ukraine. he assumed that he could roll into kyiv. he assumed that ukraine could never mount a counter offensive to retake its sovereign territory in kharkiv and beyond. ladies and gentlemen, if you want to see how mistaken those were, look at the battlefield today. there was a new round of missile attacks in ukraine this morning. at least seven people were killed and eight others wounded when russia targeted a market in eastern ukraine in the city of zaporizhzhia and its suburbs were struck overnight. cnn s frederick pk pleitgen is in kyiv. what can you tell us about the new round of russian attacks. reporter: it doesn t seem as though the attacks are letting up in any way, shape or form. throughout the entire night in the ukrainian capital in kyiv, we heard air-raid sirens that kept going on. it seems as though the ukrainians take down most of the missiles shot at the capital. zaporizhzhia hit by russian missiles. the ukrainians interestingly say it was surface-to-air mi
S its a seinfeld shutdown. Im michael smerconish. When we have been here before, it was for understandable reasons. In the 90s it was about spend ing cuts. 2013 the issue was bipartisan disagreement over the Affordable Care act on president obamas watch. In 2018 the issue was president trumps desire to build a wall on the mexican border. But this time, the American Enterprise institute has started to recefer to the impasse as th seinfeld shutdown. It dates fwook georges pitch to tv executives. I think i can sum up the show for you with one word. Nothing. Nothing . Nothing. What does that mean . The show is about nothing. Indeed like the series, it is a shutdown about nothing to which i would add nothing except polarization. Well get to the impact that it all has on the military in just a moment. Also on todays program, police say an online influencer live streamed the widespread looting in philadelphia this week and encouraged the targeting of specific stores. Ill discuss the thorny is
minutes from now, president biden will speak after making progress with china, but then calling president xi jinping a dictator. the live remarks ahead. plus, new indications that israel s ground offensive in gaza could be expanding to the south. leaflets with being dropped in the area warning civilians to move toward known shelters. all of this with the idf six hours into its raid at gaza s largest hospital. questions still remain about what was found inside. and congressman george santos says he will not seek re-election after a damning ethics report, one that found, quote, substantial evidence he used campaign funds for personal purposes including botox and onlyfans. we re following these major developing stories and more all coming in right here to c cnn news central. president biden says he made progress with chinese president xi jinping in their four-hour meeting yesterday, but did president biden squander good will with their off the cuff statement after thei
joey jones, kennedy and raymond arroyo, welcome to the big to the big big tujunga the big weekend show. a new york times poll gives trump the lead in 5 key swing state match ups in nevada trump has a double digit lead and he is ahead by five points in georgia, arizona, michigan and pennsylvania. they have some in mainstream media doubting biden s ability to win in 2024. should make room for another democrat. i think that problems that democrats have, they don t know who that democrat would be right now, i don t think that people look at kamala harris feel she is ready. they look across rest of the party governor, senators, mayors and house members they are struggling to figure out who they could put up if it not joe biden, reality is democrats will probably run joe biden. even bill maher is worried. he could lose. you know when people say, well he beat trump before, yeah, things change, this is not 2020. and he is not the same guy. can he win the job? we think
to discuss the israeli hamas war. his trip is prompted by growing signs that israel s offensive in gaza is quickly losing support around the globe, especially among its middle eastern neighbors. turkey s president has gone so far as to call israel s actions, quote, crimes against humanity. he s now recalling his ambassador to israel for consultation and suspending communications with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. blinken meantime, has been crisscrossing the middle east this weekend in an attempt to cool tensions in the region. his travels have taken him to the west bank and iraq, where he warned neighboring iran and terrorist groups in the region that the us is ready to take action if american troops are attacked. to anyone who might seek to take advantage of the conflict in gaza to threaten our personnel here or anywhere else in the region, don t do it . jordan s air force, meantime, is lending a humanitarian aid, air dropping urgent medical aid to a field hospital in g