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hear whether the inspectors will be able to get to that plant. it is the fighting, the shelling that is precisely why its making it so necessary, alisyn and victor. >> all right, melissa bell in kyiv. thank you. lets bring in now retired brigadier general steve anderson. he just returned from ukraine. general, you were talking to people there about the logistics and the maintenance or the weapons systems theyve received from the u.s., and other countries, we should say. what are the...

cnn speaks with asylum seekers in and out of the country. live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom," with kim brunhuber. we begin with scenes of utter devastation in northern california, where wildfires have burned through more than 9,000 acres. the mill fire has left hundreds of houses ablaze in the small town of weed. firefighters say theyre making progress, but the fire is still only 25% contained and the nearby mountain fire is 5% contained. streets are littered with charred...

giving either false hope or faulty information. >> and its not just kentucky dealing with extreme weather, either. the super charged mckinney fire exploded over the weekend in northern california, scorching over 55,000 acres. authorities say its zero percent contained. firefighters reported finding the bodies of two people in a vehicle burned in the path of the wildfire. evacuations continue today. lets start in kentucky. our reporter is live for us. evan, what are you seeing and heari...

department of homeland security wanted to try to recover those deleted secret service messages from around the time of the january 6th attack on the capitol. but then the trump-appointed agency, watchdog step in. >> mika, did someone gel on that. >> that doesnt make sense on any level for any department in government. i dont, something is definitely wrong and perhaps. steve kornacki is standing by to help break down leaks which feature a number of candidates who deny the 2020 election ...

cnn through the crime scene. >> plus, shes the one that we wanted and treasured. singer, actress, and icon olivia newton-john passes away. >> hello, and welcome to "the lead." im pamela brown in for jake tapper. we begin with our politics lead. president biden began his week on the cusp of a huge win for his party. the senate this weekend in a marathon voting session passed the democratic branded inflation reduction act strictly along party lines. every single republican voted against ...

be a witness against myself. >> did the trump legal team ask you to prepare a memorandum regarding the vice presidents role in the counting of electoral votes in the joint session of congress in january 6th? >> did you advise the president of the united states the vice president could reject electors and declare the president had been re-elected. >> fifth. >> dr. eastman, the first sentence of the memo says seven states -- is that statement in this memo true? >> fifth. >> did president...

look, weve all been waiting to see what lies might cost, eventually. we know what they might cost a family, maybe a country, maybe a democracy. the toll, the human misery. but the question for a texas jury today is what it should cost conspiracy theorist alex jones. we now have our answer. nearly $50 million. now, recall jones was already ordered to pay more than $4 million this whats called compensatory damages just yesterday. that to the parents of a beautiful 6-year-old child, a lit...

electors. presumably designed to create so much confusion the congress would kick the matter back to republican-led state legislators as to overturn joe bidens win in the states. it will explore the broader pressure campaign aimed at subverting the will of the american people. the first witness is the arizona state house speaker. aides say bowers will share critical new details about trumps demands and even harassment as the president sought to decertify bidens legitimate and legal win...

but we are so grateful to have you spending your morning with us. >> were thrilled to have you with us. it is a bittersweet morning here at cnn. it is christis last day with us at "new day." well have a lot to say about that. share some good-byes later this hour. stick around for that. we do want to begin with the breaking news, what is happening in ukraine. >> yeah, because the war there is looming over a meeting of g7 leaders in europe right now. there were explosions that rocked the...

president. telling cnn, quote, this testimony will lead to dime. her bombshell testimony including trump knowing some of his supporters were armed in the hours before the capitol attack. he wanted to join them there despite a warning from former white house counsel pat cipollone that trump and others could face criminal charges if they did. today one of the two republican lawmakers vice chair liz cheney is calling on cipollone to testify. as we heard yesterday, white house council pat ...