welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i m anna coren live from hong kong. ahead on cnn newsroom rescuers are rushing to save two children believed to be trapped in the rubble left by a missile strike in ukraine. sporadic fighting threatens the latest cease-fire in sudan as those unable to flee face food and water shortages. and never before seen photos show the intensity and the drama inside the situation room during the raid that killed osama bin laden. we begin with a race against time after russian missile strikes in ukraine. rescuers are scrambling to reach two children believed to be trapped under a building partly obliterated by a russian missile. it happened in the city of uman where a boy and girl are believed to be somewhere in the lower floors of this high rise. officials say at least 17 other victims have been rescued. friday s strike left at least 23 people dead, including at least 4 children. two more people died in
and welcome to all you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world, i m kim brunhuber, ahead on cnn newsroom, the latest on the search for children believed to be buried under the rubble in ukraine after an apartment building was hit by russian missiles. evacuating more people from sudan. fears the mississippi river will flood while millions of people are preparing for stormy weather across the southeast. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with a race to save lives after a massive russian missile strike in ukraine. rescuers are trying to reach two children believed to be trapped in a bombed out building in the city of uman, 17 other victims have already been rescued from the high rise which was partly collapsed. friday s strike killed at least 23 people, including at least five children while two more people died in a separate attack in the city of dnipro. nic robertson saw the rescue oper
good evening from kyiv. i m ali velshi. a global superpower says it is calling for peace. early friday morning, beijing time, the chinese government released a 12 point plan which is calling, quote, china s which it s colin, quote, china s position on the political settlement of the ukraine crisis. while lacking in specifics, the document goes out of its way to urge russia not to use nuclear weapons in this war. quote, nuclear weapons must not be used and nuclear wars must not be fought. the threat or use of nuclear weapons should be a post, and quote. the document also takes a swipe at nato, with a section titled, quote, abandoning the cold war mentality. and it to cries u.s. anxious russia, quote unilateral sanctions and maximum pressure cannot solve the issue. they only create new problems. in a wide-ranging press conference today, ukrainian president zelenskyy seemed to signal and openness to a good faith peace plan from china and he says he hopes to meet with chin
is standing by in new york to pick up coverage until i m all set and safe to rejoin. while a raid sirens will always mean that there is an imminent threat in the area, they are precautionary measures that we have to abide by. particularly during the week, when everybody here has been on high alert. there was a concern that russia would mark the first anniversary of the war with an attack that would likely target kyiv. but these guys here have been eerily quiet and the anniversary came and went without any major new offensive or acts of aggression by russia. fighting, however, continues in the eastern and southern parts of this country, like in and around the city of bakhmut, where ukrainian and russian forces have been locked in battle for months. and while kyiv has been relatively peaceful in recent months, let s not forget that the outskirts and the suburbs of this city to were battlefields just a year ago. and few people thought that it would be able to send up to the appa
blamed for the botched response to the school massacre has been placed on administrative leave. and stunning underwater photos of an american swimmer being rescued by her coach after fainting during the world championships and sinking to the bottom of the pool. the swimmer is okay. this is not the first time this happened to her. we ll explain what s going on there. along with joe, willie is back and me. we have former chairman of the republican national committee michael steel and white house bureau chief at politico and host of way too early. good to have you all onboard. i have a couple things i want to start with today. you re warning me. i have a couple things on my mind. i need the american flag and i need to talk. i have about five minutes. really, yesterday you missed i have to tell you, you missed a very special moment in washington politics. there was an aticus finch like character who testified before the january 6th committee. he was a speaker of the a