeed in occupying all of ukraine. the u.s. sending an additional $800 million in military assistance to ukrainia

our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer in "the situation room." one of the towns left in ruins by russian invaders. the u.s. investigating atrocities said the horrors in bucha were premeditate and very deliberate. president biden said major war crimes are being uncovered in ukraine right now and vowing to keep ratcheting up the pain on vladimir putin after ordering new sanction

our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer in "the situation room."king news, new scenes of widespread sduks and death as russian carnage is exposed in yet another ukrainian town. cnn got an up-close look at the deafination in bernyanka. president volodymyr zelenskyy says the world is just beginning to learn about the war crime

relations committee, member of the house foreign relations committee michael mcfall told our wolf blitzer tonight, russia is employing the same worn-out soldiers up north to battle in the east. are russia's depleted forces going to prove critical in this fight? >> absolutely, well the russians have no choice but to use those forces, don and when you look at this area here, so this was isium here and move on to slovayanka and kramatorsk, if the russians can't move this way they'll have a problem of stalling out. ukrainians have to be careful though the russians don't come behind them. you see russian advances in this area toward slovayansk also forces moving around donetsk so as they move this direction and over here it's going to create an issue for the ukrainian forces in that line that stayed steady since 2014, that line is going to move, and at some point, they're going to be some clashes right in here and certainly right in this area, but those russian forces, that mcfall mentioned are going to be in deep trouble because what you're looking at is not fresh ukrainian troops but motivat