growing and renewing concerns about his age. on the other hand t could be that the guy it could be that the guy misspoke. the white house later clarified he was merely referring to a previously-scheduled interview. oh boy. so, um, you know, i i think we ve got a lot of work to do. i m and i m doing a major press conference this afternoon, so, um, i love you all, but i d like to ask you to leave so we can get down to business. reporter: when he said that, literally everybody in washington was like, say what? now, biden did that previously-scheduled interview, as expected, and in it, he touted his decades of washington experience as a great reason to support his re-election bid, despite the fact that he s 80 years old. i ve required a hell of a i ve acquired a hell of a lot of wisdom and know more than the vast majority of people and more experienced than anyone that s ever run for office. reporter: in the meantime, the latest jobs report gave the president a
politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. air raid sirens rang through the ukrainian night as russia lobs artillery, drones and missiles in every corner of the country. that as the united states delivers a public warning to china, do not dispatch weapons to vladimir putin. plus, the chairwoman of the republican national committee thinks she can get donald trump to put pen to paper and say yes to supporting the party s 2024 nominee, even if it s not him. and new intelligence pushes the energy department to change its view of how the covid pandemic began. the agency now believes the virus leaked from a chinese lab. up first for us this hour sh, turnover and triage in ukraine. president zelenskyy dismissing the commander of joint force operations. mr. zelenskyy did not explain why or why now, as this leadership shuffle collides with a new russian offensive. 14 iranian made aircraft buzzing over kyiv. they shot towdown 11 of those drone
recorder theme. good evening. to the scourge of war, a disastrous flood has been added. tens of thousands have had their homes swamped, water supplies to a broad swathe of ukraine have been cut off, and the viability of irrigation in the so called bread basket of europe called into question. these are all consequences of the collapse of the khakovka dam. while ukraine says russia blew it up, and western countries suspect that might be right, the us and uk, notably, are still calling it a collapse , saying it s too early to directly blame russia. however, they do blame them for mismanagement of the facility at a time of record water levels. the flooding opens up again the question of possible reparations, and comes as the ukrainian army tries to break winter and springs battlefield stalemate. with millions of litres of water on the move, it ll take time to see just how far
prepared for. if you get upwards of that, it really starts to stress the resources that we have available to us. rich: homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas was in brownsville, texas, today where he made a late plea for migrants to not try to attempt to cross illegally. there appears to be no end in sight to the battlefield stalemate in the larger russian war on ukraine nor that matter. for that matter. ukraine says the mercenaries are re-enforcing their positions there. let s get some expert insight into the conflict now from defense priority senior philly and military expert retired army lieutenant colonel daniel. colonel, thank you for joining us tonight. i want to get to the status of the battlefield there. we re all expecting this ukrainian counteroffensive. what do we expect from that and is it how much could it